Patent ID: 8831828

Claim:
An in-vehicle information system, comprising: an information terminal that is a portable terminal; and an in-vehicle apparatus installed at a fixed position in a vehicle independently from the information terminal, wherein: at least one of the information terminal and the in-vehicle apparatus includes a traveling decision-making unit that makes a decision as to whether or not the vehicle is currently in a traveling state; the in-vehicle apparatus includes a display unit that displays an image at a display screen, and a display regulating unit that restricts an image area ranging over part of or all of the display screen to be obscured from view when the traveling decision-making unit decides that the vehicle is currently in a traveling state; the information terminal includes a first storage unit in which an application is stored, a control unit that executes the application, an image output unit that outputs an image corresponding to the application executed by the control unit to the in-vehicle apparatus, and a regulatory information output unit that obtains regulatory information of the application executed by the control unit and outputs the regulatory information to the in-vehicle apparatus, the regulatory information being information pertaining to an image area to be restricted by the display regulating unit within the image corresponding to the application executed by the control unit; and the display regulating unit inputs the regulatory information outputted by the regulatory information output unit and sets an image area in the display screen to be restricted for being obscured from view by using the inputted regulatory information.