JP2019036323A - Information processing apparatus, portable terminal, control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing apparatus and a portable terminal that can suitably display icon images.SOLUTION: A control unit of an on-vehicle machine 20 transmits, to a portable terminal 10 with a communication unit, a processing command signal D1 for causing the portable terminal to process icon images corresponding to an application installed in the portable terminal. When receiving, from the portable terminal, icon information D2 including the icon images processed by the portable terminal on the basis of the processing command signal, the control unit displays the processed icon images on a display 24 on the basis of the received icon information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an icon image display technique.

  A technique for controlling an application installed in a mobile terminal from the in-vehicle device by linking a mobile terminal such as a smartphone and the in-vehicle device is known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an information system in which an in-vehicle device acquires an application database related to an application stored in a mobile terminal and displays an icon image stored in the database on a display screen of the in-vehicle device. . In this information system, when a user selects a displayed icon, an application corresponding to the selected icon is activated.

JP 2012-208991 A

  When a mobile terminal displays an icon for starting an installed application, the mobile terminal may process and display the icon image. However, in patent document 1, since the icon image memorize | stored in the application database is displayed as it is, the icon image displayed on a portable terminal and the icon image displayed on a vehicle equipment when interlocked with a vehicle equipment May become different display modes, which may give the user a sense of discomfort. In general, the display unit of the mobile terminal and the display unit of the in-vehicle device have different display screen sizes. Therefore, when the icon image stored in the application database is displayed on the in-vehicle device, the size is displayed. Etc. need to be adjusted. However, Patent Document 1 does not consider the above points at all.

  Examples of the problems to be solved by the present invention include those described above. The main object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a mobile terminal capable of suitably displaying icon images.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus, wherein a transmission unit that transmits a processing command of an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, and the processing from the mobile terminal An acquisition unit that acquires an icon image processed by the mobile terminal based on a command, and a display control unit that displays the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit on a display unit.

  The invention according to claim 4 is an information processing apparatus, wherein an acquisition unit that acquires an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal from a mobile terminal, and the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit are processed And a display control unit that displays an icon image processed by the processing unit on a display unit.

  The invention according to claim 5 is a portable terminal in which an application is installed, and receives the icon image processing command corresponding to the application, and processes the icon image based on the processing command. A processing unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the icon image processed by the processing unit to a terminal device that is a transmission source of the processing command, thereby displaying the icon image on the display unit of the terminal device.

  The invention according to claim 6 is a control method executed by the information processing apparatus, wherein a transmission step of transmitting an icon image processing command corresponding to an application installed in the portable terminal to the portable terminal, and the portable An acquisition step of acquiring an icon image processed by the mobile terminal based on the processing command from a terminal, and a display control step of displaying the icon image acquired in the acquisition step on a display unit, To do.

  The invention according to claim 7 is a program executed by a computer, and a transmission unit that transmits a processing command for an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal; The computer is caused to function as an acquisition unit that acquires an icon image processed by the portable terminal based on the processing command, and a display control unit that displays the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit on a display unit. .

The structure of a cooperation system is shown. It is a block diagram of a portable terminal and vehicle equipment. (A) shows the example of a display of the application selection screen of a portable terminal. (B) shows the icon image which a memory | storage part memorize | stores. The screen example immediately after the 1st application of a portable terminal starts and a portable terminal and vehicle equipment establish communication is shown. The example of a screen when the 2nd application starts from the state of FIG. 4 is shown. The example of a screen after the icon image corresponding to a 1st application is selected in the state shown in FIG. The example of a display screen of the vehicle equipment concerning a modification is shown. It is a block diagram of the portable terminal and vehicle equipment which concern on a modification.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the information processing apparatus transmits a processing command for an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, and sends the processing command from the mobile terminal to the processing command. An acquisition unit that acquires an icon image processed by the portable terminal based on the display unit, and a display control unit that displays the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit on a display unit.

