Method for activating or deactivating functions and device for influencing functions in a motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9840228-B2
Application number	US-201414564576-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	Jun 9, 2012
Publication date	Dec 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 12, 2017

Abstract

A method for activating or deactivating functions in a motor vehicle is provided. A control signal for activating or deactivating at least one function can be input via at least one interface. At least one function includes timer programming and/or at least one function can be activated or deactivated in a remotely controllable manner from outside the motor vehicle via the communication interface. At least one control command is input via at least one interface, via which control command an activation or deactivation of the function is blocked via the timer programming and/or via the communication interface. A device for influencing functions in a motor vehicle is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for activating or deactivating functions in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
inputting a control signal for activating or deactivating at least one function through at least one interface, wherein at least one function comprises timer programming and/or at least one function is activated or deactivated by remote control from outside the motor vehicle through a communications interface; and
inputting at least one control command through the at least one interface, wherein, the control command disables an activation or deactivation of the function through the timer programming and/or through the communications interface,
wherein a module is stored in the motor vehicle and/or in a vehicle diagnostic system, the module identifying the functions with timer programming and/or the functions that are activated through the communications interface.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one interface for disabling the functions is implemented as a vehicle diagnostic interface and/or as an operator interface in the motor vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one control command for disabling the functions is transmitted centrally to a control unit in the motor vehicle, wherein this control unit informs the affected control units for carrying out the functions to be disabled.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the affected control units for carrying out the functions to be disabled are informed directly through the at least one control command or commands.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the motor vehicle is connected through the communications interface to an external server, and wherein the disabling of the functions takes place through the server.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disabling of the functions is signaled in the motor vehicle and/or in an external vehicle diagnostic system and/or through the communications interface.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disabling of the functions are lifted through at least one additional control command.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disabling of the functions is automatically lifted by evaluation of at least one parameter.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one parameter includes vehicle speed or a distance traveled, such that the at least one parameter infers that the disabling of the functions is no longer required.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one control command is transmitted from the vehicle diagnostic system, wherein the vehicle diagnostic system is connected to the motor vehicle via a vehicle diagnostic interface.

11. A device for influencing functions in a motor vehicle, wherein at least one control command is generated by the device, via which command at least one function with timer programming is disabled and/or at least one function that is activated or deactivated by a remote control from outside the motor vehicle through a communications interface is disabled,
wherein a module is stored in the motor vehicle and/or in a vehicle diagnostic system, the module identifying the functions with timer programming and/or the functions that are activated through the communications interface.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the device is the vehicle diagnostic system.

13. A method for activating or deactivating functions in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
inputting a control signal for activating or deactivating at least one function through at least one interface, wherein at least one function comprises timer programming and/or at least one function is activated or deactivated by remote control from outside the motor vehicle through a communications interface; and
inputting at least one control command through the at least one interface, wherein, the control command disables an activation or deactivation of the function through the timer programming and/or through the communications interface,
wherein the at least one control command for disabling the functions is transmitted centrally to a control unit in the motor vehicle, wherein the control unit that receives the at least one control command instructs other control units, that carry out the functions, to be disabled.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one control command is transmitted from a vehicle diagnostic system, wherein the vehicle diagnostic system is connected to the motor vehicle via a vehicle diagnostic interface.

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Bartoszewski Heiner
• Vujasinovic Mirko

Classifications

• B60R16/037 Primary

  for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel} · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• B60R25/00 Primary

  Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles (locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00) · CPC title

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• B60H1/00642

  Control systems or circuits; Control members or indication devices for heating, cooling or ventilating devices (B60H1/3201 - B60H1/3208, B60H1/3225 take precedence) · CPC title