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US 10,760,923 B2Granted
Automatic control method for carpool lane for navigation terminal
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSung Wook Heo
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Abstract
An automatic control method for a carpool lane for a navigation terminal, may include setting a destination for the navigation terminal, checking a carpool lane along a route corresponding to the set destination, determining conditions for using the carpool lane, displaying settings for a carpool mode option on the navigation terminal when a vehicle being driven is allowed to use the carpool lane, and guiding the vehicle to the carpool lane when the carpool mode option is set.
Claims18
An automatic control method for a carpool lane for a navigation terminal, the automatic control method comprising:
- setting a destination for the navigation terminal;
- checking a current GPS location of a vehicle after the setting of the destination for the navigation terminal;
- checking the carpool lane along a route corresponding to the set destination;
- checking a current number of occupants of the vehicle;
- determining a current day of a week and a current time;
- comparing a current status including the current number of occupants, the current day of the week, and the current time with a database to determine whether conditions for using the carpool lane are satisfied;
- automatically displaying settings for a carpool mode option on the navigation terminal when the vehicle being driven is allowed to use the carpool lane;
- and
- guiding the vehicle to the carpool lane when the carpool mode option is set,
- wherein the checking of the carpool lane includes determining the conditions for using the carpool lane when the carpool lane is present and driving the vehicle on a general lane not including the carpool lane when there is no carpool lane,
- wherein information of the carpool lane is stored in a database of the navigation terminal, and updated in the database via communication with a telematics server,
- wherein the checking the current number of the occupants of the vehicle is achieved by using a seat belt sensor to detect whether a seat belt is fastened to each seat or by using person information input to the navigation terminal, and
- wherein the displaying of the settings for the carpool mode option includes displaying a driving time to the destination corresponding to use of the carpool lane and a driving time to the destination corresponding to use of the general lane simultaneously, whereby traffic conditions of the carpool lane and the general lane are informed when the carpool lane and the general lane are exchangeably busy or idle depending on road conditions.
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An automatic control method for a carpool lane for a navigation terminal, the automatic control method including:
- monitoring GPS information in a real time;
- determining a change of a region or country where a vehicle is currently located;
- checking whether there is the carpool lane along a route when the region or country where the vehicle is currently located is changed;
- checking a current number of occupants of the vehicle;
- determining a current day of week and a current time;
- comparing a current status including the current number of occupants, the current day of week, and the current time with a database to determine whether conditions for using the carpool lane are satisfied;
- displaying settings for a carpool mode option on the navigation terminal when the vehicle being driven is allowed to use the carpool lane;
- and
- guiding the vehicle to the carpool lane when the carpool mode option is set,
- wherein the checking of the carpool lane includes determining the conditions for using the carpool lane when the carpool lane is present and driving the vehicle on a general lane not including the carpool lane when there is no carpool lane,
- wherein information of the carpool lane is stored in a database of the navigation terminal, and updated in the database via communication with a telematics server,
- wherein the checking the current number of the occupants of the vehicle is achieved by using a seat belt sensor to detect whether a seat belt is fastened to each seat or by using person information input to the navigation terminal, and
- wherein the displaying of the settings for the carpool mode option includes displaying a driving time to the destination corresponding to use of the carpool lane and a driving time to the destination corresponding to use of the general lane simultaneously, whereby traffic conditions of the carpool lane and the general lane are informed when the carpool lane and the general lane are exchangeably busy or idle depending on road conditions.
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