Display apparatus, portable terminal, data display system and control method of the data display system

• US 20030156097A1
• Filed: 02/04/2003
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Shiga, Tsuneo, Kakihara, Masaki
• Application Number:
  US10/357,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20030156097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens

Abstract

A portable terminal such as a cellular phone and an in-vehicle device such as a vehicle navigation system are connected. After detecting the connection between the portable terminal and the in-vehicle device, a control unit of the cellular phone supplies display data to be displayed on its screen to the in-vehicle device. A control unit of the in-vehicle device displays on a screen the display data supplied from the portable terminal. Touch switches such as alphanumeric keys of the cellular phone are further displayed in the blank area of the screen of the in-vehicle device, enabling operation of the cellular phone from the in-vehicle device.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

an interface connected to a portable terminal, the interface allowing an input of data information to be displayed on a screen of the portable terminal;

a control unit that converts the data information into display data information; and

a display unit that has a screen larger than a screen of the portable terminal, the display unit displaying the display data information on the screen.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an input portion through which the data information is input, wherein the interface transmits the data information input through the input portion to the portable terminal.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit converts the data information into the display data information based on each screen size of the display apparatus and the portable terminal.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit converts the data information into the display data information based on of each screen size of the display apparatus and the portable terminal.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit sets the screen of the portable terminal to a non-display mode when it is determined that the portable terminal is connected to the display apparatus.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit sets the screen of the portable terminal to a non-display mode when it is determined that the portable terminal is connected to the display apparatus.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit sets the screen of the portable terminal to a non-display mode when it is determined that the portable terminal is connected to the display apparatus.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal further comprises a cellular phone.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the portable terminal further comprises a cellular phone.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the portable terminal further comprises a cellular phone.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the portable terminal further comprises a cellular phone.

12. A portable terminal that is connected with an in-vehicle device, the portable terminal comprising:

an interface that connects the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device; and

a control unit that converts data information to be displayed on a screen of the portable terminal into display data information based on a screen size of the in-vehicle device such that the display data information is transmitted to the interface.

13. The portable terminal according to claim 12, wherein the control unit sets the screen of the portable terminal to a non-display mode when it is determined that the portable terminal is connected to the in-vehicle device.

14. The portable terminal according to claim 12, wherein the in-vehicle device further comprises a navigation system mounted in a vehicle.

15. An information display system including an in-vehicle device and a portable terminal, comprising:

a first interface that connects the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device;

a control unit that transmits data information to be displayed on a screen of the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device;

a second interface that connects the in-vehicle device to the portable terminal; and

a display control unit that displays the data information transmitted from the portable terminal on a screen of the in-vehicle device that is larger than the screen of the portable terminal, wherein;

the data information to be displayed on the screen of the portable terminal is displayed on the screen of the in-vehicle device.

16. The information display system according to claim 15, wherein:

the control unit of the portable terminal supplies operation command data information thereof to the in-vehicle device when it is determined that the portable terminal is connected to the in-vehicle device; and

the display control unit of the in-vehicle device displays the operation command data information from the portable terminal on the screen of the in-vehicle device together with the data information.

17. The information display system according to claim 15, wherein:

the in-vehicle device further comprises a command input portion, and the control unit transmits a command input from the command input portion to the portable terminal through the interface of the in-vehicle device; and

the control unit of the portable terminal interprets the command supplied from the in-vehicle device so to that it can be executed.

18. The information display system according to claim 17, wherein the display control portion of the in-vehicle device displays the data information from the portable terminal and the command input portion is displayed in a touch switch on the screen of the in-vehicle device.

19. A control method of an information display system including an in-vehicle device and a portable terminal, the control method comprising:

transmitting data information to be displayed on a screen of the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device when a connection between the portable terminal and the in-vehicle device is detected; and

displaying the transmitted data information to be displayed on the screen of the portable terminal on a screen of the in-vehicle device that is larger than the screen of the portable terminal.

20. The control method according to claim 19, further comprising:

transmitting operation command data information of the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device when the connection between the portable terminal and the in-vehicle device is detected; and

displaying the operation command data information on the screen of the in-vehicle device.

21. The control method according to claim 19, wherein a command sent from the in-vehicle device is transmitted to the portable terminal so that the commands can be interpreted and executed.

22. The control method according to claim 19, further comprising switching between a non-display mode and a display mode of the screen of the portable terminal.