Method and apparatus for automatic Bluetooth connection using Bluetooth dual mode
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorYoung Tak Jeon
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Abstract
A method for automatic Bluetooth connection in a head unit of vehicle includes discovering an advertisement from a mobile device, based on a period of advertisement discovery, when at least one advertisement corresponding to the mobile device is discovered, changing the period of advertisement discovery, discovering the advertisement based on a changed period of advertisement discovery, and arranging a Bluetooth connection between a head unit and a mobile device corresponding to the discovered advertisement.
Claims12
A method for automatic Bluetooth connection in a mobile device engaging with a head unit of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- broadcasting an advertisement with a predetermined period of advertisement broadcast when a Bluetooth function is inactivated;
- receiving vehicle status information from a vehicle gateway engaged via in-vehicle networking and a request signal for activating the Bluetooth function from the head unit of the vehicle;
- changing the period of advertisement broadcasting based on current status information of the mobile device;
- and
- broadcasting the advertisement with the changed period for advertisement broadcast,
- wherein the current status information includes a battery charging state and a Bluetooth connection state with the head unit of the vehicle,
- wherein the mobile device includes an application provided by a vehicle manufacturer,
- wherein the application provides a predetermined menu to determine whether an automatic Bluetooth connection function is activated,
- wherein, while the automatic Bluetooth connection function is activated, the advertisement is periodically transmitted even if a function for Bluetooth connection is not activated, and
- wherein the period of advertisement broadcasting is further based on the vehicle status information after a Bluetooth pairing of the head unit is turned on.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method for automatic Bluetooth connection in a mobile device engaging with a head unit of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- broadcasting an advertisement with a predetermined period of advertisement broadcast when a Bluetooth function is inactivated;
- receiving vehicle status information from a vehicle gateway engaged via in-vehicle networking and a request signal for activating the Bluetooth function from the head unit of the vehicle;
- changing the period of advertisement broadcasting based on current status information of the mobile device;
- and
- broadcasting the advertisement with the changed period for advertisement broadcast,
- wherein the current status information includes a battery charging state and a Bluetooth connection state with the head unit of the vehicle,
- wherein the mobile device includes an application provided by a vehicle manufacturer,
- wherein the application provides a predetermined menu to determine whether an automatic Bluetooth connection function is activated,
- wherein, while the automatic Bluetooth connection function is activated, the advertisement is periodically transmitted even if a function for Bluetooth connection is not activated, and
- wherein the period of advertisement broadcasting is further based on the vehicle status information after a Bluetooth pairing of the head unit is turned on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.