JP6230439B2 - In-vehicle information equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-vehicle information device that restricts an operation according to a traveling state of a vehicle.

For example, in the in-vehicle system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the in-vehicle device acquires vehicle travel information, transmits it to a mobile terminal connected by wireless communication, and further displays information displayed on the display unit of the in-vehicle device. When operated by the user, operation information indicating the content of the operation is transmitted to the portable terminal before executing the operation process. In the mobile terminal, when it is determined that the vehicle is stopped based on the travel information, the mobile device responds to the in-vehicle device that the operation indicated by the operation information is executed, and it is determined from the travel information that the vehicle is traveling. If the operation information is not executed, it responds to the in-vehicle device that it does not execute the operation information or does not respond to the execution result even if the operation is executed.
As described above, in the above-described in-vehicle system, when the vehicle is traveling, the operation of the in-vehicle device is limited so that the driver focuses on driving.

JP 2010-130670 A

In the conventional technique represented by Patent Document 1, a parking brake signal, a vehicle speed signal, and the like acquired from the vehicle side are used as information for determining whether or not the vehicle is running.
However, in a device that is not directly connected to the vehicle such as PND (Portable Navigation Device) or a device that does not have a function of detecting the movement of the vehicle such as an audio device, the operation may be restricted according to the traveling of the vehicle. Can not.

  In recent years, portable devices having various functions such as tablet PCs have become widespread and are brought into vehicles and used as car navigation systems, audio devices, television receivers, and the like. However, such a portable device cannot obtain travel information from the vehicle side and cannot determine whether or not the vehicle is traveling. For this reason, even when the vehicle is traveling, the information displayed on the display screen can be manipulated, and a moving image such as a TV video can be displayed.

In addition, even in an in-vehicle device that acquires travel information from the vehicle side, the travel information can be obtained from the vehicle side if the connection line to the vehicle side is disconnected or the user intentionally disconnects the connection line. Therefore, it cannot be determined whether or not the vehicle is running.
When the vehicle is traveling in the medium / high speed range, the operation and the display of moving images should be reliably restricted from the viewpoint of safe driving. However, as described above, when the information source of information used when determining whether or not the vehicle is traveling is fixed on the vehicle side, the restriction can be canceled by the user.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle information device capable of accurately restricting operations while the vehicle is running.

The in-vehicle information device according to the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with an external device brought into the vehicle, and a communication unit that determines a traveling state of the vehicle based on information received from the external device. A control unit that restricts execution of an accepted operation when the vehicle is in a state, and the control unit sequentially requests a plurality of types of information that can be used to determine the traveling state of the vehicle from an external device via the communication unit. , you get any information out of the plurality of types of information.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that the operation while the vehicle is traveling can be accurately restricted.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the vehicle-mounted information apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the control part of FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation restriction process during vehicle travel by the in-vehicle information device according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing a moving image display prohibition process during vehicle travel by the in-vehicle information device according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing search processing for an external device by the in-vehicle information device according to the first embodiment.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an in-vehicle information device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and shows a case where an external device having information used for determination of a running state of a vehicle is a mobile phone 2. Yes. In FIG. 1, an in-vehicle information device 1 is an information device installed in or brought into a vehicle, and performs navigation processing, multimedia content reproduction, and the like.
The configuration includes a control unit 10, a communication unit 11, an input unit 12, an information storage unit 13, a drawing unit 14, and a display unit 15. In addition, the mobile phone 2 has a positioning function by, for example, GPS (Global Positioning System), and returns vehicle position information as information used for determination of the running state of the vehicle in response to a request from the in-vehicle information device 1. To do.

  The control unit 10 is a control unit that controls each component of the in-vehicle information device 1, and includes a CPU that realizes the function of the in-vehicle information device 1 by executing a computer program and controlling each component. . The communication unit 11 is a communication unit that communicates with an external device brought into the vehicle, and performs short-range wireless communication or wired communication with the external device. For example, the communication unit 11 includes hardware and software that perform communication via WiFi, Bluetooth (registered trademark; not described below), Internet communication, and the like.

  The input unit 12 is a component that receives operations such as display of the display unit 15 and input of information necessary for information processing. For example, the input unit 12 is configured using hardware such as a touch panel and buttons mounted on the in-vehicle information device 1. When the input unit 12 is configured by hardware such as a touch panel, the configuration includes software that outputs a signal input through the hardware to the control unit 10.

