VEHICLE MOUNTED COMMUNICATION UNIT AND SERVICE PROVISION SYSTEM

• US 20170013559A1
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Original Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd. (Faurecia SA)
• Inventors: SUMITOMO, Yoshitaka, YONEMITSU, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,075,921 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0258 controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

To resolve an abnormal state while minimizing loss of convenience for a user. A TCU 10 which communicates with a server terminal 7 providing service for a vehicle via a mobile telephone network 3 for receiving provision of the service, includes a main control unit 20, and a communication module 21 for communicating with the mobile telephone network 3, and the main control unit 20 resets an operation state of the communication module 21 when communication for receiving the service is not available.

Claims

1. A vehicle mounted communication unit which communicates with a server terminal providing service for a vehicle via a mobile communication network for receiving provision of the service, the vehicle mounted communication unit comprising:

a control unit; and

a communication module performing communication through the mobile communication network,

wherein the control unit resets an operation state of the communication module when communication for receiving the service is not available.

2. The vehicle mounted communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit resets the operation state of the communication module when connection to the mobile communication network cannot be performed over a predetermined period, when communication with the server terminal is failed over a predetermined number of times, or when the communication module does not respond.

3. The vehicle mounted communication unit according to claim 1,

wherein a power saving mode in which power consumption is suppressed is provided as an operation mode, and

the control unit resets the operation state of the communication module every time the operation mode is returned from the power saving mode.

5. The vehicle mounted communication unit according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit returns the operation mode from the power saving mode when communication transmitted from the server terminal is received or when predetermined conditions in which it is determined that data is transmitted to the server terminal are satisfied.

6. The vehicle mounted communication unit according to claim 3,

wherein the control unit makes the operation mode shift to the power saving mode when a power source of the vehicle is stopped, and

the control unit returns the operation mode from the power saving mode and resets the operation state of the communication module when the power source is started.

7. The vehicle mounted communication unit according to claim 1, comprising:

an interface unit connected to a vehicle mounted network provided at the vehicle,

wherein a signal is transmitted/received to/from an electric component or vehicle mounted equipment connected to the vehicle mounted network through the interface unit.

4. A vehicle mounted communication unit which communicates with a server terminal providing service for a vehicle via a mobile communication network for receiving provision of the service, the vehicle mounted communication unit comprising:

a control unit; and

a communication module performing communication through the mobile communication network,

wherein the control unit has a power saving mode in which power consumption is suppressed as an operation mode, and

the control unit resets an operation state of the communication module every time the operation mode is returned from the power saving mode.

8. A service provision system comprising:

a server terminal providing service for a vehicle; and

a vehicle mounted communication unit communicating with the server terminal via a mobile communication network for receiving provision of the service,

wherein the vehicle mounted communication unit comprises;

a control unit; and

a communication module performing communication through the mobile communication network, and

when communication for receiving the service is not available, the control unit resets an operation state of the communication module.

9. A service provision system comprising:

a server terminal providing service for a vehicle; and

a vehicle mounted communication unit communicating with the server terminal via a mobile communication network for receiving provision of the service,

wherein the vehicle mounted communication unit comprises;

a control unit; and

a communication module performing communication through the mobile communication network, and

the control unit has a power saving mode in which power consumption is suppressed as an operation mode, and

the control unit resets an operation state of the communication module every time the operation mode is returned from the power saving mode.