In-vehicle apparatus with handsfree function
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorToru Kakehi
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Abstract
An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus establishes concurrent connection between a BT interface device and a cellular phone with respect to a handsfree profile (HFP) for realizing a handsfree phone call, a message access profile (MAP) for realizing a mail transfer, and an audio video profile (AVP) for realizing an audio data transfer. During a duration of the concurrent connection being established, a disconnection request of HFP or MAP occurs. In such a case, MAP is disconnected in conjunction with having disconnected HFP, or HFP is disconnected in conjunction with having disconnected MAP.
Claims8
An in-vehicle apparatus with a handsfree function for a vehicle,
- the apparatus comprising:
- means for connecting several communications protocols simultaneously with a cellular phone to establish concurrent connection,
- the several communications protocols including first-type communications protocols,
- each of the plurality of first-type communications protocols belonging to a classification to have an arrival notification function that is a function of notification from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle apparatus when an arrival of transmission, which comes from a communications network, occurs at the cellular phone,
- the plurality of first-type communications protocols corresponding to different types of transmissions and having different types of arrival notification functions for the different types of transmissions, respectively;
- means for controlling connection and disconnection of a communications protocol between the connecting means and the cellular phone;
- and
- means for determining an occurrence of a disconnection request of a communications protocol, which is connected with the cellular phone by the connecting means, wherein,
- in case that the determining means determines that a disconnection request to disconnect one of a plurality of first-type communications protocols has occurred during a duration while concurrent connection with respect to the plurality of first-type communications protocols is established with the cellular phone by the connecting means,
- the controlling means is further configured to disconnect an other of the plurality of first-type communications protocols except the one of the plurality of first-type communications protocols, in conjunction with having disconnected the one of the plurality of first-type communications protocols, the disconnection request of which has occurred.
A method for disconnecting a communications protocol using an in-vehicle apparatus with a handsfree function with a cellular phone,
- the method comprising:
- connecting several communications protocols simultaneously with the cellular phone to establish concurrent connection,
- the several communications protocols including a plurality of first-type communications protocols,
- each of the plurality of first-type communications protocols belonging to a classification to have an arrival notification function that is a function of notification from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle apparatus when an arrival of transmission, which comes from a communications network, occurs at the cellular phone;
- the plurality of first-type communications protocols corresponding to different types of transmissions and having different types of arrival notification functions for the different types of transmissions, respectively;
- executing a determination as to whether a disconnection request to disconnect one of the plurality of first-type communications protocols has occurred during a duration while concurrent connection with respect to the plurality of first-type communications protocols is established with the cellular phone;
- and
- disconnecting, when the determination is affirmatively executed, an other of the plurality of first-type communications protocols except the one of the plurality of first-type communications protocols, in conjunction with having disconnected the one of the plurality of first-type communications protocols, the disconnection request of which has occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.