US 11,954,950 B2
Information interaction method and information interaction system
Hailan Liu, Nanjing (CN); Xiaojing Zhang, Nanjing (CN); and Sheena Meng, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,644.
Claims priority of application No. 202010994211.7 (CN), filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0092889 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information interaction system for a vehicle, comprising:
an information processing device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, that, when executed by the processor, cause the latter to perform steps comprising:
either transferring first data from a mobile device or a cloud to a vehicle computer, or inputting the first data directly into the vehicle computer, the first data comprising first trigger data, first customized content data, second trigger data different than the first trigger data, and second customized content data different than the first customized content data, wherein the first trigger data includes a first time and a first location, and wherein the second trigger data includes a second time and a second location, wherein the first customized content includes a first audio, video and/or text message, a first ambient lighting, and a first fragrance, and wherein the second customized content includes a second audio, video and/or text message, a second ambient lighting, and a second fragrance;
detecting sixth data with the vehicle computer;
running the first customized content data by the vehicle computer when the sixth data matches the first trigger data in order to provide a first driving experience customized for a first user, and running the second customized content data by the vehicle computer when the sixth data matches the second trigger data in order to provide a second driving experience customized for a second user different than the first user, wherein running the first customized content data includes calling a vehicle computer application program, and presenting the first audio, video and/or text message, the first ambient lighting, and the first fragrance, and wherein running the second customized content data includes calling the vehicle computer application program, and presenting the second audio, video and/or text message, the second ambient lighting, and the second fragrance; and
confirming, with a seat sensor of the vehicle, whether an object targeted by the first customized content data and second customized content data is in a driving position before running the first customized content data and second customized content data.