JP2015076686A - On-vehicle communication system, mobile apparatus, on-vehicle communication method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable coordination of an on-vehicle device and one or more mobile apparatuses and to enable a mobile apparatus of a driver and a mobile apparatus of a passenger to perform different control.SOLUTION: An on-vehicle communication system 1 comprises an on-vehicle device 100 and a mobile apparatus (200 or 300). The on-vehicle device 100 comprises: an apparatus discovery unit 110 for discovering a mobile apparatus in a vehicle; a driver apparatus determination unit 120 for determining a mobile apparatus of a driver from the discovered mobile apparatus; a notification unit 130 for giving notice of a determination result by the driver apparatus determination unit 120; a device application execution unit 140 for operating the mobile apparatus of the driver and the application in coordination; and a coordination function device providing unit 150 for providing a coordination function that allows another mobile terminal to operate the application. The mobile apparatus (200 or 300) comprises an apparatus application execution unit 220 for operating the on-vehicle device 100 and the application in coordination if the determination result is reported, and a coordination function execution unit 320 for executing a coordination function from the on-vehicle device 100 if the determination result is not reported.

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle communication system, a mobile device, an in-vehicle communication method, and a program in which an in-vehicle device and a mobile device in a vehicle cooperate.

  While communicating with the in-vehicle device and the portable device by short-range wireless communication, while accessing the functions and information of the portable device from the in-vehicle device or enabling the operation of the in-vehicle device from the portable device, while traveling Is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-259259. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-133826 discloses a technique for determining whether a mobile device is in operation and prohibiting reception of operation of a portable device.

  In addition, the contents displayed on the screen by the in-vehicle device are converted into a display preferable to the passenger and presented to the passenger's portable device, so that the passenger can utilize the convenience of the in-vehicle device and the portable device to A technique capable of providing support is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP 2011-223511 A Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-122776

  However, in the in-vehicle communication system of Patent Document 1, it is premised on cooperation by communication between the driver's portable device and the in-vehicle device, and operation reception is always prohibited during traveling for the associated portable device. So that it is controlled. Therefore, even if it is a passenger's portable device, it is regarded as a driver's portable device, and control that prohibits operation reception during traveling is performed, so that the passenger is forced to be inconvenient that the portable device cannot be used. There was a problem. Moreover, in the vehicle-mounted communication system of patent document 1, the vehicle-mounted apparatus also had the problem that it cannot cooperate simultaneously with the some portable apparatus in a vehicle.

  Furthermore, the vehicle-mounted device of Patent Document 2 only presents a cooperation function that is preferable for passengers, and cannot cooperate with the driver's portable device. There was a problem that it could not be linked with the device.

  Accordingly, in view of the above problems, in the present invention, an in-vehicle communication system and a portable device in which an in-vehicle device and one or more portable devices cooperate and different control is performed between the driver's portable device and the passenger's portable device. An object is to provide an in-vehicle communication method and a program.

  The present invention proposes the following matters in order to solve the above problems. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.

  (1) The present invention relates to an in-vehicle device (for example, the in-vehicle device 100 in FIG. 1), a driver and one or more passenger portable devices (for example, the driver device 200 in FIG. 1, the passenger) that communicate with each other. Device 300), and a device discovery means (for example, the device discovery unit 110 in FIG. 1) that discovers a mobile device in the vehicle in response to the transmitted device discovery request. ) And driver device determination means (for example, driver device determination unit 120 in FIG. 1) for determining the driver's portable device from among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery means, A notification unit (for example, the notification unit 130 in FIG. 1) for notifying the determination result of the driver device determination unit to the portable device of the driver and a device for executing an application in cooperation with the portable device of the driver. Application execution means (for example, the apparatus application execution unit 140 in FIG. 1) and a cooperation function that provides a cooperation function that enables an application executed by the apparatus application execution means to be operated from the one or more passengers' portable devices. Device providing means (for example, the cooperative function device providing unit 150 in FIG. 1), and the portable device transmits a response to the device discovery request (for example, request response units 210 and 310 in FIG. 1). ), And when the determination result is notified from the in-vehicle device, the device application executing means (for example, the device application executing unit 220 in FIG. 1) that executes the application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device, and the in-vehicle device When the determination result is not notified, the cooperation function execution means (for example, the cooperation function execution unit 3 in FIG. 1) executes the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device. 20), and an in-vehicle communication system characterized by comprising:

