Mobile device, terminal device, information processing system, information processing method, program for mobile device, and program for terminal device

Abstract

To provide an information processing system that can, for example, prevent an unnecessary call to an emergency contact and suppress the increase in communication volume for the call.SOLUTION: An in-vehicle device AP that can be connected to a smartphone SP and is installed in a vehicle includes an interface 1 for acquiring acceleration data indicating that a shock exceeding a default threshold value has been applied to the smartphone SP, a display control unit 2 that, when the above acceleration data is acquired, notifies a user to select cancellation of a corresponding external notification, an operation control unit 3 that accepts a cancellation operation for the notification, and a status management / information processing module 4 that stops the external notification when the cancellation operation is accepted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical fields of a mobile device, a terminal device, an information processing system and an information processing method, a program for a mobile device, and a program for a terminal device. More specifically, the present application belongs to the technical fields of an information processing system including a portable terminal device and a mobile device connectable to the terminal device and mounted on a mobile device such as a vehicle, the mobile device and the terminal device included in the information processing system, an information processing method executed in the mobile device and the terminal device, respectively, and the program for the mobile device and the program for the terminal device. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, it has become common to mount a so-called smartphone with a navigation function on, for example, the dashboard of a vehicle to guide the vehicle. On the other hand, if an accident occurs in a vehicle in which a smartphone is mounted in this way, the smartphone itself will also be subjected to an impact caused by the accident. In the past, when a predetermined impact is detected on a smartphone mounted in a vehicle, the smartphone automatically sends a necessary report to a pre-registered emergency contact. For example, Patent Document 1 below is a prior art document that discloses such a configuration.

[0003] In this case, the technology disclosed in the following Patent Document 1 is configured such that when it is detected that a specific impact has been applied to a smartphone, the smartphone automatically notifies a preset emergency contact after a preset period of time has elapsed since the impact. Also, in the technology disclosed in the following Patent Document 1, if an operation to cancel the notification is performed on the smartphone before the preset period of time has elapsed, the notification is not made. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2014-216737 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Here, in addition to the impact caused by the above-mentioned accident, a certain impact may be applied to the smartphone mounted on the dashboard, for example, by the driver or passenger touching the smartphone with their hand, etc. As a result of such an impact, the smartphone itself may come off its mounting position and, for example, roll under the driver's seat or passenger seat, causing the driver or passenger to lose track of the smartphone.

[0006] Here, if the smartphone is lost in this way, for example, even if the remaining time until the notification to the emergency contact is displayed on the smartphone, it cannot be confirmed, and even if the cancel button is displayed, it cannot be operated. As a result, when the certain time has passed, the notification to the emergency contact is automatically sent, and there is a problem that a useless notification is sent to the emergency contact if, for example, the smartphone is subjected to an impact other than that caused by an accident. And, the sending of such a useless notification ultimately leads to a problem of an increase in the amount of communication on the network for the notification.

[0007] Therefore, the present application has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems, and one example of the objective thereof is to provide a mobile device and a terminal device that are capable of preventing unnecessary calls to emergency contacts and suppressing an increase in the amount of communication on the network for such calls, an information processing system including them, an information processing method executed in the mobile device and the terminal device, respectively, and a program for the mobile device and a program for the terminal device. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 1 comprises a mobile device that is connectable to a portable terminal device and is mounted on a mobile device, an acquisition means for acquiring impact information indicating that an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the terminal device, a notification means for issuing a selection notification when the impact information is acquired to allow a user to select to stop sending a report to the outside corresponding to the impact information, a receiving means for receiving the selection of the stop, and a control means for stopping the report when the selection of the stop is received.

[0009] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 6 comprises a detection means for detecting whether or not an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied in a portable terminal device connectable to a mobile device mounted on a mobile body, a notification control means for causing the mobile device to issue a notification to the outside corresponding to the impact when the impact is applied, a selection notification control means for causing the mobile device to issue a selection notification to select the cancellation of the notification, and an acquisition means for acquiring from the mobile device cancellation selection information indicating that the selection of cancellation in response to the selection notification has been accepted by the mobile device, and the notification control means is configured to cause the notification to be issued if the cancellation selection information is not acquired, and to cancel the notification if the cancellation selection information is acquired.

