System and Method for a Human Machine Interface

Abstract

A vehicle computer system comprising a wireless transceiver configured to send a nomadic device human machine interface to a nomadic device in a web browser format. The vehicle computer system further comprises a vehicle server utilizing a contextual data aggregator that utilizes vehicle data and off-board data to generate a dynamic human machine interface, the server further configured to generate an in-vehicle human machine interface for output on a vehicle display and generate the nomadic device human machine interface for the nomadic device to display.

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A vehicle computer system comprising:
 a wireless transceiver configured to establish a connection with a nomadic device, wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to send a nomadic device human machine interface (HMI) utilizing a web browser format;   a vehicle display configured to output an in-vehicle HMI for controlling various vehicle functions, wherein the in-vehicle HMI utilizing the web browser format; and   a vehicle server configured to generate the in-vehicle HMI for the vehicle display and generate the nomadic device HMI for the nomadic device.   
     
     
         22 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 21 , wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to communicate with an off-board server, wherein the off-board server is configured to utilize or provide the vehicle with off-board data for generating the nomadic device HMI or the in-vehicle HMI. 
     
     
         23 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 22 , wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to communicate with the off-board server via a mobile device. 
     
     
         24 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 23 , wherein the mobile device is the nomadic device. 
     
     
         25 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 22 , wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to communicate with the off-board server via an embedded cellular connection. 
     
     
         26 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 21 , wherein the in-vehicle HMI includes a different configuration than the nomadic device HMI. 
     
     
         27 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 21 , wherein the web browser format includes HTML5. 
     
     
         28 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 21 , wherein the in-vehicle HMI is based on a driver of the vehicle. 
     
     
         29 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 21 , wherein the web browser format is configured to be chrome-less. 
     
     
         30 . An nomadic device comprising:
 a wireless transceiver communicating with a vehicle; and   a processor configured to:   receive data indicative of a human machine interface (HMI) via the wireless transceiver; and   output on a display of the nomadic device a contextual HMI in a web browser format, wherein the contextual HMI is configured to control vehicle functions.   
     
     
         31 . The nomadic device of  claim 30 , wherein the wireless transceiver is further capable of communicating with a server to receive off-board data and send the off-board data to the vehicle. 
     
     
         32 . The nomadic device of  claim 30 , wherein the nomadic device further comprises a vehicle HMI application to facilitate the output of the contextual HMI utilizing the vehicle data. 
     
     
         33 . The nomadic device of  claim 32 , wherein vehicle HMI application is configured to generate a web page to display the contextual HMI. 
     
     
         34 . The nomadic device of  claim 32 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the contextual HMI from a vehicle server. 
     
     
         35 . The nomadic device of  claim 32 , wherein the off-board data includes media data received from a media server. 
     
     
         36 . The nomadic device of  claim 32 , wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to communicate with a query based system that utilizes spoken dialogue. 
     
     
         37 . The nomadic device of  claim 30 , wherein the contextual HMI utilizes vehicle data and off-board data. 
     
     
         38 . A vehicle computer system comprising:
 a vehicle server configured to generate an in-vehicle human machine interface (HMI) for output on a vehicle display and generate a nomadic device (ND) HMI in a web browser format for a ND to display; and   a wireless transceiver configured to send the ND HMI to a ND in a web browser format.   
     
     
         39 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 38 , wherein the vehicle server includes a data manager in communication with vehicle modules to retrieve controller area network data from a vehicle bus. 
     
     
         40 . The vehicle computer system of  claim 38 , wherein the vehicle server is further configured to generate the in-vehicle HMI in a web browser format.