Patent application number | Description | Published |
20150237662 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GESTURE-BASED DETECTION OF DRIVER MOBILE DEVICE - A vehicle may be configured to prompt for a gesture-based identifying action, the action to be performed via moving a device, thereby identifying the device for association as the driver device; identify movement of the device in accordance with the gesture-based identifying action; and associate the device, moved in accordance with the gesture-based identifying action, as the driver device. | 08-20-2015 |
20150241224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION TO A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A point-of-interest information system comprising a transceiver configured to send and receive data and a processor in communication with the transceiver. The processor configured to receive at least a portion of point-of-interest (POI) data from a nomadic device using the transceiver. The at least a portion of the received POI data is in a first format that is incompatible with a vehicle navigation system. The processor may reformat the at least a portion of the POI data from the first format to a second format compatible with a navigation system according to an application programming interface. The processor may transmit the portion of the POI data to the navigation system. | 08-27-2015 |
20150249741 | NOMADIC DEVICE SELF USER-IDENTIFICATION - A controller may send a user-identification request to connected nomadic devices requesting each of the devices to provide an interface to receive user input regarding which device is a driver nomadic device; determine a driver nomadic device based on at least one user-identification response received from the devices responsive to the input; and integrate the connected devices with the controller accounting for which device is the driver nomadic device. | 09-03-2015 |
20150266356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENABLE COMMANDS ON A VEHICLE COMPUTER BASED ON USER CREATED RULES - A vehicle computing system has at least one controller in communication with one or more transceivers, where the one or more transceivers are capable of communicating with a wireless device. The at least one controller is configured to recognize a vehicle occupant based on a wireless device connection received at the transceiver. The at least one controller is further configured to receive one or more infotainment rules based on the recognized vehicle occupant. The one or more infotainment rules are associated with at least one of time of day, calendar date, vehicle location, and exterior temperature. The at least one controller is further configured to control an infotainment system by adjusting control settings based on the one or more infotainment rules. | 09-24-2015 |
20150301821 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE UPDATES AT A VEHICLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - A vehicle software management system includes a transceiver configured to communicate information with a server, and a processor in communication with the transceiver. The processor may be configured to receive a file manifest from the server and transmit a list of to-be updated application file(s) based on the file manifest to the server. The processor may be further configured to receive one or more application files from the server based on the list. The processor may be further configured to flash one or more systems using the one or more application files based on at least one of destination file location, installation type, and file identification. | 10-22-2015 |
20150324098 | GLOBAL AND CONTEXTUAL VEHICLE COMPUTING SYSTEM CONTROLS - A system may include global controls, each associated with a different one of a plurality of user interface screens of a vehicle; contextual controls, each associated with a command function available from a selected one of the plurality of user interface screens; and a vehicle processor configured to display a current one of the plurality of user interface screens, and update command functions associated with the contextual controls responsive to user input to the global controls. A method may include, responsive to receiving an indication of a user input press of a global control, updating command functions associated with contextual controls in accordance with command function available from a user interface screen associated with the global control; and upon receiving a user input release of the global control within a predetermined threshold period of time, navigating to the user interface screen associated with the global control. | 11-12-2015 |
20150350416 | MOBILE DEVICE AUDIO INDICATIONS - A vehicle system may be connected to a mobile device over a data connection and an audio connection, and configured to, responsive to a vehicle volume change, request over the data connection that the mobile device provide an audio indication at device volume over the audio connection, and reproduce the audio indication by the vehicle system, at vehicle volume, to indicate a loudness for audio played back from the mobile device. The mobile device may be connected to the vehicle system over the data connection and the audio connection, and configured to receive the request over the data connection that the mobile device provide the audio indication over the audio connection, and provide the audio indication at device volume to allow the vehicle system to reproduce the audio indication at the overall volume of sound played back from the mobile device through the vehicle system. | 12-03-2015 |
20160004281 | DRIVER DEVICE DETECTION - A device dock of a vehicle may receive a one-time key over a data connection between the device dock and a vehicle computing system (VCS), and send the one-time key over a location-identifying connection to a nomadic device placed within proximity to the dock, to cause the nomadic device to send the one-time key to the VCS to integrate with the VCS as a driver device. The VCS may receive, from a nomadic device in a device dock, via a data connection between the VCS and the nomadic device, a one-time key provided from the VCS to the device dock over a data connection between the VCS and the device dock, and responsive to receipt of the one-time key from the nomadic device, integrate the nomadic device with the VCS as a driver device. | 01-07-2016 |