JP5998873B2 - COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication control device that exchanges data with a communication device located in a vehicle cabin, a communication system including the communication control device, and a communication device.

  When the communication device is arranged beside the display of the communication control device (tablet terminal) and an operation for flicking in the direction of the communication device (operation for sweeping the screen) is input as the communication system described above, A device for exchanging data with a communication device located in the network is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-248769 A

  However, in the above communication system, when trying to realize the above configuration between the display of the vehicle navigation device and the communication device located in the rear seat, when trying to communicate with the communication device located in the depth direction of the display, There is a problem that it is difficult to specify a direction on the screen and it is difficult to specify a communication device by a simple operation.

  Accordingly, in view of such a problem, in a communication control device that exchanges data with a communication device located in a vehicle interior of a vehicle, a communication system including the communication control device, and a communication device, communication of a communication destination It is an object of the present invention to make it easy to select a device.

  In the communication control device of the present invention configured to achieve the above object, the communication device position information acquisition means acquires information for specifying the position of the communication device in the passenger compartment of the host vehicle, and the image display means A communication device position image is generated by associating the position of the communication device with the image showing the vehicle interior, and is displayed on the display device. Then, when an operation for selecting a communication device in the communication device position image is input via a preset input unit, the data communication unit causes the communication unit to exchange data with the selected communication device.

  According to such a communication control device, the position of the communication device can be easily selected by the user on the display device by generating the communication device position image. Therefore, the user can exchange data with the communication device through an intuitive operation.

  In the present invention, there may be one or more communication devices. The communication device position information generation unit may be provided, and the communication device position information acquisition unit may acquire the communication device position information generated by the communication device position information generation unit.

  Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, the computer may be a communication control program for realizing the computer as each means constituting the communication control device, or may be configured as a system. Moreover, the communication apparatus which comprises a system may be sufficient.

  Further, the descriptions in the claims can be arbitrarily combined as much as possible. At this time, a part of the configuration may be excluded within a range in which the object of the invention can be achieved.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication system 1 to which the present invention is applied. It is a flowchart which shows the recognition process which the control part 11 of the vehicle equipment 10 and the process part 31 of the terminal device 30 perform. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the image of a vehicle interior. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a communication apparatus position image. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a data transmission / reception process executed by the control unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 10 and the processing unit 31 of the terminal device 30. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the operation icon 66 and the seat image 67. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition of the seat image 67 accompanying rotation of the operation icon 66. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows rotation of the operation icon 66, and a color transition. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a data display. It is a flowchart which shows the restriction | limiting process which the control part 11 of the vehicle equipment 10 performs. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example at the time of reflecting the restrictions during driving | running | working on an image. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display image which demonstrates the magnitude | size of data amount intuitively. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a modification.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[Configuration of this embodiment]
A communication system 1 to which the present invention is applied is mounted on a vehicle such as a passenger car, for example, and includes a plurality of communication devices located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as “own vehicle”). This is a system in which devices exchange data.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle-mounted device 10 and a plurality of terminal devices 30 are provided. The communication system 1 includes a seating sensor 61, an imaging unit 62, and a vehicle speed sensor 63. In FIG. 1, only one terminal device 30 is illustrated in order to simplify the description.

  The seating sensor 61 detects the seating status of the occupant in each seat of the host vehicle, and sends information on the seating status to the in-vehicle device 10. The imaging unit 62 is configured as a well-known camera, and sends, for example, image information obtained by imaging the driver to the in-vehicle device 10.

The vehicle speed sensor 63 is configured as a known vehicle speed sensor that detects the traveling speed of the host vehicle, and sends vehicle speed information to the in-vehicle device 10.
The in-vehicle device 10 has a function as a navigation device, for example, and includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 21, an operation unit 22, a database 23, and a display unit 24. The communication unit 21 is configured as a communication module that performs wireless communication with communication targets such as the plurality of terminal devices 30 and various sensors 61 to 63. The communication unit 21 communicates with these communication targets using a predetermined protocol.

