US 7,516,001 B2
Control apparatus for an in-vehicle device, control method for an in-vehicle device, and control program for an in-vehicle device
Satoshi Harumoto, Hyogo (Japan); Toshitaka Yamato, Hyogo (Japan); Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hyogo (Japan); Yoshihiko Maeno, Hyogo (Japan); and Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Hyogo (Japan)
Assigned to Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 02, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/902,802.
Claims priority of application No. P2003-284525 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0060072 A1, Mar. 17, 2005
Int. Cl. H04N 5/445 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—36  [348/143; 348/148] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus for an in-vehicle device, comprising:
an acquisition/transmission unit that acquires a program guide corresponding to a position of a vehicle and transmits the acquired program guide to a communication terminal device;
a recording unit that selects at least one program from the acquired program guide on a basis of an instruction transmitted from the communication terminal device and records at least one of video and audio of the selected program;
an image capturing unit that captures an image of at least one of an inside and an outside of the vehicle; and
an interruption control unit that controls the recording unit to stop recording the video and audio of the selected program and start recording the image captured by the image capturing unit in preference to the video and audio of the selected program, on a basis of the instruction transmitted from the communication terminal device.