IN-VEHICLE HANDSFREE APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD

• US 20170085692A1
• Filed: 11/30/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ozaki, Takahisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,986,078 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• 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 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

An in-vehicle navigation apparatus with a handsfree function establishes a Bluetooth communication link with a cellular phone. When receiving from the cellular phone outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which were stored in the cellular phone before establishing the Bluetooth communication link, the in-vehicle navigation apparatus stores, in a work memory, the received outgoing call history data and the received incoming call history data, equally to, of the navigation apparatus itself, outgoing call history data and incoming call history data. An outgoing call operation then becomes possible using outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which are stored in the work memory.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus allowing a handsfree phone call by establishing a wireless connection with a cellular phone, the cellular phone storing incoming call history data indicating a source telephone number of an incoming call, and outgoing call history data indicating a destination telephone number of an outgoing call,

the handsfree apparatus comprising:

a control section configured to perform a communication using a transfer protocol for realizing transfer of the incoming call history data and the outgoing call history data, which are stored in the cellular phone prior to the wireless connection between the handsfree apparatus and the cellular phone, when the cellular phone exists in a wireless connection area;

a communication section configured to receive the incoming call history data and the outgoing call history data from the cellular phone via the communication using the transfer protocol;

a data storage section configured to store the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, which are received; and

a display section configured to display the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data,

wherein when all history data including the incoming call history data and the outgoing history data are displayed in the display section,

the control section

sorts dates and times included in both the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, in order of date and time, and

causes the display section to display all the history data in the order of dates and times.

2. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when a date and time of an incoming call is identical to a date and time of an outgoing call, the outgoing call is displayed as being newer than the incoming call.

3. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, when a date and time of an incoming call is identical to a date and time of an outgoing call, the incoming call is displayed as being newer than the outgoing call.

4. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus allowing a handsfree phone call by establishing a wireless connection with a cellular phone, the cellular phone storing incoming call history data indicating a source telephone number of an incoming call, and outgoing call history data indicating a destination telephone number of an outgoing call,

the handsfree apparatus comprising:

a control section configured to perform a communication using a transfer protocol for realizing transfer of the incoming call history data and the outgoing call history data, which are stored in the cellular phone prior to the wireless connection between the handsfree apparatus and the cellular phone, when the cellular phone exists in a wireless connection area;

a communication section configured to receive the incoming call history data and the outgoing call history data from the cellular phone via the communication using the transfer protocol;

a data storage section configured to store the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, which are received; and

a display section configured to display the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data,

the control section being further configured to perform, when all history data including the incoming call history data and the outgoing history data are displayed in the display section, a comparison to compare dates and times included in the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, the control section causing the display section to display all the history data in order from a newer one based on a result of the performed comparison,

wherein, when it is determined that a date and time of an incoming call is identical to a date and time of an outgoing call based on the result of the performed comparison, the outgoing call is displayed as being newer than the incoming call.

5. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 4, wherein;

the outgoing call history data is transmitted from the cellular phone in such a format that an order of outgoing calls is identifiable; and

when displaying the outgoing call history data, the control section causes the display section to display the outgoing call history data in an order of outgoing calls using the format that the order of outgoing calls is identifiable, instead of using date and time included in the received outgoing call data, so as to determine a display order.

6. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the incoming call history data is transmitted from the cellular phone in such a format that an order of incoming calls is identifiable; and

when displaying the incoming call history data, the control section causes the display section to display in an order of incoming calls using the format that the order of incoming calls is identifiable, instead of using date and time included in the received incoming call data, so as to determine a display order.

7. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus allowing a handsfree phone call by establishing a wireless connection with a cellular phone, the cellular phone storing incoming call history data indicating a source telephone number of an incoming call, and outgoing call history data indicating a destination telephone number of an outgoing call,

the handsfree apparatus comprising:

a control section configured to perform a communication using a transfer protocol for realizing transfer of the incoming call history data and the outgoing call history data, which are stored in the cellular phone prior to the wireless connection between the handsfree apparatus and the cellular phone, when the cellular phone exists in a wireless connection area;

a communication section configured to receive the incoming call history data and the outgoing call history data from the cellular phone via the communication using the transfer protocol;

a data storage section configured to store the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, which are received; and

a display section configured to display the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data,

the control section being further configured to perform, when all history data including the incoming call history data and the outgoing history data are displayed in the display section, a comparison to compare dates and times included in the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, the control section causing the display section to display all the history data in order from a newer one based on a result of the performed comparison,

wherein, when it is determined that a date and time of an incoming call is identical to a date and time of an outgoing call based on the result of the performed comparison, the incoming call is displayed as being newer than the outgoing call.

8. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 7, wherein;

the outgoing call history data is transmitted from the cellular phone in such a format that an order of outgoing calls is identifiable; and

when displaying the outgoing call history data, the control section causes the display section to display the outgoing call history data in an order of outgoing calls using the format that the order of outgoing calls is identifiable, instead of using date and time included in the received outgoing call data, so as to determine a display order.

9. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:

the incoming call history data is transmitted from the cellular phone in such a format that an order of incoming calls is identifiable; and

when displaying the incoming call history data, the control section causes the display section to display in an order of incoming calls using the format that the order of incoming calls is identifiable, instead of using date and time included in the received incoming call data, so as to determine a display order.