  The operation unit 22 is configured as a touch panel disposed on a display unit 24 configured as a display or other switches, and these operations are recognized by the control unit 11. The database 23 is used to store data for detecting the position of the terminal device 30 and images to be displayed.

  The control unit 11 is configured as a known computer including a CPU 12, a ROM 13, and a RAM 14. The control unit 11 performs processing for exchanging data with the terminal device 30 based on a program stored in the ROM 13 or the like.

  Next, each terminal device 30 has a function as a mobile phone, for example, and includes a processing unit 31, a communication unit 41, an imaging unit 42, a position detection unit 43, an acceleration sensor 44, and a vibration sensor. 45, an electric field sensor 46, an input unit 47, a database 48, and a display unit 49.

  The communication unit 41 is configured as a communication module that performs wireless communication with a communication target such as the in-vehicle device 10. The imaging unit 42 is configured as a well-known camera, and sends imaging information to the processing unit 31 when imaging is performed by a user in a process described later.

  The position detection unit 43 detects the position of the terminal device 30 itself using base station information of a mobile phone, a signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, a signal from a quasi-zenith satellite, or the like. Then, the obtained position information is sent to the processing unit 31.

  The acceleration sensor 44, the vibration sensor 45, and the electric field sensor 46 have known configurations for detecting acceleration, vibration, and electric field, respectively, and send detection results to the processing unit 31. The input unit 47 is configured as a touch panel disposed on a display unit 49 configured as a display or other switches, and these operations are recognized by the processing unit 31.

The database 48 stores data provided to other terminal devices 30 and data acquired from the other terminal devices 30 and the in-vehicle device 10.
The processing unit 31 is configured as a known computer including a CPU 32, a ROM 33, and a RAM 34. The processing unit 31 performs processing for exchanging data with the in-vehicle device 10 based on a program stored in the ROM 33 or the like.

[Process of this embodiment]
In such a communication system 1, the in-vehicle device 10 and the terminal device 30 exchange necessary information to generate an image (terminal device position image) indicating the position of the terminal device in the host vehicle.

  The processing at this time is started separately when the power of the in-vehicle device 10 and the terminal device 30 is turned on, for example, and then repeatedly executed. In FIG. 2, processing by the terminal device A and the terminal device B as a plurality of terminal devices 30 will be described.

  In the recognition process by the in-vehicle device 10, as shown in FIG. 2, first, position information that is information for specifying the position of the terminal device 30 in the vehicle interior of the host vehicle and assistance in specifying the position are provided. Auxiliary information is requested in the passenger compartment of the host vehicle (S11). And the vehicle equipment 10 determines the presence or absence of the response with respect to a request | requirement (S13).

  Here, in the recognition process by the terminal device 30, it is determined whether or not a request for position information (auxiliary information) has been received (S51, S71), and if no request has been received (S51: NO, S71: NO), This process is repeated. When a request is received (S51: YES, S71: YES), the terminal device A transmits position information (S53), and the terminal device B transmits auxiliary information (S73).

  Here, what information each terminal device 30 returns in response to the request is set in advance. Here, it is assumed that the position information transmitted by the terminal device A is the position information detected by the position detection unit 43, and the auxiliary information transmitted by the terminal device B is a captured image obtained by imaging the vehicle interior.

  This captured image is, for example, a captured image obtained by capturing the front of the vehicle from the seat on which the user of the terminal device 30 is seated. In such a captured image, as shown in FIG. 3, the number of steering seats, meters, or the backrest of the front seat and the position thereof differ depending on the imaging position.

  In the vehicle-mounted device 10, when there is a response of such position information or the like (position information or auxiliary information) (S 13: YES), this response is acquired (S 15), and the process proceeds to S 31 described later. If there is no response such as position information (S13: NO), a process of detecting the terminal device 30 that has not started the recognition process for some reason is performed.

  That is, when the radio wave emitted from the terminal device 30 is detected (S17) and the radio wave from the new terminal device 30 can be detected (S17: YES), the seating state of the occupant is determined from the seating sensor 61 for each seat of the host vehicle. Obtain (S19). Then, it is determined whether or not there is a seat for which seating is newly detected (S21).