[0010] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 9 provides an information processing system including a portable terminal device and a mobile device mounted on a mobile device that are connectable to each other, wherein the terminal device comprises a detection means for detecting whether an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied, a notification control means for causing the mobile device to issue a notification to the outside corresponding to the impact when the impact has been applied, a selection notification control means for causing the mobile device to issue a selection notification to select the cancellation of the notification, and an acquisition means for acquiring from the mobile device cancellation selection information indicating that the selection of cancellation in response to the selection notification has been accepted by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device comprises a notification means for issuing the selection notification, an acceptance means for accepting the selection of cancellation, and an output means for outputting the cancellation selection information indicating that the selection of cancellation has been accepted to the terminal device, and the notification control means of the terminal device is configured to cause the notification to be issued if the selection information of cancellation is not acquired, and to cancel the notification if the selection information of cancellation is acquired.

[0011] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 10 is an information processing method executed in a mobile device that is connectable to a portable terminal device and mounted on a mobile device, and that includes an acquisition means, a notification means, a reception means, and a control means, and includes an acquisition step of acquiring impact information indicating that an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the terminal device by the acquisition means, a notification step of, when the impact information has been acquired, issuing a selection notification by the notification means to allow the user to select to stop sending a report to the outside corresponding to the impact information, a reception step of accepting a selection of stop in response to the selection notification by the reception means, and a control step of causing the control means to stop the report when the selection of stop is accepted.

[0012] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 11 is an information processing method executed in a portable terminal device connectable to a mobile device mounted on a mobile body, the terminal device comprising a detection means, a notification control means, a selection notification control means, and an acquisition means, the method including a detection step of detecting by the detection means whether or not an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied, a notification control step of causing the notification control means to issue an external notification corresponding to the impact when the impact has been applied, a selection notification control step of causing the mobile device to issue a selection notification to select the cancellation of the notification, and an acquisition step of acquiring from the mobile device by the acquisition means cancellation selection information indicating that the selection of cancellation in response to the selection notification has been accepted by the mobile device, and the notification control step is configured to cause the notification to be issued if the cancellation selection information has not been acquired, and to cancel the notification if the cancellation selection information has been acquired.

[0013] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 12 causes a computer included in a mobile device that is connectable to a portable terminal device and is mounted on a mobile device to function as an acquisition means for acquiring impact information indicating that an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the terminal device, a notification means for issuing a selection notification when the impact information has been acquired to allow the user to select to stop reporting to the outside corresponding to the impact information, and a control means for stopping the reporting when a selection of stop in response to the selection notification is accepted.

[0014] In order to solve the above problem, the invention described in claim 13 functions a computer included in a portable terminal device connectable to a mobile device mounted on a mobile body as a detection means for detecting whether or not an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied, a notification control means for causing the mobile device to issue a notification to the outside corresponding to the impact when the impact is applied, a selection notification control means for causing the mobile device to issue a selection notification to allow the user to select to cancel the notification, and an acquisition means for acquiring from the mobile device cancellation selection information indicating that the selection of cancellation in response to the selection notification has been accepted by the mobile device, and causes the computer functioning as the notification control means to issue the notification if the cancellation selection information is not acquired, and to cancel the notification if the cancellation selection information is acquired. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile device according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 3] 1 is a flowchart showing information processing according to an embodiment. [Figure 4] 1A to 1C are front views showing operational examples of an information processing system according to an embodiment, where (a) is a front view showing a first example, (b) is a front view showing a second example, and (c) is a front view showing a third example. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile device according to the embodiment.

[0017] The mobile device according to the embodiment is connectable to a portable terminal device and is mounted on a mobile device. As shown in Fig. 1, the mobile device S according to the embodiment includes an acquisition unit 1, a notification unit 2, a reception unit 3, and a control unit 4.

