JP2013257200A - On-vehicle device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-vehicle device capable of enhancing convenience of a portable terminal including a shop corresponding application.SOLUTION: An on-vehicle device to which a portable terminal having an available shop corresponding application for receiving shop special services is connected includes: application usable shop search means for searching for a shop capable of using the shop corresponding application within a predetermined range including the current position of a vehicle; parking determination means for determining whether or not the vehicle has stopped for parking; and application start-up control means for causing, when the parking determination means determines that the vehicle has stopped for parking, the portable terminal to start a shop corresponding application usable at the shop obtained by the application usable shop search means.

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle device to which a portable terminal equipped with a store-compatible application that can be used to receive a store-specific service is connected.

  Conventionally, there has been proposed a car navigation device that can be easily detached from a vehicle, can easily obtain guidance information at the time of carrying, and can automatically obtain destination peripheral information in both a combined state and a separated state. (See Patent Document 1). When the car navigation device reaches the destination, the position of the destination is transmitted to the information center via the mobile phone, and the peripheral information of the destination received from the information center can be acquired. ing. Thereby, when it arrives at the destination, store information, movie theater information, etc. can be acquired as destination periphery information, and this can be utilized.

JP 2002-303528 A

  The car navigation device described in Patent Literature 1 acquires peripheral information of a destination by communicating with an information center through a mobile phone (mobile terminal) when a vehicle reaches the destination, and the periphery of the acquired destination By displaying the information on the display unit of the device in which a part of the navigation device is separated, the peripheral information of the destination can be used even outside the vehicle.

  By the way, in recent years, a portable terminal is provided with a store-compatible application necessary for receiving a service specific to the store. When a user who has a portable terminal equipped with such a store-compatible application enters a corresponding store, the user himself / herself launches an application corresponding to the store and performs a predetermined operation, for example, a store-specific service (for example, 10% discount for all products).

  However, even if the mobile terminal provided with the store-compatible application as described above has a function of acquiring the peripheral information of the destination described in Patent Document 1, for example, the mobile terminal includes a plurality of store-compatible applications. If it is, it is necessary for the user to perform an application search act such as which application should be activated. In addition, the act of searching for a necessary application from such store-compatible applications is very complicated.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, and provides the vehicle equipment which can improve the convenience of the portable terminal provided with the store corresponding | compatible application more.

  The in-vehicle device according to the present invention is an in-vehicle device to which a mobile terminal equipped with a store-compatible application that can be used to receive a store-specific service is connected, and the store-compatible device is within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle. Application available store search means for searching for an application available store, parking determination means for determining whether or not the vehicle has stopped for parking, and the vehicle for parking by the parking determination means When it determines with having stopped, it becomes a structure which has the application starting control means which starts the store corresponding | compatible application which can be used in the shop obtained by the said application available shop search means on the said portable terminal.

  According to such a configuration, the in-vehicle device app-usable store search means searches for a store that can use a store-compatible application that can be used to receive a store-specific service within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle. The mobile terminal connected to the in-vehicle device is a store-compatible application that can be used in the store where the application activation control means is searched when the parking determination means determines that the vehicle has stopped for parking by the parking determination means. When the vehicle is parked, an application that can be used in a store within a predetermined range including the current position (arrival place) of the vehicle is automatically started, and the store-specific service is made easier. It becomes possible to receive.

  The in-vehicle device according to the present invention includes a display unit, and the application activation control unit includes a display control unit that displays application specifying information for specifying the store-compatible application on the display unit, and the display unit When an operation for specifying the application specifying information displayed on the screen is performed, the store-corresponding application specified by the specified application specifying information can be activated.

  According to such a configuration, when an operation for designating the application specifying information displayed on the display unit is performed, the application specifying information for the application activation control unit to specify the store-compatible application is displayed on the display unit. Since the store-corresponding application specified by the specified application specifying information is activated, the user can freely select the store-corresponding application to be activated by viewing the display unit.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the display control unit is an application that identifies the store-compatible application at a position corresponding to the position of the store that can be used on the map displayed on the display unit. The specific information can be displayed.