  The information processing apparatus is an in-vehicle device, for example, and includes a transmission unit, an acquisition unit, and a display control unit. A transmission part transmits the process command of the icon image corresponding to the application installed in the portable terminal to a portable terminal. The acquisition unit acquires an icon image processed by the mobile terminal based on the processing command from the mobile terminal. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit. Thereby, the information processing apparatus can display the icon image corresponding to the application installed in the mobile terminal on the display unit in a properly processed state.

  In one aspect of the information processing apparatus, the processing command is a command for processing at least one of the size or shape of the icon image. Thereby, the information processing apparatus can display the icon image on the display unit in a state of being processed into an appropriate size or shape.

  In another aspect of the information processing apparatus, the processing command is a command for processing to round a corner of the icon image based on a version of basic software of the mobile terminal. As a result, the information processing apparatus causes the mobile terminal to perform the same processing as the processing executed by the basic software when the received icon image is displayed on the mobile terminal, and the icon image is similar to the display mode on the mobile terminal. Can be displayed.

  In another aspect of the information processing apparatus, the display control unit uses the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit as an image operated by a user to activate the application, or allows the user to state the application. Is displayed on the display unit as an image for notification. According to this aspect, the user preferably operates the icon image displayed on the display unit to start the application of the mobile terminal, or checks the state of the application by viewing the icon image displayed on the display unit. be able to.

  In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the information processing apparatus acquires an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, and processes the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit. And a display control unit that displays an icon image processed by the processing unit on a display unit. In this form, the information processing apparatus performs processing when it acquires an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal. Also according to this aspect, the information processing apparatus can display the icon image corresponding to the application installed in the mobile terminal on the display unit in a properly processed state.

  In still another embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal in which an application is installed, the receiving unit receiving an icon image processing command corresponding to the application, and the icon based on the processing command A processing unit that processes an image, and a transmission unit that displays an icon image processed by the processing unit to a terminal device that is a transmission source of the processing command, and displays the icon image on the display unit of the terminal device. In this aspect, when the mobile terminal receives an icon image processing command corresponding to the installed application, the mobile terminal processes the icon image and transmits the processing command as an image operated by the user to start the application. Sent to the original terminal device. Thereby, the portable terminal can display the icon image corresponding to the application installed in the portable terminal on the terminal device that is the transmission source of the processing command in a properly processed state.

  In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a control method executed by the information processing apparatus, the transmitting step transmitting a processing command of an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, An acquisition step of acquiring an icon image processed by the mobile terminal based on the processing command from a mobile terminal, and a display control step of displaying the icon image acquired by the acquisition step on a display unit. By executing this control method, the information processing apparatus can display an icon image corresponding to the application installed in the mobile terminal on the display unit in a properly processed state.

  In still another embodiment of the present invention, a program executed by a computer, the transmission means transmitting a processing command for an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal The computer functions as an acquisition unit that acquires an icon image processed by the portable terminal based on the processing command, and a display control unit that displays the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit on a display unit. By executing this program, the information processing apparatus can display an icon image corresponding to the application installed on the mobile terminal on the display unit in a properly processed state. The above program can be preferably stored in a storage medium and handled.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Configuration of linkage system]
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a cooperation system according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the cooperation system includes a mobile terminal 10 such as a smartphone and an in-vehicle device 20 that performs processing in cooperation with an application (also simply referred to as “app”) of the mobile terminal 10. And the cooperation system which concerns on a present Example is a system which can display the icon image which the portable terminal 10 displays also with the vehicle equipment 20 by the same display mode.

  The mobile terminal 10 is configured to be communicable with the in-vehicle device 20 and includes a display 14 on which a touch panel 17 is stacked. In addition, a plurality of applications are installed in the mobile terminal 10, and an image generated based on the function of the activated application (also referred to as “application image”) is displayed on the display 14 or the function of the application. Sound is output based on this. The mobile terminal 10 also includes information for causing the in-vehicle device 20 to output an application image or the like (also referred to as “application output information D4”), and information on an icon image corresponding to the running application (“icon information D2”). Is also transmitted to the in-vehicle device 20. The icon information D2 includes, in addition to the icon image, application identification information (also referred to as “application ID”) corresponding to the icon image. Further, as will be described later, the mobile terminal 10 processes an icon image to be transmitted by being included in the icon information D2 in response to a request from the in-vehicle device 20. The application output information D4 may further include audio information that the mobile terminal 10 should output based on the function of the application.

