RECEIVER, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECEIVING METHOD

• US 20120309299A1
• Filed: 02/17/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kimura, Arinobu, Okada, Hiroki, Murakami, Hiroko, Nakashima, Kazuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,588,715 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/39
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/61 Signal comprising different frequencies, e.g. frequency hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/20 using signal quality detector

Abstract

A receiver (200) that receives a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter includes a receiving unit (2042) that receives a signal that is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter at one of a plurality of transmission frequencies, a receiving frequency change determining unit (2048) that determines whether a receiving frequency is to be changed, based on the signal received by the receiving unit, and a communication error acceptance time setting unit (2046) that sets an acceptance time as a period of time for which communication errors after confirmation of a receiving operation are accepted, based on the signal received by the receiving unit. The communication error acceptance time setting unit sets the acceptance time to different periods of time, depending on whether the receiving frequency change determining unit determines that the receiving frequency is to be changed.

Claims

1. A receiver that receives a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter, comprising:

a receiving unit that receives a signal that is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter at one of a plurality of transmission frequencies;

a receiving frequency change determining unit that determines whether a receiving frequency is to be changed, based on the signal received by the receiving unit; and

a communication error acceptance time setting unit that sets an acceptance time as a period of time for which communication errors after confirmation of a receiving operation are accepted, based on the signal received by the receiving unit, wherein

the communication error acceptance time setting unit sets the acceptance time to different periods of time, depending on whether the receiving frequency change determining unit determines that the receiving frequency is to be changed.

2. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the communication error acceptance time setting unit sets the acceptance time for which communication errors are accepted after processing of a frame is confirmed, such that the acceptance time set in the case where the receiving frequency change determining unit determines that the receiving frequency is to be changed is shorter than the acceptance time set in the case where the receiving frequency change determining unit does not determine that the receiving frequency is to be changed.

3. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the receiving frequency change determining unit determines whether the receiving frequency is to be changed, based on whether a flag bit is included in the signal received by the receiving unit.

4. The receiver according to claim 3, wherein the determination as to whether the flag bit is included in the signal received by the receiving unit is made depending on whether an operating button on the transmitter is pressed for a long time.

5. The receiver according to claim 1, wherein the receiving frequency change determining unit determines whether the receiving frequency is to be changed, based on a receiving time as a period of time for which the signal is received by the receiving unit.

6. A wireless communication system including a transmitter, and a receiver that receives a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter, wherein:

the transmitter wirelessly transmits a signal at one of a plurality of transmission frequencies;

the receiver includes a receiving unit that receives the signal wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter, a receiving frequency change determining unit that determines whether a receiving frequency is to be changed, based on the signal received by the receiving unit, and a communication error acceptance time setting unit that sets an acceptance time as a period of time for which communication errors after confirmation of a receiving operation are accepted, based on the signal received by the receiving unit; and

the communication error acceptance time setting unit sets the acceptance time to different periods of time, depending on whether the receiving frequency change determining unit determines that the receiving frequency is to be changed.

7. A signal receiving method according to which a receiver receives a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter, comprising:

receiving a signal that is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter at one of a plurality of transmission frequencies;

determining whether a receiving frequency is to be changed, based on the received signal; and

setting an acceptance time as a period of time for which communication errors after confirmation of a receiving operation are accepted, based on the received signal, wherein the acceptance time is set to different periods of time, depending on whether it is determined that the receiving frequency is to be changed.