JP2009290845A - Mobile satellite radio broadcasting receiver and control method of mobile satellite radio broadcasting receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile satellite radio broadcasting receiver, by which inquiry about channel is carried out easily. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile satellite radio broadcasting receiver 1 which is mounted on a vehicle 2 and receives satellite radio broadcasting is provided with a memory 16 which memorizes the telephone number to be telephoned in a correlated state for every channel of satellite radio broadcasting when a cellular phone 4 is connected in a communication enabled state, and inquiry about the channel is made by using the cellular phone 4. When predetermined operation is performed in the state where channel of 1 is selected, the telephone number corresponding to this channel of 1 is read from memory 16, and a call signal for calling the telephone number which has been read, is transmitted to the cellular phone 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver that is mounted on a vehicle and receives satellite radio broadcasts, and a control method for the vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an in-vehicle radio that is mounted on a vehicle and receives a satellite radio broadcast is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). When inquiring about the satellite radio broadcast channel that the driver is listening to using the in-vehicle radio while the vehicle is traveling, the vehicle is stopped and the destination is checked, and a telephone device such as a mobile phone is used. The work of making a call to this inquiry destination using is performed.
JP 2003-347949 A

However, the conventional in-vehicle radio has a problem that the work performed when inquiring about the channel is complicated.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver capable of easily making an inquiry about a channel.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver that is mounted on a vehicle and receives satellite radio broadcasts, and a telephone device is communicably connected to each satellite radio broadcast channel. A storage unit that associates and stores a telephone number to be called when inquiring by the telephone device, and corresponds to the one channel when a predetermined operation is performed in a state where the one channel is selected. The telephone number to be read is read from the storage unit, and a calling signal for making a call to the read telephone number is transmitted to the telephone device.
According to this configuration, when a predetermined operation is performed by the user in a state where one channel is selected, the telephone device automatically responds to the telephone number to be called when inquiring about the one channel. Make a call. Therefore, when making an inquiry about one channel, the user only needs to perform a predetermined operation while the one channel is selected, and the work related to the inquiry is facilitated.

Here, in the above invention, the channel includes a required channel that can receive a satellite radio broadcast related to the channel only when contracted, and the storage unit includes the required channel and the required channel. When a contract is made, the telephone number to be called by the telephone device is stored in association with each other, and when a predetermined operation is performed in a state where the required contract channel is selected, this telephone number corresponds to the required contract channel. The telephone number may be read from the storage unit, and a calling signal for making a call to the read telephone number may be transmitted to the telephone device.
According to this configuration, when a predetermined operation is performed by the user in a state where the required contract channel is selected, the telephone device automatically responds to the telephone number to be inquired by telephone when contracting for the required contract channel. Make a call. Therefore, when a contract is made for a contract-required channel, the user only needs to perform a predetermined operation with the contract channel selected, and the work related to the contract is facilitated.

In the above invention, the information processing apparatus further includes a display unit that displays various information, the channel includes a user ID display channel for displaying a user ID on the display unit, and the storage unit includes the user ID display channel. The telephone number of the service provider that provides the service to the user according to the user ID displayed on the user ID display channel is stored in association with the user ID display channel. When a predetermined operation is performed, the telephone number corresponding to the user ID display channel is read from the storage unit, and a calling signal for making a call to the read telephone number is transmitted to the telephone device. You may do it.
According to this configuration, when a predetermined operation is performed by the user in a state where the ID display channel is selected, the telephone device automatically calls the telephone number of the service provider to be inquired by telephone. Accordingly, when receiving a service from the service provider, the user can make a call to the telephone number of the service provider by simply performing a predetermined operation after selecting the ID display channel, and is necessary for receiving the service. Work becomes easier.

In the above invention, a hands-free call function may be provided that collects and transmits the user's transmitted voice to the telephone device, and receives and emits the received voice from the telephone device.
According to this configuration, since a hands-free call can be performed, when a user who is driving the vehicle makes an inquiry using the telephone device, the inquiry can be made while driving, and the work related to the inquiry is facilitated. To do.

