COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20140215567A1
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Company Limited (Nidec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Company Limited (Nidec Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoshizawa, Daisuke, Ohata, Hirofumi, Tomita, Yosuke
• Application Number:
  US14/164,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215567A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/3
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/61 Signal comprising different frequencies, e.g. frequency hopping
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/122 Counter-measures against attacks; Protection against rogue devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/79 Radio fingerprint

Abstract

A communication system has a first communication device, and a second communication device conduct wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device has a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device, and a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter. The second communication device has a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device, a first reception controller that controls the first receiver, a signal processor that processes the signal received by the first receiver, and a determination part that determines whether the signal received by the first receiver is a normal signal. When transmitting a predetermined first signal, the first transmission controller divides the first signal into a plurality of segments to change a transmission frequency of the first transmitter in units of segments.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a first communication device; and

a second communication device conduct wireless communication with the first communication device,

wherein the first communication device comprises;

a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device, and

a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter,

wherein the second communication device comprises;

a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device,

a first reception controller that controls the first receiver,

a signal processor that processes the signal received by the first receiver, and

a determination part that determines whether the signal received by the first receiver is a normal signal,

wherein, when transmitting a predetermined first signal, the first transmission controller divides the first signal into a plurality of segments to change a transmission frequency of the first transmitter in units of segments,

wherein, when receiving the first signal, the first reception controller changes a reception frequency of the first receiver according to the transmission frequency of each segment,

wherein the signal processor combines the segments of the first signal, and

wherein the determination part determines whether the combined first signal is the normal signal.

2. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the first communication device further comprises:

a second receiver that receives a signal from the second communication device; and

a second reception controller that controls the second receiver,

wherein the second communication device further comprises;

a setting part that sets the transmission frequency of each segment of the first signal,

a second transmitter that transmits the signal to the first communication device, and

a second transmission controller that controls the second transmitter,

wherein the second transmission controller performs control to transmit a second signal including setting information indicating a setting content performed by the setting part,

wherein the first transmission controller sets the transmission frequency of each segment of the first signal to a transmission frequency set by the setting part, and

wherein the first reception controller changes the reception frequency of the first receiver based on the transmission frequency of each segment, the transmission frequency of each segment being set by the setting part.

3. The communication system according to claim 2,

wherein the setting part further sets a first-signal dividing method into the segments,

wherein the first transmission controller divides the first signal into the plurality of segments by the dividing method set by the setting part, and sets the transmission frequency of each segment to a transmission frequency set by the setting part, and

wherein the first reception controller changes the reception frequency of the first receiver based on the first-signal dividing method into the segments and the transmission frequency of each segment, the first-signal dividing method into the segments and the transmission frequency of each segment being set by the setting part.

4. The communication system according to claim 2,

wherein the second communication device is provided in a vehicle,

wherein the second communication device further includes a vehicle controller that controls processing of the vehicle,

wherein the second transmission controller performs control so as to transmit the second signal when a predetermined operation is performed to the vehicle, or the second transmission controller performs control so as to periodically transmit the second signal,

wherein the first transmission controller performs control such that the first signal is transmitted in response to the second signal, and

wherein the vehicle controller issues a command to perform a predetermined processing of the vehicle when the first signal is determined to be the normal signal.

5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first transmission controller divides the first signal into a previously-set number of segments, and sets the transmission frequency of each segment to a previously-set transmission frequency.

6. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the determination part determines whether the signal is the normal signal in each segment of the first signal.

9. The communication system according to claim 3,

wherein the second communication device is provided in a vehicle,

wherein the second communication device further includes a vehicle controller that controls processing of the vehicle,

wherein the second transmission controller performs control so as to transmit the second signal when a predetermined operation is performed to the vehicle, or the second transmission controller performs control so as to periodically transmit the second signal,

wherein the first transmission controller performs control such that the first signal is transmitted in response to the second signal, and

wherein the vehicle controller issues a command to perform a predetermined processing of the vehicle when the first signal is determined to be the normal signal.

10. The communication system according to claim 2, wherein the determination part determines whether the signal is the normal signal in each segment of the first signal.

11. The communication system according to claim 3, wherein the determination part determines whether the signal is the normal signal in each segment of the first signal.

12. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein the determination part determines whether the signal is the normal signal in each segment of the first signal.

13. The communication system according to claim 5, wherein the determination part determines whether the signal is the normal signal in each segment of the first signal.

7. A communication device that conducts wireless communication with another communication device, comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a signal to the another communication device; and

a transmission controller that controls the transmitter,

wherein, when transmitting a predetermined signal, the transmission controller divides the predetermined signal into a plurality of segments to change a transmission frequency of the transmitter in units of segments.

8. A communication device that conducts wireless communication with another communication device, comprising:

a receiver that receives a signal from the another communication device;

a reception controller that controls the receiver;

a signal processor that processes the signal received by the receiver; and

a determination part that determines whether the signal received by the receiver is a normal signal,

wherein, when receiving a predetermined signal being divided into a plurality of segments by the another communication device to change a transmission frequency in units of segments, the reception controller changes a reception frequency of the receiver according to the transmission frequency of each segment,

wherein the signal processor combines the segments of the predetermined signal, and

wherein the determination part determines whether the combined predetermined signal is the normal signal.