Vehicle User Profile Transfer via Mobile Key Signal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems for transferring user settings between vehicles are inconvenient, often requiring manual export and import using removable media or online services, and may not function without an Internet connection, leading to delayed or complicated synchronization processes.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method for transmitting user profiles between a mobile device and a vehicle's information system using a key signal, which includes user settings, allowing for secure communication and updating of profiles without an Internet connection, utilizing a communication module and control module to manage user profiles and version counters for efficient data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual export and import using removable media is used to transfer user settings, then data transmission can occur without Internet connection, but the process becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of manually exporting and importing settings via removable media with a wireless electronic data transmission system. The control unit in the vehicle communicates with the mobile device to automatically transfer user profile data, eliminating the need for physical media handling and manual export/import operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic synchronization of user settings between the vehicle and mobile device without requiring user intervention. The control unit automatically detects when a mobile device is present, initiates data transfer, and updates the user profile, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring manual user actions.
2Ease of operation
If online services are used to transfer user settings, then synchronization can be automated, but the system becomes dependent on Internet connection availability
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device serves as an intermediary between the vehicle's control unit and any remote cloud services. Instead of the vehicle directly depending on Internet connectivity, the mobile device receives and transmits user profile data locally, allowing settings synchronization to occur offline while maintaining the option for cloud-based profile management when connected.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary data synchronization by storing user profile information in the mobile device before Internet connection is needed. This allows the vehicle to access updated settings immediately upon detecting the mobile device, without waiting for cloud-based synchronization, effectively preparing data in advance for offline use.
3Reliability
If complete user profiles are transmitted every time, then data accuracy is ensured, but data transmission volume and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only the essential core user profile data (such as identification information and key preferences) rather than complete profile datasets. This selective extraction maintains data accuracy for critical settings while significantly reducing transmission volume and time, avoiding the need to transfer redundant or less important data elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transmits a partial set of user profile data that is sufficient for immediate vehicle configuration rather than waiting to transfer complete profiles. This partial action approach allows the vehicle to be quickly configured with essential settings, with the understanding that additional profile details can be supplemented later if needed.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for controlling functions of a vehicle. The apparatus for an information system of a vehicle includes a communication module for communication with a mobile device and a control module for controlling the communication module. The control module obtains a key signal and information about a user profile from the mobile device via the communication module. The user profile includes user settings for functions of the vehicle. The information about the user profile includes data about at least one subset of the user settings. The control module controls a locked state of the vehicle based on the key signal and controls at least one subset of the functions of the vehicle based on the information about the user profile.