  According to such a configuration, the display control means displays the application specifying information for specifying the store-compatible application at a position corresponding to the position of the store-compatible application that can be used on the map displayed on the display unit. By visually recognizing the map displayed on the display unit and the application specifying information displayed on the map, it is possible to select a store-compatible application to be started more accurately.

  The in-vehicle device according to the present invention includes a notification unit that notifies the predetermined information when the store that can use the store-compatible application is not obtained by the application available store search unit. it can.

  According to such a configuration, since the notification means notifies the predetermined information when the application available shop search means cannot obtain a store that can use the store-compatible application, the information is notified. The user can recognize that there is no store that should use the store-compatible application.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the mobile terminal includes a plurality of different store-compatible applications that can be used to receive a unique service in each of a plurality of different stores, and the application-usable store search means Application selection for selecting a store-compatible application that can be used at a store closest to the current position of the vehicle when a plurality of different stores that can use the store-compatible application are obtained within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle And the application activation control unit may cause the portable terminal to activate the store-compatible application selected by the application selection unit.

  According to such a configuration, the mobile terminal has a plurality of different store-compatible applications that can be used for receiving a unique service in each of a plurality of different stores, When a plurality of different stores that can be used for the store-compatible application are obtained within a predetermined range including the position, the application selection means selects a store-compatible application that can be used at the store closest to the current position of the vehicle, and starts the application. Since the control means causes the portable terminal to activate the store-compatible application selected by the application selection means, it is possible to receive the service of the store closest to the current position of the vehicle more easily.

  In the in-vehicle device according to the present invention, the mobile terminal includes a plurality of different store-compatible applications that can be used to receive a unique service in each of a plurality of different stores, and the display control unit uses the application When a plurality of different stores that can be used for the store-compatible application are obtained within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle by the possible store search means, in the order of the stores close to the current position of the vehicle, It can be set as the structure which displays application specific information which specifies the shop corresponding application which can be used as a list.

  According to such a configuration, the mobile terminal is provided with a plurality of different store-compatible applications that can be used for receiving a unique service at each of a plurality of different stores, and the display control unit is used as the app available store search unit. Store-compatible applications that can be used at each store in the order of stores closest to the current position of the vehicle when a plurality of different stores available for the store-compatible application are obtained within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle. Since the application specifying information to be specified is displayed in a list, it is possible to select a store-compatible application that should be started more accurately.

  According to the vehicle-mounted device according to the present invention, a store corresponding to a store-compatible application that can be used to receive a store-specific service within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle is searched, and the vehicle is stopped for parking. If it is determined by the parking determination means, the store compatible application that can be used in the searched store is activated on the mobile terminal connected to the in-vehicle device, so that when the vehicle is parked automatically Applications that can be used in stores within a predetermined range including location (arrival place) are automatically started, and store-specific services can be received more easily. Can be further increased.

It is a block diagram which shows the portable device (smartphone) connected to the vehicle equipment which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and the said vehicle equipment. It is a figure which shows an example of the home screen of the portable terminal (smart phone) shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart (No. 1) showing a procedure of processing executed by a processing unit in the in-vehicle device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display part of the vehicle equipment shown in FIG. 1 (the 1). FIG. 3 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating a procedure of processing executed by a processing unit in the in-vehicle device illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display part of the vehicle equipment shown in FIG. 1 (the 2). It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display part of the vehicle equipment shown in FIG. 1 (the 3).

