Patent ID: 8700408
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F,G10L

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle apparatus receiving image data representative of a screen image from a portable terminal having a touch panel, and the apparatus displaying the screen image of the touch panel of the portable terminal based on the image data, the apparatus comprising: a vehicle communication unit receiving the image data from the portable terminal; an extraction unit extracting a text code data from the image data received by the vehicle communication unit, the image data having the text code data that represents at least one of a text and a code in the screen image of the touch panel of the portable terminal; a text-code display area identification unit identifying a text-code display area in the screen image; a voice recognition unit recognizing a user-uttered voice command and converting a recognized voice command into a command text; and a subject operation area set unit identifying a text-code display area as a subject operation area in the screen image of the portable terminal, wherein when the voice recognition unit acquires the command text, a determined text code data of the command text is determined based on the command text acquired from the voice recognition unit, the text code data extracted by the extraction unit, and information corresponding to the text code data on the text-code display area, the text-code display area is acquired based on the determined text code data, the subject operation area is identified as an area of the screen image of the touch panel corresponding to the text-code display area acquired by the subject operation area set unit, and a signal indicative of the subject operation area identified by the subject operation area set unit is transmitted to the portable terminal by the vehicle communication unit.