Vehicle intercommunication apparatus

• US 20030220131A1
• Filed: 04/10/2003
• Published: 11/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Access Corp. (Honda Motor Company), Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Hino, Masashi, Katayama, Mutsumi, Kushida, Kazumitsu
• Granted Patent: US 7,317,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.7
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/246 specially adapted for base stations
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/276 for mounting on helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/325 characterised by the location of the antenna on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3275 mounted on a horizontal surface of the vehicle, e.g. on roof, hood, trunk
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3283 side-mounted antennas, e.g. bumper-mounted, door-mounted mounted on windscreens H01Q1/1271
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3866 carried on the head
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Two antennas are provided in a base station, one antenna AT1 is arranged at the root of a right handle grip [1R] and the other antenna AT2 is arranged at the root of a left handle grip [1L]. Alternatively, one antenna AT1 is arranged at the root of a front right turn signal [2R] and the other antenna AT2 is arranged at the root of a front left turn signal [2L] Alternatively, one antenna AT1 is arranged at the root of a rear right turn signal [3R] and the other antenna AT2 is arranged at the root of a rear left turn signal [3L]. Alternatively, one antenna AT1 is arranged at the front of a vehicle and the other antenna AT2 is arranged at the rear thereof.

Claims

1. A vehicle intercommunication apparatus comprising a base station mounted on a vehicle and an antenna thereof, a plurality of portable terminals owned by respective occupants and antennas thereof, where each portable terminal communicates via the base station,

wherein the base station comprises a plurality of antennas, one antenna out of the plurality of antennas is arranged at the front of the vehicle and the other antenna is arranged at the rear of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a communication standard conforms to a Bluetooth standard and the base station establishes a piconet with each portable terminal.

5. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the base station comprises only one Bluetooth module to which the plurality of antennas are connected.

6. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the base station comprises a plurality of Bluetooth modules to which the plurality of antennas are connected respectively.

2. A vehicle intercommunication apparatus comprising a base station mounted on a vehicle and an antenna thereof, a plurality of portable terminals owned by respective occupants and antennas thereof, where each portable terminal communicates via the base station,

wherein the base station comprises a plurality of antennas, wherein one antenna is arranged at the right side of a vehicle and the other antenna is arranged at the left side of the vehicle.

3. A vehicle intercommunication apparatus comprising a base station mounted on a vehicle and an antenna thereof, a plurality of portable terminals owned by respective occupants and antennas thereof, where each portable terminal communicates via the base station,

wherein the base station comprises a plurality of antennas, wherein one antenna and the other antenna are separately arranged sandwiching an occupant'"'"'s sitting position.

7. A vehicle intercommunication apparatus comprising a base station mounted on a vehicle and an antenna thereof, a plurality of portable terminals owned by respective occupants and antennas thereof, where each portable terminal communicates via the base station,

wherein the antennas of the portable terminals are a pair of longitudinal antennas provided on a helmet, and the pair of longitudinal antennas is separately arranged from each other along the lower edge of the helmet.

8. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the pair of longitudinal antennas is arranged along the respective lower edges of the front and rear of the helmet.

9. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the pair of longitudinal antennas is arranged along the respective lower edges of the right and left sides of the helmet.

10. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the pair of longitudinal antennas is integrally formed with trims provided at the respective lower edges of the right and left sides of the helmet.

11. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the pair of longitudinal antennas is fixed on trim surfaces provided at the respective lower edges of the right and left sides of the helmet.

12. The vehicle intercommunication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the pair of longitudinal antennas is separately arranged at positions opposite on a outer shell of the helmet.