JP2012154759A - On-vehicle device system and on-vehicle device and portable terminal used for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an "on-vehicle device system" capable of supplementing operability when processing is executed in parallel with other processing utilizing a display part by a portable terminal in an on-vehicle device.SOLUTION: In an on-vehicle device system constituted by an on-vehicle device 100 and a portable terminal 20 which are connected to be communicable, the on-vehicle device 100 has operation base information providing means (3) for transmitting operation base information for performing operation input of information to be used for processing by one unit 17 when the one unit 17 executes the processing in parallel with processing of another unit 18, the portable terminal has: operation picture display control means for displaying an operation picture based on the operation base information; and input information providing means (4) for transmitting input information based on an operation on the operation picture to the on-vehicle device, and the one unit 17 executes the processing by using the input information to be transmitted from the portable terminal 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle device system in which an in-vehicle device such as an AV / navigation device and a portable terminal such as a smartphone are connected, and the in-vehicle device and the portable terminal that constitute the in-vehicle device system.

  Conventionally, a system including a car navigation device and a mobile terminal that is communicably connected to the car navigation device has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). In this system, at least one of a plurality of windows to be displayed on the display screen of the navigation device is separated and displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal. For example, an enlarged window of an intersection to be displayed on a window displaying a map including a guidance route is separated on the display screen of the navigation device, and the enlarged window of the intersection is displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal. . According to such a system, it is possible to make the window showing the guidance route displayed on the display screen of the navigation device more visible.

JP 2005-284886 A

  By the way, in an in-vehicle device having a plurality of different units such as a navigation unit and an AV unit, two units may be operated simultaneously. In this case, when the display screen is used in the process of one unit, the use of the display screen in the process of the other unit is limited. For example, when the display screen is used in the process of one unit and the operation screen display in the process of the other unit is restricted, the operability of the other unit is sacrificed.

  A system in which an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal are connected as described above displays a part of an image to be displayed on the in-vehicle device on the screen of the mobile terminal. It is not intended to supplement.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an in-vehicle device capable of supplementing the operability at the time of executing processing in parallel with other processing using the display unit in the in-vehicle device with a mobile terminal. A system is provided.

  Moreover, this invention provides the vehicle equipment and portable terminal which comprise such a vehicle equipment system.

  An in-vehicle device system according to the present invention is an in-vehicle device system including an in-vehicle device having a plurality of units that perform processing and a display unit, and a mobile terminal that is communicably connected to the in-vehicle device. Is the operation basic information for causing the information used in the processing of the one unit to be input when the processing is performed in parallel with the processing of the other unit using the display unit. Operation basic information providing means to be sent to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal displays operation screen display control means for displaying an operation screen based on the operation basic information, and input information based on an operation on the operation screen. Input information providing means to be sent to the in-vehicle device, and the one unit in the in-vehicle device is configured to execute the processing using the input information sent from the portable terminal.

  With such a configuration, when one unit executes processing in parallel with the processing of other units using the display unit in the in-vehicle device, the information used for the processing in the first unit is input. An operation screen based on the operation basic information is displayed on the mobile terminal, and the first unit on the in-vehicle device side executes processing using the input information based on the operation on the operation screen. The operation when one unit executes the processing can be performed on the portable terminal.

  In the in-vehicle device system according to the present invention, in the in-vehicle device, the one unit is an AV unit that performs music reproduction processing, and the operation basic information providing unit specifies music that can be reproduced by the AV unit. The music specifying information is sent to the portable terminal as the operation basic information. In the portable terminal, the operation screen display control means displays an operation screen for designating the music to be played based on the music specifying information. The input information providing means may be configured to send music designation input information for identifying the music designated by the designation operation on the operation screen to the in-vehicle device as the input information.

  With such a configuration, in the in-vehicle device, the music unit identification information for specifying the music that can be played back by the AV unit when the AV unit performs the music playback process in parallel with the processing of the other unit that uses the display unit. An operation unit based on the display unit is displayed on the portable terminal, and the AV unit on the in-vehicle device side performs a music reproduction process using the music designation input information for specifying the music designated by the designation operation on the operation screen. Therefore, the operation when the AV unit of the in-vehicle device executes the music reproduction process can be performed on the portable terminal.

  An in-vehicle device according to the present invention includes a plurality of units for processing and a display unit, and is an in-vehicle device connected to be communicable with a mobile terminal, wherein one unit uses the display unit. When the process is executed in parallel with the process, it has a configuration including operation basic information providing means for sending operation basic information for inputting the information used in the process in the one unit to the portable terminal.

  With such a configuration, when one unit executes processing in parallel with the processing of other units using the display unit in the in-vehicle device, the information used for the processing in the first unit is input. Since the operation basic information is sent to the mobile terminal, an operation screen based on the operation basic information can be displayed on the mobile terminal.

  A portable terminal according to the present invention is a portable terminal that is communicably connected to an in-vehicle device having a plurality of units for processing and a display unit, and inputs information used in processing in the unit in the in-vehicle device. The operation screen display control means for displaying the operation screen based on the operation basic information for the operation, and the input information providing means for sending the input information based on the operation on the operation screen to the in-vehicle device.

