Communications system and program
First Claim
1. A communications system provided in a vehicle, the communications system comprising:
- a communicating unit that has a wireless communications area to execute an inter-vehicle communications;
a vehicle state detecting unit that detects at least one state of the vehicle; and
a controlling unit that controls various controls, wherein the controlling unit includes;
a determining unit that determines at least one of whether the vehicle enters a parked state where the vehicle is to be parked and whether the vehicle enters a departing state where the vehicle is to depart based on the vehicle state detected by the vehicle state detecting means; and
a transmission controlling unit that causes the communicating unit to send parking information indicating that the vehicle enters the parked state when that the vehicle enters the parked state is determined, and departing information indicating that the vehicle enters the departing state when that the vehicle enters the departing state is determined; and
a notifying unit that executes, when at least one of parking information and departing information is received from another communications system via the communicating unit, at least one of a notification indicating that a vehicle to be parked is present and a notification indicating that a vehicle to depart is present based on the received at least one of parking information and departing information, respectively.
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Abstract
A communications system in a first vehicle sends departing information indicating that the first vehicle is about to depart from a parking space along with the vehicle information of the first vehicle when a door is unlocked, a key is inserted, and an engine is started. When the sent departing information is received by a communications system in a different second vehicle that is searching a parking space, the sent vehicle information of the first vehicle is shown in a display device in the second vehicle. The vehicle information includes the number of the license plate, the vehicle kind, the vehicle color, and the vehicle class. The driver of the second vehicle can easily determine whether a nearby vehicle where an occupant is present is the first vehicle that sends the departing information.
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18 Claims
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1. A communications system provided in a vehicle, the communications system comprising:
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a communicating unit that has a wireless communications area to execute an inter-vehicle communications;
a vehicle state detecting unit that detects at least one state of the vehicle; and
a controlling unit that controls various controls, wherein the controlling unit includes;
a determining unit that determines at least one of whether the vehicle enters a parked state where the vehicle is to be parked and whether the vehicle enters a departing state where the vehicle is to depart based on the vehicle state detected by the vehicle state detecting means; and
a transmission controlling unit that causes the communicating unit to send parking information indicating that the vehicle enters the parked state when that the vehicle enters the parked state is determined, and departing information indicating that the vehicle enters the departing state when that the vehicle enters the departing state is determined; and
a notifying unit that executes, when at least one of parking information and departing information is received from another communications system via the communicating unit, at least one of a notification indicating that a vehicle to be parked is present and a notification indicating that a vehicle to depart is present based on the received at least one of parking information and departing information, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product in a computer-readable medium for use in a communications system that is provided in a vehicle and includes a communicating unit that has a wireless communications area to execute an inter-vehicle communications,
the computer program product comprising: -
instructions for detecting at least one state of the vehicle; and
instructions for determining at least one of whether the vehicle enters a parked state where the vehicle is to be parked and whether the vehicle enters a departing state where the vehicle is to depart based on the detected vehicle state; and
instructions for sending, via the communicating unit, parking information indicating that the vehicle enters the parked state when that the vehicle enters the parked state is determined, and departing information indicating that the vehicle enters the departing state when that the vehicle enters the departing state is determined. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A communications system provided in a vehicle, the communications system comprising:
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a communicating unit that has a wireless communications area to execute an inter-vehicle communications;
a vehicle state detecting unit that detects at least one state of the vehicle;
a determining unit that determines at least one of whether the vehicle enters a parked state where the vehicle is to be parked and whether the vehicle enters a departing state where the vehicle is to depart based on the vehicle state detected by the vehicle state detecting means; and
a transmission controlling unit that causes the communicating unit to send parking information indicating that the vehicle enters the parked state when that the vehicle enters the parked state is determined, and departing information indicating that the vehicle enters the departing state when that the vehicle enters the departing state is determined. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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