  If there is a seat in which seating is newly detected (S21: YES), the process proceeds to S31 described later. Further, when there is no newly detected seat (S21: NO), and when radio waves cannot be detected in the process of S17 (S17: NO), the process returns to S11.

  Subsequently, in the process of S31, registration is performed in a memory such as the database 23 based on the response from the terminal device 30 that transmitted the response and the identification information such as the ID included in the radio wave from the terminal device 30 (S31). Then, the terminal position is estimated (S33).

  In this process, when position information is acquired from the terminal device 30, the position of the terminal device 30 in the vehicle interior is estimated based on the position information. When the seating state of the occupant is acquired, the position of the terminal device 30 that detected the radio wave at the timing closest to the timing at which the seating was detected is estimated as the seat position at which the seating was detected.

  Furthermore, when a captured image obtained by capturing the front of the vehicle is acquired, the database 23 is first referred to. Here, in the database 23, a reference image in which the front of the host vehicle is captured in the vehicle interior is recorded in association with each seat position in the vehicle interior. Then, the captured image is compared with the reference image, and the seat position associated with the reference image having the highest degree of coincidence is estimated as the position where the terminal device 30 captured the captured image.

  Subsequently, a communication device position image is generated (S35) and displayed on the display unit 24 (S37). In the communication device position image, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the position of the terminal device 30 estimated in the process of S33 is associated with the image indicating each seat in the vehicle interior, so that the passenger in any seat possesses it. Consideration is made so that the terminal device 30 can be recognized at a glance.

In the communication device position image, each terminal device 30 is displayed in a different color. By doing in this way, the discriminability when a plurality of terminal devices 30 are displayed is improved.
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not there is a request for the communication device position image (S39).

  Here, the terminal device 30 (terminal device A, B, etc.) determines whether or not a request for a communication device position image has been input via the input unit 47 after the transmission of the position information (auxiliary information) (S55). . If the request for the communication device position image has not been input (S55: NO), the recognition process in the terminal device 30 is terminated.

If a request for a communication device position image has been input (S55: YES), a request for a communication device position image is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 10 (S57).
In the in-vehicle device 10, if there is a request for the communication device position image (S 39: YES), the communication device position image displayed in the process of S 37 is transmitted to the requesting terminal device 30 (S 41). The recognition process ends. Moreover, if there is no request | requirement of a communication apparatus position image (S39: NO), the recognition process in the vehicle equipment 10 will be complete | finished immediately.

  After requesting the communication device position image, the terminal device 30 determines whether or not the communication device position image has been received (S59). If the communication device position image has not been received (S59: NO), the process of S59 is repeated. If a communication device position image has been received (S59: YES), this image is displayed on the display unit 49 (S61), and the recognition process in the terminal device 30 is terminated.

  Next, a data transmission / reception process for providing data of another terminal device 30 in response to a request from the terminal device 30 will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, an example in which the terminal device B provides data to the terminal device A via the in-vehicle device 10 will be described. The provision of data is not limited to the terminal device B to the terminal device A, and can be performed between any terminal devices 30 and between the in-vehicle devices 10.

  When the terminal device A requests data from the terminal device B, the terminal device A first determines whether a data request is received from the user via the input unit 47 (S151). If no data request has been received (S151: NO), the process of S151 is repeated.

  If a data request is received (S151: YES), a disclosure request designating desired data is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 10 (S153). Then, it is determined whether data is received from the in-vehicle device 10 (S161).

  Here, the in-vehicle device 10 determines whether or not a data disclosure request from any one of the terminal devices 30 has been received (S101). If the public request has not been received (S101: NO), the process of S101 is repeated.

  If a disclosure request has been received (S101: YES), the storage location of the requested data is specified (S103). The list of data possessed by each terminal device 30 is transmitted from each terminal device 30 to the vehicle-mounted device 10 in advance, and is shared by each terminal device 30.