[0018] In the above configuration, the acquiring means 1 acquires impact information indicating that an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the terminal device.

[0019] When the acquiring means 1 acquires shock information, the notifying means 2 issues a selection notification to allow the user to select the cancellation of a report to the outside corresponding to the shock information.

[0020] Furthermore, the acceptance means 3 accepts the selection of cancellation in response to the selection notification.

[0021] As a result, the control means 4 stops the notification to the outside when the selection of the stop is accepted.

[0022] As described above, according to the operation of the mobile device S according to the embodiment, when shock information indicating that an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the terminal device is acquired, a selection notification is issued to allow the user to select to stop reporting to the outside corresponding to the shock information, and when the selection of stop in response to the selection notification is accepted, the reporting to the outside is stopped. Therefore, when an impact is applied to the terminal device to the extent that a user can operate to select stop, no reporting to the outside is made, and it is possible to prevent unnecessary reporting and also to suppress an increase in communication volume due to reporting to the outside. EXAMPLES

[0023] Next, specific examples corresponding to the above-described embodiment will be described with reference to Figures 2 to 4. The examples described below are examples in which the present application is applied to information processing in an information processing system including a so-called smartphone and an in-vehicle device.

[0024] Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing information processing according to an embodiment, and Fig. 4 is a front view showing an operation example of the information processing system. In Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, the same component numbers as those of the mobile body device S according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 are used for the components of the embodiment corresponding to the components of the mobile body device S.

[0025] 2, the information processing system SS according to the embodiment includes a smartphone SP as an example of the "terminal device" according to the present application, and an in-vehicle device AP. In this case, the smartphone SP is portable, and the in-vehicle device AP is mounted on a vehicle (not shown) in which the information processing system SS according to the embodiment is mounted.

[0026] The smartphone SP according to the embodiment includes an interface 10, a processing unit 11 including a CPU, a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), etc., a memory 12 including a solid state drive (SSD), etc., a display 13 including a liquid crystal display, etc., a speaker 14, an operation unit 15 including a touch panel or operation buttons provided on the surface of the display 13, etc., and an acceleration sensor 16. The processing unit 11 further includes an in-vehicle device connection management module 20, a status management / information processing module 21, a display control unit 22 connected to the display 13, an audio playback unit 23 connected to the speaker 14, and an impact detection module 24 connected to the acceleration sensor 16. In this case, each of the in-vehicle device connection management module 20, the status management / information processing module 21, the display control unit 22, the audio playback unit 23, and the impact detection module 24 may be configured by a hardware logic circuit such as the CPU constituting the processing unit 11, or may be realized in a software manner by the CPU of the processing unit 11 reading and executing a program corresponding to the processing in the smartphone SP among the information processing according to the embodiment described later. The interface 10 corresponds to an example of the "acquisition means" according to the present application, the acceleration sensor 16 corresponds to an example of the "detection means" according to the present application, the status management / information processing module 21 corresponds to an example of the "report control means" and an example of the "selection notification control means" according to the present application, the display 13 and the display control unit 22 correspond to an example of the "notification means" according to the present application, and the operation unit 15 corresponds to an example of the "reception means" according to the present application.

