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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Yasuaki Takimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Abukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Mitsui, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an in-vehicle information device or a navigation device of the invention, each of a plurality of terminals in a vehicle is configured to cause the terminal itself to operate in one of modes including: 'an independent operation mode' in which the terminal itself is operated independently; 'a participatory cooperative operation mode' in which the terminal directly participates in an operation of the other terminal; and “a transitional cooperative operation mode” in which the terminal takes over information of the other terminal and performs an operation on the information followed by reflecting or not reflecting the information after that operation to the other terminal as information source. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently transmit or reflect an intention of each of plural occupants in the vehicle to the other occupant by combining independent operations and cooperative operations by the plurality of terminals.