Next, the requested data is requested to the data storage destination (S105). Then, it is determined whether or not data has been received from the data storage destination (S107).
The terminal device B, which is a data storage destination, periodically monitors the signal from the in-vehicle device 10 and determines whether or not there is a disclosure request from the in-vehicle device (S181). If there is a request from the vehicle-mounted device 10 (S181: YES), the data requested to be released is transmitted to the vehicle-mounted device 10 (S183), and other processes such as the process of S161 described later are performed.

Moreover, if there is no request | requirement from the vehicle equipment 10 (S181: NO), it will transfer to the above-mentioned other process immediately.
In the in-vehicle device 10, if the data for the disclosure request has not been received (S107: NO), the processing of S107 is repeated. If data for the publication request has been received (S107: YES), this data is stored in its own database 23 (S109).

  Then, a transmission destination selection image is generated (S111). For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the transmission destination selection image includes an elliptical operation icon 66 and a seat image 67 indicating each seat of the host vehicle.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the seat image 67 is highlighted by coloring a square corresponding to any position. When a predetermined determination operation is performed via the operation unit 22, the terminal device 30 corresponding to the highlighted seat is selected as a transmission target. The operation icon 66 changes to the same color as the highlighted cell.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a selection change operation has been performed via the operation unit 22 (S113). Here, the selection change operation indicates that a predetermined operation such as movement or rotation is applied to the operation icon 66. For example, when the selection change operation is rotation of the operation icon 66, the operation icon 66 is set so as to generate an image as if it is rotated about a certain part by the operation as shown in FIGS. When the operation icon 66 is rotated on the display unit 24 by the user, the control unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 10 determines that the selection change operation has been input via the operation unit 22.

  In the transmission destination selection image, as shown in FIG. 9, a list of data stored in the highlighted terminal device 30 is displayed, and is displayed when the highlighted terminal device 30 is changed. The list may be changed to that of the corresponding terminal device 30.

As such a list, as shown in FIG. 9, it is preferable to display data title, classification, genre, presence / absence of copy restriction, and the like.
When a selection change operation is input (S113: YES), the highlight display target is changed (S115). Specifically, when a selection change operation is input, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the operation icon 66 rotates on the display unit 24, and the color of the operation icon 66 changes every rotation. At the same time, the mass of the seat highlighted in the seat image 67 changes.

  When such a process is completed, or when a selection change operation is not input in the process of S113 (S113: NO), it is determined whether or not a determination operation is input (S117). Here, the determination operation corresponds to a predetermined operation such as an operation of lightly touching the operation icon 66, for example.

  If the determination operation is input (S117: YES), the data received from the terminal device A is transmitted to the terminal device 30 (target transmission destination) highlighted when the determination operation is performed (S119), The data transmission / reception process in the in-vehicle device 10 is terminated.

  When receiving this data (S161: YES), the terminal device A records this data in its own database 48 (S163), and ends the data transmission / reception process by the terminal device A. If data has not been received (S161: NO), the data transmission / reception process is immediately terminated.

Next, a restriction process for restricting operations performed by the vehicle-mounted device 10 during traveling will be described with reference to FIG. The restriction process is a process that is started when the power of the in-vehicle device 10 is turned on, for example.
As shown in FIG. 10, the restriction process first determines whether or not the host vehicle is traveling (S201). In this process, it is determined whether or not the vehicle is traveling according to the vehicle speed information obtained from the vehicle speed sensor 63.

  If the host vehicle is traveling (S201: YES), a restricted image is generated (S203). Here, an image generated when the restriction is not performed is a normal image, and an image generated when the restriction is performed is a restriction image.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11A, the normal image changes the color of the operation icon 66 to a corresponding color according to the terminal device 30 to be highlighted, whereas in the limited image, the normal image changes as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the color of the operation icon 66 is colorless (same as the background color) without performing the highlighting itself. In this way, the user can recognize at a glance that the image is a restricted image according to the color of the operation icon 66 or the like.

