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Granted Patent B2
US 10,407,082 · App. 15/476,600 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal, computer program product, mobile user terminal, system and motor vehicle

Inventors: Nikolas Wagner (Ruesselsheim, DE); Gerald Schmidt (Ruesselsheim, DE)
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
B60W50/16B60W50/14G05D1/0061H04L67/12H04W76/14B60W2050/146
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Patent No.
US 10,407,082
App. No.
15/476,600
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is disclosed for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal. The mobile user terminal and/or the motor vehicle send a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal. A check is carried out as to whether the mobile user terminal is configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal. A communications link is established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is successful. A communications link is not established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is unsuccessful.

Claims (15)

1. A method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal when the motor vehicle is operating in an autonomous driving mode, comprising:

sending, by a processor of the motor vehicle, a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal;

checking, by the processor of the motor vehicle, whether the mobile user terminal includes an applications configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal, the transfer indication requesting that a user of the mobile user terminal take manual control of the motor vehicle;

sending, by the processor of the motor vehicle, a request to install the application on the mobile user terminal, when the mobile user terminal does not include the application configured to output the transfer indication;

enabling, by the processor of the motor vehicle, the communications link between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal when the mobile user terminal includes the application configured to output the transfer indication; and

sending, by the processor of the motor vehicle, the transfer indication to the mobile user terminal by the communications link when the motor vehicle determines that the motor vehicle should cease the autonomous driving mode,

wherein the automated driving mode is disabled when the mobile user terminal does not include or have installed the application configured to output the transfer indication in response to the request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

outputting, by the mobile user terminal, the transfer indication on the mobile user terminal in a manner perceptible to the driver.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the transfer indication is output in at least one of a visual manner, an audible manner or haptic manner.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising establishing a resource priority in the processor of the mobile user terminal for the application.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising outputting the transfer indication via a communications system of the motor vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wirelessly sending the transfer indication over a wireless communications link.

7. The method according to claim 1 , outputting the transfer indication on a plurality of mobile user terminals simultaneously.

8. The mobile user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile user terminal is selected from the group consisting of a mobile telephone, a tablet, an electronic book-reading device, a smart watch and a music-playing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2019
From: WAGNER, NIKOLAS; SCHMIDT, GERALD
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 049420/0705 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 004 042 · Apr 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170282936A1 · Oct 5, 2017