Patent ID: 8406991

Claim:
An in-vehicle device that has a display unit and performs wireless communication with a portable terminal device, the in-vehicle device comprising: a wireless-communication establishing unit that, upon detection of a portable terminal device positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, establishes the wireless communication with the detected portable terminal device; a data acquiring unit that acquires data provided by the portable terminal device, from the portable terminal device with which the wireless communication has been established by the wireless-communication establishing unit; and an output controller that converts data acquired by the data acquiring unit into a format for outputting the data by the in-vehicle device, and outputs converted data to at least one of the display unit and a speaker, wherein the portable terminal device executes a navigation for a pedestrian to search for a route to a destination set by a user, the data acquiring unit acquires pedestrian navigation information provided by the navigation for the pedestrian from the portable terminal device, and the output controller converts the pedestrian navigation information acquired by the data acquiring unit into vehicle navigation information in the format for outputting the information by the in-vehicle device and outputs the vehicle navigation information to at least one of the display unit and the speaker.