  Subsequently, the operation by the user (driver) is recognized from the image captured by the imaging unit 62 (S205), it is determined whether or not the driver has performed an operation (S207), and if there is an operation by the driver ( S207: YES), a restriction setting is made so as to invalidate the driver operation (S209), and the process returns to S201. If there is no operation by the driver (S207: NO), the process returns to S201.

  By the way, if the host vehicle is not running in the process of S201 (S201: NO), a normal image is generated (S221). And it is determined whether the restriction | limiting setting which invalidates driver | operator operation is made (S223).

  If the restriction setting has been made (S223: YES), the restriction setting is canceled (S225), and the process returns to S201. If the restriction setting is not made (S223: NO), the process immediately returns to S201.

[Effects of this embodiment]
In the communication system 1 described in detail above, the control unit 11 (CPU 12) of the in-vehicle device 10 acquires information for specifying the position of the terminal device 30 in the cabin of the host vehicle, and based on this information. A communication device position image is generated by associating the position of the terminal device 30 with the image showing the vehicle interior, and is displayed on the display unit 24. Then, when an operation for selecting the terminal device 30 in the communication device position image is input via the preset operation unit 22, the communication unit 21 is made to exchange data with the selected terminal device 30.

  According to such a communication system 1, the position of the terminal device 30 can be easily selected by the user on the display unit 24 by generating the communication device position image. Therefore, the user can exchange data with the terminal device 30 through an intuitive operation.

  In the communication system 1, the control unit 11 receives an instruction to change any terminal device 30 to be highlighted through the operation unit 22 in the communication device position image. Then, the terminal device 30 to be highlighted is changed. It is assumed that the highlighted terminal device 30 is selected when a command for determining the terminal device 30 is input via the operation unit 22.

  According to such a communication system 1, since the terminal device 30 to be selected can be changed by an operation via the operation unit 22, the terminal device 30 can be selected by a simple operation.

  Further, in the communication system 1, the control unit 11 displays an operation icon on the display device. When a predetermined operation is input to the operation icon via the operation unit 22, the terminal device 30 to be highlighted is changed.

According to such a communication system 1, the terminal device 30 can be selected by a more intuitive operation.
In the communication system 1, when an operation for rotating the operation icon is input via the operation unit 22, the control unit 11 changes the terminal device 30 to be highlighted.

According to such a communication system 1, it is possible to sequentially change the terminal devices 30 to be highlighted by repeating the same operation of rotation.
Further, in the communication system 1, the control unit 11 causes each terminal device 30 to be displayed as a communication device position image to be displayed in a different color.

According to such a communication system 1, the visibility of the terminal device 30 in the communication device position image can be improved.
In the communication system 1, the control unit 11 invalidates the operation via the operation unit 22 when the host vehicle is traveling.

According to such a communication system 1, since the operation is invalidated while the host vehicle is traveling, it is possible to suppress an aside while driving.
In the communication system 1, the control unit 11 acquires the seating state of the occupant for each seat of the host vehicle, and detects radio waves emitted by the terminal device 30 configured as the wireless terminal device 30. And the 1st position information which matched the position of the terminal device 30 which detected the electromagnetic wave at the timing nearest to the timing when the seating of the occupant was detected to the position of the seat where the seating was detected is generated, and the first position information is generated. Get location information.

According to such a communication system 1, the position information of the terminal device 30 can be estimated from the seating state and the radio wave detection result.
Further, in the communication system 1, the control unit 11 acquires a vehicle interior image in which the vehicle interior is captured by the imaging unit provided in the terminal device 30, and a reference image in which the vehicle interior is captured in advance for each position in the vehicle interior. By comparing the vehicle compartment image and the reference image while referring to the database in which the vehicle image is associated with each other, the position where the terminal device 30 captured the vehicle compartment image is specified, and the position and the position of the terminal device 30 are associated with each other. The second position information is generated. Then, second position information is acquired as position information.

According to such a communication system 1, the position of the terminal device 30 can be specified from a captured image obtained by performing imaging using the terminal device 30.
Further, in the communication system 1, the control unit 11 acquires position information detected by the position detection unit 43 provided in the terminal device 30.

