METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION DATA, DATA GATHERING SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE OBJECT, A DEVICE ON THE MOBILE OBJECT FOR THE DATA GATHERING SYSTEM, A NETWORK SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING VEHICLES, AND A ON-VEHICLE DEVICE FOR THE SYSTEM

• US 20100302974A1
• Filed: 05/20/2010
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koito Electric Industries, Ltd. (Koito Manufacturing Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Koito Industries Limited
• Inventors: FURUSAWA, Kazuki, KOMATSU, Kenichiro, NIIYAMA, Hiroyuki, SAMEJIMA, Akitaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,855,009 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

There are provided a method and a device for providing communication data that provide communication data for identifying a device on a mobile object that communicates through an LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol to the device on a mobile object installed on a mobile object without a communication data provision problem caused due to a manual operation, a data gathering method and a system for a mobile object using the method and the device, the device on a mobile object for the system, a network system for organizing vehicles, and an on-vehicle device for the system.

Communication data that should be set to a device on a mobile object and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to mobile objects A to C in which devices on a mobile object 12A to 12C are installed to enable identifying each mobile object and the mobile object identification code of each mobile object in which the device on a mobile object to which the communication data should be set is installed is provided to the device on a mobile object.

Claims

1. A method for providing communication data that provides communication data, which is utilized to identify a device on a mobile object at the time of communication, to the device on a mobile object that is installed on a mobile object and constitutes at least a part of a network system that performs communication in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol through an LAN, the method comprising:

generating the communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the communication data should be set is installed; and

providing the generated communication data to the device on a mobile object as the communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object.

2. A device for providing communication data that provides communication data, which is utilized to identify a device on a mobile object at the time of communication, to the device on a mobile object that is installed on a mobile object and constitutes at least a part of a network system that performs communication in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol through an LAN, the device comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to the device on a mobile object the communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object and that is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the communication data should be set is installed.

3. The device for providing communication data according to claim 2, further comprising communication data storing means for storing the communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object and that is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device to which the communication data should be set is installed,

wherein the communication data providing means provides the communication data by reading out the communication data stored in the communication data storing means.

4. The device for providing communication data according to claim 2, further comprising:

mobile object identification code storing means for storing a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object; and

communication data generating means for generating the communication data based on the mobile object identification code stored in the mobile object identification code storing means and the prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with the mobile object identification code,

wherein the communication data providing means provides the communication data based on the communication data generated by the communication data generating means.

5. The device for providing communication data according to claim 4, wherein the data generation information is an arithmetic expression configured to calculate and generate based on the mobile object identification code the communication data predetermined in association with the mobile object identification code.

6. The device for providing communication data according to claim 2, wherein the communication protocol is Internet Protocol, and the communication data includes an Internet Protocol address.

7. The device for providing communication data according to claim 2, wherein the mobile object identification code storing means has a switch that can set electrically readable numerical values or characters.

17. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the communication protocol is Internet Protocol, and

the communication address is an Internet Protocol address.

8. A data gathering system for a mobile object, comprising a ground device installed on the ground and a plurality of devices on a mobile object each of which is installed on a mobile object and has mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning the mobile object itself and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object, wireless communication data utilized to perform wireless communication by mutually identifying the ground device and the device on a mobile object through a wireless LAN based on a predetermined wireless communication protocol being set to the device on a mobile object, the ground device being connected to the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN by the wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means being collected by the ground device, the system comprising:

wireless communication data providing means for providing to the device on a mobile object the wireless communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object and that is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the communication data should be set is installed.

10. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising wireless communication data storing means for storing the wireless communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the wireless communication data should be set is installed,

wherein the wireless communication data providing means provides the wireless communication data by reading out the wireless communication data stored in the wireless communication data.

11. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising:

mobile object identification code storing means for storing a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object; and

wireless communication data generating means for generating the wireless communication data based on the mobile object identification code stored in the mobile object identification code storing means and prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with the mobile object identification code,

wherein the wireless communication data providing means provides the wireless communication data based on the wireless communication data generated by the wireless communication data generating means.

12. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 11, wherein the data generation information is an arithmetic expression configured to calculate and generate wireless communication data for the wireless communication predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code based on the mobile object identification code.

13. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the mobile object is a vehicle that travels on a track, and the ground device is installed to enable communication with the device on a mobile object that is installed in the vehicle.

14. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 8, wherein the wireless communication data includes a wireless LAN static communication address that should be set to the device on a mobile object.

16. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the wireless communication data further includes an individual authentication code required for the ground device to allow connection of the device on a mobile object that has issued a connection request.

18. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 14 or claim 15, wherein the device on a mobile object includes the wireless communication data providing means.

19. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 11, wherein the device on a mobile object includes the mobile object identification code storing means and the wireless communication data generating means.

23. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 18, wherein the device on a mobile object uses the wireless communication data set to itself to perform wireless communication with the ground device every time an operation key of the mobile object is turned off when communication with the ground device is possible.

9. A data gathering system for a mobile object, comprising a ground device installed on the ground and a plurality of devices on a mobile object each of which is installed on a mobile object, each of the devices on a mobile object comprising an information storage unit having mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning a mobile object itself on which the device on a mobile object is installed and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object and a wireless communication unit that is mutually connected with the information storage unit by mutually performing cable communication through a cable LAN in accordance with a predetermined cable communication protocol and that performs wireless communication with the ground device through a wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol, wireless communication data configured to perform wireless communication between the ground device and the wireless communication unit and the information storage unit of the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol by mutually identifying them being set to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object, the ground device being connected with the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN based on the wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means of the information storage unit being collected by the ground device, the system comprising:

wireless communication data providing means for providing to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object the wireless communication data that should be set to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the wireless communication data should be set is installed.

15. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 9, wherein the wireless communication data includes a wireless LAN static communication address of the wireless communication unit and a routing cable that includes a wireless LAN static communication address and a cable LAN static communication address of the information storage unit.

20. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 9, wherein the information storage unit of the device on a mobile object includes the wireless communication data providing means.

21. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 20, wherein the information storage unit of the device on a mobile object comprises:

mobile object identification code storing means for storing a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object; and

wireless communication data generating means for generating the wireless communication data based on the mobile object identification code stored in the mobile object identification code storing means and prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with the mobile object identification code, and

the wireless communication data providing means provides the wireless communication data based on the wireless communication data generated by the wireless communication data generating means.

22. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 21, wherein the mobile object identification code storing means is detachably disposed to the information storage unit.

24. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 20, wherein the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object uses the wireless communication data set to itself to perform wireless communication with the ground device every time an operation key of the mobile object is turned off when communication with the ground device is possible.

25. The data gathering system for a mobile object according to claim 24, wherein the wireless communication data providing means performs an operation of providing the wireless communication data before starting the wireless communication every time the operation key of the mobile object is turned off.

26. A device on a mobile object for a data gathering system for a mobile object, the device of which has mobile object information storing means that is installed in each of a plurality of mobile objects and stores mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning an installed mobile object itself and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object and is connected to a ground device installed on the ground through a wireless LAN to constitute a data gathering system for a mobile object, wireless communication data configured to effect wireless communication with the ground device by performing mutual identification through the wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol being set, the device being connected with the ground device through the wireless LAN based on the wireless communication with the ground device using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means being collected by the ground device, the device on a mobile object comprising:

wireless communication data providing means for providing to itself the wireless communication data that should be set and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object to be installed so as to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the installed mobile object.

27. A device on a mobile object for a data gathering system for a mobile object, the device being installed in each of a plurality of mobile objects and comprising:

an information storage unit having mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning an installed mobile object itself and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object; and

a wireless communication unit that is mutually connected to the information storage unit by mutually effecting cable communication through a cable LAN based on a predetermined cable communication protocol and performs wireless communication with the ground device through a wireless LAN based on a predetermined wireless communication protocol, wireless communication data configured to perform wireless communication between the ground device, the wireless communication unit and the information storage unit through the wireless LAN based on a predetermined communication protocol by mutual identification being set to the wireless communication unit, the device on a mobile object being connected to the ground device through the wireless LAN based on wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means of the information storage unit being collected by the ground device, the device on a mobile object comprising;

wireless communication data providing means for providing to the wireless communication unit the wireless communication data that should be set to the wireless communication unit of itself and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object to be installed so as to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the installed mobile object.

28. A method for providing wireless communication data for a data gathering system for a mobile object, the method providing the wireless communication data to a device on a mobile object in the data gathering system for a mobile object, the system comprising a ground device installed on the ground and a plurality of devices on a mobile object each of which is installed on a mobile object and has mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning the mobile object itself and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object, wireless communication data utilized to perform wireless communication by mutually identifying the ground device and the device on a mobile object through a wireless LAN based on a predetermined wireless communication protocol being set to the device on a mobile object, the ground device being connected to the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN by the wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means being collected by the ground device,

wherein the wireless communication data that should beset to the device on a mobile object is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the wireless mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the communication data should be set is installed, and

the generated wireless communication data is provided to the device on a mobile object as the wireless communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object.