  (2) According to the present invention, in the in-vehicle communication system according to (1), the driver device determination unit determines the driver's portable device from among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery unit. On the other hand, the mobile device that has not been determined as the driver's mobile device is determined as the one or more passenger's mobile devices, and the device application execution unit is notified of the determination result notified from the in-vehicle device. In the case where the mobile device is determined to be the driver's mobile device, the application is executed in cooperation with the in-vehicle device, and the determination result notified by the cooperation function execution unit from the in-vehicle device is the mobile device. Proposes an in-vehicle communication system characterized by executing a cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device when the result is determined as the portable device of the one or more passengers.

  (3) In the in-vehicle communication system according to (1) or (2), the device application execution unit and the device application execution unit notify the determination result from the notification unit to the driver's portable device. In response to this, an in-vehicle communication system has been proposed in which each paired application that can be executed by communicating with each other is identified and executed.

  (4) In the present invention, in the in-vehicle communication system according to (1) or (2), the device application execution unit executes an application that cooperates with the in-vehicle device and transmits application data for the in-vehicle device of the application. And the said apparatus application execution means has started the said application from the application data for the said vehicle equipment received from the said driver | operator's portable apparatus, The vehicle-mounted communication system characterized by the above-mentioned is proposed.

  (5) According to the present invention, in the in-vehicle communication system according to (1) or (2), the device application execution unit executes an application that cooperates with the driver's mobile device, and the driver's mobile device of the application Proposing an in-vehicle communication system characterized in that the device application executing means activates the application from the application data for the driver's portable device received from the in-vehicle device. Yes.

  (6) The present invention relates to the in-vehicle communication system according to (1) to (5), wherein the in-vehicle device relays communication between the driver and one or more passengers' portable devices (for example, An in-vehicle communication system characterized by further including a communication relay unit 160) of FIG. 1 is proposed.

  (7) According to the present invention, in the in-vehicle communication system according to (6), the portable device provides a cooperation function device providing means (for example, FIG. 5) for providing the cooperation function to another portable device via the communication relay means. 1 is provided, and the cooperation function executing unit executes the cooperation function provided from the driver's portable device.

  (8) The present invention is an in-vehicle communication system including an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger's portable devices that communicate with each other, and the portable device includes the in-vehicle device and the first device. Communication relay means (for example, the communication relay unit 240 in FIG. 3) that relays communication with the above-described passenger's portable device is provided, and the in-vehicle device determines the portable device in the vehicle according to the response to the transmitted device discovery request. Device discovery means to be discovered, driver device determination means for determining the driver's mobile device among the mobile devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery means, and determination results of the driver device determination means On the other hand, among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device finding means, the portable device that has not been decided as the driver's portable device by the driver device deciding means , Notification means for notifying information indicating the location of the driver's mobile device (for example, the notification unit 131 in FIG. 3), device application execution means for executing an application in cooperation with the driver's mobile device, Cooperation function apparatus providing means for enabling the application executed by the device application execution means to be operated from the one or more passengers' portable devices via the communication relay means (for example, cooperation in FIG. 3) Functional device providing unit 151), and when the portable device transmits a response to the device discovery request, and when the determination result is notified from the in-vehicle device, via the communication relay unit And a device application execution unit that executes an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device, and the in-vehicle device when the determination result is not notified from the in-vehicle device. Proposed is an in-vehicle communication system characterized by comprising cooperation function execution means (for example, cooperation function execution unit 321 in FIG. 3) for executing the cooperation function provided via the communication relay means.

  (9) The present invention is a portable device in an in-vehicle communication system configured by an in-vehicle device that communicates with each other and a driver and one or more passenger's portable devices, and communication means that communicates with the in-vehicle device. A request response means for receiving a device discovery request for discovering a mobile device in a vehicle from the in-vehicle device, and transmitting a response to the received device discovery request; and a determination result for determining that the driver is a mobile device Provided from the in-vehicle device when the determination result is not notified from the in-vehicle device, and a device application execution unit that executes an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device. Proposed is a portable device comprising a cooperation function executing means for executing a cooperation function.