  According to such a communication system 1, when the terminal device 30 includes the position detection unit 43 such as a GPS receiver, the position information by the position detection unit 43 can be used. In addition, as a structure which acquires position information, you may combine a 1 or several method.

[Other Embodiments]
Embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can take various forms as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, in the communication device position image (transmission destination selection image), the display size of the icon is displayed larger for each terminal device 30 displayed as the capacity for accepting data increases. It may be. In this case, when the host vehicle is traveling, the size of some icons may be changed smaller than when the host vehicle is not traveling.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the upper right icon corresponding to the driver's seat may be made smaller during traveling. According to such a communication system, it is possible to intuitively recognize that the operation is invalid by reducing the size of the icon. Moreover, according to such a communication system, it can be notified by the display size of the icon that the host vehicle is in a running state.

  Further, since this configuration is applied in combination with a configuration in which the operation through the operation unit 22 is invalidated when the host vehicle is traveling, the icon display size should be changed when the operation is invalidated. Can do. Therefore, it can be easily recognized intuitively that the operation is invalid.

  Further, the size of the icon indicating the size of the data receiving destination by the icon display size may be changed to be smaller than the size of the icon indicating the data that the user intends to move or copy.

In this way, the user can recognize whether or not the capacity for copying data is sufficient only by looking at the size of the icon.
Further, in the communication system 1, when the operation is invalidated, the control unit 11 uses the size of the icon indicating the size of the capacity of the data receiving destination as the icon display size in the communication device position image. The size of the icon indicating the data that the person intends to move or copy may be changed.

  According to such a communication system 1, if the user inputs an operation, the user tries to move or copy the size of the icon indicating the size of the capacity of the data receiving destination by the icon display size. Since it is smaller than the size of the icon indicating the data to be received (to a size that cannot be accepted), it can be used for operation regulation during traveling.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated that the operation part 22 was comprised as a touchscreen etc., as shown to Fig.13 (a), even if the operation part 22 is comprised as a switch provided in the steering wheel. Good. In this case, a switch that detects the sliding operation on the front side and the back side of the steering wheel is provided, and the selection is changed so that the icon is rotated when the front side and the back side are slid in opposite directions. The operation may be performed. That is, the control unit 11 highlights the terminal device 30 to be highlighted when a command to change the terminal device 30 to be highlighted is input via an input device (operation unit 22) provided outside the display unit 24. change.

  According to such a communication system 1, the terminal device 30 can be favorably selected using an external input device even if the operation unit 22 is not provided in the display unit 24. In this way, the selection change operation can be safely input with a more intuitive operation.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the vehicle equipment 10 estimated the position of the terminal device 30 by exchanging data by radio | wireless communication, you may exchange data by a wire communication. In this case, as shown in FIG. 13B, the terminal device 30 can be mounted, and the mounting portion 71 whose position is recognized in the vehicle-mounted device 10 in advance is arranged at a plurality of positions (in front of each seat). And the position of the terminal device 30 may be estimated from the position of the mounting unit 71 and identification information such as an ID transmitted from the terminal device 30 via the mounting unit 71. More specifically, each mounting unit 71 and the terminal device 30 communicate with each other using the ID given to the mounting unit 71 (cradle) and the terminal device 30 installed in the mounting unit 71 as a trigger, and the ID ( A set of the ID of the SIM card or the like and the ID of the mounting unit 71 may be used for communication with the in-vehicle device.

According to such a communication system 1, the terminal device 30 attached to the attachment unit 71 can be well identified.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the position of the terminal device 30 was estimated using one of position information and auxiliary information, a plurality of position information and auxiliary information are used comprehensively, and the terminal device 30 The position may be estimated.

[Relationship Between Configuration of Embodiment and Configuration of the Present Invention]
The in-vehicle device 10 in the above embodiment corresponds to the communication control device referred to in the present invention, and the processing among the processing executed by the control unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 10 corresponds to the present invention.