  The information storage unit 13 is a storage unit that stores information used for information processing of the control unit 10 and information generated as a result of the information processing. For example, the position information received from the mobile phone 2 by the communication unit 11 is sequentially stored. As the information storage unit 13, a hard disk device included in the in-vehicle information device 1, an SD card that can be appropriately read by the control unit 10, a USB memory, or the like is used.

  The drawing unit 14 is a component that draws the content to be displayed on the display unit 15. For example, the content to be displayed on the display unit 15 is drawn in a VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) (not shown) in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 10. The display unit 15 is a display unit that displays the content drawn by the drawing unit 14 under the control of the control unit 10. The display unit 15 can be realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, a plasma display panel, an organic EL panel, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the control unit of FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 10 includes an information acquisition unit 100, a travel determination unit 101, a restriction control unit 102, and an operation execution unit 103. The information acquisition unit 100 acquires information used for determination of the running state of the vehicle from an external device such as the mobile phone 2 via the communication unit 11. The information acquisition unit 100 also searches for external devices having information to be used for determination of the running state of the vehicle from the external devices existing within the communication range of the communication unit 11.

  The traveling determination unit 101 determines whether the traveling state of the vehicle is a predetermined traveling state based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit 100. For example, based on the result of calculating the moving speed of the vehicle from the position change in a predetermined unit time using the position information of the vehicle received from the mobile phone 2 and comparing it with the threshold range related to the predetermined vehicle speed, It is determined whether or not the vehicle is in a predetermined running state. The predetermined traveling state is a state where the vehicle is traveling in a medium to high speed range exceeding a low speed range (for example, 0 to 20 km / h).

  When the travel determination unit 101 determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined travel state, the restriction control unit 102 restricts the execution of the operation by the operation execution unit 103. For example, even if the operation execution unit 103 accepts an operation via the input unit 12, the execution is restricted if the vehicle is traveling in a medium to high speed range. The operation execution unit 103 is a component that executes the operation received by the input unit 12.

Next, the operation will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation restriction process during traveling of the vehicle by the in-vehicle information device according to the first embodiment. First, the information acquisition unit 100 of the control unit 10 searches for an external device having information to be used for determining the traveling state of the vehicle from the external devices existing within the communication range of the communication unit 11. Here, the mobile phone 2 having a positioning function by GPS is searched, and the communication unit 11 performs pairing (communication establishment) with the mobile phone 2 (step ST1).

  When pairing with the mobile phone 2 is performed, the information acquisition unit 100 acquires the position information of the vehicle measured by the mobile phone 2 via the communication unit 11 (step ST2). The position information acquired by the information acquisition unit 100 is output to the travel determination unit 101 of the control unit 10. The travel determination unit 101 stores the position information input from the information acquisition unit 100 in the information storage unit 13. Further, when the information acquisition unit 100 acquires the position information from the mobile phone 2, the information acquisition unit 100 acquires an elapsed time from the acquisition time using a timer (not shown).

  When a set time (for example, about several seconds) elapses from the previous acquisition, the information acquisition unit 100 acquires the vehicle position information from the mobile phone 2 again via the communication unit 11 (step ST3). This position information is output to the travel determination unit 101. Acquisition of position information is executed every time the set time elapses.

  The travel determination unit 101 calculates the amount of vehicle displacement until the set time elapses using the previous position information read from the information storage unit 13 and the current position information input from the information acquisition unit 100. The moving speed of the vehicle is calculated by dividing the displacement amount by the set time (step ST4). Thereafter, the traveling determination unit 101 determines whether or not the calculated moving speed exceeds a predetermined threshold relating to the vehicle speed (step ST5). Note that the threshold relating to the vehicle speed corresponds to, for example, the upper limit value (20 km / h, etc.) of the low speed range.

If the moving speed of the vehicle exceeds the threshold value (step ST5; YES), the traveling determination unit 101 determines that the vehicle is traveling in the middle / high speed range, and this is indicated by the restriction control unit 102 of the control unit 10. Notify When receiving the above notification from the travel determination unit 101, the restriction control unit 102 regulates the execution of the operation by the operation execution unit 103 (step ST6). In this way, it is possible to accurately limit operations while the vehicle is traveling.
Although the execution of the operation may be restricted as described above, the output of the operation execution result may be stopped.

  Further, when the moving speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than the threshold (step ST5; NO), the process returns to step ST3. While the execution of the operation is restricted, the information acquisition unit 100 acquires the position information from the mobile phone 2 every time the set time elapses, and the travel determination unit 101 is acquired by the information acquisition unit 100. The position information thus stored is sequentially stored in the information storage unit 13.