In the above invention, the predetermined operation is an operation of an operation key that is operated when the telephone device is automatically called.
According to this configuration, the user can call the telephone device by a simple operation of operating the operation key when making an inquiry, so that convenience for the user is improved.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is mounted on a vehicle, receives satellite radio broadcast, and is connected to a telephone device so that communication is possible. When a predetermined operation is performed in a state where one of the channels is selected by controlling an in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver including a storage unit that stores a telephone number in the case of inquiring by the device, this 1 The telephone number corresponding to each channel is read from the storage unit, and a calling signal for making a call to the read telephone number is transmitted to the telephone device.

  According to the present invention, when making an inquiry about a satellite radio broadcast channel, the inquiry can be easily made.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing how the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 according to this embodiment is used. This in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 is a device that is mounted on a vehicle 2 and receives a satellite radio broadcast broadcast by a satellite radio broadcast station 3. In order to receive the satellite radio broadcast so that it can be heard by the vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver 1, the user needs to make a contract with the satellite radio broadcast station 3 in advance. 3 gives a unique user ID. Receiving the satellite radio broadcast so as to be audible means that the satellite radio broadcast is received in a state where the sound related to the received satellite radio broadcast can be normally emitted from the speaker 22 (FIG. 2). For example, when a scrambled signal is superimposed on a radio wave related to satellite radio broadcast and the listening of sound related to the satellite radio broadcast is restricted by this scrambled signal, the restriction on listening based on this scrambled signal is released from the speaker 22. This means that this satellite radio broadcast is received in a state where sound can be emitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 4 (telephone device) is connected to the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 so as to be able to perform wireless communication in accordance with the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard. This mobile phone 4 communicates with a fixed telephone 6 provided in the satellite radio broadcasting station 3 or another mobile phone (not shown) via a mobile communication network 5, and includes a speaker, a microphone, an antenna, and the like. It has a general configuration as a mobile phone and a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication compliant with the Bluetooth standard. The in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 according to the present embodiment receives the received voice from the mobile phone 4 and emits the sound into the vehicle 2 through the speaker 22 (FIG. 2), and transmits the transmitted voice uttered by the user to the microphone 23. By collecting sound and transmitting it to the mobile phone 4 (FIG. 2), the user can make a hands-free call with the fixed phone 6 or another mobile phone without holding the mobile phone 4.
In addition, although the case where Bluetooth which is one of short-distance wireless communication is used as an example of the wireless communication between the vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 and the mobile phone 4, a wireless LAN is used as the short-distance wireless communication. In addition, not limited to wireless communication, wired communication may be used.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 includes a control unit 10, a receiving unit 11, a sound processing unit 12, a display unit 13, an operation unit 14, a telephone processing unit 15, and a storage unit. 16.
The control unit 10 centrally controls each unit of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1, and includes a CPU as a calculation execution unit, a ROM as a storage unit, and a RAM that functions as a work area of the CPU. Yes.
The receiving unit 11 generates an audio signal from a digital radio broadcast signal received via an antenna and outputs the audio signal to the control unit 10, and includes a tuner processing unit 20 and a tuner 21. The tuner processing unit 20 causes the tuner 21 to receive a broadcast signal corresponding to the channel selected by the user under the control of the control unit 10 and generates an audio signal by demodulating the broadcast signal received by the tuner 21 by decoding processing. The audio signal is output to the control unit 10.
The audio processing unit 12 is connected to the speaker 22, and digitally / analog converts the audio signal input from the control unit 10 and outputs the audio signal to the speaker 22, thereby releasing sound related to the audio signal to the outside. The audio processing unit 12 is connected to the microphone 23, performs analog / digital conversion on a signal related to the transmitted voice collected by the microphone 23, and outputs the signal to the control unit 10 as an audio signal.

The display unit 13 displays various information such as a channel selected by the user and an operation mode, and includes a display processing unit 24 and a display unit 25. Under the control of the control unit 10, the display processing unit 24 generates display data and outputs the display data to the display unit 25 to display various information on the display unit 25. In the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display panel is used as the display unit 25.
The operation unit 14 outputs various instruction inputs by the user to the control unit 10, and includes a key processing unit 26 and operation keys 27. When the user operates the operation key 27 and inputs various instructions, the key processing unit 26 outputs a signal indicating the instruction input to the control unit 10. The operation key 27 includes at least a channel selection operation key for selecting a satellite radio broadcast channel to be received, and the user performs an operation for channel selection while referring to various information displayed on the display unit 25. Use the keys to select the satellite radio channel you want to listen to. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, as the operation key 27, in addition to the push button 28 provided on the main body of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1, a touch panel 29 (see FIG. 5), and the user inputs various instructions by touching the touch panel 29 in addition to pressing the push button 28.