  (10) The present invention is an in-vehicle communication method in an in-vehicle communication system constituted by an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger portable devices that communicate with each other, wherein the in-vehicle device is in a vehicle. A first step of transmitting a device discovery request for discovering the mobile device (for example, step S1 in FIG. 2), and a second step in which the mobile device transmits a response to the device discovery request to the in-vehicle device. Steps (for example, Steps S2 and S3 in FIG. 2), and the in-vehicle device is selected from among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered based on the response to the device discovery request from the portable device. A third step of determining a portable device (for example, step S4 in FIG. 2) and a fourth step in which the in-vehicle device notifies the driver's portable device of the determination result of the third step. Step (for example, step S5 in FIG. 2), a fifth step (for example, step S6 in FIG. 2) in which the in-vehicle device executes an application in cooperation with the driver's portable device, and the portable device However, when the determination result is notified from the in-vehicle device, the sixth step of executing the application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device (for example, step S7 in FIG. 2), and the in-vehicle device is the fifth A seventh step (for example, step S8 in FIG. 2) for providing a linkage function that enables the application executed in step 1 to be operated from the one or more passengers' portable devices; and An eighth step (for example, step S9 in FIG. 2) for executing the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device when the determination result is not notified from the device. The in-vehicle communication method characterized by the above is proposed.

  (11) The present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute an in-vehicle communication method in an in-vehicle communication system configured by an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger portable devices that communicate with each other. The vehicle-mounted device transmits a device discovery request for discovering a mobile device in the vehicle (for example, step S1 in FIG. 2), and the mobile device sends a response to the device discovery request. 2nd step (for example, step S2, S3 of FIG. 2) which transmits to a vehicle-mounted apparatus, and the said vehicle-mounted apparatus were discovered based on the response with respect to the said device discovery request | requirement from the said portable device. A third step (for example, step S4 in FIG. 2) for determining the driver's portable device, and the in-vehicle device determines whether the third step is determined. A fourth step (for example, step S5 in FIG. 2), and a fifth step in which the in-vehicle device executes an application in cooperation with the driver's portable device. (For example, step S6 in FIG. 2) and, when the mobile device is notified of the determination result from the in-vehicle device, a sixth step (for example, FIG. 2) that executes an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device. Step S7) and a seventh step (for example, FIG. 7) for providing a linkage function that enables the in-vehicle device to operate the application executed in the fifth step from the one or more passenger portable devices. Step S8) and an eighth step in which the portable device executes the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device when the determination result is not notified from the in-vehicle device. (For example, step S9 in FIG. 2) is proposed.

  According to the present invention, the vehicle-mounted device and the one or more portable devices cooperate with each other, and the vehicle-mounted device and the plurality of portable devices can be controlled by performing different control between the driver's portable device and the passenger's portable device. Functions can be provided in cooperation.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted communication system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the vehicle-mounted communication process in the vehicle-mounted communication system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted communication system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the constituent elements in the present embodiment can be appropriately replaced with existing constituent elements and the like, and various variations including combinations with other existing constituent elements are possible. Therefore, the description of the present embodiment does not limit the contents of the invention described in the claims.

<First Embodiment>
<Configuration of in-vehicle communication system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an in-vehicle communication system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The in-vehicle communication system 1 is a system in which an in-vehicle device in a vehicle and one or more portable devices cooperate with each other, and includes an in-vehicle device 100, a driver's portable device (hereinafter referred to as driver device) 200, and a passenger's Mobile device (hereinafter referred to as passenger device) 300. In the present embodiment, there is one passenger device 300, but a plurality of passenger devices 300 may be used. Further, when the driver device 200 and the passenger device 300 are not distinguished, they are referred to as portable devices.

  The in-vehicle device 100 is an in-vehicle audio device, an in-vehicle navigation device or the like, and includes a device discovery unit 110, a driver device determination unit 120, a notification unit 130, a device application execution unit 140, a cooperation function device provision unit 150, and a communication relay unit. 160.

