Denso Corporation

Yoshitaka Ozaki

Tomoya Ogawa

Yasufumi Iino

Nao Sakurai

Haruhiko Kakitsu

Kimiaki Tanaka

Hiroyuki Hirano

Masaya Ito

Akira Tsukamoto

Takemi Ueno

Tetsuro Adachi

Daisuke Tamura

A center device includes a distribution control unit that is configured to control distribution of data to a vehicle, a normal operation determination unit that is configured to determine whether operation of distributed data on a vehicle is normal, and a distribution target expansion unit that is configured to expand a distribution target for the data when the normal operation determination unit determines that operation of the distributed data on the vehicle is normal after the data was distributed to the vehicle.

Center device, data communication system, and program product for controlling data distribution

A center device includes a distribution control unit that is configured to control distribution of data to a plurality of vehicles; a defect detection unit that is configured to detect a defect in the data that was distributed; a restriction execution unit that is configured to cause the plurality of vehicles to restrict a function and/or performance of the data from which the defect is detected; and a grouping unit that divides the plurality of vehicles as restriction targets into groups according to contents of restriction on the function and/or performance. The restriction execution unit is further configured to cause the plurality of vehicles to restrict the function and/or performance of the data from which the defect is detected for each of the groups that are divided by the grouping unit.

Center device, data distribution system, and computer program product for executing restriction on function of data

A center device includes a database storing a plurality of information items regarding a vehicle. The center device identifies a vehicle state by integrating the plurality of information items stored in the database. The center device generates visualization information to be displayed by a display device from an identification result of the vehicle state. The center device transmits the visualization information to the display device.

Center device, identification result display system for vehicle state, non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium, and identification result transmission method for vehicle state

A center device is configured to: acquire behavior data indicating a behavior of a user; store the behavior data; acquire vehicle state data indicating a vehicle state; store the vehicle state data; create a distribution plan of reprogramming data to be distributed to vehicle devices of the vehicle by using the behavior data and the vehicle state data; and distribute the reprogramming data to the vehicle devices according to the created distribution plan.

Center device, reprogramming data distribution system, and reprogramming data distribution plan creation program product

The center device includes: a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a vehicle using a first communication method within a first communication range; a second wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle using a second communication method having a higher communication speed than that of the first communication method within a second communication range which is smaller than the first communication range; a reception control unit configured to control a reception of vehicle information from the vehicle to the first wireless communication unit; and a distribution control unit configured to control distribution of content data from the second wireless communication unit to the vehicle according to the vehicle information.

Center device, data communication system, and data communication program product

A vehicle mobile terminal manipulation system that manipulates a mobile terminal brought in a vehicle includes: a mobile terminal; a manipulation device to which a user inputs manipulation; and a notification portion that notifies the mobile terminal of manipulation information indicative of manipulation which has been input to the manipulation device. The mobile terminal includes a terminal-side display portion and a terminal-side manipulation portion. The mobile terminal has a user interface displayed on the terminal-side display portion at a time when independently operating according to manipulation conducted on the terminal-side manipulation portion. The mobile terminal causes the terminal-side display portion to display a user interface different from a case where the mobile terminal independently operates, when operating according to manipulation conducted on the manipulation device different in manipulation mode from the terminal-side manipulation portion of the mobile terminal.

Vehicle mobile terminal manipulation system

A registration unit associates identification information of a portable terminal device with identification information of a vehicle, which is to be registered and equipped with a communication device. The registration unit registers the identification information. A grant unit grants an authentication key to the portable terminal device having the registered identification information. A permission unit permits the portable terminal device with the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the communication device, which is equipped to a vehicle to be registered, and the communication device equipped to a vehicle other than the vehicle to be registered. The permission unit does not to permit the portable terminal device without the authentication key to operate in cooperation with the communication device equipped to any vehicle.

Information management system and method for managing identification information

A vehicular communication system includes: a vehicular communication apparatus; and a portable terminal apparatus. The vehicular communication apparatus includes: a vehicular storage device that stores a predetermined vehicular application for a predetermined function; and a vehicular input device that enters an operation for the predetermined function. The portable terminal apparatus includes: a mobile storage device that stores a predetermined mobile application for the predetermined function; a mobile input device that enters an operation for the predetermined function; an interoperation detection device that detects establishment of an interoperation state, in which the predetermined vehicular application and the predetermined mobile application interoperate with each other; and an operation input disable device that prevents the mobile input device from entering the operation when the interoperation detection device detects the establishment of the interoperation state.

Vehicular communication system, vehicular communication apparatus and portable terminal apparatus

A vehicular communication apparatus communicably connected to a portable communication terminal, includes: an information acquisition device that acquires facility information about a facility from the portable communication terminal; an information storage device that controls a storage to store the facility information in association with the portable communication terminal; and an information display device that controls a display to display the facility information stored in the storage when the portable communication terminal providing the facility information is reconnected to the vehicular communication apparatus, and that controls the display not to display the facility information stored in the storage when a new portable communication terminal different from the portable communication terminal providing the facility information is connected to the vehicular communication apparatus.

Vehicular communication apparatus and vehicular communication system

An information provision system, which includes (i) a navigation apparatus in a vehicle and (ii) an information center, provides an occupant of the vehicle with information. The navigation apparatus and information center communicate via a wireless communication link. The navigation apparatus wirelessly acquires reception position information, which indicates several reception positions, from the information center. When determining that the vehicle reaches one of the reception positions, the navigation apparatus wirelessly acquires, in association with the reached reception position, display-related information containing (i) display position information indicating a display position and (ii) at-display-position window information indicating contents of a display window displayed at the display position. When determining that the vehicle reaches the display position, the navigation apparatus displays the contents of the corresponding display window indicated by the acquired at-display-position window information.

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Okazaki, Japan

Yoshitaka Ozaki