AVNT system of a vehicle, and method for controlling this system

Abstract

An audio-video-navigation-telematics (AVNT) system (100) of a vehicle, comprising: an input device (110) configured to receive user inputs for executing a plurality of AVNT function menus; a storage device (120) configured to index and store the plurality of AVNT function menus; a display (130) configured to display a home screen menu (160) including the plurality of AVNT function menus; and a controller (140) configured to control the storage device (120) and the display (130); wherein the controller (140) collects an execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus based on the user input, indexes, and stores the plurality of AVNT function menus in the storage device (120) based on the collected execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus,resets the home screen menu (160) based on higher-order menus of stored indices, and controls the display (130) to display the reset home screen menu (160), characterized by a communication device (150) that communicates with an external server (200), wherein the controller (140) collects the execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus based on the user inputs, controls the communication device (150) to send information about the collected execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus to the external server (200), resets the home screen menu (160) based on the received index setting values when the index setting values of the home screen menu (160) are received from the external server (200) by the communication device (150), and controls the display (130) to display the reset home screen menu (160).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELDThe present disclosure relates to an audio video navigation telematics (AVNT) system of a vehicle, and more particularly, to an audio video navigation telematics system of a vehicle capable of actively configuring AVNT menus based on function execution information of a user to provide a user with various opportunities for utilizing the functions, and a method of controlling this system.BACKGROUND ARTGenerally, an audio video navigation telematics (AVNT) system of a vehicle provides various conveniences to vehicle occupants by integrating various electronic devices, such as an audio device, a video device, a navigation device, and a telematics device, installed in a vehicle.A plurality of electronic devices are integrated in the AVNT system of a vehicle, and the system has various functions and menus. However, many drivers are not aware of all AVNT functions and may only use some of the functions.In recent years, as AVNT functions for an AVNT device have been further diversified, users, such as drivers, are not aware of new functions of the AVNT device.Therefore, the AVNT device is not fully used, and therefore many users do not enjoy all conveniences of the conventional AVNT device. Examples of previously known AVNT systems of a vehicle and / or methods for controlling such a system can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 2015 / 0 277 671 A1, U.S. Pat. No. 2014 / 0 185 094 A1 and DE 601 23 299 T2.Accordingly, there is a need to develop an AVNT system of a vehicle capable of actively configuring AVNT menus based on AVNT function execution information of a user to provide the user with various opportunities to use functions.ILLUSTRATIONThe present disclosure relates to an audio video navigation (AVNT) system of a vehicle and a method of controlling the system, which substantially overcome one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.An object of the present disclosure is to provide an AVNT system of a vehicle capable of providing a user with various opportunities to use various AVNT function menus by indexing AVNT function menus based on the execution counts of the AVNT function menus and resetting a home screen menu based on menus each having a small execution count, a method for controlling this system, and a vehicle including this system.This object is achieved by an AVNT system of a vehicle having the features of claim 1 and / or a method for controlling such a system having the features of claim 10 and / or a method for controlling such a system having the features of claim 13. Further embodiments are evident from the dependent claims. Still other advantages, objects, and features of the disclosure will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will become apparent to one skilled in the art upon review of the following specification, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure. The objects and other advantages of the disclosure may be achieved and realized by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims, as well as the appended drawings.It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present disclosure are exemplary and are intended for purposes of description and provide a better explanation of the claimed disclosure.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the disclosure. The drawings show in: FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an AVNT system of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a display for displaying a home screen menu including a plurality of AVNT function menus; FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a method of controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a method of controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.DETAILED DESCRIPTIONHereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to be easily realized by a person skilled in the art. However, the present disclosure may be practiced in various ways and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. For the purpose of clearly describing the present disclosure, parts that do not relate to the description of the present disclosure are omitted from the drawings, and equivalent parts are denoted by equivalent reference numerals throughout the specification.Throughout the specification, when a particular portion "comprises / comprises" a particular component, it means that other components are not excluded, but may be further included unless otherwise indicated. The terms "unit", "device", "-or / er", and "module" described in the specification denote a unit for processing at least one function or operation that may be realized by hardware, software, or a combination thereof.In the specification, when a certain portion "includes / has" a certain component, this indicates that the other components are not excluded, but may be further included unless otherwise indicated. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or equivalent parts.Hereinafter, an AVNT system of a vehicle, a method for controlling this system, and a vehicle including this system, which are applicable to the embodiments of the present disclosure, will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.Here, the AVNT system 100 of a vehicle according to the present disclosure may also be referred to as a head unit (H / U).FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an AVNT system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 2 is a view showing a display for displaying a home screen menu including a plurality of AVNT function menus.As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the AVNT system 100 of a vehicle according to the present disclosure may include an input device 110 for receiving user input for executing a plurality of AVNT function menus, a storage device 120 for indexing and storing AVNT function menus, a display 130 for displaying a home screen menu including a plurality of AVNT function menus, and a controller 140 for controlling the storage device 120 and the display 130.Meanwhile, the controller 140 may collect the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on a user input, index and store the AVNT function menus based on the collected execution count of each AVNT function menu, reset a home screen menu 160 based on higher-order menus of stored indices, and drive the display 130 to display the reset home screen menu 160.The plurality of AVNT function menus may include, but are not limited to, a phone menu and / or a driving information menu and / or a phone projection menu and / or a radio menu and / or a media menu and / or a USB video menu and / or a map menu and / or a navigation menu and / or a settings menu and / or a favorite menu and / or a voice memo menu and / or a DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) menu.In addition, when the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored in the storage device 120, the controller 140 may accumulate the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on the accumulated execution count of each AVNT function menu, and may index and store the AVNT function menus according to the order of accumulated execution counts in the storage device 120.At this time, when the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored in the storage device 120, the controller 140 may index and store the AVNT function menus in ascending order of accumulated execution counts.Subsequently, when the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored in the storage device 120, the controller 140 may store the AVNT function menus when the vehicle is turned off.Next, when the home menu 160 is reset, the controller 140 may determine the number of higher-order menus to be selected from the stored indexes, select higher-order menus from the indexes according to the determined number of higher-order menus, and reset the home menu 160 using the selected higher-order menus.At this time, when the number of higher-order menus is determined, the controller 140 may determine the number of higher-order menus according to the number of AVNT function menus of the home screen menu 160 that can be displayed on the screen of the display 130.When the home menu 160 is reset, the controller 140 may reset the home menu 160 at the time of first booting after a predetermined cycle.The predetermined cycle may be, for example, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis, without being limited thereto.Further, when the display 130 is driven to reset the home menu 160, the controller 140 may drive the display 130 to display a reset notification message when the home menu 160 is reset.Next, when the display 130 is driven to display the restored home screen menu 160, the controller 140 may drive the display 130 to display a shortcut link to display an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu, when a user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu 160 is received.Here, the user input of selecting the AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu 160 may be a user input of touching the AVNT function menu 160 for a predetermined time or longer, without being limited thereto.In some cases, the controller 140 may control the display 130 to display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the displayed AVNT function menu when the vehicle is stopped.The shortcut link may be, for example, but is not limited to, a QR code.The online manual may also be provided as an HTML file by a web server, without being limited thereto.In other cases, the controller 140 may audibly provide an online manual summary corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu via text-to-speech (TTS) when the vehicle is in motion.The AVNT system 100 of the present disclosure may directly index the AVNT function menus based on the execution count of each AVNT function menu and reset the home screen menu 160 based on menus each having a small execution count.That is, in the present disclosure, the execution count of each AVNT function menu button used by users may be collected, and the information on the collected execution count may be stored in the storage device as a database (DB) when the vehicle is turned off.The indices of the AVNT function menus can be, for example, telephone (1) / driving information (2) / telephone projection (3) / radio (4) / media (5) / USB video (6) / cards (7) / navigation (8) / settings (8) / favorites (10) / voice memo (11) / DMB (12).Further, the system 100 may index and store the AVNT function menus in ascending order of execution counts of the AVNT function menu buttons on a week basis based on the DB stored in the storage device.Subsequently, the system 100 may select four higher-order menus, store index setting values of the home menu 160, and reset the home menu 160 at the time of booting after a predetermined cycle.Next, after booting is completed, the system 100 may notify the user of changes by pop-up notifications.At this time, a function of reading pop-up notification text by TTS may be provided.In addition, when the user presses a menu button for a long time, a corresponding function link may be provided by an online manual to guide a corresponding one.Here, an online manual may be provided as an HTML file for a manual of a terminal by a web server, and the system 100 may be provided with a QR code to be associated with the web server.The AVNT system 100 of the present disclosure may further include a communication device 150 that communicates with an external server 200.Meanwhile, the controller 140 of the system 100 may collect the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on user inputs, drive the communication device 150, send information about the collected execution count of each AVNT function menu to the external server 200, reset the home screen menu 160 based on index setting values received when the index setting values of the home screen menu 160 are received from the external server 200 through the communication device 150, and drive the display 130 to display the reset home screen menu 160.At this time, when the information about the collected execution count of the AVNT function menu is sent to the external server 200, the controller 140 may send the information when the vehicle is turned off.Further, when the home menu 160 is reset and when the mode state of the system is in a low power mode state, the controller 140 may reset the home menu 160 based on the received index setting values after the system is switched to a wake-up mode state.In some cases, when the home menu 160 is reset when the mode state of the system is in a normal mode state, the controller 140 may reset the home menu 160 based on the received index setting values at the time of first booting after a predetermined cycle.Here, the predetermined cycle may be, but is not limited to, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis.Further, when receiving the information regarding the execution count of each AVNT function menu, the external server 200 may index and store the AVNT function menus based on the execution count of each AVNT function menu, select higher-order stored index menus to generate the index setting values of the home screen menu 160, and transmit the generated index setting values to the communication device 150 of the system 100.Here, the external server 200 may store the AVNT function menus based on a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).In addition, when the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored, the external server 200 may accumulate the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on the execution counts of the received AVNT function menus, and index and store the AVNT function menus according to the order of accumulated execution counts.When the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored in the storage device 120, the external server 200 may index and store the AVNT function menus in ascending order of accumulated execution counts.Subsequently, when the index setting values of the home menu 160 are generated, the external server 200 may determine the number of higher-order menus to be selected from the stored indices, select the higher-order menus from the indices according to the determined number of higher-order menus, and generate the index setting values of the home menu 160 based on the selected higher-order menus.Here, when determining the number of higher-order menus, the external server 200 may determine the number of higher-order menus according to the number of AVNT function menus of the home screen menu 160 that may be displayed on the screen of the display 130.Further, the external server 200 may transmit the generated index setting values according to the predetermined cycle when the generated index setting values are transmitted to the communication device 150 of the system 100.Here, the predetermined cycle may be, for example, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis, without being limited thereto.The AVNT system 100 according to the present disclosure may interact with the external server 200 and reset the home menu 160 based on the index setting values of the home menu 160 received from the external server 200 when the index setting values of the home menu 160 are received from the external server 200.That is, in the present disclosure, the execution count of each AVNT function menu used by the user may be collected, and information on the collected execution count may be sent to the external server 200 on a week basis.The external server 200 may further index and store the AVNT function menus in ascending order of execution counts of the AVNT function menu buttons.The indices of the AVNT function menus can be, for example, telephone (1) / driving information (2) / telephone projection (3) / radio (4) / media (5) / USB video (6) / cards (7) / navigation (8) / settings (8) / favorites (10) / voice memo (11) / DMB (12).Subsequently, the external server 200 may select four higher-order menus in ascending order of execution counts, while storing the total execution count of each AVNT function menu as a database based on the VIN information.Next, the external server 200 may send the four selected menus to the system 100.When the system 100 is in a power save mode, the system 100 may reset the home menu 160 after the wake-up mode.For example, when