When a set time (for example, about several seconds) has elapsed since the previous acquisition, the information acquisition unit 100 acquires the vehicle position information from the mobile phone 2 again via the communication unit 11 (step ST7).
The travel determination unit 101 calculates the amount of vehicle displacement until the set time elapses using the previous position information read from the information storage unit 13 and the current position information input from the information acquisition unit 100. The movement amount of the vehicle is calculated by dividing the displacement amount by the set time (step ST8).

  As in step ST5, travel determination unit 101 determines whether or not the calculated moving speed exceeds a predetermined threshold regarding the vehicle speed (step ST9). Here, when the moving speed of the vehicle exceeds the threshold value (step ST9; YES), the vehicle is traveling in the medium / high speed range, so that the execution limit of the operation is continued by returning to the process of step ST6.

  When the moving speed of the vehicle is equal to or lower than the threshold (step ST9; NO), the traveling determination unit 101 determines that the vehicle is traveling in the low speed range, and notifies this to the restriction control unit 102 of the control unit 10. . Upon receiving this notification, the restriction control unit 102 cancels the execution restriction of the operation performed in step ST6 (step ST10). Thereafter, the process returns to step ST3.

In the above description, the case has been described in which the moving speed of the vehicle is calculated from the amount of displacement in the set time and the determination is performed by comparison with a threshold relating to the vehicle speed, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the running state of the vehicle may be determined by comparing the displacement amount in the set time with a threshold value related to the displacement amount. In this case, it is calculated in advance how much the vehicle will be displaced within the set time when moving in the medium / high speed range, and the lower limit value of this displacement amount is set as the threshold value.

In the above description, the case where the vehicle traveling state is determined using the vehicle position information measured by the mobile phone 2 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, acceleration detection information may be acquired from an external device having an acceleration sensor, and the running state of the vehicle may be determined based on the moving speed of the vehicle calculated using the change in acceleration.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a moving image display prohibition process during vehicle travel by the in-vehicle information device according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the restriction control unit 102 may prohibit the display of the moving image on the display unit 15 when the vehicle is in a predetermined running state.
If the moving speed of the vehicle exceeds the threshold value (step ST5; YES), the traveling determination unit 101 determines that the vehicle is traveling in the middle / high speed range, and this is indicated by the restriction control unit 102 of the control unit 10. Notify When receiving the notification from the travel determination unit 101, the restriction control unit 102 prohibits the display of the moving image on the display unit 15 (step ST6a). For example, the operation execution unit 103 is instructed to restrict the drawing of the TV video information by the drawing unit 14. In this way, it is possible to accurately prohibit the display of moving images while the vehicle is running.

  If the moving speed of the vehicle is equal to or less than the threshold value (step ST9; NO), the traveling determination unit 101 determines that the vehicle is traveling in the low speed range, and this is indicated by the restriction control unit 102 of the control unit 10. Notify Upon receiving this notification, the restriction control unit 102 cancels the prohibition of the TV video display performed in step ST6a (step ST10a).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an external device search process by the in-vehicle information device according to the first embodiment, and shows a process of searching for an external device having information used for determining the traveling state of the vehicle. When the in-vehicle information device 1 is activated (step ST1-1), the communication unit 11 determines whether there is an external device that can communicate within the communication range (step ST1-2). Here, if there is no communicable external device (step ST1-2; NO), the above determination is repeated until the external device is brought into the vehicle.

  When there is an external device capable of communication (step ST1-2; YES), the communication unit 11 exchanges information necessary for establishing communication with the external device. Here, as information necessary for establishing communication, for example, model information or registration information of an external device is exchanged in addition to a communication channel (communication frequency) and radio wave intensity. Note that the registration information is information indicating whether or not the device is registered as an external device having information used to determine the traveling state of the vehicle.

  Based on the information received from the external device by the communication unit 11, the information acquisition unit 100 determines whether or not the external device has information used to determine the traveling state of the vehicle (step ST <b> 1-3). . For example, the information acquisition unit 100 searches for a corresponding external device from the external devices existing within the communication range of the communication unit 11 using the registration information, and thereby uses information to be used for determining the traveling state of the vehicle. It is determined whether or not it is an external device. In the case of FIG. 1, since registration information of the mobile phone 2 is obtained, it is determined that the mobile phone 2 has a GPS positioning function based on this registration information. When the determination result is received, the traveling determination unit 101 selects an algorithm for determining the traveling state of the vehicle based on the position information, and executes the determination processing described above with reference to FIGS.

