In-vehicle device and wireless communication system

• US 8,406,991 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2009
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Inoue, Noriaki, Maehata, Minoru, Ohta, Satoshi, Kitahara, Toshio, Kuroko, Tomohiro, Yagasaki, Ikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Khoi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kiswanto, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US12/591,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138149A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701/408
• US Class Current: 701/400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

Upon detection of a portable terminal positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with an in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device in an in-vehicle system performs a pairing process with respect to the detected portable terminal to establish wireless communication with the detected portable terminal. Thereafter, the in-vehicle device acquires an image and sound acquired by an application being executed on the portable terminal from the portable terminal, with which wireless communication has been established. The in-vehicle device converts acquired various types of data into an outputtable format of the in-vehicle device and outputs the converted data to at least one of a display unit and a speaker.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle device that has a display unit and performs wireless communication with a portable terminal device, the in-vehicle device comprising:

a wireless-communication establishing unit that, upon detection of a portable terminal device positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, establishes the wireless communication with the detected portable terminal device;

a data acquiring unit that acquires data provided by the portable terminal device, from the portable terminal device with which the wireless communication has been established by the wireless-communication establishing unit; and

an output controller that converts data acquired by the data acquiring unit into a format for outputting the data by the in-vehicle device, and outputs converted data to at least one of the display unit and a speaker, wherein

the portable terminal device executes a navigation for a pedestrian to search for a route to a destination set by a user,

the data acquiring unit acquires pedestrian navigation information provided by the navigation for the pedestrian from the portable terminal device, and

the output controller converts the pedestrian navigation information acquired by the data acquiring unit into vehicle navigation information in the format for outputting the information by the in-vehicle device and outputs the vehicle navigation information to at least one of the display unit and the speaker.

2. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein when an operation indicating a destination change is sent from a user with respect to the vehicle navigation information output to the display unit, the output controller transmits newly input destination information to the portable terminal device to acquire re-searched pedestrian navigation information from the portable terminal device, converts the re-searched pedestrian navigation information into new vehicle navigation information in the format for outputting the information by the in-vehicle device, and outputs the new vehicle navigation information to at least one of the display unit and the speaker.

3. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the data acquiring unit selects an application from an application being executed on the portable terminal device, with which wireless communication has been established by the wireless-communication establishing unit, an application recently executed on the portable terminal device, and an application recently executed on the in-vehicle device, and acquires various types of data provided by a selected application.

4. A wireless communication system comprising:

a portable terminal device that provides data and an in-vehicle device that performs wireless communication with the portable terminal device, wherein

the in-vehicle device includes;

a display unit;

a wireless-communication establishing unit that, upon detection of a portable terminal device positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication, establishes the wireless communication with the detected portable terminal device;

a data acquiring unit that acquires vehicle navigation data provided by the portable terminal device, from the portable terminal device with which wireless communication has been established by the wireless-communication establishing unit; and

an output controller that outputs the vehicle navigation data acquired by the data acquiring unit to at least one of the display unit and a speaker, and

the portable terminal device includes an output unit that converts pedestrian navigation data provided by the portable terminal device into the vehicle navigation data in the format for outputting the data by the in-vehicle device, with which wireless communication has been established.

5. An in-vehicle device that has a display unit and performs wireless communication with a portable terminal device, the in-vehicle device comprising:

a wireless-communication establishing unit that, upon detection of a portable terminal device positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, establishes the wireless communication with the detected portable terminal device;

a data acquiring unit that acquires vehicle navigation information provided by the portable terminal device, from the portable terminal device with which the wireless communication has been established by the wireless-communication establishing unit; and

an output controller that outputs the vehicle navigation information to at least one of the display unit and a speaker, wherein

the portable terminal device executes a navigation for a pedestrian to search for a route to a destination set by a user, and converts pedestrian navigation information provided by the navigation for pedestrian into the vehicle navigation data in the format for outputting the information by the in-vehicle device.