the index setting values of the home menu 160 received from the external server 20 are 2, 4, 5, and 6, the home menu 160 may be reset to "driving information / radio / media / USB video" instead of the existing "KIA live (162) / telephone (164) / android car (166) favorites (168)".The system 100 may further store the index setting values of the home menu 160 received from the external server 200 when the system 100 operates in the normal mode, and reset the home menu 160 at the time of booting after a certain cycle.Next, the system 100 may inform the user of changes after completion of booting through pop-up notifications.Here, a function of reading pop-up notification text by TTS may be provided.Further, a corresponding function link short may be provided as an online manual when the user presses a menu button for a long time to pass through a corresponding function.Here, the online manual may be provided as an HTML file for a manual of a terminal by a web server, and the system 100 may be provided with a QR code to be associated with the web server.The AVNT system 100 of the present disclosure may further include a communication device 150 that communicates with a user terminal 300.When the index setting values of the home menu 160 are received from the user terminal 300, the controller 140 of the system 100 may reset the home menu 160 based on the received index setting values and drive the display 130 to display the reset home menu 160.In addition, when the home menu 160 is reset, if the mode state of the system is a low power mode state, the controller 140 may reset the home menu 160 after the system is switched to a wake-up mode state based on the received index setting values.In some cases, when the home menu 160 is reset when the mode state of the system is in a normal mode state, the controller 140 may reset the home menu 160 based on the received index setting values at the time of first booting after a predetermined cycle.Here, the predetermined cycle may be, for example, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis, without being limited thereto.The user terminal 300 may further generate index setting values of the home menu 160 based on a user input received from a BlueLink phone application, and transmit the generated index setting values to the communication device 150 of the system 100.When the index setting values of the home menu 160 are received by the phone application of the user terminal 300, the AVNT system 100 of the present disclosure may reset the home menu 160 based on the received index setting values.That is, in the present disclosure, the user can store up to four desired menus of the home menu 160 in the BlueLink phone application of the user terminal 300 and then send the set home menus 160 to the system 100.When the system 100 is in a power save mode state, the system 100 may reset the home menu 160 after the wake-up mode is ended.For example, when the index setting values of the home menu 160 received from the user terminal 300 are 2, 4, 5, and 6, the home menu 160 may be reset to "driving information / radio / media / USB video" instead of the existing "KIA live (162) / telephone (164) / android car (166) / favorites (168)".The system 100 may also store, when the system 100 operates in the normal mode, the index setting values of the home menu 160 received from the user terminal 300 and reset the home menu 160 at the time of booting after a certain cycle.Thereafter, upon completion of booting, the system 100 may inform the user of changes through pop-up notifications.At this time, a function of reading pop-up notification text by TTS may be provided.Further, a corresponding function link short may be provided as an online manual when the user presses a menu button for a long time to pass through a corresponding function.Here, the online manual may be provided as an HTML file for a manual of a terminal by a web server, and the system 100 may be provided with a QR code to be associated with the web server.In the present disclosure, the AVNT function menus may be indexed based on the execution count of each AVNT function menu, and the home screen menu may be reset based on the menus each having a small execution count, which provides the user with opportunities for using different AVNT function menus.The present disclosure may actively provide the user with different AVNT functions, allowing the user to use more AVNT functions, and allowing the user to test for the enhanced utility of the AVNT functions.FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 3, the AVNT system 100 of the present disclosure may directly index the AVNT function menus based on the execution count of each AVNT function menu and reset the home screen menu based on menus each having a small execution count.For example, the system 100 may receive user input to execute a plurality of AVNT function menus (S 110).The system 100 may further collect the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on user inputs (S 120).Subsequently, the system 100 may index and store the AVNT function menus based on the collected execution count of each AVNT function menu (S 130).Here, the controller 140 may accumulate the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on the accumulated execution count of each AVNT function menu, and index and store the AVNT function menus according to the order of accumulated execution counts.For example, the system 100 may index and store the AVNT function menus in ascending order of accumulated execution counts when the vehicle is powered off.Thereafter, the system 100 may reset the home menu based on the higher order menus of the stored indexes and display the reset home menu (S 140).Here, the system 100 may determine a number of the higher order menus to be selected from the stored indexes, select the higher order menus from the indexes according to the determined number of the higher order menus, and reset the home menu 160 using the selected higher order menus.For example, the system 100 may