US 12,381,873 B2
Occupant-dependent setting system for vehicle, and vehicle
Ryota Nakamura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,743.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-127477 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043013 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/0861 (2013.01) [B60R 25/24 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An occupant-dependent setting system for a vehicle, the occupant-dependent setting system comprising
a vehicle including:
a vehicle communication device configured to be coupled to an occupant terminal of the occupant to be on board the vehicle,
one or more vehicle processors; and
a vehicle memory being configured to hold personalized setting data regarding a plurality of the occupants who uses the vehicle;
an in-vehicle camera configured to capture an image including biometric data regarding an occupant on board the vehicle,
wherein the one or more vehicle processors include:
a first authentication processor configured to execute a first authentication of the occupant on board the vehicle; and
a setting processor configured to cause the vehicle to:
(i) adjust a seat position of the vehicle based on the first authentication and a first personalized setting data that indicates the seat position of the occupant of the vehicle and that is selected among the personalized setting data,
(ii) make an operation to establish connection between the vehicle and a network service based on a second personalized setting data that indicates a first account data of the occupant of the vehicle for the network service and a second authentication,
(iii) determine whether the occupant terminal of the occupant on board the vehicle is coupled to the vehicle communication device of the vehicle, the occupant making access to a server apparatus with the occupant terminal,
(iv) in response to the occupant terminal being coupled to the vehicle communication device, obtain a second account data of the occupant on board the vehicle from the occupant terminal via the vehicle communication device, and
(v) in response to obtaining the second account data, add the second account data into a combination data of the occupant on board the vehicle and the vehicle and transmit the combination data to the server apparatus via the vehicle communication device, the combination data comprising data regarding the vehicle and at least one of biometric data or the second account data of the occupant on board the vehicle;
a server apparatus including:
one or more server processors;
a server memory being configured to hold the second personalized setting data;
wherein the one or more server processors include a second authentication processor being configured to:
acquire, from the vehicle communication device, the combination data of the occupant on board the vehicle and the vehicle, and
execute the second authentication of a combination of the occupant on board the vehicle and the vehicle, on a condition that the occupant on board the vehicle is authenticated by the first authentication processor, wherein
in response to the combination data of the occupant on board the vehicle and the vehicle comprising data regarding the vehicle and the biometric data of the occupant on board the vehicle, the second authentication processor is configured to execute the second authentication of the combination of the occupant on board the vehicle and the vehicle with the data regarding the vehicle and the biometric data,
in response to the combination data of the occupant and the vehicle is unauthenticatable with the data regarding the vehicle and the biometric data, the second authentication processor is configured to execute the second authentication of the combination of the occupant on board the vehicle and the vehicle with the data regarding the vehicle and the second account data of the occupant on board the vehicle.