Vehicle information communication system
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1. A vehicle onboard unit comprising:
- a vehicle probe data collecting section configured to collect host vehicle probe data relating to external traveling conditions; and
a vehicle communication section configured to receive surrounding vehicle probe data, configured to disassociate identifying information from the surrounding vehicle probe data, and configured to selectively transmit the surrounding vehicle probe data without identifying information of the surrounding vehicle to an external communication device.
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Abstract
A vehicle information communication system is provided in which probe data or other private data relating to a host vehicle can be collected with anonymity. Basically, the host vehicle collects the probe data and sends the probe data to a carrier vehicle that disassociates the host vehicle'"'"'s identifying information (e.g., MAC address) from the data before the carrier vehicle sends the probe data to a roadside unit or other external communications station.
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25 Claims
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1. A vehicle onboard unit comprising:
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a vehicle probe data collecting section configured to collect host vehicle probe data relating to external traveling conditions; and a vehicle communication section configured to receive surrounding vehicle probe data, configured to disassociate identifying information from the surrounding vehicle probe data, and configured to selectively transmit the surrounding vehicle probe data without identifying information of the surrounding vehicle to an external communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A vehicle information communication system comprising:
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a host vehicle including a vehicle probe data collecting section configured to collect host vehicle probe data relating to external traveling conditions of the host vehicle, and a host vehicle communication section configured to transmit the host vehicle probe data; a carrier vehicle including a carrier vehicle communication section configured to disassociate host vehicle identifying information from the host vehicle probe data and to transmit the host vehicle probe data without the host vehicle identifying information; and an external communication device configured to receive wireless communications from the carrier vehicle communication section of the carrier vehicle when the carrier vehicle is within a communication area of the external communication device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicle information communication method comprising:
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collecting host vehicle probe data in a host vehicle; transmitting the host vehicle probe data from the host vehicle to a carrier vehicle; disassociating host vehicle identifying information from the host vehicle probe data; transmitting the host vehicle probe data from the carrier vehicle to an external communication device when the carrier vehicle is within a communication area of the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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