determine the number of higher order menus according to the number of AVNT function menus that may be displayed in the home screen menu 160.The controller 140 may reset the home screen menu at the time of first booting after a predetermined cycle.The predetermined cycle may be, for example, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis, without being limited thereto.The system 100 may also output a reset notification message when the home screen menu is reset, perform TTS, and display an Internet link guidance for function description (S 150).The system 100 may further provide a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu when a user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen is received (S 160).Here, the user input of selecting the AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu may be a user input of touching the AVNT function menu of the home screen menu for a predetermined time or longer, without being limited thereto.In some cases, the system 100 may control the display 130 to display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the displayed AVNT function menu when the vehicle is stopped.The shortcut link may be, for example, but not limited to, QR code, and the online manual may be provided as an HTML file by a web server, without being limited thereto.In other cases, the system 100 may audibly provide an online manual summary corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu via text-to-speech (TTS) when the vehicle is moving.FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 4, the AVNT system 100 according to the present disclosure may interact with the external server 200 and reset the home menu based on the index setting values of the home menu received from the external server 200 when the index setting values of the home menu are received from the external server 200.First, the system 100 may receive a user input for executing a plurality of AVNT function menus (S 210).The system 100 may further receive the execution count from each AVNT function menu based on a user input (S 220).Then, the system 100 may send the information regarding the collected execution count of each AVNT function menu to the external server 200 (S 230).At this time, the system 100 may send the information on the collected execution count of each AVNT function menu to the external server 200 when the vehicle is turned off.Next, when receiving the information regarding the execution count of each AVNT function menu, the external server 200 may index and store the AVNT function menus based on the received execution count of each AVNT function menu, select higher-order stored index menus, and generate index setting values of the home screen menu (S 240).Here, the external server 200 may store the AVNT function menus based on a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) when the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored.In addition, when the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored, the external server 200 may accumulate the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on the execution counts of the received AVNT function menus, and index and store the AVNT function menus according to the order of accumulated execution counts.When the AVNT function menus are indexed and stored, the external server 200 may index and store the AVNT function menus in ascending order of accumulated execution counts.Further, when the index setting values of the home menu are generated, the external server 200 may perform a step of determining the number of higher-order menus to be selected from the stored indices, a step of selecting the higher-order menus according to the determined number of higher-order menus from the indices, and a step of generating the index setting values of the home menu 160 based on the selected higher-order menus.Here, when the number of higher-order menus has been acquired, the external server 200 may acquire the number of higher-order menus according to the number of AVNT function menus that can be displayed in the home screen menu.Subsequently, the external server 200 may transmit the generated index setting values to the system 100 (S 250).Here, the external server 200 may transmit the generated index setting values according to a predetermined cycle when the generated index setting values are transmitted.Here, the predetermined cycle may be, but is not limited to, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis.When the index setting values of the home menu are received from the external server 200, the system 100 may reset the home menu based on the received index setting values (S 260, S 270).Here, when the mode state of the system is a power saving mode state, the system may reset the home menu based on the received index setting values after the system is switched to a wake-up mode state (S 260).The home screen menu may also be reset based on the received index setting values at the time of first boot after a predetermined cycle (S 270) when the mode state of the system is a normal mode state.Here, the predetermined cycle may be a day-based set cycle, a week-based set cycle, or a month-based set cycle.Further, the system 100 may output a reset notification message when the home screen menu is reset, perform TTS, and display an instruction for providing an online link for function menu description (S 280).Subsequently, the system 100 may display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu (S 290) when a user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu is obtained.Here, the user input of selecting the AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu may be a user input of touching the AVNT function menu of the home screen menu for a predetermined time or longer, without being limited thereto.In some cases, the system 100 may display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the displayed AVNT function menu when the vehicle is stopped.The shortcut link may be, for example, QR code, and the online manual