Patent ID: 9577720
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G10L,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A control method in an in-vehicle apparatus, the in-vehicle apparatus being capable of communicating with a wearable device and performing voice recognition, the control method comprising: pairing with the wearable device via near field wireless communication; outputting a message to inquire whether to commence a voice recognition service using the paired wearable device; transmitting a request signal to open a channel for audio data to the wearable device; receiving audio data from the wearable device; executing a predetermined function corresponding to recognized voice based on the audio data; and transmitting a request signal to close the channel for the audio data to the wearable device, wherein the channel for reception of the audio data is opened only in a first direction and closed in a second direction, the first direction being a direction for transmission of audio data from the wearable device to the in-vehicle apparatus and the second direction being a direction for transmission of audio data from the in-vehicle apparatus to the wearable device.