[0027] In the above-mentioned configuration of the smartphone SP, the interface 10 and the in-vehicle connection management module 20 control data transfer with the in-vehicle AP and data transfer with a network (not shown) under the control of the state management and information processing module 21. The display control unit 22 controls the display content on the display 13 under the control of the state management and information processing module 21. As a result, the display 13 displays necessary information under the control of the display control unit 22. On the other hand, the audio reproduction unit 23 executes synthesis processing of the sound or voice to be emitted from the speaker 14 under the control of the state management and information processing module 21. As a result, the speaker 14 emits a voice corresponding to the voice data generated by the audio reproduction unit 23, or a sound corresponding to the generated sound data. On the other hand, the acceleration sensor 16 detects acceleration corresponding to an impact applied to the smartphone SP, generates acceleration data indicating, for example, the magnitude and direction of the acceleration, and outputs the acceleration data to the impact detection module 24. As a result, under the control of the state management and information processing module 21, the impact detection module 24 analyzes the contents of the acceleration data from the acceleration sensor 16, generates impact data indicating the magnitude and direction of the impact corresponding to the acceleration, and outputs the impact data to the state management and information processing module 21. When a user operates the operation unit 15 to specify an operation of the smartphone SP, the operation unit 15 generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation and outputs the operation signal to the state management and information processing module 21. The state management and information processing module 21 controls the vehicle-mounted device connection management module 20, the display control unit 22, the audio playback unit 23, and the impact detection module 24 based on the operation signal from the operation unit 15, and mainly executes the processing in the smartphone SP among the information processing according to the embodiment. The state management and information processing module 21 also controls the processing other than the information processing according to the embodiment as the smartphone SP. Data and the like necessary for the processing in the state management and information processing module 21 are recorded in the memory 12 as necessary, and are further read out from the memory 12 as necessary.

[0028] On the other hand, the vehicle-mounted device AP according to the embodiment is composed of an interface 1, a processing unit 9 including a CPU, RAM, ROM, etc., a memory 8 including an SSD, etc., a display 7 including a liquid crystal display, etc., and an operation unit 5 including operation buttons, etc. The processing unit 9 is further composed of an external device connection module 6, a status management and information processing module 4, a display control unit 2 connected to the display 7, and an operation control unit 3 connected to the operation unit 5. In this case, each of the external device control module 6, the status management and information processing module 4, the display control unit 2, and the operation control unit 3 may be composed of a hardware logic circuit such as the CPU constituting the processing unit 9, or may be realized in a software manner by the CPU of the processing unit 9 reading and executing a program corresponding to the processing in the vehicle-mounted device AP among the information processing according to the embodiment described later. The interface 1 corresponds to an example of the acquisition means 1 according to the embodiment, the display control unit 2 corresponds to an example of the notification means 2 according to the embodiment, the operation control unit 3 corresponds to an example of the reception means 3 according to the embodiment, and the status management and information processing module 4 corresponds to an example of the control means 4 according to the embodiment. Furthermore, the operation unit 5 corresponds to an example of a "cancellation operation means" and an example of a "report operation means" according to the present application. As shown by the dashed lines in Fig. 2, the interface 1, the display control unit 2, the operation control unit 3, and the state management / information processing module 4 constitute an example of a mobile device S according to the embodiment.

[0029] In the above-mentioned configuration of the in-vehicle device AP, the interface 1 and the external device control module 6 control the transmission and reception of data with the smartphone SP under the control of the state management and information processing module 4. The connection between the interface 1 and the interface 10 of the smartphone SP may be performed by short-distance wireless communication based on the NFC (Near Field Communication) standard or the like, or may be physically connected by a cable and / or a connector or the like. The display control unit 2 controls the display content on the display 7 under the control of the state management and information processing module 4. As a result, the display 7 displays necessary information under the control of the display control unit 2. When a user performs an operation on the operation unit 5 to specify an operation of the in-vehicle device AP, the operation unit 5 generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation and outputs it to the state management and information processing module 4 via the operation control unit 3. On the other hand, the operation control unit 3 controls the functions of each of the operation buttons (to be described later) constituting the operation unit 5 under the control of the state management and information processing module 4. More specifically, the operation control unit 3 assigns a function different from the initial setting of each operation button to each operation button as a part of the processing in the in-vehicle device AP among the information processing according to the embodiment. The function allocation to the operation buttons will be described in detail later. The state management and information processing module 4 mainly executes the processing in the vehicle-mounted device AP among the information processing according to the embodiment while controlling each of the external device control module 6, the display control unit 2, and the operation control unit 3 based on the operation signal from the operation unit 5. The state management and information processing module 4 also performs overall control of the processing other than the information processing according to the embodiment as the vehicle-mounted device AP.

