Patent ID: 9285963
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B60K,G01C,G06F

Claim Text:
1. An in-car information system including a portable information terminal and an in-car device, wherein: the information terminal comprises a storage unit in which a plurality of applications and first regulatory information indicating a group to which each application belongs are stored, a control unit that executes an application, among the plurality of applications stored in the storage unit, in a foreground, and an image output unit that outputs an image corresponding to the application being executed in the foreground by the control unit to the in-car device; the in-car device comprises a display unit that displays the image output from the information terminal, an operation input unit via which an operation performed by a user is input, an operation information transmission unit that transmits operation information corresponding to the operation input via the operation input unit to the information terminal, and an in-car storage unit in which second regulatory information pertaining to operational restrictions to be imposed in correspondence to each group while a vehicle is in a traveling state is stored; the information terminal transmits group information corresponding to the group to which the application belongs to the in-car device, by identifying the application being executed in the foreground by the control unit and referencing the first regulatory information; and the in-car device determines details of the operational restrictions to be imposed in correspondence to the group to which the application belongs while the vehicle is in a traveling state by referencing the second regulatory information based upon the group information transmitted from the information terminal and either allows or disallows the display of the image at the display unit and transmission of the operation information via the operation information transmission unit.