# US 9,434,332 B2 · Vehicle management system and associated method

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- Number: US 9,434,332 B2
- Document ID: US9434332B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/432,345
- Filed: 2013-09-24
- Published: 2015-10-29
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-02
- Assignees: RENAULT s.a.s.
- Applicants: RENAULT s.a.s.
- Inventors: Jerome Jost; Sann Ung; Hoang-Giang Nguyen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434332B2

## CPC

- B60R 16/037: for occupant comfort {, e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel}
- 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 35/80: Arrangements for controlling instruments
- B60N 2/0248: {with memory of positions}
- B60N 2/0273: {taking into account user data, e.g. knee height or physical state}
- B60N 2210/24: Cameras
- B60N 2220/10: using a database
- B60N 2220/20: using a deterministic algorithm
- B60N 2230/10: Wired data transmission
- B60N 2230/20: Wireless data transmission
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A vehicle management system including a controller connected to at least one member of the vehicle by a network of the vehicle to exchange at least one item of information with the member, the management system including a symbol generator connected to the controller, the symbol generator issuing a symbol associated with the information held by the controller.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A management system for a vehicle including controller circuitry connected to at least one component of the vehicle via a network of the vehicle to exchange at least one item of setting information with the component, the system comprising:
symbol generation circuitry connected to the controller circuitry,
wherein the symbol generation circuitry issues a camera readable symbol representing the setting information held by the controller circuitry, and
wherein the at least one component of the vehicle is configured based the at least one item of setting information visually read from the camera readable symbol issued by the symbol generation circuitry.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the camera readable symbol is interpretable by decoding circuitry.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The management system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the setting information includes at least one operational value of the component of the vehicle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The management system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a man-machine interface connected to the controller circuitry, and wherein the controller circuitry is further configured to command display of at least one message on the man-machine interface, which message is formulated to determine whether a user wishes to generate a new camera readable symbol.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The management system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the camera readable symbol is generated according to values supplied by the user.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the symbol generation circuitry is external to the vehicle.

### Claim 7

A management method for a vehicle including a controller circuitry connected to at least one component of the vehicle via a network of the vehicle, the method. comprising:
exchanging at least one item of setting information between the controller circuitry and the component;
acquiring the setting information by the controller circuitry; and
generating at least one camera readable symbol representing the setting information acquired by the controller circuitry,
wherein the at least one component of the vehicle is configured based the at least one item of setting information visually read from the generated camera readable symbol.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The management method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:
detecting events recorded in the controller circuitry, including:
placing the detected event in correspondence with a list of components, information of which is intended to be encoded.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The management method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising displaying, on a man-machine interface, at least one message asking a user whether he/she wishes to generate a camera readable symbol.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The management method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising acquiring a response of the user to the display.