AVN terminal, vehicle having the same and method of controlling vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9662960-B2
Application number	US-201514828200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2015
Priority date	Dec 8, 2014
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

An audio video navigation (AVN) terminal may include a communication unit configured to receive a signal from a user terminal; an extracting unit configured to extract location information of the user terminal based on the received signal; and a controller configured to control an air conditioning environment in the vehicle based on a user's biometric information included in the signal and location information of the user terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An audio video navigation (AVN) terminal, comprising:
a communicator includes at least one component for enabling communication with an external device and configured to receive a signal from a biometric sensor of a user terminal via a communication network;
an extractor configured to extract location information of the user terminal based on the received signal from the user terminal via the communication network; and
a controller configured to control an air conditioning environment in the vehicle based on a user's biometric information and the extracted location information of the user terminal included in the received signal from the user terminal via the communication network.

2. The AVN terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the extractor calculates state information based on the received signal and extracts the location information of the user terminal by combining direction information and distance information of the user terminal that are obtained based on the calculated state information.

3. The AVN terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the extractor calculates state information that includes radiation pattern information of the user terminal and a received signal strength indication based on the received signal.

4. The AVN terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the extractor obtains the direction information of the user terminal using identification information and the radiation pattern information of the user terminal.

5. The AVN terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the extractor obtains the distance information of the user terminal using the received signal strength indication of the user terminal.

6. The AVN terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an input configured to receive a control command related to an air conditioning device from a user in response to control of the air conditioning environment in the vehicle; and
a generator configured to collect a control command that is related to an air conditioning device and input by the user and generate a usage history of the air conditioning device.

7. The AVN terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the extractor stores the generated usage history of the air conditioning device in a database.

8. The AVN terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the controller separately controls the air conditioning environment near a seat in the vehicle based on the usage history stored in the database.

9. The AVN terminal according to claim 1 , wherein: based on the extracted location information of the user terminal, the controller controls an air conditioning environment near a seat in which the user terminal is detected based on the user's biometric information and controls an air conditioning environment near a seat in which the user terminal is not detected based on default settings.

10. A vehicle, comprising:
a communicator includes at least one component for enabling communication with an external device and configured to receive a signal from a biometric sensor of a user terminal via a communication network;
an extractor configured to extract location information of the user terminal based on the received signal from the user terminal via the communication network; and
a controller configured to control an air conditioning environment in the vehicle based on a user's biometric information and the extracted location information of the user terminal included in the received signal from the user terminal via the communication network.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the extractor calculates state information based on the received signal and extracts the location information of the user terminal by combining direction information and distance information of the user terminal that are obtained based on the calculated state information.

12. The vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the extractor calculates state information that includes radiation pattern information of the user terminal and a received signal strength indication based on the received signal.

13. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the extractor obtains the direction information of the user terminal using identification information and the radiation pattern information of the user terminal.

14. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the extractor obtains the distance information of the user terminal using the received signal strength indication of the user terminal.

15. The vehicle according to claim 10 , further comprising:
an input configured to receive a control command related to an air conditioning device from a user in response to control of the air conditioning environment in the vehicle; and
a generator configured to collect a control command that is related to an air conditioning device and input by the user and generate a usage history of the air conditioning device.

16. The vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the generator stores the generated usage history of the air conditioning device in a database.

17. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the controller separately controls the air conditioning environment near each seat in the vehicle based on the usage history stored in the database.

18. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein: based on the extracted location information of the user terminal, the controller controls an air conditioning environment near a seat in which the user terminal is detected based on the user's biometric information and controls an air conditioning environment near a seat in which the user terminal is not detected based on default settings.

19. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
receiving a signal from a biometric sensor of a user terminal via a communication network;
extracting location information of the user terminal based on the received signal from the user terminal via the communication network; and
controlling an air conditioning environment in the vehicle based on a user's biometric information and the extracted location information of the user terminal included in the received signal from the user terminal via the communication network.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the extracting includes calculating state information based on the received signal and extracting the location information of the user terminal by combining direction information and distance information of the user terminal that are obtained based on the calculated state information.

21. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the extracting includes calculating state information including radiation pattern information of the user terminal and a received signal strength indication based on the received signal.

22. The method according to claim 21 , wherein the extracting includes obtaining direction information of the user terminal using identification information and the radiation pattern information of the user terminal.

23. The method according to claim 22 , wherein the extracting includes obtaining distance information of the user terminal using the received signal strength indication of the user terminal.

24. The method according to claim 19 , further comprising:
receiving a control command related to an air conditioning device from a user in response to control of the air conditioning environment in the vehicle; and
collecting a control command that is related to an air conditioning device and input by the user and generating a usage history of the air conditioning device.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jeong Hun

Classifications

• H04W4/024

  Guidance services · CPC title

• B60H1/00742

  by detection of the vehicle occupants' presence; by detection of conditions relating to the body of occupants, e.g. using radiant heat detectors · CPC title

• B60R16/02 Primary

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• B60H1/00757

  by the input of sound, e.g. by using a voice synthesizer · CPC title

• B60H1/00971 Primary

  Control systems or circuits characterised by including features for locking or memorising of control modes · CPC title