  The in-vehicle device 20 includes a display 24 on which a touch panel 27 is stacked. The in-vehicle device 20 transmits a signal indicating that the icon image should be processed (also referred to as “processing command signal D1”) to the mobile terminal 10 prior to the transmission / reception of the icon information D2. Here, in the processing command signal D1, for example, information specifying the size of the icon image such as the number of vertical and horizontal pixels (also referred to as “size information”), or information specifying a decodable compression format (“format information”). And so on). And the vehicle equipment 20 displays the image of the application which the portable terminal 10 displays on the display 24 based on the application output information D4 received from the portable terminal 10. The in-vehicle device 20 displays an icon image on the display 24 based on the icon information D2 received from the mobile terminal 10. Further, when the touch panel 27 detects that the icon image displayed on the display 24 has been touched, the in-vehicle device 20 requests a request signal (also referred to as “start request signal D3”) for starting the application corresponding to the icon image. To the portable terminal 10.

[Configuration of mobile terminal and in-vehicle device]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal 10 and the vehicle-mounted device 20 shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 10 includes a control unit 11, a communication unit 12, an output unit 13, an input unit 15, and a storage unit 16.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like (not shown) and performs various controls on each component in the mobile terminal 10. The control unit 11 includes a control application 50 and a plurality of individual applications 51.

  The control application 50 establishes communication between the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle device 20, and enables the processing command signal D1, the icon information D2, and the application output information D4 to be exchanged between the individual application 51 and the in-vehicle device 20. . In addition, the control application 50 performs activation control of the individual application 51 based on an input to the touch panel 15 or an activation request signal D3 transmitted from the in-vehicle device 20.

  The individual application 51 is a plurality of applications including a first application 51x and a second application 51y. The individual application 51 is activated when an activation instruction is received from the control application 50 and displays an application screen on the display 14. When the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle device 20 have established communication, the individual application 51 receives the processing command signal D1 from the in-vehicle device 20, or receives the icon information D2 and the application output information D4 from the in-vehicle device. Or send to 20. The individual application 51 processes the icon image based on the version of the operating system (OS: Operating System) that is the basic software of the mobile terminal 10 and the size information and the format information included in the processing command signal D1. In this way, the control unit 11 functions as a “processing unit” in the present invention.

  Based on the control of the control unit 11, the communication unit 12 establishes communication with the communication unit 22 of the in-vehicle device 20 by using, for example, HDMI (registered trademark, High Definition Multimedia Interface), USB, Bluetooth (registered trademark), or the like. And the communication part 12 performs the transmission process of the icon information D2 and application output information D4, the reception process of the process command signal D1, and the starting request signal D3 based on control of the control part 11. The communication unit 12 and the control unit 11 are examples of the “transmission unit” and the “reception unit” in the present invention. In addition, you may make it the structure by which these each information transmitted / received is separately transmitted / received using two or more communication interfaces mentioned above.

  The output unit 13 includes a display 14 and a speaker (not shown), and outputs information for responding to the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 10 based on the control of the control unit 11.

  The input unit 15 includes a touch panel 17 stacked on the display 14, and is an interface that receives necessary commands and information input by the terminal user to the mobile terminal 10, that is, an operation. The input unit 12 may include keys, switches, buttons, a voice input device, and the like for inputting various commands and data in addition to the touch panel 17.

  The storage unit 16 stores a program for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 10 and holds information necessary for the operation of the mobile terminal 10. For example, the storage unit 16 stores an icon image or the like corresponding to each individual application 51.