  The device discovery unit 110, the notification unit 130, the device application execution unit 140, the cooperation function device providing unit 150, and the communication relay unit 160 of the in-vehicle device 100 are connected to the driver device 200 and the passenger device 300, for example, Wi-Fi, Communication is performed using Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like. In the case of Wi-Fi, the in-vehicle device 100 may include an access point, an access point may be installed in the vehicle, a so-called tethering function of a portable device may be used, or Wi-Fi. Direct communication may be performed between the in-vehicle device 100 and the portable device without using an access point by using Direct or the like.

  The device discovery unit 110 discovers a mobile device by simultaneously transmitting a device discovery request and receiving a response from the mobile device. Specifically, for example, in the case of a communication means using TCP / IP communication such as Wi-Fi, broadcast such as UPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play) or DNS-SD (DNS Service Discovery) is performed. A method is used in which a discovery request is transmitted and a response to the discovery request is returned by unicast from a portable device having the corresponding function.

  The driver device determination unit 120 determines the driver device 200 from among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery unit 110. Specifically, the list of portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery unit 110 is presented to the user, and the portable device selected by the user from the list is determined as the driver device 200. Further, the driver device determination unit 120 may provide a cradle in the driver's seat, and automatically determine the portable device installed in the cradle as the driver device 200, or connect to the in-vehicle device 100 with a cable such as a USB. The determined portable device may be automatically determined as the driver device 200. When the driver device 200 is automatically determined, the determination process of the driver device 200 starts in response to a user operation on the in-vehicle device 100.

  In addition, the driver device determination unit 120 may determine, as the passenger device 300, a mobile device that has not been determined as the driver device 200 among the mobile devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery unit 110.

  The notification unit 130 notifies the portable device determined as the driver device 200 by the driver device determination unit 120 of the result of the driver device determination unit 120, that is, the result determined as the driver device 200. The notification unit 130 may notify the portable device that has been determined as the passenger device 300 by the driver device determination unit 120 of the result of the driver device determination unit 120, that is, the result of determination as the passenger device 300.

  The device application execution unit 140 executes the application in cooperation with the driver device 200. The device application execution unit 140 can execute, for example, navigation to the destination recorded in advance in the driver device 200 by the in-vehicle device 100 in cooperation with the driver device 200. A specific execution method of the application by the device application execution unit 140 will be described.

  When each of the in-vehicle device 100 and the driver device 200 stores a combination of applications that can be executed by communicating with each other, the notification unit 130 notifies the driver device 200 of the determination result. Accordingly, the device application execution unit 140 identifies and executes a paired combination of applications that can be executed by communicating with the device application execution unit 220 of the driver device 200.

  In the case where the driver device 200 holds an application that runs on each of the in-vehicle device 100 and the driver device 200, the device application execution unit 140 receives application data from the driver device 200, and the received application data. Run the application by starting the data.

  The cooperation function device providing unit 150 provides the passenger device 300 with a cooperation function that allows the application executed by the device application execution unit 140 to be operated from the passenger device 300. As a result, the passenger can operate the application executed on the in-vehicle device 100 from the passenger device 300 provided with the cooperation function. A specific method for providing the cooperation function from the cooperation function device providing unit 150 to the passenger device 300 will be described.

  In the case where each of the in-vehicle device 100 and the passenger equipment 300 stores an application of a combination function that forms an executable pair by communicating with each other, the application is executed by the device application execution unit 140 In response to this, the cooperation function device providing unit 150 identifies and executes a combination of cooperation function applications that form a pair that can be executed by communicating with the cooperation function execution unit 320 of the passenger device 300.

  In the case where the in-vehicle device 100 holds an application of a cooperation function that operates in each of the in-vehicle device 100 and the passenger device 300, the cooperation function device providing unit 150 transmits the application data of the cooperation function to the passenger device 300. To do. Then, the passenger device 300 executes the cooperation function by activating the received application data of the cooperation function.

  Note that it is desirable to use a so-called Web browser that displays HTML and executes JavaScript (registered trademark) as the application execution environment of the in-vehicle device 100 and the driver device 200 and the execution environment of the cooperation function of the passenger device 300. . This is because the application data can be transmitted and received between the in-vehicle device 100 and the portable device as needed without making the application installation and setting in advance, and the necessary application can be executed each time.