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

  The in-vehicle device and the mobile terminal (smart phone) connected to the in-vehicle device according to the embodiment of the present invention are configured as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 1, an in-vehicle device system is configured by an in-vehicle device 100 mounted on a vehicle and a smartphone 20 as a mobile terminal. The smartphone 20 is connected to an external device connection connector 19 provided in the in-vehicle device 100 by a cable, so that the in-vehicle device 100 and the smartphone 20 can communicate with each other. The in-vehicle device 100 has a processing unit 11 constituted by a computer unit (for example, CPU). Connected to the processing unit 11 are an AV unit 17 capable of reproducing various sound sources and video sources (for example, CD, DVD, etc.) and a navigation unit 18 for performing navigation processing such as route guidance for the host vehicle. Further, an output circuit 15 connected to the speaker 16 is connected to the processing unit 11, and an audio signal based on the processing of the AV unit 17 and the navigation unit 18 is output under the control of the processing unit 11. Is output from the speaker 16 via. In addition, the processing unit 11 includes a storage unit 14 (for example, a hard disk) in which information such as music information and map information used in the AV unit 17 and the navigation unit 18 is stored, an LCD, and the like. A display unit 13 that displays various types of information such as video and the operation unit 12 that is configured by a touch panel, operation buttons, and the like on the display unit 13 and that is used to input instructions for processing and various types of information are connected. .

  The connector 19 to which the smartphone 20 (portable terminal) is connected is connected to the processing unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 100, and the processing unit 11 and the smartphone 20 can exchange information with each other by communication via the connector 19. It is.

  The smartphone 20 is connected to an external device connection connector 19 provided in the in-vehicle device 100 by a cable. However, the smartphone 20 is wirelessly connected to the in-vehicle device 100 and short-range wireless communication (for example, Bluetooth (for example, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark)), information may be exchanged with the in-vehicle device 100.

  In addition to the search application (search En A), the smartphone 20 includes a rental store B application, a karaoke store C application, a telephone company D application, an electric store E application, and a hamburger store which are applications for providing services unique to each store. F application is provided. In addition, an icon for specifying an application for providing these store-specific services is displayed on the home screen 201 of the smartphone 20. Such an application that provides a store-specific service is a tool for receiving a service specific to each store. For example, the application is used as a point card, or a discount is given only to a user who starts the application. It is possible to do. The smartphone 20 can acquire information related to various services from the Internet via a predetermined mobile communication network by the operation of an application (hereinafter referred to as a store-compatible application) that provides these store-specific services.

  The processing unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 100 executes a process for starting the store-compatible application provided in the smartphone 20 according to the procedure shown in FIG.

  For example, when a vehicle starting operation is performed, the processing unit 11 executes the processing according to the procedure shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, when the processing unit 11 confirms that the smartphone 20 is connected to the in-vehicle device 100 via the connector 19 (S11), the processing unit 11 starts a peripheral facility search (S12). Specifically, the processing unit 11 searches the navigation unit 18 for peripheral facilities (for example, facilities such as city halls, karaoke stores, and electronics stores) that exist within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle (for example, within a radius of 3 km). To do. Then, the processing unit 11 determines whether or not the smartphone 20 connected via the connector 19 is provided with an application (store-compatible application) including the name of the peripheral facility searched in step S12 (S13: application) Available store search means). Accordingly, when it is determined that the smartphone 20 has a store-compatible application (YES in S13), the processing unit 11 determines whether or not the vehicle has stopped for parking (S14: parking determination means). For example, in determining whether or not the vehicle has stopped for parking, the determination is made when the accessory position (ACC) is in the OFF state. Accordingly, when it is determined that the vehicle is not stopped for parking (NO in S14), the processing unit 11 returns to the process of step S11 and executes the above-described processes (steps S11 to S14). Moreover, also when it determines with the shop corresponding application not being provided in the smart phone 20 in step S13 (it is NO at S13), the processing unit 11 returns to the process of step S11, and the process (steps S11-S14) mentioned above. ) Repeatedly.

  On the other hand, when it is determined by the processing unit 11 that the vehicle has stopped for parking (YES in S14), the processing unit 11 is a store within a predetermined range (for example, within a radius of 100 m) including the current position of the vehicle. A store where a compatible application can be used is searched (S15: App-available store search means). Specifically, the processing unit 11 searches for a store-corresponding application in a range (within a radius of 100 m) narrower than the range searched in step S12 described above centering on the arrival location that is the current location of the vehicle. Thereby, when there is a store where the store-compatible application can be used within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle (YES in S15), the processing unit 11 can use the store-compatible application searched in step S15. It is determined whether or not there are multiple stores (S16).