  Moreover, the process of S15 of this embodiment corresponds to the vehicle compartment image acquisition means referred to in the present invention, and the process of S17 of this embodiment corresponds to the radio wave detection means referred to in the present invention. Furthermore, the process of S19 of the present embodiment corresponds to the seating state acquisition means referred to in the present invention, and the process of S33 of the present embodiment includes the first position information generation means, the second position information generation means referred to in the present invention, This corresponds to third position information generating means.

  Further, the process of S15 of the present embodiment corresponds to the communication device position information acquisition means referred to in the present invention, and the processes of S35 and S37 of the present embodiment correspond to the image display means referred to in the present invention. Further, the processing of S111 of the present embodiment corresponds to the highlighting display means, icon display means, and capacity size display means referred to in the present invention, and the processing of S113 and S115 of the present embodiment corresponds to display change means referred to in the present invention. It corresponds to.

  Further, the process of S119 of the present embodiment corresponds to the data communication means referred to in the present invention, and the process of S203 of the present embodiment corresponds to the size changing means referred to in the present invention. Furthermore, the process of S209 of the present embodiment corresponds to the operation invalidating means referred to in the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication system, 10 ... Vehicle equipment, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... CPU, 13 ... ROM, 14 ... RAM, 21 ... Communication part, 22 ... Operation part, 23 ... Database, 24 ... Display part, 30 ... Terminal device , 31 ... processing unit, 32 ... CPU, 33 ... ROM, 34 ... RAM, 41 ... communication unit, 42 ... imaging unit, 43 ... position detection unit, 44 ... acceleration sensor, 45 ... vibration sensor, 46 ... electric field sensor, 47 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Input part, 48 ... Database, 49 ... Display part, 61 ... Seating sensor, 62 ... Imaging part, 63 ... Vehicle speed sensor, 66 ... Operation icon, 67 ... Seat image, 71 ... Installation part.

Claims (15)