  The communication relay unit 160 relays communication between the driver device 200 and the passenger device 300. Thereby, for example, the passenger device 300 is operated to access information such as a destination and a search history recorded in the driver device 200, or a navigation function of the in-vehicle device 100 is operated based on the information. It is possible to provide such driving assistance. The communication relay unit 160 notifies the passenger device 300 of the location of the driver device 200, an IP address, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), and the like so that the passenger device 300 and the driver device 200 can directly communicate with each other. May be.

  The driver device 200 is a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a portable computer, or the like, and includes a request response unit 210, a device application execution unit 220, and a cooperative function device provision unit. 230.

  The request response unit 210 transmits a response to the device discovery request received from the in-vehicle device 100 to the in-vehicle device 100. The request response unit 210 may automatically transmit a response to the in-vehicle device 100 in response to the reception of the device discovery request from the in-vehicle device 100, or the user may be notified that the device discovery request has been received from the in-vehicle device 100. The response may be transmitted only when there is a user instruction.

  The device application execution unit 220 executes the application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device 100 in response to the notification of the determination result, that is, the result determined to be the driver device 200 from the in-vehicle device 100. In the case where the in-vehicle device 100 holds an application that operates in each of the in-vehicle device 100 and the driver device 200, the device application execution unit 220 receives application data from the in-vehicle device 100 and activates the received application data. Run the application.

  The cooperation function device providing unit 230 provides the passenger device 300 with a cooperation function that allows the application executed by the device application execution unit 140 to be operated from the passenger device 300 via the communication relay unit 160 of the in-vehicle device 100. To do. When the driver device 200 holds the application of the cooperation function, the cooperation function device provision unit 230 sends the application data of the cooperation function to the passenger device 300 in response to the application being executed by the device application execution unit 220. To provide.

  The passenger device 300 is a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a portable computer, and the like, and includes a request response unit 310 and a linkage function execution unit 320. The passenger device 300 can also be the driver device 200. In this case, the passenger device 300 includes the functional units of the driver device 200 described above.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the mobile device is set as the passenger device 300 by default and becomes the driver device 200 when a determination result indicating that the device is the driver device 200 is notified from the in-vehicle device 100. However, when the determination result indicating that it is the passenger device 300 is notified from the in-vehicle device 100, the default setting that the passenger device 300 is the mobile device is not necessary.

  Similar to the request response unit 210 of the driver device 200, the request response unit 310 transmits a response to the device discovery request received from the in-vehicle device 100 to the in-vehicle device 100.

  The cooperation function execution unit 320 executes the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device 100. When the application executed by the device application execution unit 140 of the in-vehicle device 100 has a function of detecting whether or not the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device 100 is mounted is running, the linkage function execution unit 320 is configured to run the vehicle. The result of whether or not the vehicle is in the middle is received from the in-vehicle device 100. And the cooperation function execution part 320 may perform control of prohibiting the operation reception to the cooperation function provided to the passenger apparatus 300 according to the result of whether or not it is traveling.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of the in-vehicle communication process in the in-vehicle communication system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This process starts, for example, at the timing when the in-vehicle device 100 is activated.

  First, in step S1, the device discovery unit 110 of the in-vehicle device 100 transmits a device discovery request to the mobile device.

  Next, in step S <b> 2, the request response unit 210 of the driver device 200 transmits a response to the device discovery request received from the in-vehicle device 100 to the in-vehicle device 100.

  Next, in step S <b> 3, the request response unit 310 of the passenger device 300 transmits a response to the device discovery request received from the in-vehicle device 100 to the in-vehicle device 100. It should be noted that step S2 and step S3 may be either first or simultaneous.

  Next, in step S <b> 4, the driver device determination unit 120 of the in-vehicle device 100 determines the driver device 200 from the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery unit 110.

  Next, in step S <b> 5, the notification unit 130 of the in-vehicle device 100 determines the result of the driver device determination unit 120, i.e., the driver device 200, as the portable device determined as the driver device 200 in step S <b> 5. To be notified.

