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US 8,897,764 B2Granted
Vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system
AssigneeHonda Access Corp.
InventorKeiichi Takikawa
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Abstract
A system that links a mobile device with a vehicle on-board unit includes a data control section that restricts use of at least one of a plurality of registered application software products provided on the mobile device, and a data output section that outputs an indication representing the at least one registered application software product to a display section of the vehicle on-board unit when the at least one application software product is available according to conditions of the vehicle.
Claims5
A vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system, comprising:
- an on-board unit installed in a vehicle, the on-board unit having a display section;
- a mobile device having a plurality of application software products registered therein, the mobile device being separate and distinct from the on-board unit and the mobile device having a display section;
- a data control section that restricts use of at least one of the plurality of registered application software products;
- a data output section that outputs an indication representing the at least one registered application software product to the display section of the on-board unit when the at least one registered application software product is available according to conditions of the vehicle;
- a data reading section which determines a type of data to be transferred from the mobile device to the on-board unit;
- a transfer mode selecting section which selects one transfer mode from among a plurality of transfer modes based on the result of determination by the data reading section;
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- a vehicle travel determining section that determines as to whether the vehicle is in motion or in park,
- wherein said at least one registered application software product includes a first registered application software product which is available while the vehicle is in motion, and a second registered application software product which is available while the vehicle is in park,
- wherein when the data output section outputs the indication of the at least one registered application software product to the display section of the on-board unit, the data output section automatically switches between a first screen on which the first registered application software product is displayed and a second screen on which the second registered application software product is displayed, based on a determination made by the vehicle travel determining section,
- wherein the on-board unit having the display section and the mobile device having the display section are capable of being linked with each other, and
- wherein while the on-board unit and the mobile device are linked together, the linkage system is operable from both of the on-board unit and the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.