METHOD OF MATCHING OPERATIONS BETWEEN VEHICULAR APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL, VEHICLE SYSTEM INCLUDING VEHICULAR APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION CENTER

• US 20150304472A1
• Filed: 11/18/2013
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: OCHI, Hikaru
• Granted Patent: US 9,614,946 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A portable terminal accesses an information center by using an address acquired from vehicular apparatus, requests for transmission of dedicated application operable in OS of the portable terminal, and receives the application from the information center. The dedicated application executed by the portable terminal permits the portable terminal to (i) transmit specific information specifying model of the portable terminal to the information center, (ii) receive, in response, data for matching operations between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal, (iii) transmit the received data to the vehicular apparatus, and (iv) receive, in response, an instruction transmitted by the vehicular apparatus, the instruction implementing a function of the portable terminal.

Claims

1. A method of matching operations between a vehicular apparatus mounted to a vehicle and a portable terminal, in a vehicle system including the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal, a function of the portable terminal being implemented by an instruction from the vehicular apparatus,

the method comprising:

acquiring, by the portable terminal, an address of an information center corresponding to the vehicular apparatus from the vehicular apparatus;

accessing, by the portable terminal, the information center by using the acquired address to make a request for transmission of an application that is operable in an OS (Operating System) of the portable terminal;

transmitting, by the information center, the application to the portable terminal in response to the request of transmission made by the portable terminal;

transmitting, by the portable terminal, specific information to the information center by executing the application received from the information center to acquire the specific information from the portable terminal itself, the specific information permitting model of the portable terminal to be specified;

transmitting, by the information center, data of matching operations between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal to the portable terminal, based on the specific information received from the portable terminal;

transmitting, by the portable terminal, the data that is received from the information center to the vehicular apparatus by executing the application; and

transmitting, by the vehicular apparatus, the instruction to the portable terminal based on the data that is received from the portable terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising

transmitting, by the portable terminal, a state of the portable terminal to the vehicular apparatus by executing the application to acquire the state of the portable terminal,

wherein, in the transmitting of the instruction to the portable terminal, the vehicular apparatus transmits the instruction to the portable terminal based on the data and the state of the portable terminal that are received from the portable terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1,

wherein, the transmitting of the data to the vehicular apparatus includes setting, by the portable terminal, a connection between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal by executing the application.

4. The method according to claim 1,

wherein:

the data includes data of setting a connection between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal; and

the transmitting of the data to the vehicular apparatus includes setting, by the portable terminal, the connection between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal based on the data.

5. The method according to claim 2,

wherein the state of the portable terminal includes an execution state of a different application, which is different from the application and executed by the portable terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1,

wherein in the acquiring of the address, the portable terminal acquires the address from the vehicular apparatus by performing any one of a reading of a QR code (registered trademark), a communication conformed to NFC (Near Field Communication) standard, and an infrared communication.

7. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the specific information includes at least one of a model name of the portable terminal and a model number assigned to the portable terminal.

8. A vehicle system including a vehicular apparatus mounted to a vehicle and a portable terminal, implementing a function of the portable terminal by an instruction from the vehicular apparatus,

the portable terminal comprising:

an acquisition device that acquires an address of an information center corresponding to the vehicular apparatus, from the vehicular apparatus;

a request device that accesses the information center by using the acquired address to make a request of transmission of an application that is operable in an OS (Operating System) of the portable terminal;

an application reception device that receives the application transmitted by the information center in response to the request of transmission;

an information transmission device that transmits specific information to the information center by executing the application received from the information center to acquire the specific information from the portable terminal itself, the specific information permitting model of the portable terminal to be specified;

a data reception device that receives data of matching operations between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal, the data being transmitted by the information center based on the specific information; and

a data transmission device that transmits the data that is received from the information center, to the vehicular apparatus by executing the application,

the vehicular apparatus comprising

an instruction transmission device that transmits the instruction to the portable terminal based on the data that is received from the portable terminal.

9. A portable terminal including an own function that is implemented by an instruction from a vehicular apparatus mounted to a vehicle,

the portable terminal comprising:

an acquisition device that acquires an address of an information center corresponding to the vehicular apparatus, from the vehicular apparatus;

a request device that accesses the information center by using the acquired address to make a request of transmission of an application that is operable in an OS (Operating System) of the portable terminal;

an application reception device that receives the application transmitted by the information center in response to the request of transmission;

an information transmission device that transmits specific information to the information center by executing the application received from the information center to acquire the specific information from the portable terminal itself, the specific information permitting model of the portable terminal to be specified;

a data reception device that receives data of matching operations between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal, the data being transmitted by the information center based on the specific information;

a data transmission device that transmits the data that is received from the information center, to the vehicular apparatus by executing the application; and

a control device that implements an own function by the instruction transmitted from the vehicular apparatus based on the data.

10. An information center corresponding to a vehicular apparatus that transmits an instruction to a portable terminal to implement a function of the portable terminal, the information center comprising:

a storage device that stores

a data of matching operations between the vehicular apparatus and the portable terminal, the data being set based on specific information permitting model of the portable terminal to be specified, and

an application operable in an OS (Operating System) of the portable terminal,

the application executed by the portable terminal causing the portable terminal to

acquire the specific information from the portable terminal itself and transmit the acquired specific information to the information center, and

transmit the data received from the information center to the vehicular apparatus;

an application transmission device that transmits the application to the portable terminal in response to a request made by the portable terminal; and

a data transmission device that transmits the data to the portable terminal, based on the specific information transmitted by the portable terminal having executed the application.