A communication control device (10) that is mounted on a vehicle and exchanges data with a communication device (30) located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "own vehicle"),
Communication device position information acquisition means (S15) for acquiring information for specifying the position of the communication device in the passenger compartment of the host vehicle;
Image display means (S35, S37) for generating a communication device position image in which the position of the communication device is associated with an image showing the vehicle interior and displaying the communication device position image on the display device (24);
When an operation for selecting a communication device in the communication device position image is input via a preset input unit, data communication means (21) causes the communication unit (21) to exchange data with the selected communication device. S119),
With
The image display means includes
In the communication device position image, for each communication device to be displayed, there is provided capacity size display means (S111) for displaying the icon display size larger as the capacity for receiving data increases. Control device. A communication control device (10) that is mounted on a vehicle and exchanges data with a communication device (30) located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "own vehicle"),
Communication device position information acquisition means (S15) for acquiring information for specifying the position of the communication device in the passenger compartment of the host vehicle;
Image display means (S35, S37) for generating a communication device position image in which the position of the communication device is associated with an image showing the vehicle interior and displaying the communication device position image on the display device (24);
When an operation for selecting a communication device in the communication device position image is input via a preset input unit, data communication means (21) causes the communication unit (21) to exchange data with the selected communication device. S119),
Size changing means (S203) for changing the display size of any icon displayed on the communication device position image to a size different from that when the host vehicle is not traveling when the host vehicle is traveling. ,
With
In the communication device position image, the size changing means indicates the size of the icon indicating the size of the capacity of the data receiving destination as the icon display size, and the size of the icon indicating the data that the user intends to move or copy A communication control device, wherein the communication control device is changed to be smaller than that .   The communication control device according to claim 2,
  The size changing means changes the size of the icon smaller when the host vehicle is traveling than when the host vehicle is not traveling.
  A communication control device. A communication control device (10) that is mounted on a vehicle and exchanges data with a communication device (30) located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "own vehicle"),
Communication device position information acquisition means (S15) for acquiring information for specifying the position of the communication device in the passenger compartment of the host vehicle;
Image display means (S35, S37) for generating a communication device position image in which the position of the communication device is associated with an image showing the vehicle interior and displaying the communication device position image on the display device (24);
When an operation for selecting a communication device in the communication device position image is input via a preset input unit, data communication means (21) causes the communication unit (21) to exchange data with the selected communication device. S119),
Seating state acquisition means (S19) for acquiring the seating state of the occupant for each seat of the host vehicle;
Radio wave detection means (S17) for detecting radio waves emitted by a communication device configured as a wireless communication device;
First position information generating means for generating first position information in which the position of the communication device that has detected the radio wave at the timing closest to the timing at which the passenger is seated is associated with the position of the seat at which the seat is detected. (S33),
With
The communication control device is characterized in that the communication device location information acquisition means acquires the first location information as the location information . A communication control device (10) that is mounted on a vehicle and exchanges data with a communication device (30) located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as "own vehicle"),
Communication device position information acquisition means (S15) for acquiring information for specifying the position of the communication device in the passenger compartment of the host vehicle;
Image display means (S35, S37) for generating a communication device position image in which the position of the communication device is associated with an image showing the vehicle interior and displaying the communication device position image on the display device (24);
When an operation for selecting a communication device in the communication device position image is input via a preset input unit, data communication means (21) causes the communication unit (21) to exchange data with the selected communication device. S119),
Vehicle interior image acquisition means (S15) for acquiring a vehicle interior image in which the vehicle interior is imaged by the imaging unit provided in the communication device;
The position at which the communication device captures the vehicle compartment image by comparing the vehicle compartment image with the reference image while referring to a database that associates a reference image in which the vehicle interior is captured in advance for each vehicle interior location. A second position information generating unit (S33) for generating second position information in which the position is associated with the position of the communication device;
With
The communication control device is characterized in that the communication device location information acquisition means acquires the second location information as the location information . The communication control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
The image display means includes
Highlighting means (S111) for highlighting any one of the communication devices in the communication device position image;
Display changing means (S113, S115) for changing the communication device to be highlighted when a command to change the communication device to be highlighted is input via the input unit;
With
The communication control apparatus, wherein the data communication means selects the highlighted communication apparatus when an instruction to determine a communication apparatus is input via the input unit. The communication control device according to claim 6 ,
The image display means includes
Comprising icon display means (S111) for displaying an operation icon on the display device;
The communication control device, wherein the display changing unit changes the communication device to be highlighted when a predetermined operation is input to the operation icon via the input unit. The communication control device according to claim 7 , wherein
The communication control device, wherein the display changing unit changes the communication device to be highlighted when an operation of rotating the operation icon is input through the input unit. The communication control device according to claim 6 ,
The display changing means changes the communication device to be highlighted when an instruction to change the communication device to be highlighted is input via an input device provided outside the display device. Communication control device. In the communication control device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 ,
The communication control apparatus, wherein the image display means displays each communication apparatus displayed as the communication apparatus position image in a different color. In the communication control device according to any one of claims 1 to 10 ,
When the host vehicle is traveling, operation invalidation means (S209) for invalidating the operation through the input unit,
A communication control apparatus comprising: In the communication control device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 ,
The communication control device is characterized in that the communication device position information acquisition means acquires position information detected by a position detection unit (43) provided in the communication device as the position information. In the communication control device according to any one of claims 1 to 12 ,
A mounting portion (71) that is disposed at a plurality of positions in the vehicle interior and capable of mounting the terminal device;
Third position information generating means for specifying the terminal device mounted on the mounting unit together with the position of the mounting unit and generating third position information in which the communication device and the position of the communication device are associated with each other (S33) When,
With
The communication control device is characterized in that the communication device position information acquisition means acquires the third position information as the position information. A communication system (1) that is mounted on a vehicle and includes a communication device that is located in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as “own vehicle”) and a communication control device that exchanges data with the communication device. ) And
The said communication control apparatus was comprised as a communication control apparatus of any one of Claims 1-13, The communication system characterized by the above-mentioned . A communication device that constitutes a communication system that includes a communication device that is mounted on a vehicle and is located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle, and a communication control device that exchanges data with the communication device,
A communication apparatus configured to be able to communicate with the communication control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 13 .

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