  Accordingly, when it is determined that there are a plurality of store-corresponding applications searched in step S15 (YES in S16), the processing unit 11 selects a store-corresponding application that can be used in the store closest to the current position of the vehicle. (S17: Application selection means). More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, karaoke store C, telephone company D, electronics store E, and hamburger store F exist as facilities that can use the store-compatible application within a predetermined range from the current position P of the vehicle. Among these, a store-compatible application that can be used at the karaoke store C closest to the vehicle position P is selected. Then, the processing unit 11 makes an activation request for causing the smartphone 20 to activate the store-compatible application selected in step S16 (an application that can be used at the karaoke shop C) (S18). On the other hand, when it is determined that there are not a plurality of stores that can be used for the store-compatible application searched in step S15, that is, there is one (NO in S17), the processing unit 11 is searched in step S15. An activation request is made to activate the store-compatible application that can be used in the store on the smartphone 20 (S18: application activation control means), and the process for activating the store-compatible application is terminated. In addition, when a store that can use the store-compatible application is not searched for within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle in step S15 (NO in S15), the process for starting the store-compatible application is terminated. .

  As described above, the in-vehicle device 100 uses the processing unit 11 to search for a store that can use a store-compatible application that can be used to receive a store-specific service within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle. The store-compatible application that can be used at the store searched when parked can be activated on the smartphone 20 connected to the in-vehicle device 100. As a result, when a vehicle is parked, an application that can be used in a store within a predetermined range including the current position (arrival place) of the vehicle is automatically started, thereby facilitating store-specific services. It becomes possible to receive.

  In step S14 described above, in determining whether or not the vehicle has stopped for parking, the determination is made when the accessory position (ACC) is in the OFF state. For example, the navigation unit 18 It may be determined that the vehicle has stopped for parking when the destination has been set in the vehicle and the vehicle has arrived at the destination.

  In addition, the processing unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention executes a process for starting the store-compatible application provided in the smartphone 20 according to the procedure shown in FIG. Steps that perform the same processing as the processing shown in FIG. Parts different from the processing shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail below.

  When the operation for starting the vehicle is performed, the processing unit 11 executes the processing according to the procedure shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, similarly to the process shown in FIG. 3, the processing unit 11 repeatedly executes the processes from steps S11 to S14 (S11 to S14).

  If the processing unit 11 determines that the vehicle has stopped for parking (YES in S14), the processing unit 11 is a store-compatible application within a predetermined range (for example, within a radius of 100 m) including the current position of the vehicle. Search for available stores (S15: App available store search means). Thereby, when there is a store where the store-compatible application can be used within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle (YES in S15), the processing unit 11 displays the application specifying information for specifying the store-compatible application on the display unit. 13 (S21: display control means). Specifically, the processing unit 11 specifies the store-compatible application on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. 6 when there is a store that can use the store-compatible application within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle. Icon (app specific information) is displayed. In FIG. 6, icons of various store-compatible applications displayed on the display unit 13 are displayed in a list in order of stores that are close to the current position of the vehicle. Moreover, the user who has visually recognized the display unit 13 in which icons for displaying the store-compatible applications are displayed in a list can select a desired store-compatible application. This selection by the user is performed by touching (operating) the screen (operation unit 12) displayed on the display unit 13. The processing unit 11 monitors that the store-compatible application to be activated is selected by the user (S22). When the user selects a desired store-compatible application (YES in S22), the processing unit 11 makes an activation request for causing the smartphone 20 to activate the store-compatible application selected by the user in step S22 (S23: Application). (Activation control means) and the process for activating the store-compatible application is terminated.

  On the other hand, in step S15, when there is no store that can use the store-compatible application within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle (NO in S15), the processing unit 11 notifies that there is no store-compatible application. Predetermined information is displayed on the display unit 13 (S24: notification means), and the process for starting the store-compatible application is terminated. Specifically, the processing unit 11 displays on the display unit 13 that the store-compatible application is not available within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle, and then activates the store-compatible application. To complete the process.