  Next, in step S <b> 6, the device application execution unit 140 of the in-vehicle device 100 executes the application in cooperation with the driver device 200.

  Next, in step S <b> 7, the device application execution unit 220 of the driver device 200 receives the determination result from the in-vehicle device 100, i.e., the determination result of the driver device 200. Execute the application in cooperation.

  Next, in step S <b> 8, the cooperation function device providing unit 150 of the in-vehicle device 100 provides the passenger device 300 with a cooperation function that enables the application executed in step S <b> 6 to be operated from the passenger device 300.

  Next, in step S <b> 9, the cooperation function execution unit 320 of the passenger device 300 executes the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device 100.

  Next, in step S10, the cooperation function execution unit 320 of the passenger device 300 determines whether or not an end instruction has been received from the passenger. If an end instruction has been received from the fellow passenger (YES), the process proceeds to step S11. On the other hand, if an end instruction has not been received from the fellow passenger (NO), an end instruction from the fellow passenger is awaited.

  Next, in step S <b> 11, the cooperation function execution unit 320 of the passenger device 300 transmits an end notification to the in-vehicle device 100.

  Next, in step S <b> 12, the device application execution unit 140 of the in-vehicle device 100 ends the running application in response to receiving the end notification from the passenger device 300.

  Next, in step S <b> 13, the device application execution unit 220 of the driver device 200 executes in response to receiving an end notification via the in-vehicle device 100 or ending the application of the in-vehicle device 100. Exit the application.

  Next, in step S14, the cooperation function execution unit 320 of the passenger device 300 ends the cooperation function. Note that this step may be executed before the end notification is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 100 in step S11.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the in-vehicle device and one or more portable devices can provide functions in cooperation. In addition, by performing different control between the driver device and the passenger device, for example, a destination is set in advance by the driver device, navigation to the destination is performed by the in-vehicle device, route correction, etc. It is possible to control each of the driver device, the in-vehicle device, and the passenger device such that the support is performed by operating the passenger device in a preferable state.

<Second Embodiment>
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the in-vehicle communication system according to the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the in-vehicle device communicates with the passenger device via the driver device. In addition, about the component which attaches | subjects the same code | symbol as 1st Embodiment, since it has the same function, the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

<Configuration of in-vehicle communication system>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the in-vehicle communication system 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The in-vehicle communication system 2 is a system in which an in-vehicle device in a vehicle and one or more portable devices cooperate with each other, and includes an in-vehicle device 101, a driver's portable device (hereinafter referred to as driver device) 201, and a passenger. Mobile devices (hereinafter referred to as passenger devices) 301. In the present embodiment, there is one passenger device 301, but a plurality of passenger devices 301 may be used. Further, when the driver device 201 and the passenger device 301 are not distinguished, they are referred to as portable devices.

  The in-vehicle device 101 is an in-vehicle audio device, an in-vehicle navigation device, and the like, and includes a device discovery unit 110, a driver device determination unit 120, a notification unit 131, a device application execution unit 140, and a cooperation function device provision unit 151.

  As in the first embodiment, the device discovery unit 110, the notification unit 131, the device application execution unit 140, and the cooperation function device provision unit 151 of the in-vehicle device 101 are connected to the driver device 201 and the passenger device 301, for example, Communication using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or the like is performed.

  The notification unit 131 notifies the portable device determined as the driver device 201 by the driver device determination unit 120 of the result of the driver device determination unit 120, that is, the result determined as the driver device 201. In addition, the notification unit 131 includes a mobile device that has not been determined as the driver device 201 by the driver device determination unit 120, that is, the passenger device 301, the location of the driver device 201, an IP address, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), and the like. , Is notified to the passenger device 301. As a result, the passenger device 301 can directly communicate with the driver device 201.

  The cooperative function device providing unit 151 provides a cooperative function that allows the application executed by the device application executing unit 140 to be operated from the passenger device 301 via the communication relay unit 240 of the driver device 201 described later. 301.

  The driver device 201 is a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a portable computer or the like, and includes a request response unit 210, a device application execution unit 220, and a communication relay unit 240. Prepare.

