VEHICULAR AUDIO/VISUAL DEVICE, VEHICULAR AUDIO/VISUAL SYSTEM, DEVICE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20080269961A1
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: KUWANO, Terumi, SHITANAKA, Kazuhisa
• Application Number:
  US12/106,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20080269961A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2081 combined with personal settings of other vehicle devices, e.g. mirrors, seats, steering wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A vehicular AV device includes a communication unit preferentially wirelessly communicating with a portable media output device identified according to initially recorded device identification information; a registration unit storing in a user information storage unit user identification information of a user acquired from a user identification unit identifying the user riding in a vehicle and the device identification information acquired by the communication unit in association with each other; a device identification unit reading from the user information storage unit the device identification information associated with the user identification information of the user riding in the vehicle when the user rides in the vehicle; and an identification information notification unit notifying the communication unit of the device identification information. The communication unit communicates with the portable media output device of the notified device identification information even if the notified device identification information is not initially recorded.

Claims

1. A vehicular audio/visual device comprising:

a communication unit that preferentially wirelessly communicates with a portable media output device identified according to initially recorded device identification information;

a registration unit that stores in a user information storage unit user identification information of a user acquired from a user identification unit that identifies the user riding in a vehicle and the device identification information acquired by the communication unit in association with each other;

a device identification unit that reads from the user information storage unit the device identification information associated with the user identification information of the user riding in the vehicle acquired by the user identification unit when the user rides in the vehicle; and

an identification information notification unit that notifies the communication unit of the device identification information read by the device identification unit, wherein

the communication unit communicates with the portable media output device of the notified device identification information even if the notified device identification information is not initially recorded.

2. A vehicular audio/visual device comprising:

a communication unit that preferentially wirelessly communicates with a portable media output device identified according to initially recorded device identification information;

a user information storage unit that stores the device identification information of the portable media output device in association with user identification information of a user riding in a vehicle;

a device identification unit that reads from the user information storage unit the device identification information associated with the user identification information acquired from a user identification unit that identifies the user riding in the vehicle; and

an identification information notification unit that notifies the communication unit of the device identification information read by the device identification unit, wherein

the communication unit wirelessly communicates with the portable media output device of the notified device identification information even if the notified device identification information is not initially recorded.

3. A vehicular audio/visual system in which a vehicular audio/visual device outputs audio/visual data received from a portable media output device, wherein

the vehicular audio/visual device comprises:

a communication unit that preferentially wirelessly communicates with the portable media output device identified according to initially recorded device identification information;

a registration unit that stores in a user information storage unit user identification information of a user acquired from a user identification unit that identifies the user riding in a vehicle and the device identification information acquired by the communication unit in association with each other;

a device identification unit that reads from the user information storage unit the device identification information associated with the user identification information of the user riding in the vehicle acquired by the user identification unit when the user rides in the vehicle; and

an identification information notification unit that notifies the communication unit of the device identification information read by the device identification unit,

the communication unit wirelessly communicates with the portable media output device of the notified device identification information even if the notified device identification information is not initially recorded, and

the portable media output device comprises;

a communication unit that wirelessly communicates with the vehicular audio visual device; and

a reproduction unit that reproduces the audio/visual data.

4. A device identification method of a vehicular audio/visual device that preferentially wirelessly communicates with a portable media output device identified according to initially recorded device identification information using a communication unit, the method comprising:

a storage step in which a registration unit stores in a user information storage unit user identification information of a user acquired from a user identification unit that identifies the user riding in a vehicle and the device identification information acquired by the communication unit in association with each other;

a reading step in which a device identification unit reads from the user information storage unit the device identification information associated with the user identification information of the user riding in the vehicle acquired by the user identification unit when the user rides in the vehicle;

a notification step in which an identification information notification unit notifies the communication unit of the device identification information read by the device identification unit; and

a communication step in which the communication unit wirelessly communicates with the portable media output device of the notified device identification information even if the notified device identification information is not initially recorded.

5. A program causing a computer, which is connected to a communication unit that preferentially wirelessly communicates with a portable media output device identified according to initially recorded device identification information, to perform:

a storage step in which a registration unit stores in a user information storage unit user identification information of a user acquired from a user identification unit that identifies the user riding in a vehicle and the device identification information acquired by the communication unit in association with each other;

a reading step in which a device identification unit reads from the user information storage unit the device identification information associated with the user identification information of the user riding in the vehicle acquired by the user identification unit when the user rides in the vehicle;

a notification step in which an identification information notification unit notifies the communication unit of the device identification information read by the device identification unit; and

a communication step in which the communication unit wirelessly communicates with the portable media output device of the notified device identification information even if the notified device identification information is not initially recorded.

6. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein the program according to claim 5.