  As described above, in-vehicle device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention receives a service specific to a store within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle by processing unit 11 when the vehicle is parked. Stores that can be used for the store-compatible application are searched, and an icon (application specifying information) for specifying the searched store-compatible application is displayed on the display unit 13. In this way, when a store-compatible application to be activated is selected by operating the screen (operation unit 12) displayed on the display unit 13, the store-compatible application selected by the user is activated on the smartphone 20. Can do. Thus, when the vehicle is parked, an application that can be used in a store within a predetermined range including the current position (arrival place) of the vehicle is automatically displayed on the display unit 13. The user who visually recognizes the section 13 can easily select an application that can be used in a desired store and can receive a service specific to the selected store. In addition, when the vehicle is parked, if a store-compatible application is not searched for within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle, a predetermined message is displayed on the display unit 13, so that the user can It becomes possible to recognize in advance that there is no application.

  In order to prevent the battery from running up, the processing unit 11 may perform a timer process when performing the processing from step S15 to S25, and turn off the power of the in-vehicle device 100 after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  In step S21, the processing unit 11 displays an icon for specifying the store-compatible application on the display unit 13 when there is a store that can use the store-compatible application within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the store corresponding to the position corresponding to the position of the store that can use the store corresponding application on the map displayed on the display unit 13 is displayed. An icon for identifying an application (application identifying information) may be displayed. By doing in this way, it becomes possible for the user who visually recognized the display part 13 to select the store corresponding | compatible application which should be started more correctly, after grasping | ascertaining the positional relationship displayed on a map.

  As described above, the in-vehicle device according to the present invention has an effect that the convenience of the mobile terminal provided with the store-compatible application can be further improved, and is useful as the in-vehicle device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Processing unit 12 Operation part 13 Display part 14 Memory | storage part 15 Output circuit 16 Speaker 17 AV unit 18 Navigation unit 19 Connector 20 Smartphone (mobile terminal)
100 In-vehicle equipment

Claims (6)

An in-vehicle device to which a mobile terminal equipped with a store-compatible application that can be used to receive store-specific services is connected,
An application-usable store search means for searching for a store that can use the store-compatible application within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle;
Parking determination means for determining whether or not the vehicle has stopped for parking;
When it is determined by the parking determination means that the vehicle has stopped for parking, the portable terminal is activated with a store-compatible application that can be used in the store obtained by the application-usable store search means. An in-vehicle device having an application activation control unit. Having a display,
The application activation control means includes display control means for displaying application specifying information for specifying the store-compatible application on the display unit, and an operation for specifying the application specifying information displayed on the display unit has been performed. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1, wherein the store-compatible application specified by the specified application specifying information is activated.   The said display control means displays the application specific information which specifies the said shop corresponding | compatible application in the position corresponding to the position of the said shop corresponding | compatible available shop on the map displayed on the said display part. Vehicle-mounted device as described in.   The in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a notification unit that notifies the predetermined information when the store that can use the store-compatible application is not obtained by the application-usable store search unit. . The mobile terminal includes a plurality of different store-compatible applications that can be used to receive a unique service in each of a plurality of different stores,
When a plurality of different stores that can be used for a store-compatible application are obtained within a predetermined range including the current position of the vehicle by the application available store search means, the store can be used at a store closest to the current position of the vehicle. An application selection means for selecting an appropriate store-compatible application,
The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the application activation control unit causes the portable terminal to activate the store-compatible application selected by the application selection unit. The mobile terminal includes a plurality of different store-compatible applications that can be used to receive a unique service in each of a plurality of different stores,
The display control means sets the current location of the vehicle when the plurality of different stores available for the store-compatible application are obtained within a predetermined range including the current location of the vehicle by the application available store search means. The in-vehicle device according to claim 2, wherein application specifying information for specifying a store-compatible application that can be used in each store is displayed in a list in the order of the closest stores.

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