The telephone processing unit 15 performs wireless communication in accordance with the Bluetooth standard with the mobile phone 4 under the control of the control unit 10, and the received voice received by the mobile phone 4 from the fixed phone 6 or another mobile phone is received. When the voice signal indicating the received voice is received and output to the control unit 10 and the voice signal related to the transmission voice uttered by the user is input from the control unit 10, the transmission voice indicated by the voice signal is output. Send to mobile phone 4.
Further, the telephone processing unit 15 transmits a control signal for controlling the operation of the mobile phone 4 to the mobile phone 4 under the control of the control unit 10. This control signal includes a calling signal for automatically calling the mobile phone 4. The call signal includes information indicating a telephone number to be called by the mobile phone 4, and the mobile phone 4 that has received the call signal receives information indicating the telephone number included in the call signal. The phone number is automatically called based on the call number.
The storage unit 16 is a device that stores various data in a rewritable manner, and is configured using, for example, a hard disk drive device, an EEPROM, or the like. The storage unit 16 stores user ID data indicating the above-described user ID. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 16 stores a channel DB 30, a contract required channel DB 31, and an ID display channel DB 32.

3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the channel DB 30, FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the contract required channel DB 31, and FIG. 3C is a diagram illustrating the ID display channel DB 32. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure.
As shown in FIG. 3A, one record in the channel DB 30 includes a channel field 30a and a type field 30b.
The channel field 30a stores channel data indicating channels that can be selected by the user.
The type field 30b stores type data indicating the type of channel indicated by the channel data stored in the corresponding channel field 30a. In the present embodiment, there are a required channel, a user ID display channel, and a normal channel as channel types. Here, the contract required channel, the user ID display channel, and the normal channel will be described.

The contract-required channel is a channel that cannot be received in an audible manner unless it is separately contracted with the channel manager for each satellite radio broadcast channel broadcast by the satellite radio broadcast station 3 contracted by the user. . The channel manager manages contracts of contracted channels for each user ID. For example, the satellite radio broadcasting station 3 plays a role as a channel manager. In order to make a contract with a channel manager for a contract-required channel, the user needs to inquire the channel manager by telephone, indicate his / her user ID, and perform a procedure related to the contract.
The user ID display channel is a channel for displaying the user ID on the display unit 25. When the operation key 27 is operated by the user and this user ID display channel is selected, the satellite radio broadcast is not received and the user ID is displayed on the display unit 25.
The normal channel is a channel other than the contract-required channel and the user ID display channel and can be received by a normal usage method of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1.

As shown in FIG. 3B, one record in the required channel DB 31 includes a required channel field 31a, a contracted flag field 31b, and a contracted telephone number field 31c.
The required channel field 31a stores required channel data indicating a required channel.
In the contracted flag field 31b, a flag indicating whether or not a contract is made for a required channel is stored. Of the required channels, channels that are contracted (hereinafter referred to as “contracted channels”) are set to “1” as a flag, and channels that are not contracted (hereinafter referred to as “uncontracted channels”) are set. , “0” is set as a flag.
In the contracted telephone number field 31c, the contracted telephone number indicating the telephone number to be called when contracting with the channel manager for the required channel indicated by the required channel data stored in the corresponding required channel field 31a. Data is stored.

As shown in FIG. 3C, one record of the ID display channel DB 32 includes an ID display channel field 32a and a service provider telephone number field 32b.
ID display channel data indicating a user ID display channel is stored in the ID display channel field 32a.
The service provider telephone number field 32b stores service provider telephone number data indicating the telephone number of the service provider. The service provider provides various services to the user according to the user ID. For example, the satellite radio broadcasting station 3 functions as a service provider. The various services include, for example, a service related to a response to a question about a satellite radio broadcast received by the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1, a service related to a response to an inquiry about a problem of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1, etc. There is. When receiving a service from a service provider, the user needs to make an inquiry by telephone.

