In-vehicle apparatus

• US 8,064,965 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Issued: 11/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ozaki, Takahisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro; Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US12/150,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20080280655A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,307 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569, 455/414, 455/575, 455/450, 379/114, 379/420, 379/330, 379/431, 370/328
• US Class Current: 455/569.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

An in-vehicle navigation apparatus performs the following: according to an initial operation of a user to register a handsfree function, connecting a handsfree profile with a cellular phone and registering a handsfree function to be associated with the cellular phone; if the cellular phone has an audio visual function, displaying an audio visual function registration window for querying a user whether to register the audio visual function; and according to an operation of the user to register the audio visual function, connecting an audio visual profile with the cellular phone and registering the audio visual function to be associated with the cellular phone that was registered as being associated with the handsfree function.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a short range wireless communication device connecting a protocol, with a portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area;

an operation reception device receiving a predetermined operation from a user;

a query output device outputting query information for querying the user whether to register a function; and

a controller

establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting protocols corresponding to functions included in the portable terminal to thereby register the functions in association with the portable terminal, respectively, and

establishing, after registering the functions, a connection state of the protocols corresponding to the functions, respectively,

wherein;

after establishing the connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal and then registering a first protocol corresponding to a first function in association with the portable terminal,

the controller determines whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function;

when it is determined that the portable terminal includes the second function,

the controller causes the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function; and

when the operation reception device receives an operation for affirming the registering of the second function,

the controller

registers the second function in association with the portable terminal, which is registered in association with the first function to connect a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

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

when the operation reception device does not receive an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller neither registers the second function in association with the portable terminal nor connects the second protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

2. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a short range wireless communication device connecting a protocol, with a portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area;

an operation reception device receiving a predetermined operation from a user;

a query output device outputting query information for querying the user whether to register a function; and

a controller

establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting protocols corresponding to functions included in the portable terminal to thereby register the functions in association with the portable terminal, respectively, and

establishing, after registering the functions, a connection state of the protocol corresponding to the functions, respectively,

wherein;

when registering a first protocol corresponding to a first function in association with the portable terminal after establishing the connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal,

the controller determines whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function;

when it is determined that the portable terminal includes the second function, the controller causes the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function; and

when the operation reception device receives an operation for affirming the registering of the second function,

the controller

registers the first function and the second function in association with the portable terminal to connect the first protocol corresponding to the first function and a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

4. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

when the operation reception device does not receive an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller neither registers the second function to be associated with the portable terminal nor connects the second protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

5. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a short range wireless communication device connecting protocols with a portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area;

an operation reception device receiving a predetermined operation from a user;

a query output device outputting query information for querying the user whether to register functions; and

a controller

establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting a first protocol corresponding to a first function included in the portable terminal to thereby register the first function in association with the portable terminal, and

establishing, after registering the first function, a connection state of the first protocol,

wherein;

after establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting the first protocol corresponding to the first function included in the portable terminal and registering the first function in association with the portable terminal, the controller determines whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function;

when it is determined that the portable terminal includes the second function, the controller causes the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function; and

when the operation reception device receives an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller

registers the second function in association with the portable terminal, which was registered in association with the first function, and

connects a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

7. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

when the operation reception device does not receive an operation for affirming the registering of the second function, the controller neither registers the second function in association with the portable terminal, nor connects the second protocol between the short range wireless communication device and the portable.

6. An in-vehicle apparatus, comprising:

a short range wireless communication device connecting protocols with a portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area; and

a controller

establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting a first protocol corresponding to a first function included in the portable terminal to thereby register the first function in association with the portable terminal, and

establishing, after registering the first function, a connection state Of the first protocol,

wherein;

after establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting the first protocol corresponding to the first function included in the portable terminal and registering the first function in association with the portable terminal, the controller determines whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function; and

when it is determined that the portable terminal includes the second function, the controller

registers the second function in association with the portable terminal, which was registered in association with the first function, and

connects a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.

8. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the controller determines whether the portable terminal includes the second function different from the first function by determining whether to receive a registration request to register the second function from the portable terminal.

9. A method for connecting a portable terminal to an in-vehicle apparatus, the method comprising:

connecting a short range wireless communication device with the portable terminal using a protocol;

receiving a predetermined operation from a user using an operation reception device;

outputting query information from a query output device for querying the user whether to register a function;

establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting protocols corresponding to functions included in the portable terminal to thereby register the functions in association with the portable terminal, respectively,

establishing, after registering the functions, a connection state of the protocols corresponding to the functions, respectively,

establishing the connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal;

registering a first protocol corresponding to a first function in association with the portable terminal;

determining if the portable terminal includes a second function different than the first function;

causing the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function;

receiving an operation affirming the registering of the second function; and

registering the second function in association with the portable terminal.

10. A method for an in-vehicle apparatus to connect a portable terminal,

the in-vehicle apparatus including:

a short range wireless communication device configured to connect protocols with the portable terminal present within a short range wireless communication area;

an operation reception device configured to receive a predetermined operation from a user; and

a query output device configured to output query information for querying the user,

the method comprising;

establishing a connection standby state between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal for connecting a first protocol corresponding to a first function included in the portable terminal;

registering the first function in association with the portable terminal;

determining, after registering the first function, whether the portable terminal includes a second function different from the first function;

causing the query output device to output query information for querying the user whether to register the second function, when determining that the portable terminal includes the second function;

registering the second function in association with the portable terminal, which was registered in association with the first function, when the operation reception device receives an operation for affirming the registering of the second function; and

connecting a second protocol corresponding to the second function between the short range wireless communication device and the portable terminal.