US 8,787,987 B2Granted

Configuring of vehicle communications modules

AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation

InventorsSubhash B. Gullapalli, Dana B. Fecher

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Abstract

A system and method for configuring a vehicle user interface that provides hands-free use of a mobile communications device by a vehicle operator. First, the mobile communications device located at a vehicle is linked with a vehicle user interface in the vehicle so that the driver or other occupant can carry out hands-free telephone calls through the mobile device. Then, an evaluation phone call is placed using the mobile device so that volume levels, noise, etc. can be checked. Based on an analysis of that evaluation call, at least one audio parameter of the vehicle user interface is configured and is thereafter used to improve the audio communication between the user and the vehicle user interface.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of configuring a vehicle user interface that provides hands-free use of a mobile communications device by a vehicle operator, comprising the steps of:

(a) establishing a short range wireless communication (SRWC) link between a mobile communications device located at a vehicle and a vehicle user interface in the vehicle;
(b) wirelessly transmitting audio data from a telematics unit in the vehicle that is associated with the vehicle user interface, wherein the audio data in a first instance is received by the mobile communications device via one of the SRWC link or a cellular transmission between the telematics unit and the mobile communications device and then in a second instance is received by the telematics unit from the other of the SRWC link or the cellular transmission between the telematics unit and the mobile communications device, wherein:
if the audio data is transmitted to the mobile communications device via the SRWC link in the first instance, the audio data is received by the telematics unit via the cellular transmission in the second instance, or
if the audio data is transmitted to the mobile communications device via the cellular transmission in the first instance, the audio data is received by the telematics unit via the SRWC link in the second instance;
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(c) configuring at least one audio parameter of the vehicle user interface based on the audio data received by the telematics unit from the other of the SRWC link or the cellular transmission between the telematics unit and the mobile communications device.

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