IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM

• US 20100190454A1
• Filed: 07/25/2008
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JVC Kenwood Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
• Inventors: Nagatomo, Hideyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,057 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

When notification information about a company code is received from a center device, a control unit of an in-vehicle device refers to uplink information which is generated for each qualified delivery company and stored in a storage unit and cross-checks the company code included in the uplink information with the received company code (step S8). Only when those are identical, the uplink information corresponding to the company code to which it is judged that those are identical is read out from the storage unit and written in an uplink information storage area of the storage unit of a DSRC unit (step S9). Security on content information delivery is improved.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle device comprising:

a communication unit adapted to communicate with a center device that delivers content information through a road side device;

a storage unit having a storage area, adapted to store information to be provided to the center device; and

a control unit adapted to perform a control operation of storing uplink information related to delivery of the content information in the storage area if a delivery company is a predetermined delivery company according to specific information of a delivery company when the specific information of the delivery company of the content information is received from the center device through the communication unit.

2. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein

if there are a plurality of predetermined delivery companies, the control unit operates to store the uplink information corresponding to the received specific information of the delivery company in the storage area;

3. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein

if the delivery of the content information from the center device has ceased for a constant time, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information stored in the storage area.

4. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein

if request information of deletion of the uplink information is received from the center device through the communication unit, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information stored in the storage area.

5. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1 wherein

if the communication unit transmits the uplink information stored in the storage area to the center device, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information from the storage area.

6. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein

if the communication by the communication unit with the road side device has ceased for a constant time, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information stored in the storage area.

7. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein

the predetermined delivery company is a contracted delivery company.

9. The in-vehicle device according to claim 2, wherein

if the delivery of the content information from the center device has ceased for a constant time, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information stored in the storage area.

10. The in-vehicle device according to claim 2, wherein

if request information of deletion of the uplink information is received from the center device through the communication unit, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information stored in the storage area.

11. The in-vehicle device according to claim 2 wherein

if the communication unit transmits the uplink information stored in the storage area to the center device, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information from the storage area.

12. The in-vehicle device according to claim 2, wherein

if the communication by the communication unit with the road side device has ceased for a constant time, the control unit operates to delete the uplink information stored in the storage area.

8. A delivery system comprising a center device for delivering content information and an in-vehicle device,

the in-vehicle device comprising:

a communication unit adapted to communicate with the center device through a road side device;

a storage unit having a storage area, adapted to store information to be provided to the center device; and

a control unit adapted to operate to store uplink information related to delivery of the content information in the storage area if a delivery company is a predetermined delivery company according to specific information of a delivery company when the specific information of the delivery company of the content information is received from the center device through the communication unit.