  With such a configuration, an operation screen based on operation basic information for operating and inputting information used in processing by the unit in the in-vehicle device is displayed, and the input information based on the operation on the operation screen is displayed on the in-vehicle device. Therefore, the unit of the in-vehicle device can execute the process using the input information.

  According to the in-vehicle device system according to the present invention, in the in-vehicle device, one unit can perform an operation when executing processing in parallel with the processing of other units using the display unit. The operability when the process is executed in parallel with other processes using the display unit in the in-vehicle device can be supplemented by the mobile terminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the sponsor apparatus and mobile terminal (smart phone) which comprise the vehicle equipment system concerning embodiment of this invention, and the vehicle equipment system. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process sequence in the vehicle equipment system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the vehicle navigation image in the display part of the vehicle equipment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the home screen showing the list of the applications which can be performed in a smart phone. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen used for execution of the music reproduction process by the AV unit by the side of the vehicle equipment displayed on the smart phone. It is a figure which shows another example of the operation screen used for execution of the music reproduction process by the AV unit by the vehicle-mounted device displayed on the smart phone.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

  In FIG. 1, an in-vehicle device 100 has a connector 19 for connecting an external device, and a smartphone 20 (mobile terminal) can be connected to the connector 19 by a cable. The in-vehicle device 100 includes a processing unit 11 configured by a computer unit (including a CPU). The processing unit 11 includes an AV unit 17 that reproduces music and video from a disk medium such as a CD and a DVD, and the like. A navigation unit 18 that performs vehicle navigation processing is connected. Further, the processing unit 11 stores information used by the AV unit 17, information used by the navigation unit 18 (map information, facility information, etc.), and various other information (for example, storage unit 14). , Hard disk), a display unit 13 provided in the vehicle interior and configured by an LCD or the like, an operation unit 12 including operation buttons and a touch panel configured in the display unit 13, and a speaker 16 provided in the vehicle interior. An output circuit 15 for supplying a signal is connected.

  A connector 19 to which the smartphone 20 is connected by a cable is connected to the processing unit 11, and the processing unit 11 can communicate with the smartphone 20 via the cable and the connector 19. The smartphone 20 includes various applications such as a navigation application, an information search application, a game application, and an audio operation application that enables operation of the AV unit 17 provided in the in-vehicle device 100.

  In the in-vehicle device system in which the in-vehicle device 100 and the smartphone 20 are communicably connected, for example, processing is performed according to the procedure shown in the sequence diagram shown in FIG. In the in-vehicle device 100, under the control of the processing unit 11, the navigation unit 18 (other unit) executes vehicle navigation processing (other processing), and the AV unit 17 (one unit) plays music from a medium such as a CD. Reproduction processing (processing by one unit) is executed.

  In FIG. 2, in the in-vehicle device 100, the navigation unit 18 performs a vehicle navigation process, and an image display related to the vehicle navigation as shown in FIG. 3 is performed on the display unit 13 (S <b> 11). In this situation, when an audio playback operation is performed by the user at the operation unit 12, the processing unit 11 starts a playback process of music from, for example, a CD according to the operation (S21). In the audio reproduction process, the music from the CD is reproduced. Of course, the music information stored in the storage unit 14 may be acquired and the music reproduction process using the music information may be performed.

  Thereafter, when the processing unit 11 confirms the connection with the smartphone 20 (S22), the processing unit 11 sends an activation request for the audio operation application to the smartphone 20 (1).

  In the smartphone 20 connected to the in-vehicle device 100, for example, a home screen 31 as shown in FIG. 4 representing a list of applications that can be executed on the smartphone 20 is displayed (S31). When the smartphone 20 receives a startup request for the audio operation application from the in-vehicle device 100 in this state, the smartphone 20 confirms that the audio operation application according to the request is provided, and sends a response to start the audio operation application. Send to device 100 (2). When the processing unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 100 receives the start response of the audio operation application from the smartphone 20, the processing unit 11 reproduces the music specifying information such as the music name list and the album name for specifying the music reproducible by the AV unit 17. Information used in the process (information for specifying the music to be played back) is sent to the smartphone 20 as operation basic information for operation input (3: operation basic information providing means).

  As described above, when the smartphone 20 receives the music specifying information (music name list, album name, etc.) from the in-vehicle device 100 after sending the start response of the audio operation application to the in-vehicle device 100, the smartphone 20 activates the audio operation application. (S32). And in the smart phone 20, the audio operation application performs the process which displays the operation screen for designating the music which should be reproduced | regenerated based on the said music specific information (operation screen display control means). As a result, in the smartphone 20, for example, a list of album names that specify albums including a plurality of songs as shown in FIG. 5 and a song name list that specifies songs as shown in FIG. It is displayed as an operation screen for specifying.

