Patent ID: 8886398

Claim:
An in-car information system comprising a portable type information terminal and an in-car device, wherein: the information terminal comprises: an operation assignment information storage unit that, for a plurality of operations on the information terminal, stores operation assignment information that includes information related to priority levels of assignments to the plurality of operations; an actuation information reception unit that receives from the in-car device actuation information related to a plurality of types of actuation that can be inputted with an actuation unit provided to the in-car device; an assignment unit that, on the basis of the operation assignment information and the actuation information, assigns some among the plurality of operations to each of one or more actuations among the plurality of types of actuation respectively, according to the priority levels; an actuation signal reception unit that receives an actuation signal outputted from the in-car device; and a conversion unit that, on the basis of the result of assignment by the assignment unit, converts the actuation signal into an operating command that corresponds to one among the plurality of operations; and the in-car device comprises: an actuation information transmission unit that transmits the actuation information to the information terminal; and an actuation signal output unit that, in response to actuation of the actuation unit by the user, outputs the actuation signal to the information terminal.