JP2016015614A - On-vehicle device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle device for performing a return to a last mode in consideration of relation among multiple on-board users.SOLUTION: An on-vehicle device to which one or more portable terminals are to be connected by short-range communication includes: storage means for storing resume information of a last mode immediately before stopping contents when energization has been stopped by association with the identification information of the one or more connected portable terminals; identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification of the portable terminals to be connected by starting energization; and last mode reproduction means for starting the reproduction of contents in the last mode on the basis of the resume information of the last mode stored in association with the acquired identification information. The storage means stores the identification information of the one or more portable terminals together with priorities in reproducing the contents in the last modes. The last mode reproduction means performs reproduction in the last mode with the highest priority when the multiple last modes of the contents related to the acquired identification information exist.

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle device to which one or more mobile terminals are connected by short-range communication.

  In recent years, between mobile devices such as car navigation devices and mobile terminals, mobile terminal applications can be used in vehicle devices through short-range wireless communication such as wireless LAN. When reconnecting, the so-called last mode that indicates the operating state of the application immediately before the disconnection is stored in the in-vehicle device, etc., so that it is possible to resume the application in the operating state immediately before the disconnection when reconnecting. A device cooperation system or the like has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2012-217130 A

  Specifically, the above-described Patent Document 1 refers to the correspondence relationship based on the device ID acquired from the external device, acquires resume information corresponding to the device ID, and reconnects according to the acquired resume information. The technology to resume from the state of the application that was in use until the time when the previous connection with the external device was determined to be released is disclosed, and the optimal last mode is restored for each user who uses the mobile terminal. It becomes possible.

  However, according to the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above, when a single / individual user is reconnected, it is possible to return to the optimum last mode according to each user. It is not considered to detect that the user has boarded and to shift to the optimum last mode based on the relationship between the plurality of users.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the previous boarding is a mother B, a child (eldest son) C, and a child (second son) D, the mother B is a DVD movie on the in-vehicle device for the children. However, when the ACC power supply of the vehicle is turned off due to arrival at the destination during the reproduction, the movie immediately before turning off and the reproduction position (position) are stored in the in-vehicle device as the resume information in the last mode. The last ride on the vehicle was Father A's single ride. During the ride, the Music recorded on the HDD was played. Then, when the ACC power was turned off, the Music just before the turn off and the playback position were in the last mode. Stored as resume information.

  And this time, when the ride on the vehicle is father A, child (eldest son) C and child (second son) D, the DVD movie, which is originally the last mode in time with the children, is in the middle (Last Position) However, since this time and the last boarding are father A, it will be reproduced from the last position of the Music of the HDD which is the last mode. As described above, when the occupant is a plurality of users, the return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship between the users is not performed. In this case, it is possible to play in the last mode at the time of the last ride according to children, but it is necessary to operate either a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or an in-vehicle device when getting on, and it is convenient for the user There is a difficulty in improving the system.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle device that can easily perform preferential return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship among a plurality of users when a plurality of users get on.

  The in-vehicle device according to the present invention is an in-vehicle device to which one or more portable terminals are connected by short-range communication, and resume information about the last mode which is an operation mode immediately before stopping the content when energization is stopped. Storage means for storing in association with identification information of one or more mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop, and identification information acquisition for acquiring identification information of the mobile terminals connected by the short-distance communication when energization starts And last mode playback means for starting playback of the content in the last mode based on the resume information of the last mode stored in association with the acquired identification information, and the storage means The identification information of one or more mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop is displayed in the order in which the contents are reproduced in the last mode. And the last mode reproduction means relates to the identification information having the highest priority when there are a plurality of the last modes of the content related to the identification information acquired after the start of energization. The content is played back in the last mode.

  According to such a configuration, when the resume information about the last mode of the content is stored in association with the identification information of one or more mobile terminals connected immediately before the content is stopped, the content is reproduced in the last mode. Since the priority to be performed is stored together, when there are a plurality of content last modes related to the identification information acquired after the start of energization, playback is performed in the content last mode related to the identification information having the highest priority. When a plurality of users who have portable terminals get on the vehicle, it is possible to easily perform priority return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship among the plurality of users.