  Next, the configuration of the in-vehicle device 20 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the in-vehicle device 20 includes a control unit 21, a communication unit 22, an output unit 24, an input unit 25, and a storage unit 26.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like (not shown), and performs various controls on each component in the in-vehicle device 20. For example, the control unit 21 transmits the processing command signal D <b> 1 to the mobile terminal 10 when communication with the mobile terminal 10 is established. Further, the control unit 21 displays an icon image and an application image on the display 24 based on the icon information D2 and the application output information D4 transmitted from the mobile terminal 10. Further, when the touch panel 27 detects that the icon image displayed on the display 24 has been selected, the control unit 21 sends an activation request signal D3 designating an application corresponding to the selected icon image to the mobile terminal 10. Send. The control unit 21 is an example of a “display control unit” and a “computer” that operates based on a program in the present invention.

  The communication unit 22 communicates with the communication unit 12 of the mobile terminal 10 based on the control of the control unit 21 using, for example, HDMI. And the communication part 22 performs the transmission process of the process command signal D1 and the starting request signal D3, the reception process of the icon information D2, and the application output information D4 based on control of the control part 21. The communication unit 22 and the control unit 21 are examples of the “transmission unit” and the “acquisition unit” in the present invention.

  The output unit 23 includes a display 24, a speaker (not shown), and the like, and outputs information for responding to the operation of the user of the in-vehicle device 20 based on the control of the control unit 11.

  The input unit 25 includes a touch panel 27 stacked on the display 24, and is an interface that accepts input of necessary commands and information performed by the terminal user to the in-vehicle device 20, that is, an operation. In addition to the touch panel 27, the input unit 22 may include keys, switches, buttons, voice input devices, and the like for inputting various commands and data.

  The storage unit 26 stores a program for controlling the operation of the in-vehicle device 20 and holds information necessary for the operation of the in-vehicle device 20. Further, the storage unit 26 stores the icon image included in the received icon information D2 and the application ID in association with each other based on the control of the control unit 21.

[Display example]
Next, with reference to FIGS. 3-6, the process which a cooperation system performs is demonstrated concretely.

  FIG. 3A shows a display example of the application selection screen of the mobile terminal 10. When the mobile terminal 10 detects a predetermined operation, the application selection shown in FIG. 3A in which a list of icon images (Ic1, Ic2,...) Corresponding to each application installed in the mobile terminal 10 is displayed. Display the screen. Here, the icon image IC1 is an image for starting the first application 51x, and the icon image IC2 is an image for starting the second application 51y. In the example of FIG. 3A, the user selects the icon image IC1 by a touch operation in order to activate the first application 51x.

  Further, the portable terminal 10 displays each icon image (Ic1, Ic2,...) Shown in FIG. 3A after processing each icon image stored in the storage unit 16 based on the function of the OS. . FIG. 3B shows an icon image of the first application 51 x stored in the storage unit 16. As shown in FIG. 3B, the shape of the icon image of the first application 51x before processing is a quadrangle whose corners are not round as compared to the icon image Ic1 shown in FIG. As described above, from the viewpoint of improving visibility, the mobile terminal 10 processes the icon images stored in the storage unit 16 so as to round the corners, and then displays each icon image (Ic1, Ic1, FIG. 3A). Ic2, ...) is displayed. A specific processing mode such as the degree of roundness of the corner at this time varies depending on the OS version of the mobile terminal 10.

  FIG. 4 shows a screen example after the first application 51x of the mobile terminal 10 is activated and the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle device 20 establish communication.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the mobile terminal 10 displays an application image IM1 displaying a list of music data to be reproduced on the display 14 based on the function of the first application 51x. This application image IM1 includes a list of a plurality of songs belonging to a certain album and a “BACK” button for returning to the previous screen. The in-vehicle device 20 displays an application image IM1x having the same content as the application image IM1 in a rectangular first area Ar1 that is a main display area of the display 24, and an L-shape provided at an edge portion of the display 24. The icon image IC1x is displayed in the second area Ar2.