[0030] Next, information processing according to an embodiment of the information processing system SS having the above-mentioned configuration will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

[0031] As shown in the left flowchart of FIG. 3, the processing in the smartphone SP among the information processing according to the embodiment starts, for example, when the power switch (not shown) of the smartphone SP is turned on. When the processing starts, the state management and information processing module 21 of the smartphone SP starts monitoring whether or not any value of acceleration data is output from the acceleration sensor 16 via the impact detection module 24 (step S1). If no value of acceleration data is output in the monitoring of step S1 (step S1: NO), the state management and information processing module 21 and the impact detection module 24 return to the above step S1 and continue the monitoring. On the other hand, if any value of acceleration data is output in the monitoring of step S1 (step S1: YES), the impact detection module 24 analyzes the contents of the output acceleration data, generates the above impact data corresponding to the acceleration that causes the output of the acceleration data, and outputs it to the state management and information processing module 21 (step S2). As a result, the state management and information processing module 21 determines whether or not the magnitude of the impact indicated by the output impact data exceeds the impact threshold value previously set and recorded in the memory 12 (step S3). Here, the impact threshold is, for example, an impact threshold equivalent to an acceleration (impact) of the degree that the smartphone SP according to the embodiment falls off its mounting position (for example, the upper part of the vehicle-mounted device AP according to the embodiment or on the dashboard of the vehicle, etc.), and more specifically, is empirically or experimentally set in advance according to the method or manner of mounting the smartphone SP. If the magnitude of the impact indicated by the output impact data does not exceed the impact threshold in the determination of step S3 (step S3: NO), the smartphone SP is not displaced from its original mounting position, and the state management and information processing module 21 and the impact detection module 24 return to the above step S1 and continue the above monitoring. On the other hand, if the magnitude of the impact indicated by the output impact data exceeds the above impact threshold in the determination of step S3 (step S3: YES), the state management and information processing module 21 then causes, for example, "impact detection" to be displayed on the display 13 via the display control unit 22 for a certain period of time.In addition, the status management / information processing module 21 generates display information / status notification indicating that the impact detection should be displayed on the vehicle-mounted device AP and that an impact exceeding the above-mentioned impact threshold has been detected on the smartphone SP, and transmits this to the vehicle-mounted device AP via the vehicle-mounted device connection management module 20 and the interface 10 (step S4).

[0032] On the other hand, as shown in the flowchart on the right side of FIG. 3, the processing in the vehicle-mounted device AP among the information processing according to the embodiment starts, for example, when a power switch (not shown) of the vehicle-mounted device AP is turned on. Then, when the processing starts, the state management and information processing module 4 of the vehicle-mounted device AP starts monitoring whether or not the display information and state notification are transmitted from the smartphone SP via the external device control module 6 and the interface 1 (step S15). If the display information and state notification are not transmitted in the monitoring of step S15 (step S15: NO), the state management and information processing module 4 and the external device control module 6 return to the above step S15 and continue the monitoring. On the other hand, if the display information and state notification are transmitted from the smartphone SP in the monitoring of step S15 (step S15: YES), the state management and information processing module 4 next causes the display control unit 2 to display "impact detection" on the display 7 for a certain period of time (step S16).

[0033] When the above steps S4 and S16 are executed, the characters "impact detected" are displayed on the display 13 of the smartphone SP and the display 7 of the vehicle-mounted device AP, as illustrated by the front view in FIG. 4(a). The front views illustrated in FIG. 4 show a state in which the smartphone SP has been subjected to an impact exceeding the impact threshold and has come off its mounting position on the vehicle-mounted device AP and separated from each other. In addition, when displaying "collision detected," the color of the characters themselves may be changed from the color of characters normally used, or audio guidance may be simultaneously emitted.

[0034] As shown in Fig. 4, the front of the vehicle-mounted device AP, which is housed in a housing BD and mounted in a vehicle, is provided with operation buttons B1 to B4 (each of which can be physically pressed) constituting the operation unit 5, on either side of the display 7. Different functions are assigned to these operation buttons B1 to B4 as initial settings. More specifically, for example, functions such as "music playback", "video playback", and "call origination" are assigned to these buttons as initial settings. These initial settings are then changed by the operation control unit 3 to functions such as "cancel report" or "execute report", which will be described later.