may be provided as an HTML file by a web server, without being limited thereto.In other cases, the system 100 may audibly provide an online manual summary corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu via text-to-speech (TTS) when the vehicle is in motion.FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 5, the AVNT system 100 according to the present disclosure may communicate with the user terminal 300 and reset the home menu based on the index setting values of the home menu when the index setting values of the home menu are received from the user terminal 300.First, the user terminal 300 may generate the index setting values of the home screen menu based on user input received by the BlueLink phone application (S 310).The user terminal 300 may further transmit the generated index setting values to the system 100 (S 320).Subsequently, when the index setting values of the home menu are received from the user terminal 300, the system 100 may reset the home menu based on the received index setting values (S 330 and S 340).Here, when the mode state of the system is a power saving mode state, the system may reset the home menu based on the received index setting values after the system is switched to a wake-up mode state (S 330).The home screen menu may be further reset when the mode state of the system is a normal mode state based on the received index setting values at the time of first boot after a predetermined cycle (S 340).The predetermined cycle may be, for example, a cycle set on a day basis, a cycle set on a week basis, or a cycle set on a month basis, without being limited thereto.Here, the system 100 may output a reset notification message when the home screen menu is reset, perform TTS, and display an instruction for providing an online link for function menu description (S 350).Subsequently, the system 100 may display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu (S 360) when a user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu is received.Here, the user input of selecting the AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu may be a user input of touching the AVNT function menu of the home screen menu for a predetermined time or longer, without being limited thereto.In some cases, the system 100 may display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the displayed AVNT function menu when the vehicle is stopped.The shortcut link may be, for example, a QR code, and the online manual may be further provided as an HTML file by a web server, without being limited thereto.In other cases, the system 100 may audibly provide an online manual summary corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu via text-to-speech (TTS) when the vehicle is in motion.In the present disclosure, the AVNT function menus may be indexed based on the execution count of each AVNT function menu, and the home screen menu may be reset based on the menus each having a small execution count, which provides the user with opportunities to use various AVNT function menus.The present disclosure may actively provide the user with different AVNT functions, allowing the user to utilize more AVNT functions, and allowing the user to test for the enhanced utility of the AVNT functions.Further, in the present disclosure, a computer-readable recording medium on which a method for controlling an AVNT system of a vehicle is stored may perform a process provided in the method for controlling the AVNT system of a vehicle according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.The vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a communication device that communicates with an external server or a user terminal, and an AVNT system for displaying a home screen menu including a plurality of AVNT function menus. The AVNT system may collect the execution count of each AVNT function menu based on user input, index and store the AVNT function menus based on the collected execution count of each AVNT function menu, reset a home screen menu based on higher order menus of stored indices, and display the reset home screen menu.The present disclosure provides a technology for providing various function menus to users to solve a problem that users are not aware of new functions and only use existing functions because the AVNT functions are varied.That is, in the present disclosure, main menus of the AVNT system may be indexed, the user's menu selection count may be collected based on certain cycles, and stored as a database, and after a certain time, the system may actively reconfigure menus each having a small execution count by interaction with the user terminal or an external central-size computer, and provide the menus to the user.In the AVNT system of a vehicle, the method for controlling this system, and the vehicle having this system, it is possible, as for at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, to provide the user with opportunities for utilizing various AVNT function menus by indexing the AVNT function menus based on the execution counts of the AVNT function menus and resetting the home screen menu based on the menus each having a small execution count.The present disclosure may actively provide the user with various AVNT functions, allowing the user to utilize more AVNT functions, and allowing the user to experience improved utility of the AVNT functions.The disclosure may also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer readable recording medium is any data storage device capable of storing data that can be subsequently read out by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable recording medium may include read only memories (ROMs), random access memories (RAMs), CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves (such as data transmission via Internet).The above embodiments are therefore to be interpreted in all aspects as exemplary and not as limiting. The scope of the disclosure is intended to be determined not by the above description, but by the appended claims.

