VEHICLE ON-BOARD UNIT AND MOBILE DEVICE LINKAGE SYSTEM

• US 20130137415A1
• Filed: 10/29/2012
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Access Corp. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Access Corp. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Takikawa, Keiichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,897,764 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system that links a mobile device with a vehicle on-board unit includes a data control section that restricts use of at least one of a plurality of registered application software products provided on the mobile device, and a data output section that outputs an indication representing the at least one registered application software product to a display section of the vehicle on-board unit when the at least one application software product is available according to conditions of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system, comprising:

an on-board unit installed in a vehicle, the on-board unit having a display section;

a mobile device having a plurality of application software products registered therein;

a data control section that restricts use of at least one of the plurality of registered application software products; and

a data output section that outputs an indication representing the at least one registered application software product to the display section of the on-board unit when the at least one registered application software product is available according to conditions of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system according to claim 1, further comprising a vehicle travel determining section that determines as to whether the vehicle is in motion or in park, wherein said at least one registered application software product includes a first registered application software product which is available while the vehicle is in motion, and a second registered application software product which is available while the vehicle is in park, and wherein when the data output section outputs the indication of the at least one registered application software product to the display section of the on-board unit, the data output section automatically switches between a first screen on which the first registered application software product is displayed and a second screen on which the second registered application software product is displayed, based on a determination made by the vehicle travel determining section.

3. The vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle travel determining section uses information from a parking brake of the vehicle in order to determine conditions of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system according to claim 2, wherein the first registered application software product is an application software product which is capable of recognizing a voice-activation command from a driver of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system according to claim 3, wherein the first registered application software product is an application software product which is capable of recognizing a voice-activation command from a driver of the vehicle.