WO2016170480A1 - Procédé et système de sécurité s'appliquant à un téléphone mobile de conducteur - Google Patents

Procédé et système de sécurité s'appliquant à un téléphone mobile de conducteur Download PDF

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WO2016170480A1
WO2016170480A1 PCT/IB2016/052231 IB2016052231W WO2016170480A1 WO 2016170480 A1 WO2016170480 A1 WO 2016170480A1 IB 2016052231 W IB2016052231 W IB 2016052231W WO 2016170480 A1 WO2016170480 A1 WO 2016170480A1
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Mpilo Clement MNGOMEZULU
Pragasen MUDALI
Sibonginkosi Kusaselihle Siyanda MHLONGO
Thulani Sandile SHANGE
Zamani MSIMANGO
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72448—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
    • H04M1/72463—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions to restrict the functionality of the device
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72448—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
    • H04M1/72454—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions according to context-related or environment-related conditions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/60—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
    • H04M1/6033—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets
    • H04M1/6041—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
    • H04M1/6075—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle
    • H04M1/6083—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
    • H04M1/6091—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle by interfacing with the vehicle audio system including a wireless interface
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/64—Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/7243—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages
    • H04M1/72436—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality with interactive means for internal management of messages for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/02—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a Bluetooth interface
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/12—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

