VEHICLE-MOUNTED RECEIVER APPARATUS

• US 20090290869A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Aono, Hiroyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,253,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/25
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/7034 Mounting or deployment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2201/01 adapted for specific applications or environments
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968

Abstract

An in-vehicle receiving apparatus to receive transmitted data from an on-road device having a reference position setting device to set a position satisfying a predetermined reception condition, as a reference position; a real receiving situation acquiring device to acquire a receiving situation of the transmitted data in a zone from the reference position set by the reference position setting device, to a predetermined position; a designed receiving situation estimating device to estimate a receiving situation of the transmitted data in a zone from a design position to the predetermined position when the predetermined reception condition is satisfied at the design position; and an error calculating device to calculate a distance error of the reference position from the design position, based on the receiving situation acquired by the real receiving situation acquiring device and the receiving situation estimated by the designed receiving situation estimating device.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle receiving apparatus to receive transmitted data from an on-road device, comprising:

reference position setting means to set a position satisfying a predetermined reception condition, as a reference position;

real receiving situation acquiring means to acquire a receiving situation of the transmitted data in a zone from the reference position set by the reference position setting means, to a predetermined position;

designed receiving situation estimating means to estimate a receiving situation of the transmitted data in a zone from a design position to the predetermined position when the predetermined reception condition is satisfied at the design position; and

error calculating means to calculate a distance error of the reference position from the design position, based on the receiving situation acquired by the real receiving situation acquiring means and the receiving situation estimated by the designed receiving situation estimating means.

2. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the on-road device has a period of transmitting data and a period of suspending transmission of data.

3. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position satisfying the predetermined reception condition is a position where the transmitted data from the on-road device is first received, and

wherein the design position is a start point of a transmission area of the on-road device.

4. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving situation is a number of predetermined transmission units of the transmitted data successfully received.

5. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving situation is an overall reception time in which the received data is successfully received.

6. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the position satisfying the predetermined reception condition is a position where the transmitted data from the on-road device is first received, and

wherein the design position is a start point of a transmission area of the on-road device.

7. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the receiving situation is a number of predetermined transmission units of the transmitted data successfully received.

8. The in-vehicle receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the receiving situation is an overall reception time in which the received data is successfully received.