  In this case, first, the in-vehicle device 20 obtains an icon image corresponding to the first application 51x activated on the mobile terminal 10, and therefore, the processing command signal D1 including size information and format information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10. Transmit to the first application 51x. And the 1st application 51x processes the icon image corresponding to the 1st application 51x memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 16, when the process command signal D1 is received. Then, the first application 51x transmits icon information D2 including the processed icon image of the first application 51x to the in-vehicle device 20. And the vehicle equipment 20 displays icon image IC1x in 2nd area Ar2 of the display 24 based on the received icon information D2. Further, the first application 51x transmits the application output information D4 based on the application image IM1 displayed on the display 14 to the in-vehicle device 20, and the in-vehicle device 20 has the same content as the application image IM1 based on the application output information D4. The application image IM1x is displayed in the first area Ar1 of the display 24. The first application 51x may process the application image IM1 for display on the in-vehicle device 20 and include the processed application image IM1x in the application output information D4. The application output information may be processed without processing the application image IM1. It may be included in D4. In the latter case, the in-vehicle device 20 generates the application image IM1x so as to fit in the first area Ar1 based on the application output information D4.

  Here, the icon image processing in the example of FIG. 4 will be specifically described.

  The first application 51x first displays the corner of the icon image (see FIG. 3B) corresponding to the first application 51x stored in the storage unit 16 according to the OS version of the mobile terminal 10, as shown in FIG. A rounding process is performed in the same manner as the icon image IC1 of A). This is because, as described with reference to FIG. 3B, the degree of roundness of the corners of the icon image when displayed on the display 14 differs depending on the version of the OS. Therefore, the first application 51x rounds the corner of the icon image according to the OS version of the mobile terminal 10. Thereby, the first application 51x can cause the in-vehicle device 20 to display the icon image IC1x having the same shape as the icon image IC1 on the mobile terminal 10. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of the user's uncomfortable feeling caused by the in-vehicle device 20 performing a display different from the icon image that the user normally sees on the mobile terminal 10. Note that the first application 51x may recognize the degree of roundness of the corner of the icon image by inquiring the OS, and may acquire the degree from the storage unit 16 when the storage unit 16 stores it. .

  Further, the first application 51x adjusts the size of the icon image based on the size information included in the processing command signal D1. Thus, the first application 51x can suitably process the icon image IC1x so as to have a size that can be accommodated in the second area Ar2. Furthermore, when the compression format specified by the format information included in the processing command signal D1 is different from the compression format of the current icon image, the first application 51x converts the icon image into one of the compression formats specified by the format information. Convert the compression format. Thereby, the 1st application 51x can make the vehicle equipment 20 decode appropriately and display the icon image included in the icon information D2.

  Next, advantages of the mobile terminal 10 performing the icon image processing will be described. In general, since the processed icon image has a smaller amount of data than the icon image before processing, the mobile terminal 10 performs processing on the icon image, so that the in-vehicle device 20 performs processing compared to the case where the processing is performed. The amount of data can be reduced. In general, since the mobile terminal 10 such as a smartphone often has higher processing performance than the in-vehicle device 20, the mobile terminal 10 can process the icon image quickly to perform the processing. it can.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen when the second application 51y is activated from the state of FIG. In FIG. 5, for example, the user displays the application selection screen of FIG. 3A again by the “BACK” button, and activates the second application 51 y by selecting the icon image IC2 corresponding to the second application 51 y. I am letting. In the example of FIG. 5, the first application 51x may be completely stopped or may be operating in the background of the second application 51y.

  In this case, the second application 51y displays an application image IM2 including a moving image list and a “BACK” button for returning to the previous screen on the display 14. The first application 51x transmits application output information D4 based on the application image IM2 to the in-vehicle device 20, and the in-vehicle device 20 displays an application image IM2x indicating the same content as the application image IM2 on the display 24. Yes.

  Similarly, in this case, the in-vehicle device 20 recognizes that the second application 51y is activated on the mobile terminal 10 and acquires an icon image corresponding to the second application 51y. Send to. When the second application 51y receives the processing command signal D1, the second application 51y stores the first application stored in the storage unit 16 based on the OS version of the mobile terminal 10 and the size information and format information included in the processing command signal D1. An icon image IC2x obtained by processing an icon image corresponding to the two applications 51y is generated. Then, the second application 51y transmits icon information D2 including the processed icon image IC2x to the in-vehicle device 20, and the in-vehicle device 20 displays the icon image IC2x on the second area Ar2 based on the received icon information D2. The icon image IC1x is displayed side by side. In this case, the icon image IC2x has the same shape as the icon image IC2 displayed on the mobile terminal 10 in FIG. 3A, and is displayed so as to fit within the second area Ar2.