By the way, as described above, when the channel selected by the user operating the operation key 27 is an uncontracted channel, the satellite radio broadcast related to the uncontracted channel cannot be received audibly. Conventionally, when a user wants to receive a satellite radio broadcast related to this non-contracted channel, the user can use, for example, a booklet or a telephone book distributed by the satellite radio broadcast station 3 to provide information on the satellite radio broadcast. It has been necessary to perform a complicated work of checking the channel manager to be called when making a contract using the telephone number and the telephone number of the channel manager and making a contract by calling the telephone number. In particular, when the driver who is driving the vehicle 2 wants to make a contract for an uncontracted channel, it is necessary to stop the operation of the vehicle 2 and perform the work once. Will be required.
When the user wants to receive various services from the service provider, the user ID is displayed on the display unit 25 by operating the operation key 27 to select the user ID display channel and providing the service. It is necessary to perform a complicated task of checking the telephone number of the person, calling the telephone number, and indicating his / her user ID as necessary.
In the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 according to the present embodiment, the above-described operation is facilitated by performing the following operations.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1.
As a premise of the operation in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the user receives satellite radio broadcast using the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1.
First, the control unit 10 of the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 monitors whether or not the user has operated the operation key 27 to newly select a channel (step SA1). When a channel is selected (step SA1: YES), the control unit 10 refers to the type data stored in the type field 30b of the channel DB 30, and the selected channel is a required channel or a user ID display channel. It is determined whether it corresponds to any channel (step SA2). When the selected channel does not correspond to any of the contract required channel or the user ID display channel, the control unit 10 controls the receiving unit 11 to receive the satellite radio broadcast related to the selected channel (step) SA3).

  In step SA2, if the selected channel corresponds to either a contract required channel or a user ID display channel (step SA2: YES), the control unit 10 determines that the selected channel is a required channel or It is determined which of the user ID display channels corresponds (step SA4). When the selected channel is a user ID display channel (step SA4: “user ID display channel”), the control unit 10 reads the user ID data from the storage unit 16 and selects the selected channel from the ID display channel DB 32. The service provider telephone number data corresponding to the indicated ID display channel data is read. Then, the control unit 10 controls the display processing unit 24 and, based on the read user ID data and the service provider telephone number data, displays the user ID, the ID display channel, and the service provider's A telephone number is displayed (step SA5).

  When the selected channel is a required channel in step SA4 (step SA4: “required channel”), the control unit 10 refers to the required channel field 31a and the contracted flag field 31b of the required channel DB 31. Then, it is determined whether the selected channel corresponds to an already-contracted channel or an uncontracted channel (step SA6). When the selected channel is a contracted channel (step SA6: “contracted channel”), the control unit 10 shifts the processing to step SA3 and receives the satellite radio broadcast related to the selected channel. On the other hand, when the selected channel is a non-contracted channel (step SA6: “non-contracted channel”), the control unit 10 reads the contract destination telephone corresponding to the required channel data indicating the selected channel from the required channel DB 31. Read the number data. Then, the control unit 10 controls the display processing unit 24 to display the contract required channel and the telephone number of the channel manager on the display unit 25 based on the read contract destination telephone number data (step SA7). In the operation of step SA7, the control unit 10 displays the contract required channel and the telephone number of the channel manager, and also displays that the selected channel is not contracted and needs to be contracted for reception. To do. As described above, when an uncontracted channel is selected, the display unit 25 displays that the selected channel is uncontracted and needs to be contracted for reception. You can recognize that the channel is an uncontracted channel.

After executing the processing of step SA5 or step SA7, the control unit 10 automatically connects the mobile phone 4 by transmitting a call signal to the mobile phone 4 because the mobile phone 4 is connected to be wirelessly communicable. It is determined whether or not the call can be made (step SA8). If the mobile phone cannot be automatically called (step SA8: NO), the control unit 10 ends the process. In this case, the state in which the telephone number of the service provider is displayed on the display unit 25 by the process in step SA5 or the state in which the telephone number of the channel manager is displayed by the process in step SA7 is maintained. Can refer to these telephone numbers and perform appropriate processing such as dialing these telephone numbers by the user himself / herself.
On the other hand, when the mobile phone can be automatically called (step SA8: YES), the control unit 10 displays the one-touch dial key 40 (FIG. 5) on the display 25 (step SA9). The one-touch dial key 40 is an operation key that is operated when the mobile phone 4 is automatically called. When the user operates the one-touch dial key 40, the mobile phone 4 automatically makes a call to a predetermined telephone number described later. Call. The one-touch dial key 40 is activated by pressing a portion corresponding to the one-touch dial key 40 once on a touch panel arranged on the display device 25.