  The communication relay unit 240 relays communication between the in-vehicle device 101 and the passenger equipment 301. As a result, it becomes possible to use the data and functions held by the driver device 201 from the passenger device 301. For example, the passenger device 301 is operated and recorded in the driver device 201. Information such as the destination and search history can be accessed, and the navigation function of the in-vehicle device 101 can be operated based on the information.

  In general, the in-vehicle device 101 has a configuration specialized for a function suitable for driving such as a navigation function, and a multifunctional mobile terminal such as a smartphone has high performance and easy function expansion. For this reason, the driver device 201 includes the communication relay unit 240, so that many functions can be used in the in-vehicle communication system 2.

  For example, data communication means provided in the driver device 201, for example, CDMA1X EV-DO, LTE (Long-Term Evolution), WiMAX, W-CDMA, etc. are shared by the in-vehicle device 101 and the passenger device 301 via Wi-Fi. So-called tethering can be used. As a result, not only in the vehicle but also by using data outside the vehicle connected to the Internet, navigation using more advanced information utilization such as store search and event information update can be used.

  The passenger device 301 is a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), a portable computer, and the like, and includes a request response unit 310 and a linkage function execution unit 321. The passenger device 301 can also be the driver device 201. In this case, the passenger device 301 includes the functional units of the driver device 201 described above.

  The cooperation function execution unit 321 executes the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device 101 via the communication relay unit 240 of the driver device 201. When the driver device 201 includes a cooperation function device providing unit, the cooperation function execution unit 321 executes the cooperation function provided from the driver device 201.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the driver device includes the communication relay unit, so that the driver device controls the in-vehicle device and the passenger device, that is, the driver device has a server role. This makes it possible to use many functions in the in-vehicle communication system.

  Note that the in-vehicle communication system of the present invention can be realized by recording the processing of the in-vehicle communication system on a recording medium readable by the computer system, and reading and executing the processing in the in-vehicle communication system recorded in the recording medium. . The computer system here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW (World Wide Web) system is used. The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

1, 2 In-vehicle communication system 100, 101 In-vehicle device 110 Device discovery unit 120 Driver device determination unit 130, 131 Notification unit 140 Device application execution unit 150, 151 Cooperation function device provision unit 160, 240 Communication relay unit 200, 201 Driver Device 210 Request response unit 220 Device application execution unit 230 Cooperation function device provision unit 300, 301 Passenger device 310 Request response unit 320, 321 Cooperation function execution unit

Claims (11)

