Vehicle user interface systems and methods

US8447598B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Richard J. Chutorash · Rochester Hills, US
• Elisabet A. Anderson · Holland, US
• Rodger W. Eich · Holland, US
• Jeffrey Golden · Holland, US
• Philip J. Vanderwall · Marne, US
• Michael J. Sims · Zeeland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2011
• Grant date: May 21, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2380/10
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A control system for mounting in a vehicle and for providing information to a portable electronic device for processing by the portable electronic device is shown and described. The control system includes a first interface for communicating with the portable electronic device and a memory device. The control system also includes a processing circuit communicably coupled to the first interface and the memory device, the processing circuit configured to extract information from the memory device and to provide the information to the first interface so that the first interface communicates the information to the portable electronic device. The processing circuit is further configured to determine the capabilities of the portable electronic device based on data received from the portable electronic device via the first interface and to determine whether or not to communicate the information to the portable electronic device based on the determined capabilities.