  FIG. 6 shows a screen example immediately after the icon image IC1x corresponding to the first application 51x is selected by a touch operation in the state shown in FIG. In this case, after detecting that the icon image IC1x is selected by the touch panel 27, the in-vehicle device 20 carries the activation request signal D3 designating the application ID of the application corresponding to the icon image IC1x (that is, the first application 51x). Transmit to the terminal 10. In this case, after receiving the activation request signal D3, the control application 50 of the mobile terminal 10 activates the first application 51x corresponding to the application ID included in the activation request signal D3. Thereby, the mobile terminal 10 displays the application image IM1 generated by the first application 51x on the display 14. The first application 51x transmits the application output information D4 based on the application image IM1 to the in-vehicle device 20 to display the application image IM1x on the display 24 of the in-vehicle device 20. In this case, the second application 51y may be in a stopped state, and may continue to be activated as an application that operates in the background. In the latter case, the first application 51x functions as an application that operates in the foreground.

  As described above, the mobile terminal 10 transmits the icon information D2 including the icon image of the individual application 51 activated in the connected state with the in-vehicle device 20 to the in-vehicle device 20 and causes the in-vehicle device 20 to display the icon image. Thereby, the user can select the icon image displayed on the display 24 at an arbitrary timing, and can activate the individual application 51 corresponding to the selected icon image.

  As described above, the in-vehicle device 20 according to the embodiment includes the control unit 22, the communication unit 22, and the display 24, and the control unit 22 displays an icon image corresponding to the application installed in the mobile terminal 10. A processing command signal D <b> 1 for processing is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 by the communication unit 22. And the control part 22 receives the icon information D2 containing the icon image which the portable terminal 10 processed from the portable terminal 10 based on the process command signal D1. And the control part 22 displays the processed icon image contained in the received icon information D2 on the display 24 as an image operated by the user in order to start the individual application 51 installed in the portable terminal 10. . Thereby, the control unit 22 can cause the display 24 to display an icon image having the same shape as the icon image displayed on the mobile terminal 10.

[Modification]
Hereinafter, modified examples suitable for the embodiments will be described. Each of these modified examples can be applied to the above-described embodiments in any combination.

(Modification 1)
The layout of the display screen of the in-vehicle device 20 to which the present invention is applicable is not limited to the screen examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, and the in-vehicle device 20 may display an icon image with an arbitrary layout.

  FIG. 7 shows a display screen example of the in-vehicle device 20 according to the modification. In the example of FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle device 20 are in a connected state with the first application 51x activated, and the in-vehicle device 20 displays the map application image IMap on the display 24 as the main display image. In the background, music playback sound based on the first application 51x is output.

  In this example, the in-vehicle device 20 displays a bar 60 displaying an icon image IC1x corresponding to the first application 51x and the title and artist of the music being played back at the bottom of the map application image IMap. In this case, for example, the in-vehicle device 20 displays the bar 60 by receiving the title name and artist name of the music being played, which is information necessary for displaying the bar 60, from the first application 51x of the mobile terminal 10. ing. Furthermore, the in-vehicle device 20 displays the icon image IC2x corresponding to the second application 51y on the left side so as to overlap the map application image IMap.

  Then, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when the displayed icon image IC1x is selected by a touch operation, the in-vehicle device 20 starts the activation request signal D3 designating the application ID of the first application 51x corresponding to the icon image IC1x. Is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10. Then, the control application 50 of the mobile terminal 10 that has received the activation request signal D3 instructs the first application 51x corresponding to the application ID of the activation request signal D3 to operate in the foreground. In this case, the first application 51x receiving the instruction transmits application output information D4 for displaying an application image corresponding to the application image IM1x illustrated in FIG. And the vehicle equipment 20 which received application output information D4 displays the application image which the 1st application 51x produced | generated on the substantially whole surface of the display 24 instead of the map application image IMap. Similarly, when the icon image IC2x is selected, the in-vehicle device 20 activates the second application 51y by transmitting the activation request signal D3 designating the application ID of the second application 51y to the portable terminal 10, and the second application 51y is activated. The application image generated by the two applications 51y is displayed on substantially the entire surface of the display 24.