An in-vehicle communication system composed of an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger portable devices that communicate with each other,
The in-vehicle device is
A device discovery means for discovering a portable device in the vehicle in response to the transmitted device discovery request;
Driver device determination means for determining the driver's portable device from among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery means,
Notification means for notifying the driver's portable device of the determination result of the driver device determination means;
Device application execution means for executing an application in cooperation with the driver's portable device;
A collaborative function device providing means for providing a collaborative function, enabling the application executed by the device application executing means to be operated from the one or more passengers' portable devices;
With
The portable device is
Request response means for transmitting a response to the device discovery request;
When the determination result is notified from the in-vehicle device, device application execution means for executing an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device;
When the determination result is not notified from the in-vehicle device, cooperation function execution means for executing the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device;
An in-vehicle communication system comprising: The driver device determining means is
The driver's portable device is determined from the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery means, and the portable device that is not determined as the driver's portable device is determined as the one or more passengers. Determined to be a portable device
When the determination result notified from the in-vehicle device is a result of determining that the mobile device is the driver's mobile device, the device application execution means executes the application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device,
The cooperation function execution means executes the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device when the determination result notified from the in-vehicle device is a result in which the mobile device determines that the one or more passengers' portable devices. The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 1. The device application execution means and the device application execution means are
In response to the determination result being notified from the notification means to the driver's portable device, each of the paired applications that can be executed by communicating with each other is identified and executed. The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 1 or 2. The device application execution means executes an application that cooperates with the in-vehicle device, transmits application data for the in-vehicle device of the application,
The device application execution means
The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the application is activated from application data for the in-vehicle device received from the portable device of the driver. The device application execution means
Execute an application that cooperates with the driver's mobile device, send application data for the driver's mobile device of the application,
The device application execution means is
The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the application is activated from application data for the driver's portable device received from the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device is
The in-vehicle communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a communication relay unit that relays communication between the driver and one or more passenger's portable devices. The portable device is
Provided with a cooperation function device providing means for providing the cooperation function to other portable devices via the communication relay means;
The in-vehicle communication system according to claim 6, wherein the cooperation function execution unit executes a cooperation function provided from the driver's portable device. An in-vehicle communication system composed of an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger portable devices that communicate with each other,
The portable device includes communication relay means for relaying communication between the in-vehicle device and the one or more passenger portable devices,
The in-vehicle device is
A device discovery means for discovering a portable device in the vehicle in response to the transmitted device discovery request;
Driver device determination means for determining the driver's portable device from among the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovery means,
Notifying the driver's portable device of the determination result of the driver device determining means, while out of the portable devices in the vehicle discovered by the device discovering means, the driver device determining means of the driver's A notification means for notifying a mobile device that has not been determined to be a mobile device of information indicating the location of the driver's mobile device;
Device application execution means for executing an application in cooperation with the driver's mobile device;
A collaborative function device providing means for providing a collaborative function via the communication relay means, enabling the application executed by the device application executing means to be operated from the one or more passenger portable devices;
With
The portable device is
Request response means for transmitting a response to the device discovery request;
When the determination result is notified from the in-vehicle device, through the communication relay unit, device application execution means for executing an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device;
When the determination result is not notified from the in-vehicle device, a cooperation function execution unit that executes a cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device via the communication relay unit;
An in-vehicle communication system comprising: A mobile device in an in-vehicle communication system that includes an in-vehicle device that communicates with each other and a driver and one or more passenger's mobile devices,
A communication means for communicating with the in-vehicle device;
A request response means for receiving a device discovery request for discovering a portable device in a vehicle from the in-vehicle device and transmitting a response to the received device discovery request;
When a determination result for determining that the driver is a portable device of the driver is notified from the in-vehicle device, device application execution means for executing an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device;
When the determination result is not notified from the in-vehicle device, cooperation function execution means for executing the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device;
A portable device comprising: An in-vehicle communication method in an in-vehicle communication system configured by an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger portable devices that communicate with each other,
A first step in which the in-vehicle device transmits a device discovery request for discovering a mobile device in the vehicle;
A second step in which the portable device transmits a response to the device discovery request to the in-vehicle device;
A third step in which the in-vehicle device determines the driver's portable device from among the portable devices found in the vehicle based on a response to the device discovery request from the portable device;
A fourth step in which the in-vehicle device notifies the driver's portable device of the determination result of the third step;
A fifth step in which the in-vehicle device executes an application in cooperation with the driver's portable device;
A sixth step of executing an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device when the portable device is notified of the determination result from the in-vehicle device;
A seventh step of providing a linkage function in which the in-vehicle device enables the application executed in the fifth step to be operated from the one or more passengers' portable devices;
An eighth step of executing the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device when the portable device is not notified of the determination result from the in-vehicle device;
An in-vehicle communication method comprising: A program for causing a computer to execute an in-vehicle communication method in an in-vehicle communication system constituted by an in-vehicle device and a driver and one or more passenger's portable devices that communicate with each other,
A first step in which the in-vehicle device transmits a device discovery request for discovering a mobile device in the vehicle;
A second step in which the portable device transmits a response to the device discovery request to the in-vehicle device;
A third step in which the in-vehicle device determines the driver's portable device from among the portable devices found in the vehicle based on a response to the device discovery request from the portable device;
A fourth step in which the in-vehicle device notifies the driver's portable device of the determination result of the third step;
A fifth step in which the in-vehicle device executes an application in cooperation with the driver's portable device;
A sixth step of executing an application in cooperation with the in-vehicle device when the portable device is notified of the determination result from the in-vehicle device;
A seventh step of providing a linkage function in which the in-vehicle device enables the application executed in the fifth step to be operated from the one or more passengers' portable devices;
An eighth step of executing the cooperation function provided from the in-vehicle device when the portable device is not notified of the determination result from the in-vehicle device;
A program that causes a computer to execute.