29. A method for providing wireless communication data for a data gathering system for a mobile object, the method providing the wireless communication data to a wireless communication unit of a device on a mobile object in the data gathering system for a mobile object, the system comprising a ground device installed on the ground and a plurality of devices on a mobile object each of which is installed on a mobile object, each of the devices on a mobile object comprising information storage unit having mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning a mobile object itself on which the device on a mobile object is installed and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object and the wireless communication unit that is mutually connected with the information storage unit by mutually performing cable communication through a cable LAN in accordance with a predetermined cable communication protocol and that performs wireless communication with the ground device through a wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol, wireless communication data configured to perform wireless communication between the ground device and the wireless communication unit and the information storage unit of the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol by mutually identifying them being set to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object, the ground device being connected with the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN based on the wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means of the information storage unit being collected by the ground device,

wherein the wireless communication data that should be set to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the wireless communication data should be set is installed, and

the generated wireless communication data is provided to the wireless communication unit in the device on a mobile object as the wireless communication data that should be set to the wireless communication unit in the device on a mobile object.

30. A device for providing wireless communication data for a data gathering system for a mobile object, the device providing the wireless communication data to a device on a mobile object in the data gathering system for a mobile object, the system comprising a ground device installed on the ground and a plurality of devices on a mobile object each of which is installed on a mobile object and has mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning the mobile object itself and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object, wireless communication data utilized to perform wireless communication by mutually identifying the ground device and the device on a mobile object through a wireless LAN based on a predetermined wireless communication protocol being set to the device on a mobile object, the ground device being connected to the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN by the wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means being collected by the ground device, the device comprising:

wireless communication data providing means for providing to the device on a mobile object the communication data that should be set to the device on a mobile object and that is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the wireless mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the communication data should be set is installed.

31. A device for providing wireless communication data for a data gathering system for a mobile object, the device providing the wireless communication data to a wireless communication unit in the data gathering system for a mobile object, the system comprising a ground device installed on the ground and a plurality of devices on a mobile object each of which is installed on a mobile object, each of the devices on a mobile object comprising information storage unit having mobile object information storing means for storing mobile object information including at least one of first mobile object information concerning a mobile object itself on which the device on a mobile object is installed and second mobile object information concerning a device mounted in the mobile object and a wireless communication unit that is mutually connected with the information storage unit by mutually performing cable communication through a cable LAN in accordance with a predetermined cable communication protocol and that performs wireless communication with the ground device through a wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol, wireless communication data configured to perform wireless communication between the ground device and the wireless communication unit and the information storage unit of the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol by mutually identifying them being set to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object, the ground device being connected with the device on a mobile object through the wireless LAN based on the wireless communication using the set wireless communication data, the mobile object information stored in the mobile object information storing means of the information storage unit being collected by the ground device, the device comprising:

wireless communication data providing means for providing to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object the wireless communication data that should be set to the wireless communication unit of the device on a mobile object and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the wireless communication data predetermined in association with a mobile object identification code previously provided to the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object is installed to enable identifying the mobile object and the mobile object identification code of the mobile object on which the device on a mobile object to which the wireless communication data should be set is installed.

32. A network system for organizing vehicles comprising an on-vehicle device installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track, communication data utilized to communicate by mutually identifying the on-vehicle devices through a vehicle unit LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol being set to the on-vehicle devices, the on-vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN by communication using the set communication data, the system comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to the on-vehicle device the communication data that should be set to the on-vehicle device and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in accordance with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device to which the communication data should be set is installed.

34. The network system for organizing vehicles according to claim 32 or 33, further comprising communication data storing means for storing the communication data that should be set to the on-vehicle device or the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device in the on vehicle device and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device to which the communication data should be set is installed,

wherein the communication data providing means provides the communication data by reading out the communication data stored in the communication data storing means.

35. The network system for organizing vehicles according to claim 32 or 33, further comprising:

vehicle identification code storing means for storing a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle; and

communication data generating means for generating the communication data based on the vehicle identification code stored in the vehicle identification code storing means and prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with the vehicle identification code,

wherein the communication data providing means provides the communication data based on the communication data generated by the communication data generating means.

36. The network system for organizing vehicles according to any one of claims 32 or 33, wherein the data generation information is an arithmetic expression configured to calculate and generate based on the vehicle identification code the communication data for the communication predetermined in association with the vehicle identification code.