  For example, when there are three crew members of ABC, the in-vehicle device acquires each identification information of a smartphone (hereinafter, abbreviated as “smartphone” as appropriate) which is a portable terminal owned by the three people, and the priority is The content related to the highest identification information is reproduced in the last mode. Among these, when the identification information (two identification information) of the AB2 name smartphone has the highest priority, the identification information of the AB2 name is used. Since the associated content can be reproduced in the last mode, it is possible to preferentially return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship among a plurality of users.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, based on the resume information of the last mode stored in the storage unit, when the content is stopped by the last mode playback unit, Resume information about the last mode, which is an operation mode immediately before stopping the content when power is stopped, is stored in the storage unit in association with identification information of one or more mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop. The last mode update control means may be further included.

  According to such a configuration, when the content reproduced in the last mode is stopped halfway due to energization stop, the resume information about the last mode, which is the operation mode immediately before the stop, is connected 1 immediately before the stop. Since it is stored in the storage means in association with the identification information of the portable terminal described above, the last mode is updated, and the return to the last mode can be continued.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the resume information may be stored in the storage unit in association with identification information of one part of the one or more mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop. it can.

  According to such a configuration, the resume information is stored in the storage unit in association with the identification information of one mobile terminal of one or more mobile terminals connected to the in-vehicle device immediately before the content is stopped. When a plurality of users carrying portable terminals get on, it is possible to preferentially return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship between the plurality of users. For example, when a total of three mothers and two children get on, the last mode resume information of the content that was playing during the ride is associated with the identification information of the two smartphones owned by the two children When a total of three people, father and two children, get on, the content can be played back in the previous last mode based on the identification information of the two smartphones of the two children. It becomes.

  In the vehicle-mounted device according to the present invention, the resume information for the last mode may include a last position of the content when the content is recorded on a recording medium.

  According to such a configuration, since the last mode includes the last position of the content, the content can be played back from the last position immediately before the stop, so that the return to the last mode becomes more accurate and can be provided for the convenience of the user. it can.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the resume information may further include a setting condition for reproducing the operation status of the last mode immediately before the stop.

  According to such a configuration, when the content is started to be played back in the last mode, in addition to the last position of the content, the operation status of the last mode, for example, volume, sound field (near the passenger seat, the entire interior of the vehicle, etc.) ) And the like can be reproduced, and the return to the last mode becomes more accurate, which can be used for the convenience of the user.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the priority of the identification information can be set differently depending on a predetermined condition.

  According to such a configuration, since the priority can be made different depending on a predetermined condition (temporal condition or the like), the return to the last mode can be made more convenient and easy to use. As the predetermined condition, for example, the priority of the identification information can be made different depending on the time zone when boarding, holidays on weekdays, etc., so that the priority return to the last mode according to the user's schedule is possible. This is possible and can be used for the convenience of the user.

  In the vehicle-mounted device according to the present invention, the identification information can be configured to be ID information of the portable terminal that is requested at the time of connection by the short-range communication.

  According to such a configuration, the ID information of the mobile terminal required when performing connection by short-range communication is used as the identification information of the mobile terminal to which the priority of the last mode is given. Then, identification information acquisition means can acquire identification information easily.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the short-range communication may be a short-range communication by wireless or wired.

  If identification information of mobile terminals such as smartphones can be acquired by short-range communication when multiple users get on, wireless short-range communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LAN, or wired by USB connection In the case of short-range communication, when a plurality of users get on the vehicle, it is possible to easily perform a priority return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship between the plurality of users.

  According to the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, when there are a plurality of content last modes related to the identification information of the mobile terminals of a plurality of users acquired after the start of energization of the in-vehicle device, the information is related to the identification information having the highest priority. Since the content is played in the last mode, when multiple users who have mobile terminals get on the vehicle, it is easy to preferentially return to the last mode, taking into account the relationship among multiple users. It is possible to make the return to the last mode more convenient in accordance with the demand without requiring an operation.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an in-vehicle device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure by the processing unit of the in-vehicle apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows the priority that is stored in the storage unit shown in FIG. 1 and includes the identification information of the portable terminal, the resume information about the last mode in connection with each portable terminal, the priority of the last mode reproduction for the portable terminal, etc. It is a figure which shows a degree list. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of conventional last mode reproduction.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  An in-vehicle device according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the in-vehicle device 10 includes a control unit 11 configured by a computer unit (including, for example, a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a bus, and the like). An operation unit 13 composed of a touch panel and various operation buttons is connected to the control unit 11. In addition, the control unit includes an AV unit 17 capable of reproducing various sound sources and video sources (for example, CD, DVD, etc.) and receiving / reproducing processing for radio broadcasting such as FM / AM, and route guidance of the own vehicle. A navigation unit 18 for performing navigation processing such as the above and an output circuit 15 connected to the speaker 16 are connected. Under the control of the control unit 11, an audio signal based on the processing of the AV unit 17 and the navigation unit 18 is supplied to the speaker 16 via the output circuit 15, and sound based on this audio signal is output from the speaker 16. Is output. Further, the control unit 11 includes various information used in the in-vehicle device 10 such as music information, video information and map information used in the AV unit 17 and the navigation unit 18, and identification information of a mobile terminal such as a smartphone which will be described later. A storage unit 14 (for example, a hard disk, a flash memory, etc.) for storing the priority information, resume information about the last mode of the content, and the like is connected.

