IP Library Granted Patent US 11,979,513
Granted Patent B2
US 11,979,513 · App. 17/702,520 · Granted May 7, 2024

Hands-free apparatus, hands-free system, and data transfer method

Inventors: Tomoki Shimoda (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Yasuo Miura (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Satoshi Kawamura (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Tomoaki Katada (Kanagawa Ken, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
H04M1/6075
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Patent No.
US 11,979,513
App. No.
17/702,520
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hands-free apparatus enables a hands-free call by being wirelessly connected to a mobile phone that stores therein history data including incoming call history data and outgoing call history data, and phonebook data. The hands-free apparatus is configured to: perform control of connecting to the mobile phone by a transfer protocol for transferring the history data and the phonebook data; receive the history data and the phonebook data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol when the mobile phone is present in a wireless connection area; and display an error and display a reconnection screen for receiving an instruction for reconnection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone from a user, on a display, when connection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone is disconnected during reception of at least one of the history data and the phonebook data.

Claims (63)

1. A hands-free apparatus that enables a hands-free call by being wirelessly connected to a mobile phone that stores therein history data and phonebook data in which a registered name is registered corresponding to a phone number, the history data including incoming call history data representing an incoming call phone number that is a source of an incoming call and outgoing call history data representing an outgoing call phone number that is a destination of an outgoing call, the hands-free apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory,

the hardware processor being configured to:

perform control of connecting to the mobile phone by a transfer protocol for transferring the history data and the phonebook data;

receive the history data and the phonebook data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol when the mobile phone is present in a wireless connection area;

display an error and display a reconnection screen for receiving an instruction for reconnection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone from a user, on a display, when connection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone is disconnected during reception of at least one of the history data and the phonebook data;

perform reconnection by the transfer protocol and receive the history data and the phonebook data by the transfer protocol when receiving the instruction for reconnection from the user via the reconnection screen; and

interrupt reception of the history data and the phonebook data when receiving an interruption instruction from the user via the reconnection screen.

2. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

when prohibition or restriction of transfer of the history data and the phonebook data is set in the mobile phone, display information indicating that the transfer of the history data and the phonebook data is not possible on the display; and

not receive the history data and the phonebook data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol even when the mobile phone is present in the wireless connection area.

3. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

when prohibition or restriction of transfer of the history data is set in the mobile phone, display information indicating that the transfer of the history data is not possible on the display; and

not receive the history data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol even when the mobile phone is present in the wireless connection area.

4. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to:

when prohibition or restriction of transfer of the phonebook data is set in the mobile phone, display information indicating that the transfer of the phonebook data is not possible on the display, and

not receive the phonebook data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol even when the mobile phone is present in the wireless connection area.

5. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the history data further includes missed call history data representing a missed call phone number for which no response is made to an incoming call, and

the hardware processor is configured to generate all incoming and outgoing call history data in which the incoming call phone number, the outgoing call phone number, and the missed call phone number are integrated, based on the incoming call phone number included in the received incoming call history data, the outgoing call phone number included in the received outgoing call phone number, and the missed call phone number included in the received missed call history data, when the history data does not include the all incoming and outgoing call history data.

6. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to generate the all incoming and outgoing call history data in which the incoming call phone number included in the received incoming call history data, the outgoing call phone number included in the received outgoing call phone number, and the received missed call history data are sorted by date and time information.

7. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to generate the all incoming and outgoing call history data in which the incoming call phone number included in the received incoming call history data, the outgoing call phone number included in the received outgoing call phone number, and the received missed call history data are sorted according to a reception order.

8. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer protocol is a phone book access profile (PBAP).

9. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to:

receive first data including at least one of the outgoing call history data, the incoming call history data, missed call history data, and the phonebook data stored in the mobile phone, and store the received first data in a first storage; and

lock the first data stored in the first storage when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

10. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine whether the mobile phone is identical to a previously connected mobile phone, and

the hardware processor is configured to unlock the first data stored in the first storage, when determining that the mobile phone is identical to the previously connected mobile phone.

11. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein

the first storage is volatile, and

the hardware processor is configured to:

store the first data in a second storage that is nonvolatile; and

lock the first data stored in the second storage.

12. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the hardware processor is further configured to determine whether connection to the mobile phone has been made in a past, and

the hardware processor is configured to:

store the first data in the first storage in association with identification information that is able to specify the mobile phone from which the first data is acquired; and

unlock the first data when determining that the connection to the mobile phone has been made in the past and when the first data associated with the identification information of the mobile phone is stored in the first storage.

13. The hands-free apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

the first storage is volatile, and

the hardware processor is configured to:

store the first data in a second storage that is nonvolatile; and

lock the first data stored in the second storage.

14. A hands-free system including a plurality of apparatuses that enable a hands-free call by being wirelessly connected to a mobile phone that stores therein history data and phonebook data in which a registered name is registered corresponding to a phone number, the history data including incoming call history data representing an incoming call phone number that is a source of an incoming call and outgoing call history data representing an outgoing call phone number that is a destination of an outgoing call, the hands-free system comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory,

the hardware processor being configured to:

perform control of connecting to the mobile phone by a transfer protocol for transferring the history data and the phonebook data;

receive the history data and the phonebook data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol when the mobile phone is present in a wireless connection area;

display an error and display a reconnection screen for receiving an instruction for reconnection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone from a user, on a display, when connection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone is disconnected during reception of at least one of the history data and the phonebook data;

perform reconnection by the transfer protocol and receive the history data and the phonebook data by the transfer protocol when receiving the instruction for reconnection from the user via the reconnection screen; and

interrupt reception of the history data and the phonebook data when receiving an interruption instruction from the user via the reconnection screen.

15. A data transfer method performed in a hands-free apparatus that enables a hands-free call by being wirelessly connected to a mobile phone that stores therein history data and phonebook data in which a registered name is registered corresponding to a phone number, the history data including incoming call history data representing an incoming call phone number that is a source of an incoming call and outgoing call history data representing an outgoing call phone number that is a destination of an outgoing call, wherein

the hands-free apparatus comprises:

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory,

the hardware processor is configured to:

perform control of connecting to the mobile phone by a transfer protocol for transferring the history data and the phonebook data; and

receive the history data and the phonebook data from the mobile phone by the transfer protocol when the mobile phone is present in a wireless connection area, and

the data transfer method comprises:

displaying an error and displaying a reconnection screen for receiving an instruction for reconnection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone from a user on a display, when connection by the transfer protocol with the mobile phone is disconnected during reception of at least one of the history data and the phonebook data;

perform reconnection by the transfer protocol and receive the history data and the phonebook data by the transfer protocol when receiving the instruction for reconnection from the user via the reconnection screen; and

interrupt reception of the history data and the phonebook data when receiving an interruption instruction from the user via the reconnection screen.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0702 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2022
From: SHIMODA, TOMOKI; MIURA, YASUO; KAWAMURA, SATOSHI; KATADA, TOMOAKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061219/0394 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2021-050729 · Mar 24, 2021 · national
JP 2021-056138 · Mar 29, 2021 · national
JP 2022-026673 · Feb 24, 2022 · national
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