33. A network system for organizing vehicles comprising an on-vehicle device installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track, the on-vehicle device having a plurality of terminal devices and a network control device that is mutually connected to the plurality of terminal devices by mutually performing communication through an in-vehicle LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and also communicates with the on-vehicle devices installed in the other vehicles through a vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, communication data configured to perform communication by mutually identifying the terminal devices installed in all the vehicles in the vehicle unit and the network control devices installed in the other vehicles through the vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol being set to the network control device, the on vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data, the system comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device in the on-vehicle device the communication data that is generated to be set to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device in the on-vehicle device based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device to which the communication data should be set is installed.

37. An on-vehicle device for a network system for organizing vehicles, the on-vehicle device being installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track and connected through a vehicle unit LAN to constitute the network system for organizing vehicles, communication data configured to perform communication by mutual identification through the vehicle unit LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol being set, the on-vehicle device being connected through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data, the on vehicle device comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to itself the communication data that should be set and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle to be installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the installed vehicle.

38. An on-vehicle device for a network system for organizing vehicles, the on-vehicle device being installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track and connected through a vehicle unit LAN to constitute the network system for organizing vehicles, the on-vehicle device having a plurality of terminal devices and a network control unit that is mutually connected with the plurality of terminal devices by performing mutual communication through an in vehicle LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and performs communication through the vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, communication data configured to perform communication between the terminal devices installed in all the vehicles in the vehicle unit and the network control units installed in the other vehicles by mutual identification through the vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol being set to the network control unit, the on-vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data, the on-vehicle device comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control unit the communication data that is generated to be set to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control unit of itself based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle to be installed to enable identifying the vehicle unit LAN and the vehicle identification code of the installed vehicle.

39. A method for providing communication data for a network system for organizing vehicles, the method providing communication data to an on-vehicle device in the network system for organizing vehicles, the system comprising the on-vehicle device installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track, the communication data configured to perform communication between the on-vehicle devices by mutual identification through a vehicle unit LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol being set to the on-vehicle device, the on-vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data,

wherein the communication data that should be set is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device to which the communication data should be set is installed, and

the generated communication data is provided to the on-vehicle device as the communication data that should be set.

40. A method for providing communication data for a network system for organizing vehicles, the method providing communication data to a plurality of terminal devices and a network control device in the network system for organizing vehicles, the system comprising an on vehicle device installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track, the on-vehicle device having the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device that is mutually connected to the plurality of terminal devices by performing mutual communication through an in-vehicle LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and performs communication with the on-vehicle devices installed in the other vehicles through a vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the communication data configured to perform communication between the terminal devices installed in all the vehicles in the vehicle unit and the network control devices installed in the other vehicles by performing mutual identification through the vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol being set to the network control device, the on-vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data,

wherein the communication data that should be set to the network control unit in the on-vehicle device is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle, and

the generated communication data is provided to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device in the on-vehicle device as the communication data that should be set to the network control unit in the on vehicle device.

41. A device for providing communication data for a network system for organizing vehicles, the device providing the communication data to an on-vehicle device in the network system for organizing vehicles, the system comprising the on-vehicle device installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track, the communication data configured to perform communication between the on-vehicle devices by performing mutual identification through a vehicle unit LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol being set to the on-vehicle device, the on-vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data, the device comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to the on-vehicle device the communication data that should be set to the on-vehicle device and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle in which on-vehicle device to which the communication data should be set is installed.

42. A device for providing communication data for a network system for organizing vehicles, the device providing communication data to a plurality of terminals and a network control device in the network system for organizing vehicles, the system comprising an on-vehicle device installed in each vehicle in a vehicle unit including a plurality of vehicles each traveling on a track, the on-vehicle device having the plurality of terminal devices and a network control device that is mutually connected to the plurality of terminal devices by performing mutual communication through an in-vehicle LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and performs communication with the on-vehicle devices installed in the other vehicles through a vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the communication data configured to perform communication between the terminal devices installed in all the vehicles in the vehicle unit and the network control devices installed in the other vehicles by performing mutual identification through the vehicle unit LAN in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the on vehicle devices being connected to each other through the vehicle unit LAN based on communication using the set communication data, the device comprising:

communication data providing means for providing to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device in the on-vehicle device the communication data that should be set to the plurality of terminal devices and the network control device in the on-vehicle device and is generated based on prepared data generation information representing the communication data predetermined in association with a vehicle identification code previously provided to the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device is installed to enable identifying the vehicle and the vehicle identification code of the vehicle in which the on-vehicle device to which the communication data should be set is installed.