  The in-vehicle device 10 includes a wireless communication unit 20. The wireless communication unit 20 is capable of wireless communication (for example, third generation mobile wireless communication (3G)) using a predetermined mobile communication network under the control of the control unit 11 and also Bluetooth (as appropriate). Short-range wireless communication by communication (abbreviated as “BT”) is possible. The wireless communication unit 20 can perform short-range wireless communication with the smartphones 21a, 21c, and 21d, which are portable terminals, by pairing processing, authentication, and the like. As will be described later, ID information used for BT communication pairing processing is used as identification information of the smartphones 21a, 21c, and 21d. In the present embodiment, the wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the in-vehicle device is based on BT. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, wireless communication using a wireless LAN or the like may be performed. Wired communication may be performed.

  Next, referring to FIG. 3, the BT ID (detection ID) that is the identification information of the portable terminal stored in the storage unit 14 and the last information that is the resume information about the last mode of the content related to the identification information A priority list for storing contents and their positions will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the priority list stored in the storage unit 14 is a list including priority, user name, BT ID (detection ID), last source which is resume information of last mode, position, and operation status. It is a table. This is for enabling the user who uses the in-vehicle device 10 to reproduce the content viewed at the time of the last boarding when getting on from the last mode, and plays back with one or more users when a plurality of users get on. The priority which is the priority of the last mode is determined in advance.

  In FIG. 3, the priority of the last mode to be reproduced is set in advance in relation to the user. In FIG. 3, when the user name is a child (eldest son) C & a child (second son) D, the priority is set to the first. And the detection ID which is the identification information which the in-vehicle device 10 detects that these two children (eldest son) C & child (second son) D got on is carried in the pairing of BT communication which is near field communication. A BT ID (for example, a PIN code) for recognizing the terminal is used. Therefore, the user who uses the reproduction in the last mode based on the priority list acquires the ID for BT to be used for the pairing of the in-vehicle device 10 and the BT communication with respect to the own smartphone (mobile terminal) and the acquired BT The user ID is stored in the priority list together with the user name as a detection ID (identification information) of a smartphone or the like (mobile terminal).

  Therefore, when the user names are two children (the eldest son) C & two children (second son) D, the ID of the smartphone BT pairing of the child (eldest son) C and the child (second son) D (“ID @ C *** ”&“ ID @ D *** ”) is stored as a detection ID. As mentioned above, when the user has two children (second son) C and two children (second son) D (C & D), the priority is the first. It is also possible to store the priority registration alone. As shown in FIG. 3, as the user name, a child (eldest son) C and a child (second son) D can be registered alone together with a BT ID (detection ID). In FIG. 3, the child (eldest son) C and the child (second son) D have the same second priority, but can be registered with different priority settings.

  As shown in Figure 3, father A and mother B are married couples and the priority is 3rd, father A and colleagues F are 4th priority, and father A and mother B are Each of them is given the fifth highest priority and is stored in the priority list together with the BT ID (detection ID) which is identification information. By setting and storing such priorities, for example, three people, mother B, child (eldest son) C, and child (second son) D, get on the DVD, and “Movie M1” on the in-vehicle device “volume: When viewing at "Middle", "Sound field: Entire room"), when arriving at the destination on the way, "Movie M1" is stopped at the "Position P1" at the specified position by turning off the ACC power supply. In addition, as the resume information of the last mode of the content, “DVD Movie M1 / Position P1” and the operation status at that time (“volume: medium”, “sound field: entire room”) are the highest priority. In association with the detection ID (“ID @ C ***” & “ID @ D ***”), it is recorded in the last content / position / operation status column of the priority list. In addition, when viewing the above-mentioned “DVD Movie M1” on the in-vehicle device, the mother B with the fifth highest priority was also on board, but the last mode storage in the priority list is the child with the first priority. (Eldest son) Stored in association with C and child (second son).