  In yet another example, the in-vehicle device 20 may display the icon image received from the mobile terminal 10 on a predetermined desktop screen (that is, a screen that is displayed first after the mobile terminal 10 is activated). Thus, the in-vehicle device 20 may display the icon image with an arbitrary layout.

(Modification 2)
In the configuration example of FIG. 2, the control unit 11 includes the control application 50 and performs communication control with the in-vehicle device 20 and activation control of the individual application 51 specified by the activation request signal D3. Instead of this, the control unit 11 may not have the control application 50.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle device 20 according to the modification. In the configuration example of FIG. 8, the activated individual application 51 starts communication with the vehicle-mounted device 20 individually based on a user operation, and exchanges data such as the processing command signal D1, the icon information D2, and the application output information D4. By doing so, an application image, an icon image, and the like are displayed on the in-vehicle device 20. Further, when the user selects an icon image of the individual application 51 different from the activated individual application 51 on the in-vehicle device 20, the activated individual application 51 is transmitted to the activation request signal D <b> 3 transmitted from the in-vehicle device 20. An activation request is made to another individual application 51 corresponding to the included application ID, and the other individual application 51 is activated. The individual application 51 that has received the activation request establishes communication with the in-vehicle device 20, exchanges the application output information D <b> 4 and the like with the in-vehicle device 20, and causes the in-vehicle device 20 to display an application image.

  Thus, also with the configuration of the present modification, the mobile terminal 10 preferably displays an icon image having the same display mode as that of the terminal itself on the in-vehicle device 20, and the icon image selected in the in-vehicle device 20. The individual application 51 corresponding to can be activated.

(Modification 3)
In the embodiment, the individual application 51 of the mobile terminal 10 individually transmits the icon information D2 including the icon image and the application ID. Instead of this, the control application 50 may collectively transmit the icon information D2 including the icon image and the application ID corresponding to each individual application 51 to the in-vehicle device 20.

  In this case, for example, when the mobile terminal 10 and the in-vehicle device 20 start communication, the control application 50 displays the icon images of all the individual applications 51 and the corresponding application IDs stored in the storage unit 16 or the like. The included icon information D2 is transmitted to the in-vehicle device 20. And the vehicle equipment 20 displays on the display 24 the icon image corresponding to each individual application 51 contained in the icon information D2. As in the embodiment, the in-vehicle device 20 transmits an activation request signal D3 to the mobile terminal 10 when detecting that any icon image is selected. In this case, the control application 50 activates the individual application 51 specified by the activation request signal D3.

  Thus, according to this modification, since the control application 50 collectively transmits icon images corresponding to the individual applications 51, the user operates the icon image displayed on the in-vehicle device 20, so that the mobile terminal Any individual application 51 installed in the network 10 can be activated.

(Modification 4)
The in-vehicle device 20 adds the size information and the format information to the processing command signal D1, thereby designating the number of vertical and horizontal pixels and the compression format of the received icon image. Instead of this, or in addition to this, for example, the in-vehicle device 20 may add information specifying the data amount of the icon image to the processing command signal D1. In this case, the mobile terminal 10 that has received the processing command signal D1 adjusts the compression rate of the icon image so as to be within the data amount specified by the processing command signal D1, and receives the icon information D2 including the adjusted icon image on the vehicle. To the machine 20. Thereby, even if the portable terminal 10 is a case where there exists a restriction | limiting regarding the data amount of the icon image in the vehicle equipment 20, it can process an icon image suitably so that the said restriction | limiting may be satisfy | filled.