[0035] Returning to FIG. 3, the state management and information processing module 21 that executed the above step S4, when the above-mentioned certain time for which the display of the above-mentioned "shock detection" should be continued as step S4 has elapsed, next changes the display on the display 13 to "Message sending?", which notifies the outside that the smartphone SP has received an impact of a magnitude equal to or greater than the impact threshold (step S5). In addition to this, the state management and information processing module 21 starts measuring a threshold time, which is preset as the time from when an impact of a magnitude equal to or greater than the impact threshold is received until the above-mentioned notification is made, in a timer (not shown) (step S5). On the other hand, the state management and information processing module 4 that executed the above step S16, when the above-mentioned certain time for which the display of the above-mentioned "shock detection" should be continued as step S16 has elapsed, next changes the display on the display 7 to "Message sending?", which notifies the outside, via the display control unit 2 (step S17). This display of "Message sending?" corresponds to an example of the "selection notification" according to the present application.

[0036] When the above steps S5 and S17 are executed, the characters "Message sent?" are displayed on the display 13 of the smartphone SP and the display 7 of the in-vehicle device AP, as illustrated in the front view of FIG. 4(b). In this case, the display 7 of the in-vehicle device AP may be configured to further display the remaining time until the execution of the report, for example, "Remaining time xx seconds." In addition, the status management and information processing module 21 of the smartphone SP displays on the display 13, as illustrated in FIG. 4(b), an OK button 32 operated by the user when the external report is to be made, and a cancel button 31 operated by the user when the external report is not to be made (when the report is to be cancelled) (step S5).

[0037] In addition, the state management and information processing module 4 of the in-vehicle device AP that has executed step S17 changes the function of the operation button B1 and the operation button B2 on the left side to the function of canceling the notification, and further changes the function of the operation button B3 and the operation button B4 on the right side to the function of executing the notification, via the operation control unit 3 (step S18). After that, the state management and information processing module 4 starts monitoring whether the operation button B1 or the operation button B2 that has been changed to the function of canceling the notification is operated (pressed) or not (step S19). This operation of the operation button B1 or the operation button B2 whose assigned function has been changed to the function of canceling the notification corresponds to an example of the "selection of cancellation" according to the present application. In the monitoring of step S19, if neither the operation button B1 nor the operation button B2 is operated (step S19: NO), the state management and information processing module 4 proceeds to step S21 described later. On the other hand, in the monitoring of step S19, if the operation button B1 or the operation button B2 is operated (step S19: YES), the state management and information processing module 4 generates a cancel command for canceling the external notification in response to the notification cancel function assigned to the operation button B1 or the operation button B2 at that time, and transmits the cancel command to the smartphone SP via the external device control module 6 and the interface 1 (step S20). After that, the state management and information processing module 4 judges whether or not to end the process in the vehicle-mounted device AP among the information processing according to the embodiment due to a reason such as the power switch of the vehicle-mounted device AP being turned off (step S21). If the process is to be ended in the judgment of step S21 (step S21: YES), the state management and information processing module 4 ends the process as it is. On the other hand, if the process is to be continued in the judgment of step S21 (step S21: NO), the state management and information processing module 4 returns to the above step S15 and repeats the series of processes described above.