  Similarly, when Father A and Mother B watched “Music Mu1” (“Volume: Medium”, “Sound field: Driver's seat center”) stored in the HDD while two people were riding, ACC power When the content is stopped by turning OFF, the resume mode of the last mode of father A & mother B (couple), the third highest priority than father B, also the fifth highest priority, is set as “HDD” "Music Mu1 / Position P5" and the operation status at that time ("Volume: Medium", "Sound field: Driver's seat center") is the third highest priority detection ID ("ID @ A ***" & “ID @ B ***”) and stored in the last content / position / operation status column of the priority list.

  The content in the last mode stored in the priority list is not limited to the content stored in the above-described DVD or HDD, but includes broadcast programs such as television and radio. In the case of content stored in a DVD, HDD or the like, the last mode resume information includes the last position of the last content, but in the case of a broadcast program, the purpose is to view the latest broadcast. Therefore, the resume information in the last mode does not include the memory of the position.

  Next, the operation of the in-vehicle device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3 showing a flowchart of the operation procedure. In order to specifically explain the operation procedure, a case will be described in which three persons, father A, child (eldest son) C, and child (second son) D, get on the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 1, the father A has the smartphone 21a, the child (eldest son) C has the smartphone 21c, and the child (second son) D has the smartphone 21d. The priority list shown in FIG. The smartphones 21a, 21b, and 21c also store BT IDs as detection IDs ("ID @ A ***", "ID @ C ***", and "ID @ D ***"). ").

  As shown in FIG. 2, when a father A, a child (eldest son) C, and a child (second son) D get on a vehicle (not shown) on which the in-vehicle device 10 is mounted, and the ACC power is turned on, the in-vehicle device 10 is turned on. The energized state is entered (S11), and the following operation is continued.

  When the ACC power supply is turned on, the control unit 11 detects the BT ID, which is identification information of the portable terminal held by the passenger, by short-range wireless communication (BT) via the wireless communication unit 20. Perform (S12: identification information acquisition means). When the ID for BT is not detected and cannot be acquired (NO in S12), the mobile terminal cannot be specified by the identification information, so that the corresponding last mode cannot be restored. Therefore, acquisition by detecting the BT ID is a condition for starting the last mode return based on the priority list.

  When the control unit 11 detects and acquires the BT ID (YES in S12), the control unit 11 determines whether or not the acquired BT ID is listed in the priority list (S13). Of the priorities of the BT ID acquired by the detection, the last mode having the highest priority is reproduced (S14: last mode reproducing means). The detected IDs for BT are “ID @ A ***” of father A, “ID @ C ***” of child (eldest son) C, and “ID @ D ***” of child (second son) D. However, in the priority list of FIG. 3, “ID @ C ***” and “ID @ D ***” of two children are the first priority, and “ID @ C ***” of the eldest son C "Is second in priority," ID @ D *** "of second son D is stored in second priority, and" ID @ A *** "of father A is stored in fifth priority.

  Accordingly, since the last mode with the highest priority is reproduced (S14), in the above case, the last mode with the highest priority is restored. In this case, the last content is reproduced from “Position P1” as the reproduction start position in “DVD Movie M1”. In addition, playback is performed in “volume: medium” and “sound field: entire room” stored as the operation status.

  Thus, when there are a plurality of users, the priority can be set for the return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship of the plurality of users, and the priority can be stored in the in-vehicle device 10 (storage unit 14). So, for example, even if the last ride is father A alone, and the viewed content is Music and the last mode is stored, the priority of the combination of two children is higher than the priority of father A alone. Since it is at the highest level, it is possible to return to the last content / position / operation state which is the last mode of two children.

  Therefore, according to the in-vehicle device 10 according to the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of content last modes related to the identification information of the mobile terminals of a plurality of users acquired after the energization of the in-vehicle device 10 is started, the identification with the highest priority is performed. Since content related to information can be played in the last mode, even when multiple users carrying mobile terminals get on, it is easy to preferentially return to the last mode considering the relationship of multiple users It is possible to improve convenience.

