US 11,981,265 B2
In-vehicle device and method for controlling in-vehicle device
Takuya Sato, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,435.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-087205 (JP), filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0371527 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/0217 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/004 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-vehicle device comprising:
an interface device connected so as to communicate with a microphone for inputting a sound from outside of a vehicle, a speaker for outputting sound into the cabin of the vehicle, and a GPS sensor for identifying the current location of the vehicle based on a GPS (Global Positioning System) signal;
a storage device for storing location information which is information that includes information expressing the location, for one or each of a plurality of locations, and metadata for each location; and
a control device, connected so as to communicate with the interface device and the storage device, for identifying, from among the one or plurality of locations, a location within a predetermined range from the identified current location, and for controlling whether or not to output, through the speaker, an outside sound, inputted through the microphone, based on whether or not the metadata for the location satisfies an outside sound outputting condition or an outside sound non-outputting condition.