In- vehicle apparatus

• US 20080280655A1
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: OZAKI, Takahisa
• Granted Patent: US 8,064,965 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

An in-vehicle navigation apparatus performs the following: according to an initial operation of a user to register a handsfree function, connecting a handsfree profile with a cellular phone and registering a handsfree function to be associated with the cellular phone; if the cellular phone has an audio visual function, displaying an audio visual function registration window for querying a user whether to register the audio visual function; and according to an operation of the user to register the audio visual function, connecting an audio visual profile with the cellular phone and registering the audio visual function to be associated with the cellular phone that was registered as being associated with the handsfree function.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a short range wireless communication device configured to connect, with a portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area, a communication protocol;

an operation reception device configured to receive a predetermined operation by a user;

a query output device configured to output query information for querying the user whether to register a function; and

a controller configured to connect a first communication protocol corresponding to a first function included in the portable terminal between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and to register the first function in association with the portable terminal,

wherein;

after connecting the first communication protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and registering the first function to be associated with the portable terminal, the controller is configured to determine whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function;

when it is determined that the portable terminal includes the second function, the controller is configured to cause the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function; and

when the operation reception device receives an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller is configured to connect a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and to register the second function to be associated with the portable terminal, which is registered in association with the first function.

3. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

when the operation reception device does not receive an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller is configured to neither connect the second protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal nor register the second function to be associated with the portable terminal.

2. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a short range wireless communication device configured to connect, with a portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area, a communication protocol;

an operation reception device configured to receive a predetermined operation by a user;

a query output device configured to output query information for querying the user whether to register a function; and

a controller configured to connect a first communication protocol corresponding to a first function included in the portable terminal between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and to register the first function in association with the portable terminal,

wherein;

when connecting the first communication protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and registering the first function to be associated with the portable terminal, the controller is configured to determine whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function;

when it is determined that the portable terminal includes the second function, the controller is configured to cause the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function; and

when the operation reception device receives an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller is configured to connect a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and to register the second function to be associated with the portable terminal, which is registered in association with the first function.

4. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

when the operation reception device does not receive an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller is configured to neither connect the second protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal nor register the second function to be associated with the portable terminal.