VEHICULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vehicular wireless communication apparatus, disposed in a subject vehicle, communicating with an object vehicle side wireless communication apparatus disposed in an object vehicle, the vehicular wireless communication apparatus comprising:
- an information acquisition unit successively acquiring an information at least including a current position information of the subject vehicle, the information acquired being transmitted through wireless communication;
a reception unit receiving, from the object vehicle side wireless communication apparatus, (i) current position information indicating a position of the object vehicle and (ii) an independent sensor information indicating at least one of (a) whether the object vehicle is equipped with a range sensor that independently detects a distance to an obstacle in front of the object vehicle and (b) whether the range sensor has succeeded or failed to detect the obstacle;
a following vehicle information reception determination unit determining whether the object vehicle is an immediate following vehicle immediately following the subject vehicle, based on a current position of the subject vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit and the current position information of the object vehicle received by the reception unit; and
a transmission cycle control unit changing a transmission cycle for transmitting the current position information of the subject vehicle, whereinwhen the following vehicle information reception determination unit determines that the object vehicle is the immediate following vehicle of the subject vehicle, the transmission cycle control unit changes the transmission cycle based on the independent sensor information of the immediate following vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicular wireless communication apparatus is disposed in a subject vehicle to establish vehicle-to-vehicle communication between the subject vehicle and other vehicles having the apparatus. The apparatus of the subject vehicle receives sensor state information from an immediate following vehicle. Based on the sensor state information, the apparatus of the subject vehicle controls a transmission cycle of the information transmitted. A longer interval is selected when the immediate following vehicle has a range sensor and the range sensor successfully detects an obstacle in front of it. A standard interval, shorter than the longer interval, is selected when the immediate following vehicle does not have the range sensor or when the immediate following vehicle has the range sensor but the range sensor failed to detect the obstacle. Therefore, the transmission cycle is dependent upon the need of the information while preventing congestion of information transmission.
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1. A vehicular wireless communication apparatus, disposed in a subject vehicle, communicating with an object vehicle side wireless communication apparatus disposed in an object vehicle, the vehicular wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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an information acquisition unit successively acquiring an information at least including a current position information of the subject vehicle, the information acquired being transmitted through wireless communication; a reception unit receiving, from the object vehicle side wireless communication apparatus, (i) current position information indicating a position of the object vehicle and (ii) an independent sensor information indicating at least one of (a) whether the object vehicle is equipped with a range sensor that independently detects a distance to an obstacle in front of the object vehicle and (b) whether the range sensor has succeeded or failed to detect the obstacle; a following vehicle information reception determination unit determining whether the object vehicle is an immediate following vehicle immediately following the subject vehicle, based on a current position of the subject vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit and the current position information of the object vehicle received by the reception unit; and a transmission cycle control unit changing a transmission cycle for transmitting the current position information of the subject vehicle, wherein when the following vehicle information reception determination unit determines that the object vehicle is the immediate following vehicle of the subject vehicle, the transmission cycle control unit changes the transmission cycle based on the independent sensor information of the immediate following vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication system comprising:
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a vehicular wireless communication apparatus disposed in a vehicle for establishing vehicle to vehicle communication by way of wireless communication between vehicles having the vehicular wireless communication apparatus disposed therein, the vehicular wireless communication apparatus including, an information acquisition unit successively acquiring information at least including a current position information of the vehicle, wherein the acquired information is transmitted through wireless communication, a reception unit receiving, from a vehicle side wireless communication apparatus of another vehicle, (i) current position information indicating a position of the other vehicle and (ii) an independent sensor information indicating (a) whether the other vehicle is equipped with a range sensor that independently detects a distance to an obstacle in front of the other vehicle and (b) whether the range sensor has succeeded or failed to detect the obstacle, a following vehicle information reception determination unit determining whether the other vehicle is an immediate following vehicle immediately following the vehicle, based on a current position of the vehicle acquired by the information acquisition unit and the current position information of the other vehicle received by the reception unit, a transmission cycle control unit changing a transmission cycle for transmitting the current position information of the vehicle, when the following vehicle information reception determination unit determines that the other vehicle is the immediate following vehicle of the vehicle, the transmission cycle control unit changes the transmission cycle based on the independent sensor information of the immediate following vehicle; a subject vehicle having the vehicular wireless communication apparatus disposed therein; and an object vehicle having the vehicular wireless communication apparatus disposed therein, the object vehicle being an immediate following vehicle of the subject vehicle, wherein the vehicular wireless communication apparatus of the object vehicle transmits to the subject vehicle the current position information and the independent sensor information of the object vehicle, and the vehicular wireless communication apparatus of the subject vehicle determines that the object vehicle is an immediate following vehicle of the subject vehicle, and changes the transmission cycle for transmitting the current position information of the subject vehicle to the object vehicle based on the independent sensor information of the object vehicle.
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