# US 2019/0095227 A1 · Vehicle control device

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- Number: US 2019/0095227 A1
- Document ID: US20190095227A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/855,733
- Filed: 2017-12-27
- Published: 2019-03-28
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-25
- Assignees: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicants: LG Electronics Inc.
- Inventors: Inyoung HWANG; Sanga KIM; Kyoungha LEE; Taeyoung JEON; Kangmin KIM
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190095227A1

## CPC

- G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces
- B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
- B60K 35/22: Display screens
- B60K 35/81: for controlling displays
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
- G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
- H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)}
- H04W 12/06: Authentication
- B60K 35/223: {Flexible displays}
- B60K 2360/336: Light guides
- B60K 2360/34: Backlit symbols
- B62D 1/046: {Adaptations on rotatable parts of the steering wheel for accommodation of switches}
- G01C 21/3423: {Multimodal routing}
- G05D 1/0231: {using optical position detecting means (position-fixing by using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. optical position detecting means G01S5/16)}
- G05D 1/0257: {using a radar (radar systems designed for anti-collision purposes between land vehicles or between land vehicle and fixed obstacles G01S13/931)}
- G06V 40/13: Sensors therefor
- G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification}
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- H04W 12/08: Access security
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- 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
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

## Abstract

A vehicle control device includes: a display; a steering wheel; and a vehicle button arranged to be overlapped with a fingerprint scanner at one point of the steering wheel. The vehicle control device further includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a mobile terminal, the display and the vehicle button; and a processor configured to determine a type of a screen to be displayed on the display, according to whether a fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint scanner matches fingerprint information received from the mobile terminal, if the fingerprint scanner recognizes a fingerprint of a finger which has applied a push input to the vehicle button, and the processor configured to control the display such that the determined screen is displayed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile terminal, comprising:
a user interface configured to receive user input;
a fingerprint scanner that is located adjacent to the user interface and that is configured to recognize a fingerprint from the user input received through the user interface;
a communication unit that is configured to communicate with a processor of a vehicle that includes a display, wherein the processor is configured to control the vehicle; and
a controller that is configured to:
receive fingerprint information from the vehicle through the communication unit,
determine whether the fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint scanner matches the fingerprint information,
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, determine a graphic,
provide, through the communication unit to the display, the graphic to be displayed on the display.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal stores data about a plurality of access rights, each of the access rights defining a user's capability to control one or more operations of the vehicle, and
wherein the controller is configured to:
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, provide a first access right of the access rights to the vehicle, and
based on a determination that the fingerprint does not match the fingerprint information, provide a second access right of the access rights to the vehicle, wherein the second access right is a lower level access right than the first access right.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:
in a state in which a current access right is provided to the vehicle, determine whether subsequent user input that is received by the user interface matches the fingerprint information, and
based on a determination that the subsequent user input matches the fingerprint information, update the current access right with the first access right.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein each of the access rights defines how many applications, among one or more applications operated by the mobile device, are operable for the vehicle under the access right.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:
in a state in which the first access right is provided to the vehicle, perform a first operation in response to user input that is received through a vehicle user interface of the vehicle, and
in a state that the second access right is provided to the vehicle, perform a second operation in response to user input that is received through the vehicle user interface, and
wherein the first operation is different from the second operation.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, control the communication unit to provide a first graphic to the display, and
based on a determination that the fingerprint does not match the fingerprint information, control the communication unit to provide a second graphic to the display, and
wherein the second graphic is different from the first graphic.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The mobile terminal of claim 6, further comprising:
a memory that is configured to store a plurality of applications including a first group of applications and a second group of applications,
wherein the first graphic includes a first graphical element for an application in the first group of applications, and
wherein the second graphic includes a second graphical element for an application in the second group of applications.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the first graphic includes a first user interface that is configured to:
receive first user input applied to the first user interface, and
in response to the first user input, display a home screen on the display, and
wherein the second graphic does not include a user interface that is configured to display a home screen on the display.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive first user input through the user interface of the mobile terminal and second user input through a vehicle user interface of the vehicle,
determine (i) whether the second user input is received within a first time period from a moment at which the first user input is received or (ii) whether the first user input is received within the first time period from a moment at which the second user input is received, and
based on (i) a determination that the second user input is received within the first time period from the moment at which the first user input is received or (ii) a determination that the first user input is received within the first time period from the moment at which the second user input is received, provide the graphic to the display through the communication unit, and
wherein the fingerprint information is generated based on the second user input.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:
based on a determination that the second user input is received within the first time period from the moment at which the first user input is received, control the communication unit to establish a first type of connection between the vehicle and the mobile terminal.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to:
in a state in which the first type of connection is established, receive third user input that is applied to the vehicle user interface through the communication unit, and
based on the third user input, control the display to display a third graphic.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine whether the vehicle is in a manual driving mode or an autonomous driving mode, and
based on a determination that the vehicle is in the manual driving mode or the autonomous driving mode, determine a graphic to be displayed on the display regardless of user input applied to the vehicle user interface.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine whether at least one of the first user input or the second user input is received, and
based on a determination that the at least one of the first user input or the second user input is received, control, through the communication unit, the display to display guidance information indicating when the first time period lapses.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:
based on (i) a determination that the second user input is not received within the first time period from the moment at which the first user input is received or (ii) a determination that the first user input is not received within the first time period from the moment at which the second user input is received, control the display not to display the graphic.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine whether third user input is received through the user interface, and
control the communication unit to provide, to the vehicle, a message requesting the fingerprint information.

### Claim 16

A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle that includes a display and a steering wheel, the vehicle control device comprising:
a vehicle user interface that is configured to receive user input;
to a fingerprint scanner that is coupled to the steering wheel, that is located adjacent to the vehicle user interface, and that is configured to recognize a fingerprint from the user input received through the vehicle user interface;
a communication unit that is configured to communicate with a mobile terminal, the display, and the vehicle user interface; and
a processor that is configured to:
receive fingerprint information from the mobile terminal through the communication unit,
determine whether the fingerprint recognized by the fingerprint scanner matches the fingerprint information,
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, determine a graphic,
provide, through the communication unit to the display, the graphic to be displayed on the display.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The vehicle control device of claim 16, wherein the vehicle control device stores data about a plurality of access rights, each of the access rights defining a user's capability to control one or more operations of the vehicle, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, provide a first access right of the access rights to the mobile terminal, and
based on a determination that the fingerprint does not match the fingerprint information, provide a second access right of the access rights to the mobile terminal, wherein the second access right is a lower level access right than the first access right.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The vehicle control device of claim 17, wherein each of the access rights defines how many operations, among one or more operations of the vehicle, are operable using the mobile device under the access right.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The vehicle control device of claim 17, wherein the processor is configured to:
in a state in which the first access right is provided to the mobile terminal, perform a first operation in response to user input that is received through a user interface of the mobile terminal, and
in a state that the second access right is provided to the mobile terminal, perform a second operation in response to user input that is received through the user interface, and
wherein the first operation is different from the second operation.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The vehicle control device of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to:
based on a determination that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint information, control the communication unit to provide a first graphic to the display, and
based on a determination that the fingerprint does not match the fingerprint information, control the communication unit to provide a second graphic to the display, and
wherein the second graphic is different from the first graphic.