[0038] Next, the state management and information processing module 21 that has executed step S5 monitors whether the cancel button 31 is operated on the display 13 of the smartphone SP or whether the cancel command is transmitted from the in-vehicle device AP (step S6). If the cancel button 31 is operated or the cancel command is transmitted in the monitoring of step S6 (step S6: YES), the state management and information processing module 21 cancels the external notification and stops the timer from timing the threshold time (step S9). The state management and information processing module 21 then proceeds to step S10, which will be described later. On the other hand, if the cancel button 31 is not operated and the cancel command is not transmitted in the monitoring of step S6 (step S6: NO), the state management and information processing module 21 determines whether the threshold time has elapsed (step S7). If the threshold time has not yet elapsed in the determination of step S7 (step S7: NO), the state management and information processing module 21 returns to step S6 and continues monitoring the operation of the cancel button 31 and the transmission of the cancel command. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S7 that the threshold time has elapsed (step S7: YES), the state management / information processing module 21 issues the external notification via the interface 10 (step S8). At this time, the external notification is executed by, for example, one or more of the following methods. i) Sending emails to pre-defined recipients ii) Call a pre-defined number iii) Communication-enabled VICS (registered trademark) (Vehicle Information Communication System) Report via iv) Reporting by vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-pedestrian communication Thereafter, the state management and information processing module 21 judges whether or not to end the processing in the smartphone SP among the information processing according to the embodiment due to a reason such as the power switch of the smartphone SP being turned off (step S10). If the processing is to be ended in the judgment of step S10 (step S10: YES), the state management and information processing module 21 ends the processing as it is. On the other hand, if the processing is to be continued in the judgment of step S10 (step S10: NO), the state management and information processing module 21 returns to the above step S1 and repeats the series of processing described above.

[0039] As described above, according to the operation of the information processing system SS according to the embodiment, when acceleration data indicating that an acceleration equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the smartphone SP is acquired, a display is displayed to allow the user to select whether or not to cancel the report to the outside corresponding to the acceleration data (see step S17 in FIG. 3), and when a cancel operation on the display is accepted (see step S19 in FIG. 3: YES), the report to the outside is canceled (see step S9 in FIG. 3). Therefore, when an acceleration that allows the user to perform an operation to cancel is applied to the smartphone SP, no report to the outside is made, and it is possible to prevent unnecessary reports and also to suppress an increase in the amount of communication due to reports to the outside.

[0040] In addition, if a cancel operation is performed within the threshold time from the time the acceleration data is acquired (see step S6 in Figure 3: YES), the report to the outside is canceled (see step S9 in Figure 3), and if a cancel operation is not performed within the threshold time from that time (see step S6 in Figure 3: NO), the report is executed, allowing the user to choose whether or not to report to the outside with ample time to spare.

[0041] Furthermore, when a cancel operation is performed using the operation button B1 or the operation button B2 whose allocation function has been changed to cancel the report (see step S18 and step S19 in FIG. 3: YES), the report to the outside is canceled (see step S9 in FIG. 3), so that the report to the outside can be canceled by operating the nearby operation button B1 or operation button B2.

[0042] Furthermore, the external report can also be canceled using the cancel button 31 displayed on the smartphone SP. When the cancel command is sent from the vehicle-mounted unit AP or when the cancel button 31 is operated, the external report is canceled (see step S6: YES in Figure 3, step S9). Therefore, the external report can be canceled by operating either the vehicle-mounted unit AP or the smartphone SP.

[0043] In the above embodiment, the notification is performed when it is determined in step S7 that the threshold time has elapsed (step S8 in FIG. 3). However, in addition to this, when the operation to execute notification is performed using the operation button B3 or the operation button B4 whose assigned function has been changed to execute notification, a notification execution command may be transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device AP to the smartphone SP, and the smartphone SP may perform the notification to the outside when the notification execution command is received by the smartphone SP or the OK button 32 (see FIG. 4(b)) is operated. In this case, it is preferable to perform the notification when the notification execution command is received or the OK button 32 is operated, even before the threshold time has elapsed. According to the above configuration, when the operation button B1, the operation button B2, or the cancel button 31 to which the function of canceling notification is assigned is operated, the notification to the outside is stopped, and when the operation button B3, the operation button B4, or the OK button 32 to which the function of executing notification is assigned is operated, the notification to the outside is executed, so that the notification to the outside can be stopped or executed accurately and quickly.

