Patent ID: 6718187
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G02B,H04M

Abstract:
A hands-free telephone apparatus for vehicles, comprising:a telephone holder configured to hold a mobile telephone; a display configured to indicate information; a microphone and a speaker for a hands-free telephone call; an operation inputter; a vehicle speed sensor; and a controller connected to the mobile telephone held in the telephone holder, wherein the controller further comprises: a communication controller performing an incoming call control to be responsible for a reception of an incoming telephone call at the mobile telephone held in the telephone holder to control the display to indicate the reception, without issuing an audible ringing, for detection of a prescribed operation input from the operation inputter within a prescribed amount of time after the reception, to have a telephone connection established to enable a hands-free call using the microphone and the speaker, and for non-detection of a prescribed operation input from the operation inputter within the prescribed amount of time after the reception, to enter an automatic call response, and wherein the communication controller configured to control the display to indicate the reception at a position in a peripheral vision region closer to a central vision region, as the vehicle speed sensor detects a greater vehicle speed.