  After displaying the one-touch dial key 40 on the display unit 25, the control unit 10 monitors whether or not the displayed one-touch dial key 40 is operated (step SA10). When the one-touch dial key 40 is operated (step SA10: YES), the control unit 10 transmits a call signal to the mobile phone 4 to automatically call the mobile phone 4 (step SA11). The operation of step SA11 will be described in detail. When the selected channel is an uncontracted channel, the control unit 10 receives contracted telephone number data corresponding to the required channel data indicating the uncontracted channel from the required channel DB 31. And a call signal including information indicating the telephone number related to the contracted telephone number data is transmitted to the mobile phone 4. As a result, the mobile phone 4 automatically calls the channel manager to be called when making a contract with the selected non-contracted channel, and the user performs the contract procedure for the non-contracted channel by calling with the channel manager. Will be able to do.

  When the selected channel is an ID display channel, the control unit 10 reads out the service provider telephone number data corresponding to the ID display channel data indicating the ID display channel from the ID display channel DB 32, and provides the service. A call signal including information indicating a telephone number related to the user telephone number data is transmitted to the mobile phone 4. Thereby, the mobile phone 4 automatically calls the service provider, and the user can receive various services from the service provider through the call of the mobile phone 4.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state where the one-touch dial key 40 is displayed on the display unit 25 by the process of step SA9. FIG. 5A shows the state of the display unit 25 when the channel selected by the user in step SA1 is an uncontracted channel. FIG. 5B shows the channel selected by the user in step SA1 as the user ID. The state of the display device 25 in the case of a channel is shown.
When the selected channel is a non-contracted channel, as shown in FIG. 5A, after the process of step SA9, the display unit 25 displays the contracted channel, the telephone number of the channel manager, and the selected channel. Is not contracted, and a one-touch dial key 40 is displayed together with the fact that it is necessary to contract for receiving. Then, if a user who wants to make a contract for an uncontracted channel performs a simple operation of pressing the one-touch dial key 40 once, for the telephone number of the channel manager to be called when contracting with an uncontracted channel, The mobile phone 4 can automatically make a call. This eliminates the need for the troublesome work of checking the telephone number of the channel manager and making a call to this telephone number when making a contract for an uncontracted channel, thus facilitating the contract work.
Furthermore, since the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 according to the present embodiment has a hands-free call function, when a user who is driving the vehicle makes a contract with a channel manager for an uncontracted channel, a hands-free call while driving is performed. Thus, the contract procedure can be performed, and the work related to the contract can be further facilitated.

When the selected channel is a user ID display channel, as shown in FIG. 5B, after the process of step SA9, the display 25 displays the user ID, the user ID display channel, and the service provider's A one-touch dial key 40 is displayed together with the telephone number. Then, if the user who wants to receive various services performs a simple operation of pressing the one-touch dial key 40 once, the telephone number of the service provider who provides the various services to the user according to the user ID On the other hand, the mobile phone 4 can automatically make a call. Therefore, when receiving a service from the service provider, the user can make a call to the telephone number of the service provider by the telephone device only by operating the one-touch dial key 40 after selecting the ID display channel, and receive the service. The work necessary for is facilitated.
Furthermore, since the vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 according to the present embodiment has a hands-free call function, when a user who is driving a vehicle receives a service from a service provider, the hands-free operation is performed while the user is driving. It is possible to receive a service from a service provider through a telephone call, and to further facilitate the work necessary to receive the service.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a user operates the one-touch dial key 40 in a state where an uncontracted channel is selected, a telephone to be inquired by telephone when making a contract for the uncontracted channel. The mobile phone 4 automatically calls the number. Therefore, when a contract is made for an uncontracted channel, the user can make a call to the telephone number to be called by the mobile phone 4 only by operating the one-touch dial key 40 with the uncontracted channel selected. Such work is facilitated.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when the one-touch dial key 40 is operated by the user in a state where the ID display channel is selected, the mobile phone 4 is automatically set to the telephone number of the service provider to be inquired by telephone. Make a call. Therefore, when receiving a service from the service provider, the user can make a call to the telephone number of the service provider by simply operating the one-touch dial key 40 after selecting the ID display channel. Necessary work is facilitated.

