VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE

• US 20120196583A1
• Filed: 10/06/2010
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kindo, Tsuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,307,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

A vehicle-mounted device includes: a phone book acquiring section for acquiring a phone book data of a portable device via a communication section; a manipulation section for rejecting an arrival of a call at a call section; a specification section for specifying a mail address of the opposite party from which the arrival of a call is rejected by the manipulation section with reference to the phone book data; and a call-rejected party mail-reception notification suppressing section for suppressing the notification of reception of an E-mail from the mail address specified by the specification section to the vehicle-mounted device.

Claims

1-32. -32. (canceled)

33. A vehicle-mounted device which is mounted on a vehicle and which is connected to a portable device having a call function and an E-mail function by near field communication, the vehicle-mounted device comprising:

a communication section that wirelessly communicates with the portable device by near field communication;

an E-mail transmitting and receiving section that controls the portable device to transmit and receive an E-mail via the communication section;

an E-mail reading section that reads a received E-mail with voice;

an outgoing call sensing section that senses an outgoing call via the communication section;

an outgoing call selecting section that selects whether to interrupt the reading of the E-mail with voice and to send a call or to send a call after the reading of the E-mail with voice is ended; and

an interruption section that interrupts the reading of the E-mail with voice by the E-mail reading section,

wherein the interruption section interrupts the reading of the E-mail under reading and a call is sent when the outgoing call sensing section senses the outgoing call while the E-mail reading section is reading the E-mail with voice and the outgoing call selecting section selects to interrupt the reading of the E-mail under reading and to send a call, and a call is sent after the reading of the E-mail with voice is ended when the outgoing call selecting section selects to send a call after the reading of the E-mail is ended.

34. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, wherein the portable device has phone book data, the vehicle-mounted device further comprising:

a call section that has a call via the communication section;

a phone book acquiring section that acquires the phone book data of the portable device via the communication section;

a manipulation section that rejects an arrival of a call at the call section;

a specification section that specifies a mail address of the opposite party from which the arrival of the call is rejected by the manipulation section with reference to the phone book data; and

a call-rejected party mail-reception notification suppressing section that suppresses a notification of reception of an E-mail from the mail address specified by the specification section to the vehicle-mounted device.

35. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, further comprising:

a telephone communication section that has a call via the communication section;

a mail reception sensing section that senses reception of an E-mail;

a state acquiring section that acquires the state of the call section under a call, or under an outgoing call, or under an incoming call;

a notification section that notifies the reception of the E-mail; and

a suppression section that suppresses the notification by the notification section,

wherein when the mail reception sensing section senses the reception of the E-mail in the state acquiring section acquires that the call section is under a call, or under an outgoing call, or under an incoming call, the suppression section suppresses the notification by the notification section and the notification section notifies the reception of the E-mail after the call by the call section is ended.

36. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, wherein the portable device has an E-mail function and an AV stream transmitting function, the vehicle-mounted device further comprising:

a stream reproducing section that receives and reproduces an AV stream transmitted from the portable device;

a first notification selecting section that selects whether to notify an arrival of a new E-mail from the portable device while the stream reproducing section is reproducing the AV stream;

an E-mail reading section that reads the received E-mail with voice;

an stream reproduction interrupting section that interrupts the reproduction of the AV stream in the stream reproducing section; and

a stream reproduction resuming section that resumes the reproduction of the AV stream,

wherein when the first notification selecting section selects that the arrival of the new E-mail should be notified to read the E-mail if the E-mail is received by the E-mail transmitting and receiving section during reproducing the AV stream, the stream reproduction interrupting section interrupts the reproduction of the AV stream, the E-mail reading section reads the received E-mail with voice, and the stream reproduction resuming section resumes the reproduction of the AV stream after the reading of the E-mail is ended.

37. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, wherein the portable device has an E-mail function and a data communication function, the vehicle-mounted device further comprising:

a data communication section that performs data communication with the outside via the communication section;

a second notification selecting section that selects whether to notify an arrival of a new E-mail from the portable device while the data communication section is performing the data communication;

a data communication interrupting section that interrupts the data communication by the data communication section; and

a data communication resuming section that resumes the data communication by the data communication section,

wherein when an E-mail is received by the E-mail transmitting and receiving section while outputting voice based on the data communication, the second notification selecting section can select to notify the arrival of the new E-mail and to read the E-mail with voice, or to only notify the arrival of the new E-mail and not to read the E-mail with voice; and

wherein when the second notification selecting section selects to notify the arrival of the new E-mail and to read the E-mail with voice and the E-mail is received while outputting voice based on the data communication by the data communication section, the data communication interrupting section interrupts the data communication, the E-mail reading section reads the received mail of which the arrival is notified, and the data communication resuming section resumes the data communication after the reading of the E-mail is ended.

38. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, further comprising:

a reading resuming section that resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading,

wherein the reading resuming section resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading when the call state is entered and is then ended after the reading of the E-mail under reading is interrupted and a call is sent.

39. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, further comprising:

a ringtone ringing section that rings a ringtone for alerting an arrival of a call;

a call receiving section that receives an arriving call receiving operation;

a call entering section that causes the vehicle-mounted device to enter a call state;

a call end sensing section that senses the end of the call; and

a reading resuming section that resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading,

wherein when an arrival of a call is sensed while the E-mail reading section is reading an E-mail with voice, the interruption section interrupts the reading of the E-mail, the ringtone ringing section rings a ringtone, and the call receiving section receives the call receiving operation, the call entering section causes the vehicle-mounted device to enter the call state, and the reading resuming section resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading when the telephone call end sensing section senses the end of the call.

40. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, wherein the portable device has phone book data, the vehicle-mounted device comprising:

a call section that has a call via the communication section;

a call picture display section that displays a call picture which is a display picture of information on a call status;

a phone book acquiring section that acquires the phone book data of the portable device via the communication section;

an opposite party specifying section that specifies the opposite party under a call with reference to the phone book data; and

a button arranging section that arranges a button on the picture displayed by the call picture display section,

wherein the button arranged by the button arranging section is a button for acquiring at least one of an information piece of an outgoing mail to the opposite party under a call specified by the opposite party specifying section and an information piece of an incoming mail from the opposite party under a call.

41. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 33, wherein the portable device has phone book data, the vehicle-mounted device comprising:

a call section that has a call via the communication section;

a destination determining section that determines whether the destination of an E-mail is the opposite party having a call via the call section when the E-mail is requested to transmit; and

a notification changing section that changes a mail transmission state notifying method depending on the destination of the E-mail determined by the destination determining section.

42. A vehicle-mounted device which is mounted on a vehicle and which is connected to a portable device having an E-mail function and an AV stream transmitting function by near field communication, the vehicle-mounted device comprising:

a communication section that wirelessly communicates with the portable device by near field communication;

an E-mail transmitting and receiving section that controls the portable device to transmit and receive an E-mail via the communication section;

an E-mail reading section that reads the received E-mail with voice;

an interruption section that interrupts the reading of the E-mail in the E-mail reading section;

a stream reproducing section that receives and reproduces an AV stream transmitted from the portable device;

a switching section that switches an audio source to another audio source;

a voice mode switching sensing section that senses the interruption of the AV stream or the switching to another audio source; and

a reading resuming section that resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading,

wherein when the reproduction of the AV stream is requested to the portable device while the E-mail reading section is reading the E-mail with voice, the interruption section interrupts the reading of the E-mail with voice, the stream reproducing section receives and reproduces the AV stream transmitted from the portable device, the reading resuming section resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading with voice when the voice mode switching sensing section senses the switching to another audio source, and the switching section switches the audio source to another audio source after the reading of the E-mail with voice is ended.

43. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 42, wherein when the voice mode switching sensing section senses the interruption of the AV stream while the E-mail reading section is reading the E-mail with voice, the reading resuming section resumes the reading of the E-mail under reading with voice.

44. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 43, further comprising:

a selection section that selects whether to read the E-mail under reading from the beginning or to read the E-mail subsequently.

45. A control method of a vehicle-mounted device which is mounted on a vehicle and which is connected to a portable device having an E-mail function and an AV stream transmitting function by near field communication,

wherein when the reproduction of an AV stream is requested to the portable device while reading an E-mail with voice, the reading of the E-mail with voice is interrupted, the AV stream transmitted from the portable device is received and reproduced, the interrupted reading of the E-mail with voice is resumed when the switching to another audio source is sensed, and the audio source is switched to another audio source after the reading of the E-mail with voice is ended.