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US 2018/0124845 A1Published application
Connection control method and system for vehicle control program of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorSang Yong JUNG
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a connection control method for a vehicle control program of a vehicle and a head unit system configured for conveniently using the vehicle control program and Bluetooth communications without again performing Bluetooth pairing when a user performs starting off and then starting on during the use of the vehicle control program.
Claims8
A connection control method for a vehicle control program of a vehicle, comprising:
- starting off of the vehicle;
- determining whether a user equipment and a head device of the vehicle are connected by the vehicle control program and Bluetooth communication at a time of the starting off of the vehicle;
- keeping a Bluetooth connection between the head device and the user equipment even when the starting of the vehicle is turned off, when the user equipment and the head device of the vehicle are connected by the vehicle control program;
- recognizing whether the head device is shut down after the starting of the vehicle is turned off;
- and
- releasing the Bluetooth connection between the head device and the user equipment at a time of the shut down of the head device.
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A connection control system for a vehicle control program of a vehicle, comprising:
- a Bluetooth module configured to be equipped in the vehicle and connected to a user equipment by wireless communication;
- a USB module configured to be equipped in the vehicle and connected to the user equipment by wired communication;
- and
- a controller configured to be equipped in the vehicle, keep a Bluetooth connection between a head device and the user equipment, even when the starting of the vehicle is turned off, when the user equipment and the head device of the vehicle are connected by the vehicle control program and Bluetooth communication at a time of starting off of the vehicle and release the Bluetooth connection between the head device and the user equipment, when the head device is shut down.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.