  When the user performs a song name or album name designation operation on the operation screen (see FIGS. 5 and 6) displayed on the smartphone 20, the smartphone 20 designates the song name or album name designated by the designation operation. Is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 100 as audio operation input information (music designation input information) (4: input information providing means). In the in-vehicle device 100, the processing unit 11 receives audio operation input information from the smartphone 20, and under the control of the processing unit 11, the AV unit 17 performs a reproduction process of the music specified by the audio operation input information. . As a result, a song having a song name designated by the user (for example, Dsong designated in the song list shown in FIG. 6) or an album designated by the user (eg, Snow designated in the album list shown in FIG. 5). A plurality of music pieces of “Selection” are reproduced and output as sound from the speaker 16.

  In the in-vehicle device system as described above, in the in-vehicle device 100, when the AV unit 17 performs the music reproduction process in parallel with the vehicle navigation process in the navigation unit 18 using the display unit 13, the reproduction is performed by the AV unit 17. An operation screen (music name list, album name list) based on music identification information (music name, album name) for identifying possible music is displayed on the smartphone 20 and designated by a designation operation on the operation screen. Since the AV unit 17 on the in-vehicle device 100 side can perform the music reproduction process using the music designation input information (music name, album name) for specifying the selected music, The operation when performing the music reproduction process can be performed on the smartphone. As described above, since the AV unit 17 can perform the music reproduction process on the smartphone 20 in parallel with the vehicle navigation process of the navigation unit 18 using the display unit 13 in the in-vehicle device 100, In the in-vehicle device 100, the operability when the music reproduction process is executed in parallel with the vehicle navigation process using the display unit 13 can be supplemented by the smartphone 20.

  In the above-described in-vehicle device system, when the music (for example, CD) playback process is performed in parallel with the vehicle navigation process, the smartphone 20 can be operated by the AV unit 17 that executes the music playback process. However, for example, it is also possible to prioritize the processing by the AV unit 17 and enable the operation of the navigation unit 18 that performs the vehicle navigation processing on the smartphone 20.

  In the above-described in-vehicle device system, the music (for example, CD) playback process is performed in parallel with the vehicle navigation process. However, the present invention is not limited to the vehicle navigation process, and other display units 13 may be used. In the case where music playback processing is performed by the AV unit 17 in parallel with the processing, the AV unit 17 can be operated by the smartphone 20 as described above. Furthermore, when the other two processes are executed in parallel, an operation for one of the processes can be performed on the smartphone 20.

  In the above-described in-vehicle device system, music specifying information (music name list, album name list) for specifying music that can be played back by the AV unit 17 is sent to the smartphone 20 as operation basic information. The information is not particularly limited as long as it is information for operating and inputting information used for processing in a unit such as the AV unit 17. For example, the information may be information related to a search screen or an information input screen.

  Moreover, it can also be set as the structure by which the smart phone 20 is connected to the vehicle equipment 100 by radio | wireless instead of wire communication.

  Furthermore, the mobile terminal that is communicably connected to the on-board device 100 is not limited to the smartphone 20 but may be a mobile phone having an information processing function, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a handy personal computer, or the like.

  As described above, the in-vehicle device system according to the present invention has an effect that the mobile terminal can supplement the operability when executing processing in parallel with other processing using the display unit in the in-vehicle device. It is useful as an in-vehicle device system in which an in-vehicle device such as an AV / navigation device and a mobile terminal such as a smartphone are connected.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Processing unit 12 Operation part 13 Display part 14 Storage part 15 Output circuit 16 Speaker 17 AV unit (1 unit)
18 Navigation units (other units)
19 Connector 20 Smartphone (portable terminal)
100 In-vehicle equipment

Claims (4)

An in-vehicle device system including an in-vehicle device having a plurality of units for processing and a display unit, and a mobile terminal connected to the in-vehicle device so as to be communicable,
The vehicle-mounted device is an operation basis for operating and inputting information used in the process of the one unit when the unit executes the process in parallel with the process of the other unit using the display unit. Operation basic information providing means for sending information to the mobile terminal;
The portable terminal has an operation screen display control means for displaying an operation screen based on the operation basic information,
Input information providing means for sending input information based on the operation on the operation screen to the in-vehicle device,
The in-vehicle device system in which the first unit in the in-vehicle device executes the processing using input information transmitted from the mobile terminal. In the in-vehicle device,
The one unit is an AV unit that performs music reproduction processing,
The operation basic information providing means sends music specifying information for specifying music that can be played back by the AV unit to the portable terminal as the operation basic information.
In the mobile terminal,
The operation screen display control means displays an operation screen for designating music to be played based on the music specifying information,
The in-vehicle device system according to claim 1, wherein the input information providing unit transmits, to the in-vehicle device, music designation input information for specifying a music designated by a designation operation on the operation screen as the input information. An in-vehicle device having a plurality of units for processing and a display unit and connected to be communicable with a mobile terminal,
When one unit executes a process in parallel with the process of another unit that uses the display unit, operation basic information for operating the information used in the process in the one unit is input to the portable terminal. In-vehicle device having operation basic information providing means to be sent to A mobile terminal that is communicably connected to an in-vehicle device having a plurality of units for processing and a display unit,
An operation screen display control means for displaying an operation screen based on operation basic information for operating and inputting information used in processing in the unit in the in-vehicle device;
A portable terminal comprising input information providing means for sending input information based on an operation on the operation screen to the in-vehicle device.

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