On-board system working a mobile device

• US 9,267,813 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2011
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Akama, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Nguyen
• Application Number:
  US13/582,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20120329520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,835 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/66.1, 455/566, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 455/117, 455/344, 455/345
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3688 Systems comprising multiple parts or multiple output devices (not client-server), e.g. detachable faceplates, key fobs or multiple output screens
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

On-board device mounted in a vehicle includes output device including a display device and a speaker. The on-board device comprises a communications device that communicates with a mobile device having an information processing function. The on-board device also comprises an output controller that receives through the communications device information produced by the mobile phone and controls output of the received information to the output device. The output controller is configured to determine if the received information satisfies one or more certain conditions that are determined from the standpoint of safety of the vehicle, and further configured to output the received information to the output device if the determination is positive, and to process the received information to satisfy the one or more certain conditions or retards the output until it satisfies the one or more certain conditions if the determination is negative.

Claims

1. An on-board device mounted on a vehicle and having an output device including at least a display device, the on-board device comprising:

a communications device that communicates with a mobile device having a unit for executing one or more application programs and a transmission controller that produces attribute information associated with output data produced by the one or more application programs; and

an output controller that receives from the mobile device through the communications device the output data including graphical user interface (GUI) components produced by the one or more application programs and the attribute information associated with the output data, and controls outputting of the received output data to the output device on the basis of the attribute information;

wherein the output controller is configured to determine if the attribute information received from the mobile device satisfies one or more predetermined conditions, and is further configured to output the received output data to the output device if the determination is positive, and to process the received output data to satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if the determination is negative;

wherein the attribute information associated with the output data includes at least one of A) numbers and types of input operation required to a user, B) number of display items, C) colors of the display items, D) number of characters to be displayed, and E) types of the one or more application programs, and wherein the output controller determines based on the attribute information if the received output data including GUI components are appropriate for display on the display device while the vehicle is moving.

2. The on-board device of claim 1, wherein the output controller is further configured to prohibit output of the received output data to the display device if a determination is made that the received output data can hardly satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if it is processed.

3. The on-board device of claim 1, wherein the one or more predetermined conditions include at least one of:

a) conditions based on a travel state of the vehicle;

b) conditions based on processes of an application program including at least one of types of the application program and input operation required from a user;

c) conditions based on display contents including at least one of number of display items and number of characters for display; and

d) conditions based on sound.

4. The on-board device claim 3, wherein the driving condition includes a standstill condition of the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling.

5. The on-board device of claim 1, wherein the output controller is configured, for satisfying the one or more predetermined conditions, to perform at least one of the following process:

deleting at least a portion of the received output data;

modifying at least a portion of the received output data; and

changing one or more colors of at least a portion of output of a display screen associated with the received output data.

6. The on-board device of claim 1, wherein the output controller splits the output data between the display device and the mobile device.

7. The on-board device of claim 1, wherein the output device includes a speaker and the output data include sound data, and

wherein the output controller is further configured to prohibit output of the sound data to the output device or to delay the outputting of the sound data to a later point in time in which the output data satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions included in the received output data if the determination is negative.

8. An on-board device mounted on a vehicle and having output means including at least a display device, the on-board device comprising:

means for communicating with a mobile device having a unit for executing one ore more application programs and a transmission controller that produces attribute information associated with output data produced by the one or more application programs; and

output control means for receiving from the mobile device through the means for communicating the output data including graphical user interface (GUI) components produced by the one or more application programs and the attribute information associated with the output data, and for controlling outputting of the received output data to the output means on the basis of the attribute information;

wherein the output control means comprises;

means for determining if the attribute information received from the mobile device satisfies one or more predetermined conditions; and

means for outputting the received output data to the output means if the determination is positive, and for processing the received output data to satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if the determination is negative;

wherein the attribute information associated with the output data includes at least one of A) numbers and types of input operation required to a user, B) number of display items, C) colors of the display items, D) number of characters to be displayed, and E) types of the one or more application programs, and wherein the output control means determines based on the attribute information if the received output data including GUI components are appropriate for display on the display device while the vehicle is moving.

9. The on-board device of claim 8, wherein the output control means further comprises means for prohibiting output of the received output data to the display device if a determination is made that the received output data can hardly satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if it is processed.

10. The on-board device of claim 8, wherein the one or more predetermined conditions include at least one of:

a) conditions based on a travel state of the vehicle;

b) conditions based on processes of an application program including at least one of types of the application program and input operation required from a user;

c) conditions based on display contents including at least one of number of display items and number of characters for display; and

d) conditions based on sound.

11. The on-board device of claim 10, wherein the driving condition includes a standstill condition of the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling.

12. The on-board device of claim 8, wherein the output control means comprises means for performing at least one of the following process for satisfying the one or more predetermined conditions:

deleting at least a portion of the received output data;

modifying at least a portion of the received output data; and

changing one or more colors of at least a portion of output of the received output data.

13. The on-board device of claim 8, wherein the output means includes a speaker and the output data include sound data, and

wherein the output control means further comprises means for prohibiting output of the sound data to the output means or delaying the outputting of the sound data to a later point in time in which the output data satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions included in the received output data if the determination is negative.

14. A method, performed by an on-board device mounted on a vehicle and having output device including at least a display device, comprising:

communicating with a mobile device having a unit for executing one ore more application programs and a transmission controller that produces attribute information associated with output data produced by the one or more application programs;

receiving, from the mobile device through said communicating, the output data including graphical user interface (GUI) components produced by the one or more application programs and the attribute information associated with the output data, and controlling outputting of the received output data to the output device on the basis of the attribute information;

determining if the attribute information received from the mobile device satisfies one or more predetermined conditions; and

outputting the received output data to the output device if the determination is positive, and processing the received output data to satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if the determination is negative,

wherein the attribute information associated with the output data includes at least one of A) numbers and types of input operation required to a user, B) number of display items, C) colors of the display items, D) number of characters to be displayed, and E) types of the one or more application programs, and wherein, in the determining, it is determined based on the attribute information if the received output data including GUI components are appropriate for display on the display device while the vehicle is moving.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

prohibiting output of the received output data to the display device if a determination is made that the received output data can hardly satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if it is processed.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more predetermined conditions include at least one of:

a) conditions based on a travel state of the vehicle;

b) conditions based on processes of an application program including at least one of types of the application program and input operation required from a user;

c) conditions based on display contents including at least one of number of display items and number of characters for display; and

d) conditions based on sound.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the driving condition includes a standstill condition of the vehicle and a speed of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising performing at least one of the following process for satisfying the one or more predetermined conditions:

deleting at least a portion of the received output data;

modifying at least a portion of the received output data; and

changing one or more colors of at least a portion of a display screen associated with the received output data.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the output device includes a speaker and the output data include sound data, and

further comprising:

prohibiting output of the sound data to the output device or delaying the outputting of the sound data to a later point in time in which the output data satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions included in the received output data if the determination is negative.