  In another example, the in-vehicle device 20 may add information specifying the transparency of the icon image to the processing command signal D1. In this case, the mobile terminal 10 that has received the processing command signal D1 processes the icon image so as to have the specified transparency, and transmits icon information D2 including the processed icon image to the in-vehicle device 20. Thereby, the vehicle equipment 20 can display an icon image suitably, when displaying an icon image superimposed on another image like FIG. 7 of the modification 1, for example.

(Modification 5)
The in-vehicle device 20 may process the icon image itself instead of transmitting the processing command signal D1.

  In this case, for example, the mobile terminal 10 first transmits, as the icon information D2, information necessary for processing the icon image to the in-vehicle device 20 in addition to the icon image and the application ID. Here, the information necessary for processing the icon image may be, for example, the OS version information of the mobile terminal 10, and is information indicating the degree of roundness of the corner of the icon image displayed on the mobile terminal 10. There may be. And the vehicle equipment 20 processes the shape of the icon image based on the icon information D2. In this case, for example, the in-vehicle device 20 stores information indicating the degree of roundness of the corner of the icon image that needs to be processed in the storage unit 26 for each version of the OS of the mobile terminal 10.

  The in-vehicle device 20 may further perform processing for adjusting the size of the icon image and processing described in the modification 4 in addition to processing the shape of the icon image. And the vehicle equipment 20 displays the icon image after a process on the display 24. FIG.

  Even in this mode, the in-vehicle device 20 processes the icon image in accordance with the display mode on the mobile terminal 10 and displays the icon image in the same manner as the display on the mobile terminal 10 without making the user feel uncomfortable. Can be displayed. In this modification, the control unit 11 functions as a “processing unit” in the present invention.

(Modification 6)
The mobile terminal 10 may acquire a necessary icon image from a server device that manages the icon image, instead of storing the icon image in the storage unit 16. In this case, for example, when it is time to transmit the icon information D2, the mobile terminal 10 acquires an icon image to be included in the icon information D2 by inquiring the above-described server device using an application ID or the like.

(Modification 7)
The in-vehicle device 20 does not need to receive the icon information D2 from the currently activated application when the icon image corresponding to the currently activated application has already been acquired.

  For example, in this case, the in-vehicle device 20 acquires the application ID of the currently activated application from the mobile terminal 10 before transferring the icon information D2, and has already stored an icon image corresponding to the application ID. To determine. And the vehicle equipment 20 makes the transmission request of the icon information D2 to the portable terminal 10 only when it is determined that the icon image corresponding to the acquired application ID has not been acquired yet. Thereby, the vehicle equipment 20 can suppress suitably receiving the icon information D2 regarding the already acquired icon image unnecessarily.

(Modification 8)
The in-vehicle device 20 displayed the icon image acquired from the mobile terminal 10 as an image operated by the user to activate the corresponding application. However, the use of the icon image applicable to the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of this, or in addition to this, for example, the in-vehicle device 20 may display an icon image as an image for notifying the state of the corresponding application.

  Hereinafter, an example in which an icon image is displayed as an image for notifying the state of the corresponding application will be described. In general, some applications installed in the mobile terminal 10 may not have a function to be activated based on a touch operation of an icon image displayed on the in-vehicle device 20. Therefore, in this case, the mobile terminal 10 transmits the icon information D2 including information indicating that the touch operation is not possible. Then, when receiving the icon information D <b> 2, the in-vehicle device 20 places a mark indicating that a touch operation is not possible on the upper right of the icon image when displaying the icon image. By performing such display, the in-vehicle device 20 can suitably notify the user that the application corresponding to the icon image cannot be activated by touching the icon image.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile terminal 11, 21 Control part 12, 22 Communication part 14, 24 Display 16, 26 Storage part 17, 27 Touch panel 20 In-vehicle device 50 Control application 51 Individual application

Claims (1)

A transmitting unit that transmits a processing command of an icon image corresponding to an application installed in the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal;
An acquisition unit that acquires an icon image processed by the mobile terminal based on the processing command from the mobile terminal;
A display control unit that causes the display unit to display the icon image acquired by the acquisition unit;
An information processing apparatus comprising:

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