IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20150017969A1
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Takatsuji, Masaya
• Granted Patent: US 9,271,219 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• 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: 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: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/04 based on user or terminal location or mobility data, e.g. moving direction, speed

Abstract

An in-vehicle communication system includes: an in-vehicle communication apparatus equipped to a vehicle; a first mobile communication terminal connected in a communicable manner with the in-vehicle communication apparatus; and a second mobile communication terminal connected in a communicable manner with the first mobile communication terminal. The in-vehicle communication apparatus, the first mobile communication terminal, and the second mobile communication terminal each has a cooperative application program for executing multiple contents cooperatively with one another. The first mobile communication terminal forbids operational input and/or screen output of a predetermined content. When a travel determination unit determines that the vehicle is running, the in-vehicle communication apparatus forbids operational input and/or screen output with respect to the predetermined content. The second mobile communication terminal enables operational input and/or screen output with respect to the predetermined content.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle communication system comprising:

an in-vehicle communication apparatus equipped to a vehicle;

a first mobile communication terminal connected in a communicable manner with the in-vehicle communication apparatus; and

a second mobile communication terminal connected in a communicable manner with the first mobile communication terminal,

wherein each of the in-vehicle communication apparatus, the first mobile communication terminal, and the second mobile communication terminal has a cooperative application program for executing a plurality of contents cooperatively with one another,

wherein each of the plurality of contents includes an application program and a plurality of data required for providing a user with functions corresponding to the content,

wherein the first mobile communication terminal includes;

a content execution unit executing an application program of a predetermined content to process a plurality of data of the predetermined content based on an external operation, the predetermined content being one of the plurality of contents;

a transmission unit transmitting an execution result of the application program of the predetermined content to at least one of the in-vehicle communication apparatus or the second mobile communication terminal; and

a terminal-side forbidding unit, when connected in a communicable manner with the in-vehicle communication apparatus, forbidding an operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the first mobile communication terminal and a screen output of the predetermined content on the first mobile communication terminal,

wherein the in-vehicle communication apparatus includes;

a travel determination unit determining whether or not the vehicle is running; and

an apparatus-side forbidding unit, when the travel determination unit determines that the vehicle is running, forbidding at least one of an operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus or a screen output of the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus, and

wherein the second mobile communication terminal includes;

a providing unit enabling at least one of an operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the second mobile communication terminal or a screen output of the predetermined content on the second mobile communication terminal.

2. The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the first mobile communication terminal refers to an input operation performed by the user on the first mobile communication terminal with respect to the predetermined content, and the screen output of the predetermined content on the first mobile communication terminal refers to a display of the execution result of the application program of the predetermined content on a screen of the first mobile communication terminal,

wherein the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus refers to an input operation performed by the user on the in-vehicle communication apparatus with respect to the predetermined content, and the screen output of the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus refers to a display of the execution result of the application program of the predetermined content on a screen of the in-vehicle communication apparatus, and

wherein the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the second mobile communication terminal refers to an input operation performed by the user on the second mobile communication terminal with respect to the predetermined content, and the screen output of the predetermined content on the second mobile communication terminal refers to a display of the execution result of the application program of the predetermined content on a screen of the second mobile communication terminal.

3. The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the terminal-side forbidding unit forbids the operational input with respect to each of the plurality of contents on the first mobile communication terminal and forbids the screen output of each of the plurality of contents on the first mobile communication terminal.

4. The in-vehicle communication system according to any one of claims 1,

wherein the plurality of contents further include at least one different predetermined content, and

wherein the apparatus-side forbidding unit forbids at least one of an operational input with respect to the at least one different predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus or a screen output of the at least one different predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus.

5. The in-vehicle communication system according to any one of claims 1,

wherein the first mobile communication terminal is possessed by a driver of the vehicle, and

wherein the second mobile communication terminal is possessed by the user other than the driver of the vehicle.

6-7. -7. (canceled)

8. A mobile communication terminal, when a different mobile communication terminal is not connected in a communicable manner with an in-vehicle communication apparatus equipped to a vehicle, being connected in a communicable manner with the in-vehicle communication apparatus as a main mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal having a cooperative application program for executing a plurality of contents cooperatively with the in-vehicle communication apparatus, each of the plurality of contents including an application program and a plurality of data required for providing a user with functions corresponding to the content,

the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a content execution unit executing an application program of a predetermined content to process a plurality of data of the predetermined content based on an external operation, the predetermined content being one of the plurality of contents;

a transmission unit, when the different mobile communication terminal is connected as a sub mobile communication terminal in a communicable manner with the main mobile communication terminal, transmitting an execution result of the application program of the predetermined content to at least one of the in-vehicle communication apparatus or the sub mobile communication terminal; and

a terminal-side forbidding unit forbidding an operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the main mobile communication terminal and forbidding a screen output of the predetermined content on the main mobile communication terminal.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8,

wherein the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the main mobile communication terminal refers to an input operation performed by the user on the main mobile communication terminal with respect to the predetermined content, and the screen output of the predetermined content on the main mobile communication terminal refers to a display of the execution result of the application program of the predetermined content on a screen of the main mobile communication terminal.

10. A mobile communication terminal, when a different mobile communication terminal is connected in a communicable manner with an in-vehicle communication apparatus equipped to a vehicle as a main mobile communication terminal, being connected in a communicable manner with the main mobile communication terminal as a sub mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal having a cooperative application program for executing a plurality of contents cooperatively with the in-vehicle communication apparatus, each of the plurality of contents including an application program and a plurality of data required for providing a user with functions corresponding to the content,

the mobile communication terminal comprising:

a providing unit enabling at least one of an operational input with respect to a predetermined content on the sub mobile communication terminal or a screen output of the predetermined content on the sub mobile communication terminal, the predetermined content being one of the plurality of contents,

wherein the in-vehicle communication apparatus forbids at least one of the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus or the screen output of the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 10,

wherein the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the sub mobile communication terminal refers to an input operation performed by the user on the sub mobile communication terminal with respect to the predetermined content, and the screen output of the predetermined content on the sub mobile communication terminal refers to a display of an execution result of an application program of the predetermined content on a screen of the sub mobile communication terminal, and

wherein the operational input with respect to the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus refers to an input operation performed by the user on the in-vehicle communication apparatus with respect to the predetermined content, and the screen output of the predetermined content on the in-vehicle communication apparatus refers to a display of the execution result of the application program of the predetermined content on a screen of the in-vehicle communication apparatus.