VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

• US 20100146562A1
• Filed: 10/15/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Asahara, Nobuaki, Igarashi, Ryoji, Anzai, Hidehiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,438,597 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/75
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/09 Arrangements for receiving desired information automatically according to timetables
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/51 of receiving stations

Abstract

According to a vehicular communication system (10) of the present invention, a specified time slot in compliance with one broadcast time slot corresponded to one attribute pertinent to or possessed by a vehicle (1) among a plurality of attributes corresponded to a plurality of broadcast time slots of programs, respectively, according to the broadcast program list. Even though the IGN switch (101) of the vehicle (1) is set at the OFF state, the vehicular communication system (10) is operated or kept at the operating state so as to receive the program broadcasted in the specified time slot.

Claims

1. A vehicular communication system mounted in a vehicle, comprising:

a receiving element configured to receive a broadcast program list and a broadcast program;

a specified time slot setting element configured to set a specified time slot in compliance with one broadcast time slot corresponded to one attribute pertinent to or possessed by the vehicle among a plurality of attributes corresponded to a plurality of broadcast time slots, respectively, according to the broadcast program list received by the receiving element; and

a controlling element configured to operate the vehicular communication system or to keep the vehicular communication system at the operating state to make the receiving element receive the broadcast program corresponded to the broadcast program list on condition that a present time is contained in the specified time slot set by the specified time slot setting element when an IGN switch of the vehicle is at the OFF state.

2. The vehicular communication system according to claim 1, wherein the specified time slot setting element is configured to set the specified time slot in compliance with one broadcast time slot corresponded to one area where the vehicle is positioned among a plurality of areas served as the plurality of attributes contained in the broadcast program list.

3. The vehicular communication system according to claim 1, wherein the specified time slot setting element is configured to set the specified time slot in compliance with one broadcast time slot corresponded to one vehicular identifier group containing a vehicular identifier of the vehicle among a plurality of vehicular identifier groups for identifying vehicles, and the plurality of vehicular identifier groups are served as the plurality of attributes contained in the broadcast program list.

4. The vehicular communication system according to claim 1, wherein the receiving element is configured to receive as the broadcast program a POI information or a software programmed to apply a function to a device mounted in the vehicle.

5. The vehicular communication system according to claim 1, wherein the controlling element is configured to turn the operating vehicular communication system into sleep on condition that the broadcast program has been received by the receiving element or the specified time slot has elapsed.

6. A vehicular communication program configured to make a vehicular computer provided with a wireless communication device function as the vehicular communication system of claim 1.