IP Library Granted Patent US 9,730,010
Granted Patent B2
US 9,730,010 · App. 14/709,374 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Method for providing guidance to location of vehicle using smart glasses and apparatus for carrying out the same

Inventor: Seong O Yu (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
H04W4/02B60R25/33G01C21/20G01C21/3685G01C21/3688
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Patent No.
US 9,730,010
App. No.
14/709,374
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for providing a current location of a vehicle includes detecting and determining whether a smart key approaches the vehicle. Identification information of the smart key is received from the detected smart key. Information related to the current location is transmitted to an external device upon recognizing the inherent identification information to provide guidance to the current location of the vehicle through the external device.

Claims (21)

1. A method for providing a current location of a vehicle to a user's device, the method comprising steps of:

detecting and determining whether a smart key approaches the vehicle;

receiving identification information of the smart key from the detected smart key;

transmitting information related to the current location of the vehicle to a wearable device upon recognizing the identification information to provide guidance to the current location of the vehicle through the wearable device; and

transmitting the information related to the current location of the vehicle to a smartphone which is engaged with the wearable device when direct connection between the vehicle and the wearable device is impossible,

wherein the wearable device includes: smart glasses, and

wherein the smart glasses is configured to display, on a display of the smart glasses, an indicator indicating a position of the vehicle on a direction corresponding to the position regardless of any obstacle that blocks a user's sight.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of detecting, the smart key is detected using a signal of a low frequency (LF) band.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of receiving, the identification information is received via a signal of an ultra-high frequency (UHF) band.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising computer executable instructions execution of which causes a controller to perform the method according to claim 1 .

5. A vehicle location notification system for providing a current location of a vehicle to a user's device, the system comprising:

a smart key recognizer configured to detect whether a smart key approaches the vehicle and to receive identification information of the smart key from the detected smart key;

a global positioning system (GPS) configured to acquire information related to the current location of the vehicle;

a wireless communicator configured to exchange data with a wearable device; and

a controller configured to control the wireless communicator to transmit the information related to the current location of the vehicle to the wearable device upon recognizing the identification information to provide guidance to the current location of the vehicle through the wearable device, and to control the transmission of the information related to the current location of the vehicle to a smartphone which is engaged with the wearable device when direct connection between the vehicle and the wearable device is impossible,

wherein the wearable device includes smart glasses, and

wherein the smart glasses is configured to display, on a display of the smart glasses, an indicator indicating a position of the vehicle on a direction corresponding to the position regardless of any obstacle that blocks a user's sight.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the smart key recognizer includes a LF band antenna and a UHF band antenna.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the smart key recognizer is configured to:

detect whether the smart key approaches the vehicle via the LF band antenna; and

receive the identification information of the smart key via the UHF band antenna.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2015
From: YU, SEONG O
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Reel/Frame 035611/0719 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0180525 · Dec 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160169687A1 · Jun 16, 2016