  In addition, the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 according to the present embodiment picks up a user's transmitted voice and transmits it to the mobile phone 4, and also receives a received voice from the mobile phone 4 and emits it. It has a function. For this reason, when the user who is driving the vehicle makes a contract with the channel manager for an uncontracted channel, the contract procedure can be performed by hands-free calling while driving, and the work related to the contract can be further facilitated. Furthermore, when a user who is driving a vehicle receives service from a service provider, he / she can receive the service from the service provider through a hands-free call while driving and is necessary to receive the service. Further simplification of work can be realized.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the user can make a call to the channel manager or the service provider by a simple operation of pressing the one-touch dial key 40 once. improves.

The above-described embodiment is merely an aspect of the present invention, and can be arbitrarily modified and applied within the scope of the present invention.
In the embodiment described above, the one-touch dial key 40 is a touch operation key provided on the touch panel, but this is a push button 28 provided in hardware on the in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver 1 (see FIG. 5). Even in this case, since the user can make a call to the channel manager or the service provider by a simple operation of pressing the push button 28 once, the convenience of the user is improved.
In the above-described embodiment, the required channel DB 31 stores the required channel and the channel manager's telephone number in association with each other, and the ID display channel DB 32 stores the ID display channel and the service provider's telephone number. However, the telephone number stored in association with the channel is not limited to this, and for example, a normal channel and a telephone number for inquiring about the normal channel may be stored. Good.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, as examples of the inquiry, an inquiry made to the channel manager when contracting an uncontracted channel and an inquiry made to the service provider when receiving the service are given as examples. However, the inquiry mode is not limited to this. That is, the present invention can be applied to all inquiries made via a telephone device such as the mobile phone 4.

It is a figure which shows the mode of use of the vehicle-mounted satellite broadcast receiver which concerns on this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a vehicle-mounted satellite broadcast receiver. (A) shows a channel table, (B) shows a contract required channel table, and (C) shows an ID display channel table. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a vehicle-mounted satellite broadcast receiver. (A) shows the state of the display when the selected channel is an uncontracted channel, and (B) shows the state of the display when the selected channel is a user ID display channel.

Explanation of symbols

1 Car Satellite Radio Broadcast Receiver 2 Vehicle 4 Mobile Phone (Telephone Device)
13 Display unit 16 Storage unit 40 One-touch dial keys (operation keys)
31 Contract required channel DB (storage unit)
32 ID display channel DB (storage unit)

Claims (6)

In-vehicle satellite radio receiver that is installed in a vehicle and receives satellite radio broadcasts,
Connect the telephone device so that it can communicate,
For each satellite radio broadcast channel, the storage unit stores a telephone number to be called in association with the telephone device when inquiring about the channel.
When a predetermined operation is performed in a state where one channel is selected, the telephone number corresponding to the one channel is read from the storage unit and a call is made to make a call to the read telephone number. An in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver, wherein a call signal is transmitted to the telephone device. The channel includes a contract-required channel that can receive a satellite radio broadcast related to this channel audibly only when contracted.
The storage unit stores the contract required channel in association with the telephone number to be called by the telephone device when contracting for the required contract channel,
When a predetermined operation is performed in a state where the required channel is selected, the telephone number corresponding to the required channel is read from the storage unit and a call is made to make a call to the read telephone number. The in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein a call signal is transmitted to the telephone device. It further includes a display unit for displaying various information,
The channel includes a user ID display channel for displaying a user ID on the display unit,
The storage unit stores the user ID display channel in association with a telephone number of a service provider that provides a service to the user according to the user ID displayed on the user ID display channel.
When a predetermined operation is performed in a state where the user ID display channel is selected, the telephone number corresponding to the user ID display channel is read from the storage unit, and a call is made to the read telephone number. The in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the call signal is transmitted to the telephone device. 4. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a hands-free call function that collects and transmits a user's transmitted voice to the telephone device, and receives and emits the received voice from the telephone device. 5. In-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver. The in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation is an operation of an operation key that is operated when the telephone device is automatically called. A storage device that is mounted on a vehicle, receives satellite radio broadcasts, and is connected to a telephone device so as to be communicable, and stores a telephone number when inquiring about the channel by the telephone device in association with each channel of the satellite radio broadcast. Control the vehicle-mounted satellite radio broadcast receiver with
When a predetermined operation is performed in a state where one channel is selected, the telephone number corresponding to the one channel is read from the storage unit and a call is made to make a call to the read telephone number. A call signal is transmitted to the telephone device. A method for controlling an in-vehicle satellite radio broadcast receiver.

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