[0044] In the above embodiment, the case where the functions of the operation buttons B1 and B2 illustrated in FIG. 4 are changed to the function of canceling the report (see step S18 in FIG. 3) has been described. However, as illustrated in FIG. 4(c), the display 13 of the smartphone SP may be configured to display only the cancel button 31 and change all the functions of the operation buttons B1 to B4 to the function of canceling the report. In this case, it is preferable to configure the display 7 of the in-vehicle device AP to display the remaining time until the execution of the report as, for example, "remaining time xx seconds" as illustrated in FIG. 4(c). The display 7 may further display the text "Message sent?". According to this configuration, when any of the operation buttons B1, etc. to which the function of canceling the report is assigned or the cancel button 31 is operated, the report to the outside is canceled, so that the report to the outside can be canceled accurately and quickly.

[0045] Regarding the function assignment of the operation buttons B1 to B4, the function of the operation buttons B1 and B2 may be changed to a function of executing a report, and the function of the operation buttons B3 and B4 may be changed to a function of canceling a report. Furthermore, the function of the operation buttons B1 and B4 may be changed to a function of canceling a report (or executing a report), and the function of the operation buttons B2 and B3 may be changed to a function of executing a report (or canceling a report).

[0046] Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where the functions of the operation buttons B1 to B4 originally provided on the vehicle-mounted device AP are changed to the function of canceling a report or the function of executing a report has been described, but the contactable portion on the outer surface of the housing BD of the vehicle-mounted device AP shown in Fig. 4 may be configured with a touch sensor as an example of the "sensor means" according to the present application, and contact with this touch sensor may be configured to cancel the report. In this case, a simpler contact operation can stop the report to the outside.

[0047] Also, when the operation button B1 etc. is assigned to a button for canceling a report as in the above embodiment, the display of the operation button B1 etc. assigned to the button for canceling a report may be changed to a display that is visually recognizable as the button for canceling a report (for example, a display using a simply displayable icon such as "x" or "NO"). Furthermore, when the operation button B1 etc. is assigned to a button for executing a report, the display of the operation button B1 etc. assigned to the button for executing a report may be changed to a display that is visually recognizable as the button for executing a report (for example, a display using a simply displayable icon such as "OK").

[0048] Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, when an impact is detected, a message to that effect is displayed on the display 13 of the smartphone SP and on the display 7 of the in-vehicle device AP, respectively. In addition, the configuration may be such that, for example, illumination to brightly illuminate the display 7 is performed simultaneously with the detection of an impact.

[0049] The remaining time until the execution of the notification to the outside may be notified by voice guidance. In this case, the sound may be emitted from a speaker (not shown) provided in the vehicle-mounted device AP, or from the speaker 14 of the smartphone SP that detects the collision by the acceleration sensor 16.

[0050] Furthermore, the impact thresholds according to the embodiment may be different values ​​for the front impact threshold for acceleration due to an impact from the front, the rear impact threshold for acceleration due to an impact from the rear, and the side impact threshold for acceleration due to an impact from the side. Furthermore, the threshold time is usually 10 seconds, for example, but may be set shorter as the impact threshold is larger, so that the external notification is executed more quickly.

[0051] In the above-described embodiment, the acceleration is detected in the smartphone SP. However, the present invention can also be applied to a case where an acceleration sensor is provided only in the vehicle-mounted device AP.

[0052] Furthermore, a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 can be recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk or a hard disk, or obtained via a network such as the Internet, and then read out and executed by a general-purpose microcomputer or the like, thereby causing the microcomputer or the like to function as the processing unit 9 of the embodiment. [Explanation of symbols]

[0053] 1. Acquisition method (interface) 2 Notification means (display control section) 3. Reception means (operation control section) 4. Control means (status management and information processing module) AP in-vehicle device SP Smartphone S Mobile device SS Information Processing System

Claims

[Claim 1] A mobile device connectable to a portable terminal device and mounted on a mobile device, an acquisition means for acquiring impact information indicating that an impact equal to or greater than a preset threshold has been applied to the terminal device; a notification means for performing a selection notification for allowing the user to select the cancellation of a report to an outside party corresponding to the shock information when the shock information is acquired; A reception means for receiving the selection of the cancellation; a control means for canceling the notification when the selection of the cancellation is accepted; A mobile device comprising:

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