APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE

Abstract

A method for providing information and entertainment in a motor vehicle comprising ascertaining conditions within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, ambient conditions around the motor vehicle and operating parameters of the motor vehicle, evaluating information about a state of a first passenger and selecting information and/or entertainment from a result, and providing the information and/or entertainment selected for the first passenger is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for providing information and entertainment in a motor vehicle, the method comprising: ascertaining conditions within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, ambient conditions around the motor vehicle and operating parameters of the motor vehicle; evaluating information about a state of a first passenger and selecting information and/or entertainment from a result; and providing the information and/or entertainment selected for the first passenger.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising evaluating information about a state and/or behavior of any further passengers.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising providing information and/or entertainment for the first passenger and the further passengers from the result.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein reactions of the first passenger and any further passengers to the information and/or entertainment provided are ascertained and stored in a storage medium and taken into consideration by a memory reading step for a subsequent selection of information and/or entertainment to be provided.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first passenger is identified and is associated with the information stored, which is taken into consideration by the memory reading step for a subsequent selection of information and/or entertainment to be provided.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein preferences of the first passenger and/or of the further passenger(s) for information and/or entertainment is input.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising ascertaining data of a map.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising ascertaining a current location of the motor vehicle and a destination for a current journey.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein distances travelled are stored and are taken into consideration by a memory reading step during subsequent selection of information and/or entertainment.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising registering at least one of the states of a flow of traffic that the motor vehicle is in, a driving task, navigation directions, a driving time already required, a driving time probably required to a destination and/or a current whereabouts of the motor vehicle.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising registering at least one of the operating parameters: vehicle speed, engine speed, energy reserve, engine oil temperature, yaw rate, tire pressure or acceleration.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein evaluating information about the state of the first passenger encompasses at least information concerning the tiredness, emotion, mood, excitation, stress, attentiveness, intoxication, age and/or sex of the first passenger.

13. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein evaluating information about the state and/or behaviour of any further passengers encompasses at least information about the behavior of the further passengers and/or about the atmosphere between the passengers.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising performing at least one of the following actions: recording the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle by a 2D or 3D camera or radar or lidar, recording sounds and/or ascertaining gases in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0022] An exemplary embodiment of the method according to the disclosure is explained in more detail below with reference to FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] A first step 100, a second step 200, having a memory reading step 210, and a third step 300 may be seen.

[0024] The first step 100 comprises collecting as many current data as possible, as described above, for example by one or more cameras, one or more microphones, one or more temperature sensors, one or more pressure sensors and/or gas monitoring sensors, in each case for monitoring the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, one or more cameras, one or more thermometers, a GPS system and/or a navigation system, in each case for monitoring the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and the current operating data of the motor vehicle that are available in the motor vehicle. The second step 200 comprises evaluating these ascertained data, for example ascertaining the number and behavior of the passengers that are present in the passenger compartment, for example by way of image evaluation from the available recordings of the interior, the evaluation of the recorded sounds or the evaluation of pressure sensors that are present in seats of the motor vehicle. If available, the data already available for the first passenger and/or further passengers are also read in step 210 and taken into consideration when evaluating the currently ascertained data. The data read in step 210 may comprise data from preferences of the first passenger and/or of the further passengers for specific styles of music, pieces of music and/or preferred information content. Personal association of the passengers is possible by way of biometric sensing and determination, for example. Personalized entry systems for the motor vehicle also result in association being possible using these systems. The data read in step 210 may also encompass other earlier events, such as for example the distances covered by individual vehicle drivers who have used the motor vehicle. The data read in step 210 may then be taken into consideration to evaluate the current data, which means that the result will probably become even better. Step 300 then comprises providing the results ascertained in step 200 to the passengers, for example playing back pieces of music or presenting audible information. Videos or computer games may also be provided for passengers who do not need to perform any driving tasks for the motor vehicle for the foreseeable future.