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An audio video navigation telematics (AVNT) system (100) of a vehicle, comprising: an input device (110) configured to receive user input for executing a plurality of AVNT function menus; a storage device (120) configured to index and store the plurality of AVNT function menus; a display (130) configured to display a home screen menu (160) having the plurality of AVNT function menus; and a controller (140) configured to control the storage device (120) and the display (130); wherein the controller (140) collects an execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus based on the user input, indexes and stores the plurality of AVNT function menus in the storage device (120) based on the collected execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus, resets the home menu (160) based on higher order menus of stored indexes, and controls the display (130) to display the reset home menu (160), characterized a communication device (150) communicating with an external server (200), wherein the controller (140) collects the execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus based on the user inputs, controls the communication device (150) to send information about the collected execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus to the external server (200), resets the home screen menu (160) based on the received index setting values when the index setting values of the home screen menu (160) are received from the external server (200) through the communication device (150), and controls the display (130) to display the reset home screen menu (160).The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein when the plurality of AVNT function menus are indexed and stored in the storage device (120), the controller (140) indexes and stores the plurality of AVNT function menus in ascending order of accumulated execution counts.The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the home menu (160) is reset, the controller (140) determines a number of the higher-order menus to be selected from the stored indexes, selects the higher-order menus from the indexes according to the determined number of the higher-order menus, and resets the home menu (160) using the selected higher-order menus.The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle of any preceding claim, wherein when the controller (140) controls the display (130) to display the reset home screen menu (160), when a user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu (160) is received, the controller (140) controls the display (130) to display a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu.The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein when information regarding the collected execution count is sent from each of the AVNT function menus to the external server (200), the controller (140) sends the information when a vehicle is turned off.The vehicle AVNT system (100) of any preceding claim, wherein, when the home menu (160) is reset, when a mode state of the vehicle AVNT system (100) is a power save mode state, the controller (140) resets the home menu (160) based on the received index setting values after the mode state is switched to a wake-up mode state.The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle according to any preceding claim, wherein the communication device (150) communicates with a user terminal, wherein when index setting values of the home screen menu (160) are received by the communication device (150) from the user terminal (300), the controller (140) resets the home screen menu (160) based on the received index setting values and controls the display (130) to display the reset home screen menu (160).The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein, when the home menu (160) is reset, when a mode state of the AVNT system (100) of a vehicle is a power saving mode state, the controller (140) resets the home menu (160) based on the received index setting values after the mode state is switched to a wake-up mode state.The AVNT system (100) of a vehicle according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the user terminal (300) generates the index setting values of the home menu (160) based on user inputs and transmits the generated index setting values to the communication device (150).A method of controlling an audio video navigation telematics (AVNT) system (100) of a vehicle configured to communicate with an external device and display a home menu (160) having a plurality of AVNT function menus, the method comprising the steps of: collecting an execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus based on user input; sending information about the collected execution count of each of the plurality of AVNT function menus to the external server (200); receiving index settings of the home menu (160) from the external server (200); resetting the home menu (160) based on the received index settings; and displaying the reset home screen menu (160).The method of claim 10, wherein the step of resetting the home menu (160) when a mode state of the system (100) is a power save mode state comprises resetting the home menu (160) based on the received index set values after the system (100) is switched to a wake-up mode state.The method of claim 10 or 11, wherein the step of displaying the reset home screen menu (160) when user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu (160) is received comprises displaying a shortcut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu.A method of controlling an audio video navigation telematics (AVNT) system (100) of a vehicle configured to communicate with a user terminal (300) and display a home menu (160) having a plurality of AVNT function menus, the method comprising the steps of: receiving index settings of the home menu (160) from the user terminal (300); resetting the home menu (160) based on the received index settings; Displaying the reset home screen menu (160), wherein the step of resetting the home screen menu (160) when a mode state of the AVNT system (100) of a vehicle is a power saving mode state comprises resetting the home screen menu (160) based on the received index setting values after the mode state is switched to a wake-up mode state.The method of claim 13, wherein the step of displaying the reset home screen menu (160) comprises, when a user input of selecting an AVNT function menu of the reset home screen menu (160) is received, displaying a short-cut link for providing an online manual corresponding to the selected AVNT function menu.

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