Cooperation system between in-vehicle device and mobile terminal, non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for the same, and in-vehicle device for the same

• US 9,074,908 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ukai, Hiroki
• Primary Examiner(s): Holloway, Jason
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bendidi, Rachid
• Application Number:
  US13/613,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 701/414, 701/533, 701/537, 455/423, 455/569.1, 455/569.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/12 executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3611 using character input or menus, e.g. menus of POIs character input methods in general G06F3/0233
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/00 Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram star maps G09B27/04; devices for holding or supporting maps A47B97/02; for computing purposes G06G1/14, G09B1/16; display boards G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/10 Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids optical projection apparatus per se G03B

Abstract

A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal includes: the in-vehicle device including a route search device; and the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device and having a terminal-side destination setting device. After setting the destination, the terminal-side destination setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device. When the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information. When the terminal-side destination information further provides one or more stopovers, the route search device searches the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination.

Claims

1. A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, comprising:

the in-vehicle device including a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination; and

the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal-side destination setting device for setting the destination,

wherein, after setting the destination, the terminal-side destination setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device,

wherein the terminal-side destination information provides the destination,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides one or more stopovers, which are set by the terminal-side destination setting device, the route search device searches the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another destination, and

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information under a condition that the device-side destination setting device sets the another destination, the route search device searches the route in such a manner that a vehicle arrives at the destination in the terminal-side destination information after the vehicle visits the another destination set by the device-side destination setting device.

2. The cooperation system according to claim 1,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, the route search device searches the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the one or more stopovers and the destination is set by the terminal-side destination setting device.

3. The cooperation system according to claim 1,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, the route search device searches the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the one or more stopovers and the destination provides a minimum driving cost of the route.

4. The cooperation system according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a terminal-side display device that displays a map, a terminal-side destination mark for representing the destination, and a device-side destination mark for representing the another destination, and

wherein the terminal-side destination mark has a display form on the terminal-side display device, which is different from the device-side destination mark.

5. The cooperation system according to claim 4,

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side display device that displays the map, the terminal-side destination mark and the device-side destination mark, and

wherein the terminal-side destination mark has a display form on the device-side display device, which is different from the device-side destination mark.

6. The cooperation system according to claim 1,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a plurality of mobile terminals,

wherein each mobile terminal includes:

a respective terminal-side destination setting device for setting the destination; and

a terminal-side display device that displays a map and a terminal-side destination mark for representing the destination, and

wherein, when each terminal-side destination setting device transmits the terminal-side destination information to the route search device, each terminal-side display device displays a plurality of terminal-side destination marks corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminals, respectively, in such a manner that the plurality of terminal-side destination marks are identifiable.

7. The cooperation system according to claim 6,

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side display device that displays the map and the plurality of terminal-side destination marks,

wherein, when each terminal-side destination setting device transmits the terminal-side destination information to the route search device, the device-side display device displays the plurality of terminal-side destination marks corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminal elements, respectively, in such a manner that the plurality of terminal-side destination marks are identifiable.

8. A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, comprising:

the in-vehicle device including a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination; and

the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal-side destination setting device for setting the destination,

wherein, after setting the destination, the terminal-side destination setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device,

wherein the terminal-side destination information provides the destination,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides one or more stopovers, which are set by the terminal-side destination setting device, the route search device searches the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another destination,

wherein, when the device-side destination setting device sets the another destination, the route search device transmits device-side destination information to the terminal-side destination setting device,

wherein the device-side destination information provides the another destination set by the device-side destination setting device, and

wherein, when the terminal-side destination setting device receives the device-side destination information, the terminal-side destination setting device sets the terminal-side destination information, which provides the destination and the another destination.

9. A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, comprising:

the in-vehicle device including a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination; and

the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal-side destination setting device for setting the destination,

wherein, after setting the destination, the terminal-side destination setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device,

wherein the terminal-side destination information provides the destination,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides one or more stopovers, which are set by the terminal-side destination setting device, the route search device searches the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another destination, and

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information under a condition that the device-side destination setting device sets the another destination, the route search device searches the route in such a manner that the route includes the destination and the another destination in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the destination and the another destination provides a minimum driving cost of the route.

10. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for using in a cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, wherein the in-vehicle device includes a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination, and the mobile terminal communicates with the in-vehicle device, the non-transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions being executed by a computer, the instructions including:

setting the destination in the mobile terminal;

transmitting terminal-side destination information for providing the destination from the mobile terminal to the route search device after setting of the destination;

searching the route with the route search device based on the terminal-side destination information when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information;

searching the route including one or more stopovers and the destination with the route search device when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, which are set in the mobile terminal;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another destination, and

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information under a condition that the device-side destination setting device sets the another destination, the searching of the route with the route search device is performed in such a manner that a vehicle arrives at the destination in the terminal-side destination information after the vehicle visits the another destination set by the device-side destination setting device.

11. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium according to claim 10,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, the searching of the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination is performed in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the one or more stopovers and the destination is set in the setting of the destination in the mobile terminal.

12. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium according to claim 10,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, the searching of the route including the one or more stopovers and the destination is performed in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the one or more stopovers and the destination is set so as to provide a minimum driving cost of the route.

13. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium according to claim 10,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a terminal-side display device that displays a map, a terminal-side destination mark for representing the destination, and a device-side destination mark for representing the another destination,

the instructions further including:

displaying the terminal-side destination mark and the device-side destination mark on the terminal-side display device in such a manner that a display form of the terminal-side destination mark is different from the device-side destination mark.

14. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium according to claim 13,

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side display device that displays the map, the terminal-side destination mark and the device-side destination mark,

the instructions further including:

displaying the terminal-side destination mark and the device-side destination mark on the device-side display device in such a manner that a display form of the terminal-side destination mark is different from the device-side destination mark.

15. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium according to claim 10,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a plurality of mobile terminals, and

wherein each mobile terminal includes a terminal-side display device that displays a map and a terminal-side destination mark for representing the destination,

the instructions further including:

displaying a plurality of terminal-side destination marks corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminals, respectively, on each terminal-side display device in such a manner that the plurality of terminal-side destination marks are identifiable, when each terminal-side destination setting device transmits the terminal-side destination information to the route search device.

16. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium according to claim 15,

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side display device that displays the map and the plurality of terminal-side destination marks,

the instructions further including:

displaying the plurality of terminal-side destination marks corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminal elements, respectively, on the device-side display device in such a manner that the plurality of terminal-side destination marks are identifiable, when each terminal-side destination setting device transmits the terminal-side destination information to the route search device.

17. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for using in a cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, wherein the in-vehicle device includes a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination, and the mobile terminal communicates with the in-vehicle device, the non-transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions being executed by a computer, the instructions including:

setting the destination in the mobile terminal;

transmitting terminal-side destination information for providing the destination from the mobile terminal to the route search device after setting of the destination;

searching the route with the route search device based on the terminal-side destination information when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information;

searching the route including one or more stopovers and the destination with the route search device when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, which are set in the mobile terminal;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another destination,

the instructions further including;

transmitting device-side destination information from the in-vehicle device to the mobile terminal when the device-side destination setting device sets the another destination, wherein the device-side destination information provides the another destination set by the device-side destination setting device; and

setting the terminal-side destination information, which provides the destination and the another destination, in the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal receives the device-side destination information.

18. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for using in a cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, wherein the in-vehicle device includes a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination, and the mobile terminal communicates with the in-vehicle device, the non-transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions being executed by a computer, the instructions including:

setting the destination in the mobile terminal;

transmitting terminal-side destination information for providing the destination from the mobile terminal to the route search device after setting of the destination;

searching the route with the route search device based on the terminal-side destination information when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information;

searching the route including one or more stopovers and the destination with the route search device when the terminal-side destination information further provides the one or more stopovers, which are set in the mobile terminal;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another destination,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information under a condition that the device-side destination setting device sets the another destination, the searching of the route including the destination and the another destination with the route search device is performed in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the destination and the another destination is set so as to provide a minimum driving cost of the route.

