US 10,568,148 B2 · Systems and methods for communicating notices within a vehicle using a mobile device

Abstract

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling a mobile device to provide notices within a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to an electronic signal indicating an occurrence of an event associated with the vehicle, identifying whether a mobile device is actively in use by a passenger of the vehicle. The method further includes determining a viewing orientation for a display of the mobile device by analyzing state information from the mobile device about a present mode of operation for the display in relation to a relative alignment with the vehicle. The method also includes controlling the mobile device to display the notice according to the viewing orientation by wirelessly instructing the mobile device to render the notice on the display as a function of the viewing orientation to display the notice relative to an alignment between the vehicle and the mobile device.

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Dependent claims

An indication system of a vehicle, comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing:
an orientation module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to, in response to an electronic signal indicating an occurrence of an event associated with the vehicle, identify whether a mobile device is actively in use by a passenger of the vehicle, wherein the event is an incident associated with the vehicle for which the passenger is to be notified, and
wherein the orientation module includes instructions to, when the mobile device is in active use, determine a viewing orientation for a display of the mobile device by analyzing state information from the mobile device about a present mode of operation for the display in relation to a relative alignment with the vehicle;
and
a notice module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to control the mobile device to display a notice according to the viewing orientation by wirelessly instructing the mobile device to render the notice on the display as a function of the viewing orientation to display the notice relative to an alignment between the vehicle and the mobile device.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

in response to an electronic signal indicating an occurrence of an event associated with a vehicle, identify whether a mobile device is actively in use by a passenger of the vehicle, wherein the event is an incident associated with the vehicle for which the passenger is to be notified;
when the mobile device is in active use, determine a viewing orientation for a display of the mobile device by analyzing state information from the mobile device about a present mode of operation for the display in relation to a relative alignment with the vehicle;
and
control the mobile device to display a notice according to the viewing orientation by wirelessly instructing the mobile device to render the notice on the display as a function of the viewing orientation to display the notice relative to an alignment between the vehicle and the mobile device.

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A method of providing notifications within a vehicle, comprising:

in response to an electronic signal indicating an occurrence of an event associated with the vehicle, identifying whether a mobile device is actively in use by a passenger of the vehicle, wherein the event is an incident associated with the vehicle for which the passenger is to be notified;
when the mobile device is in active use, determining a viewing orientation for a display of the mobile device by analyzing state information from the mobile device about a present mode of operation for the display in relation to a relative alignment with the vehicle;
and
controlling the mobile device to display a notice according to the viewing orientation by wirelessly instructing the mobile device to render the notice on the display as a function of the viewing orientation to display the notice relative to an alignment between the vehicle and the mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods for communicating notices within a vehicle using a mobile device

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