Vehicle Application Integration via Mobile Device Link
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for integrating vehicle applications with mobile devices create noticeable differences in operation and display, making the integration of vehicle functions with other applications on smartphones cumbersome and requiring adaptation of mirroring protocols.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for establishing a communications link between a mobile device and a vehicle to transmit data for launching vehicle applications, allowing these applications to be integrated into the mobile device's environment without adapting mirroring protocols, using shell applications to control vehicle functions directly on the vehicle's screen and controls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If vehicle applications are integrated into mobile device environment using existing mirroring protocols, then vehicle functions can be controlled via mobile device, but operation and display differences become noticeable making integration cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device is designed to perform multiple functions: it operates as a standard smartphone for general applications and simultaneously serves as a vehicle control interface. The vehicle application integrates seamlessly into the mobile device's operating system, allowing the same device to handle both consumer applications and vehicle-specific functions without requiring separate dedicated controls or interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the vehicle application interface with the mobile device's native application environment. Instead of creating a separate vehicle control system, the vehicle application is integrated into the mobile device's menu structure and display system, combining vehicle control functionality with the smartphone's existing user interface paradigm.
2Adaptability or versatility
If shell applications are used to control vehicle functions, then vehicle applications can be launched via mobile device, but implementation and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the vehicle application from the traditional vehicle infotainment system and relocates it to the mobile device's operating environment. By taking out the application layer and running it natively on the mobile device, the system eliminates the need for complex shell applications that would otherwise be required to bridge the vehicle system and mobile device.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device's operating system provides self-service capabilities to run vehicle applications directly. The system uses its own existing application framework, display management, and control interfaces to handle vehicle functions, rather than requiring additional intermediary software layers or specialized vehicle-mounted computing resources.
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AI summary
Integration of at least one vehicle application for a vehicle, wherein each vehicle application is designed to control a function of the vehicle. This may be achieved by establishing a communications link between a mobile device and the vehicle, and transmitting data from the at least one vehicle application from the vehicle to the mobile device via the communications link or by launching an application on the mobile device, wherein a message is sent from the mobile device to the vehicle when the application has been launched and execution of a vehicle application is launched in the vehicle on the basis of the message.