19. A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, comprising:

the in-vehicle device including a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination; and

the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal-side point setting device for setting one point or a plurality of points,

wherein, after setting the points, the terminal-side point setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device,

wherein the terminal-side destination information provides the one point or the plurality of points,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information provides the plurality of points, which are set by the terminal-side point setting device, the route search device searches the route including the plurality of points so that one of the plurality of points is defined as a final destination and the plurality of points other than the final destination is defined as a stopover;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another point, and

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information under a condition that the device-side destination setting device sets the another point, the route search device searches the route in such a manner that a vehicle arrives at the one point or the plurality of points in the terminal-side destination information after the vehicle visits the another point set by the device-side destination setting device.

20. The cooperation system according to claim 19,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information provides the plurality of points, the route search device searches the route including the plurality of points in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the plurality of points is set by the terminal-side point setting device so that the one of the plurality of points is defined as the final destination and the plurality of points other than the final destination is defined as the stopover.

21. The cooperation system according to claim 19,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information provides the plurality of points, the route search device searches the route including the plurality of points in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the plurality of points is determined by the route search device so as to minimize a driving cost of the route.

22. The cooperation system according to claim 19,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a terminal-side display device that displays a map, a terminal-side point mark for representing the one point or the plurality of points, and a device-side point mark for representing the another point, and

wherein the terminal-side point mark has a display form on the terminal-side display device, which is different from the device-side point mark.

23. The cooperation system according to claim 22,

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side display device that displays the map, the terminal-side point mark and the device-side point mark, and

wherein the terminal-side point mark has a display form on the device-side display device, which is different from the device-side point mark.

24. The cooperation system according to claim 19,

wherein the mobile terminal further includes a plurality of mobile terminals,

wherein each mobile terminal includes:

a respective terminal-side point setting device for setting one point or a plurality of points; and

a terminal-side display device that displays a map and a terminal-side point mark for representing the one point or the plurality of points, and

wherein, when the terminal-side point setting device transmits the terminal-side point information to the route search device, each terminal-side display device displays a plurality of terminal-side point marks corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminals, respectively, in such a manner that the plurality of terminal-side point marks are identifiable.

25. The cooperation system according to claim 24,

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side display device that displays the map and the plurality of terminal-side point marks,

wherein, when each terminal-side point setting device transmits the terminal-side point information to the route search device, the device-side display device displays the plurality of terminal-side point marks corresponding to the plurality of mobile terminal elements, respectively, in such a manner that the plurality of terminal-side point marks are identifiable.

26. A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, comprising:

the in-vehicle device including a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination; and

the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal-side point setting device for setting one point or a plurality of points,

wherein, after setting the points, the terminal-side point setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device,

wherein the terminal-side destination information provides the one point or the plurality of points,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information provides the plurality of points, which are set by the terminal-side point setting device, the route search device searches the route including the plurality of points so that one of the plurality of points is defined as a final destination and the plurality of points other than the final destination is defined as a stopover;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another point,

wherein, when the device-side destination setting device sets the another point, the route search device transmits device-side destination information to the terminal-side point setting device,

wherein the device-side destination information provides the another point set by the device-side destination setting device,

wherein, when the terminal-side point setting device receives the device-side destination information, the terminal-side point setting device sets the terminal-side destination information, which provides the one point or the plurality of points and the another point, so that one of the one point or the plurality of points and the another point is defined as a final destination and the one point or the plurality of points and the another point other than the final destination is defined as a stopover.

27. A cooperation system between an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal, comprising:

the in-vehicle device including a route search device for searching a route from a current location to a destination; and

the mobile terminal for communicating with the in-vehicle device,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a terminal-side point setting device for setting one point or a plurality of points,

wherein, after setting the points, the terminal-side point setting device transmits terminal-side destination information to the route search device,

wherein the terminal-side destination information provides the one point or the plurality of points,

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information, the route search device searches the route based on the terminal-side destination information,

wherein, when the terminal-side destination information provides the plurality of points, which are set by the terminal-side point setting device, the route search device searches the route including the plurality of points so that one of the plurality of points is defined as a final destination and the plurality of points other than the final destination is defined as a stopover;

wherein the in-vehicle device further includes a device-side destination setting device for setting another point, and

wherein, when the route search device receives the terminal-side destination information under a condition that the device-side destination setting device sets the another point, the route search device searches the route in such a manner that the route includes the one point or the plurality of points and the another point in a certain order, and

wherein the certain order of the one point or the plurality of points and the another point is determined by the route search device so as to minimize a driving cost of the route.