In addition, the information acquisition unit 100 searches for a corresponding external device from the external devices existing within the communication range of the communication unit 11 using the model information, so that information used for determining the traveling state of the vehicle is obtained. It may be determined whether the external device is included.
For example, the model information of the external device having information used for determining the running state of the vehicle is registered in the information acquisition unit 100, and it is determined whether the device is the external device from the model information obtained via the communication unit 11. judge.

  If it is not an external device having information to be used for determination of the running state of the vehicle (step ST1-3; NO), the process returns to step ST1-2. On the other hand, when the external device has information used for determining the traveling state of the vehicle (step ST1-3; YES), the information acquisition unit 100 outputs the determination result to the traveling determination unit 101. Next, the communication unit 11 performs pairing (communication establishment) with the external device (step ST1-4). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step ST2 in FIG. 3 and FIG.

Some external devices have a plurality of types of information used to determine the running state of the vehicle. In this case, the travel determination unit 101 can know what type of information is included from the registration information or model information of the external device. For this reason, the traveling determination unit 101 requests the information acquisition unit 100 to acquire any information that can be acquired from the external device.
The information acquisition unit 100 attempts to acquire information according to the request of the travel determination unit 101 via the communication unit 11. Here, when the information according to the request cannot be acquired, the traveling determination unit 101 requests other types of information. This process is repeated until information used for determination of the running state of the vehicle is obtained. In this way, for example, even when the GPS positioning function is not activated in an external device having a GPS positioning function and an acceleration detection function, the driving state of the vehicle is determined by requesting acceleration detection information instead. be able to.

  Moreover, although the communication part 11 showed the case where it communicates with an external apparatus by radio | wireless communication in the said description, it is not limited to this. For example, a USB connection type GPS receiver may be used as the external device. In this case, when the GPS receiver is connected to the in-vehicle information device 1 by USB, an application for realizing the function of the control unit 10 is installed in the in-vehicle information device 1 from the GPS receiver.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the communication unit 11 that communicates with the external device brought into the vehicle, and the traveling state of the vehicle are determined based on the information received from the external device by the communication unit 11. And a control unit 10 for restricting execution of the accepted operation when the vehicle is in a predetermined running state. With this configuration, it is possible to acquire information used to determine the running state of the vehicle from an external device brought into the vehicle, regardless of the vehicle side, and to accurately limit operations while the vehicle is running. Can do.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the control unit 10 prohibits the display of the moving image on the display unit 15 when the vehicle is in a predetermined traveling state. With this configuration, it is possible to accurately prohibit the display of moving images while the vehicle is running.

  Further, according to the first embodiment, the external device is the mobile phone 2 having a positioning function, and the control unit 10 determines the amount of change in the position of the vehicle based on the position information received from the mobile phone 2 by the communication unit 11. To determine the running state. With this configuration, it is possible to accurately determine the running state of the vehicle from the amount of change in position.

Further, according to the first embodiment, the control unit 10 searches for external devices having information used for determining the traveling state of the vehicle from the external devices existing within the communication range of the communication unit 11.
In particular, the search is performed based on registration information or model information of an external device having information used for determining the running state of the vehicle. Thereby, it is possible to accurately select an external device having information to be used for determination of the traveling state of the vehicle from the external devices existing within the communication range of the communication unit 11.

  In the present invention, any component of the embodiment can be modified or any component of the embodiment can be omitted within the scope of the invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 In-vehicle information apparatus, 2 Mobile phone, 10 Control part, 11 Communication part, 12 Input part, 13 Information storage part, 14 Drawing part, 15 Display part, 100 Information acquisition part, 101 Travel determination part, 102 Restriction control part, 103 Operation execution part.

Claims (6)

A communication unit that communicates with external devices brought into the vehicle,
A controller that determines a running state of the vehicle based on information received from the external device by the communication unit, and restricts execution of an accepted operation when the vehicle is in a predetermined running state ;
The control unit in turn a plurality of types of information available to determine the traveling state of the vehicle, and requests the external device via the communication unit, the car information you get any information out of the plurality of types of information machine.   The in-vehicle information device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit prohibits display of a moving image on the display unit when the vehicle is in a predetermined running state. The external device is a mobile terminal having a positioning function,
The in-vehicle information device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines a traveling state from a positional change amount of the vehicle based on position information received by the communication unit from the portable terminal.   The said control part searches the external apparatus which has the information utilized for determination of the driving | running | working state of the said vehicle from the external apparatuses which exist in the communication range of the said communication part. In-vehicle information equipment.   The in-vehicle information device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit performs a search based on registration information of an external device having information used for determining a traveling state of the vehicle.   The in-vehicle information device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit performs a search based on model information of an external device having information used for determining a traveling state of the vehicle.

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