# US 11,027,745 B2 · Indirect vehicle parametrization via user profiles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,745 B2 - Document ID: US11027745B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/412,202 - Filed: 2017-01-23 - Published: 2017-05-11 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-24 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Walter Hipp - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027745B2 ## CPC - B60W 50/085: {Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input} - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/20: Output arrangements, i.e. from vehicle to user, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/65: Instruments specially adapted for specific vehicle types or users, e.g. for left- or right-hand drive - B60K 35/81: for controlling displays - B60W 40/09: Driving style or behaviour - B60W 2040/0809: {Driver authorisation; Driver identity check} - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method and corresponding device are provided for setting configurable parameters of a system, for example a vehicle. The method is used to establish a user-specific value of a system parameter of the system. The method determines a user profile of a user. The user profile includes user-specific values of one or more user parameters which describe one or more properties of the user of the system. The method prepares a mapping function which maps different values of the one or more user parameters of the user profile onto different values of the system parameters. The method determines the user-specific value of the system parameter for the user, on the basis of the user profile of the user and on the basis of the mapping function. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for setting a user-specific value of a system parameter of a vehicle system, the method comprising the acts of: determining a user profile of a user, wherein the user profile comprises user-specific values of one or more user parameters, each user parameter describing one or more characteristics of a user of the vehicle system without direct reference to the system parameter; providing a mapping function which maps different values of the one or more user parameters of the user profile to different values of the system parameter, such that each mapped system parameter value is determinable solely from mapped user parameter values; determining the user-specific value of the system parameter for the user, on the basis of the user profile of the user and on the basis of the mapping function; and setting the system parameter of the vehicle system to the determined user-specific value of the system parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, the method further comprising the act of: outputting the user-specific value of the system parameter to the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining the user-specific value of the system parameter comprises the act of: determining a function value of the mapping function for the user-specific values of the one or more user parameters of the user profile of the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein determining the user profile comprises the act of: acquiring the user-specific values of the one or more user parameters via a user interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein determining the user profile comprises the acts of: displaying a graphical user interface for specifying the user-specific values of the one or more user parameters on a screen; and acquiring specified user-specific values of the one or more user parameters via an input unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises a vehicle; and the system parameter comprises a vehicle parameter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: providing a multiplicity of mapping functions for a corresponding multiplicity of system parameters; determining user-specific values of the multiplicity of system parameters for the user on the basis of the user profile of the user and on the basis of the multiplicity of mapping functions; and wherein a number of the system parameters is greater than a number of the user parameters. ### Claim 8 A device for setting a user-specific value of a system parameter of a vehicle system, the device comprising a processor that executes instructions to: determine a user profile of a user, the user profile comprising user-specific values of one or more user parameters, each user parameter describing one or more characteristics of a user of the vehicle system without direct reference to the system parameter; provide a mapping function which is configured to map different values of the one or more user parameters of the user profile to different values of the system parameter, such that each mapped system parameter value is determinable solely from mapped user parameter values; determine, on the basis of the user profile of the user and on the basis of the mapping function, the user-specific value of the system parameter for the user; and set the system parameter of the vehicle system to the determined user-specific value of the system parameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device as claimed in claim 8, said device comprising an input/output unit which enables the user to: in a first mode, specify the user-specific values of the one or more user parameters; and in a second mode, specify the user-specific value of the system parameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the processor further executes instructions to: acquire data with respect to a behavior of the user; and determine and/or adapt the user-specific values of the one or more user parameters on the basis of the acquired data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the processor further executes instructions to: acquire data with respect to a behavior of the user; and determine and/or adapt the user-specific values of the one or more user parameters on the basis of the acquired data.