  After returning to the last mode based on the priority list as described above, the control unit 11 determines whether to stop or continue the reproduction depending on whether or not the ACC power is turned off (S15). The control unit 11 turns off the ACC power supply except when it is terminated by the stop switch OFF during the reproduction of the content (the last mode is not stored because the content is terminated by the user because of the stop switch). If not, the reproduction is continued (NO in S15), but the last mode is stored when the ACC power is turned off during the reproduction of the content (YES in S15). Specifically, the control unit 11 identifies the smartphone connected immediately before the stop in order to update the resume information (last content / position / operation status) about the last mode that is the operation mode immediately before the stop of the content. Is stored in the storage unit 14 in association with the BT ID (S16: last mode update control means). At this time, the highest priority among the BT IDs of the smartphones 21a, 21c, and 21d connected immediately before the stop is the combination of the BT IDs of the eldest son C and the second son D smartphone. Therefore, the resume information of the last mode at this time is stored in association with the combination of the eldest son C and the second son D's smartphone BT ID ("ID @ C ***" and "ID @ D ***"). The

  When none of the BT IDs acquired by detection is listed in the priority list (NO in S13), the control unit 11 determines whether or not there is a last mode corresponding to the acquired BT ID (S17). ). For example, when the BT ID acquired by detection is listed in the priority list, but the priority is not set, the control unit 11 does not determine the priority of the acquired BT ID. However, when the resume information for the corresponding last mode is stored (YES in S17), the mode is returned to the last mode based on the resume information, and the content in the last mode is reproduced in a predetermined position and operation state (S18). ). As described above, when the ACC power is turned off during playback (YES in S15), the control unit 11 operates the operation mode immediately before the content is stopped even when the priority is not set for the BT ID. In order to update the resume information (last content / position / operation status) for the last mode that is, it can be stored in the storage unit 14 in association with the BT ID that is the identification information (S16: last mode update) Control means). Further, when the priority is not described in the BT ID acquired by the detection and the corresponding last mode is not stored, the control unit 11 does not reproduce the content in the last mode (NO in S17). .

  As described above, when there are a plurality of users who ride on the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 10 is mounted, the priority is set for the return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship between the plurality of users, and the in-vehicle device 10 is used as a priority list. Since it can be stored in the (storage unit 14), when a plurality of users get on the vehicle, it is possible to easily perform a preferential return to the last mode in consideration of the relationship among the plurality of users.

  The in-vehicle device according to the present invention is content related to identification information having the highest priority when there are a plurality of content last modes related to identification information of portable terminals of a plurality of users acquired after the start of energization of the in-vehicle device. Since it is played back in the last mode, it is possible to make the return to the last mode more convenient according to the user's request, so it is useful as an in-vehicle device in which one or more mobile terminals are connected by short-range communication It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 In-vehicle apparatus 11 Control unit 12 Display part 13 Operation part 14 Memory | storage part (memory | storage means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Output circuit 16 Speaker 17 AV unit 18 Navigation unit 20 Wireless communication unit 21a, 21c, 21d Smartphone (mobile terminal)

Claims (8)

It is an in-vehicle device to which one or more mobile terminals are connected by short-range communication,
Storage means for storing resume information about the last mode, which is an operation mode immediately before stopping the content at the time of stopping energization, in association with identification information of one or more mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop;
Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information of the mobile terminal connected by the short-range communication by starting energization;
Last mode playback means for starting playback of the content in the last mode based on the resume information of the last mode stored in association with the acquired identification information;
The storage means stores the identification information of one or more of the mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop together with a priority as an order in which the content is reproduced in the last mode,
The last mode reproducing means reproduces in the last mode of the content related to the identification information having the highest priority when there are a plurality of the last modes of the content related to the identification information acquired after the start of energization. machine. Based on the resume information of the last mode stored in the storage means,
When energization is stopped after the content starts to be reproduced by the last mode reproduction means, resume information about the last mode which is an operation mode immediately before the content is stopped at the time of the energization stop, The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, further comprising last mode update control means for storing in the storage means in association with identification information of one or more of the mobile terminals connected immediately before the stop.   The in-vehicle device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the resume information is stored in the storage means in association with identification information of one or more mobile terminals connected to the mobile end immediately before the stop.   The in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the resume information regarding the last mode includes a last position of the content when the content is recorded on a recording medium.   The in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the resume information further includes a setting condition for reproducing an operation state of the last mode immediately before the stop.   The in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the priority of the identification information can be set differently according to a predetermined condition.   The in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the identification information is ID information of the portable terminal that is requested at the time of connection by the short-range communication.   The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the short-range communication is a short-range communication by wireless or wired.

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