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  • This patent application relates to a safety system and method for a driver's mobile telephone.
  • the present invention provides a safety system and method for a driver's mobile telephone.
  • a safety system for a driver's mobile telephone comprising: a memory; a communications module for communicating with a mobile communications network and for short range communications with a communications system onboard a motor vehicle; a user interface for receiving inputs from the user; a display for displaying information to the user; and a processor for: determining the position of the mobile telephone in the motor vehicle cabin by i) comparing the strength of a short range communications signal received via the communications module with signal strengths stored in the memory to determine if the mobile telephone is located in the front or the rear of the motor vehicle cabin and ii) comparing the strength of a magnetic field received on the left side of the mobile telephone with the strength of a magnetic field received on the right side of the mobile telephone, wherein if the received strength of the magnetic field is stronger on the left side of the mobile telephone determining that the mobile telephone is on the left side of the motor vehicle cabin and if the strength of the received magnetic field is stronger on the right side of the mobile telephone
  • the processor switches off notifications of receipt of telephone calls and messages received so that the driver will not be notified if a telephone call or message is received by the mobile telephone.
  • the processor may further implement an override mode whereby a series of puzzles are presented to the user via the display and the user's responses received via the user input, whereby the puzzles will require the user's attention and will be required to be answered correctly in order to override the safe driver mode.
  • the processor will implement an automatic message response to telephone calls and messages received at the mobile telephone whereby on the receipt of a telephone call or message an automatic response is messaged to the sender or caller informing them that the user is driving and their mobile telephone is in safe driver mode.
  • a safety method for a driver's mobile telephone comprising: determining the position of the mobile telephone in the motor vehicle cabin by i) comparing the strength of a short range communications signal received via a communications module with signal strengths stored in a memory to determine if the mobile telephone is located in the front or the rear of the motor vehicle cabin and ii) comparing the strength of a magnetic field received on the left side of the mobile telephone with the strength of a magnetic field received on the right side of the mobile telephone, wherein if the received strength of the magnetic field is stronger on the left side of the mobile telephone determining that the mobile telephone is on the left side of the motor vehicle cabin and if the strength of the received magnetic field is stronger on the right side of the mobile telephone determining that the mobile telephone is on the right side of the motor vehicle cabin; using the determined position of the mobile telephone to make a determination if the mobile telephone is the driver's mobile telephone or not; and if the mobile telephone is the driver's mobile telephone then entering the mobile telephone into
  • the processor switches off notifications of receipt of telephone calls and messages received so that the driver will not be notified if a telephone call or message is received by the mobile telephone.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic drawing of a device in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • an example mobile telephone and safety system for the mobile telephone is generally indicated by reference numeral 10.
  • the mobile telephone 0 includes a memory 12 for storing data therein that will be required for the use of the system as will be described in more detail below.
  • a communications module 14 is used for communicating with a mobile communications network (not shown) and for short range communications with a communications system onboard a motor vehicle. This will be described in more detail below.
  • a user interface 16 is used for receiving inputs from the user.
  • a display 18 is used for displaying information to the user.
  • a battery 22 is used to provide power to the components of the mobile telephone 10.
  • Processor 20 controls the operation of the mobile telephone 10.
  • the processor 20 typically has executable application software running thereon and the hardware and software together implement the functionality described below.
  • the first step in the processes is to determine the position of the mobile telephone in a motor vehicle cabin. This needs to happen automatically so that if the mobile telephone is determined to be the driver's mobile telephone, the safe driver mode will be entered which is described in more detail below.
  • the determining of the position of the mobile telephone in the motor vehicle cabin is done in a two-step process. ln one step, the application software executing on the processor 20 determines if the mobile telephone is located in the front of the motor vehicle cabin or at the rear of the motor vehicle cabin. It will be appreciated that if the mobile telephone is located in the rear of the motor vehicle cabin it is unlikely that this is the driver's mobile telephone.
  • the application software executing on the processor 20 determines if the mobile telephone is located on the side of the motor vehicle cabin where the steering wheel is located or on the other side of the motor vehicle.
  • the processor 20 assumes that the mobile telephone belongs to a person sitting in the front passenger seat of the motor vehicle.
  • determining whether the mobile telephone 10 is located in the front of the motor vehicle cabin or at the rear of the motor vehicle cabin is done by comparing the strength of a short range communications signal received via the communications module 14 with signal strengths stored in the memory 12 to determine if the mobile telephone is located in the front or the rear of the motor vehicle cabin.
  • the short range communications signal is a Bluetooth signal that emanates from the vehicle's sound system which is typically located in the front of the vehicle cabin.
  • Bluetooth communications module embedded in the sound system of the motor vehicle so that a user's telephone can be connected to the Bluetooth module and the user can then essentially make and receive telephone calls over the sound system of the motor vehicle. It will be appreciated that for this reason a stronger Bluetooth signal will be received by a mobile telephone 10 located in the front of the motor vehicle cabin than a mobile telephone located in the rear of the motor vehicle cabin.
  • the processor 20 compares the received Bluetooth signal with the stored signal strength. If the received signal is below the threshold signal strength then the processor 20 knows that the mobile telephone 10 is located in the rear of the motor vehicle. Conversely, if the received signal strength is stronger than the threshold signal strength then the processor 20 knows that the mobile telephone 10 is located in the front of the motor vehicle cabin.
  • the processor 20 compares the strength of a magnetic field received on the left side of the mobile telephone with the strength of a magnetic field received on the right side of the mobile telephone 10.
  • the magnetic field is a magnetic field transmitted from speakers of the sound system of the motor vehicle which are embedded within the vehicle's door panels.
  • Magnetic field strength is both received and measured by a magnetometer sensor 24 (hardware) module embedded within the mobile telephone 10.
  • the magnetometer sensor 24 provides the magnetic field reading to the processor 20.
  • the processor 20 uses inputs received from accelerometer and gyroscope sensors 26 of the mobile telephone 10 to determine the direction of the source of the magnetic field e.g. Left or right of the mobile telephone 10.
  • the processor is able to determine if the mobile telephone is in the front or the rear of the motor vehicle cabin and on which side of the motor vehicle cabin the mobile telephone is located. By putting all of this information together the processor is therefore able to determine if the mobile telephone is located near the driver's seat or near a passenger seat.
  • the processor enters the mobile telephone into a safe driver mode.
  • the safe driver mode is only exited under two mutually-exclusive conditions:
  • the processor 20 switches off notifications of receipt of telephone calls and messages received so that the driver will not be notified if a telephone call or message is received by the mobile telephone. It will be appreciated that in this mode the communication functionality of the mobile telephone is left switched on but the mobile telephone is essentially in a silent mode so that the driver will not be notified of any incoming communications whether they be messages or telephone calls. Messages include SMS or MMS messages, data messages, e-mails, application notifications or any other sort of messages. In one example embodiment, in safe driver mode, the brightness of the screen of the mobile telephone is set to zero so that the driver cannot see that a message has been received.
  • audible notifications and ring tone are set to zero and the vibrate function of the mobile telephone is disabled.
  • the processor 20 may further implement an override mode whereby a series of puzzles are presented to the user via the display 18 and the user's responses received via the user interface 16.
  • the puzzles will require the user's attention and will be required to be answered correctly in order to override the safe driver mode.
  • the puzzle will for example take the form of blocks that need to be arranged in a specified manner with a pre-defined time-limit for the successful completion of the task. Failure to complete the task within the time-limit will disable the override mode for a pre-defined duration so as to prevent repeated unsuccessful attempts.
  • the processor 20 implements an automatic message response to telephone calls and messages received at the mobile telephone.
  • an automatic response is sent to the sender or caller informing them that the user is driving and their mobile telephone is in safe driver mode.
  • the message will typically be sent by SMS.
  • the processor 20 and the application software executing thereon can be implemented to first conduct two checks before sending the response message.
  • the first is to ensure that the originating call or message number exists in the mobile telephone contact list.
  • the originating call or message number must be a mobile telephone number which can in fact receive SMS messages.
  • the present invention implements a safety system for a mobile telephone to prevent a driver of a motor vehicle from using the mobile telephone whilst driving.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un système de sécurité s'appliquant à un téléphone mobile et comprenant une mémoire et un module de communication pour communiquer avec un réseau de communication mobile, et à des communications courte distance avec un système de communication à bord d'un véhicule à moteur. Une interface d'utilisateur est destinée à recevoir des entrées de l'utilisateur et un dispositif d'affichage est utilisé pour afficher des informations à l'utilisateur. Un processeur permet de commander le fonctionnement du système afin de déterminer la position du téléphone mobile dans l'habitacle du véhicule à moteur en i) comparant l'intensité d'un signal de communication à courte portée reçu via le module de communication avec des intensités de signal stockées dans la mémoire afin de déterminer ainsi si le téléphone mobile est situé à l'avant ou à l'arrière de l'habitacle du véhicule à moteur, et en ii) comparant l'intensité d'un champ magnétique reçu sur le côté gauche du téléphone mobile à une intensité d'un champ magnétique reçu sur le côté droit du téléphone mobile, si l'intensité reçue du champ magnétique est plus forte sur le côté gauche du téléphone mobile, déterminer que le téléphone mobile se trouve sur le côté gauche de l'habitacle du véhicule à moteur, et si l'intensité du champ magnétique reçu est plus forte sur le côté droit du téléphone mobile, déterminer que le téléphone mobile se trouve sur le côté droit de l'habitacle du véhicule à moteur. La position déterminée du téléphone mobile est ensuite utilisée afin de déterminer si le téléphone mobile est ou non le téléphone mobile du conducteur, et si le téléphone mobile est le téléphone mobile du conducteur, mettre le téléphone mobile en mode sécurité conducteur.
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