WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20180027388A1
• Filed: 12/08/2015
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: KUMABE, Seigou, YAMASHIRO, Takahisa, KIDA, Naoyuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,735,911 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling 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]

Abstract

A wireless communication device used in a vehicle is provided, includes a communicator that performs wireless communication with a service provider terminal, a vehicle condition acquirer that acquires a condition of the vehicle, a correspondence storage that stores a correspondence of what type of service is available under what condition of the vehicle, and an availability determiner that determines whether the service provided by the service provider terminal is available under the condition of the vehicle acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, based on service type information included received by the communicator, the condition of the vehicle acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, and the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage. When the availability determiner determines that the service is unavailable, the communicator does not open a service channel designated by the service provider terminal.

Claims

1. A wireless communication device used in a vehicle, comprising:

a communicator that performs wireless communication with a service provider terminal, wherein the service provider terminal switches between a control channel for communication connection control and a plurality of service channels for service provision,

wherein the communicator receives a service initiation notice, which is transmitted on the control channel from the service provider terminal and which includes service type information indicative of type of service provided by the service provider terminal and channel designation information designating a service channel to be used for service provision from the service provider terminal;

a vehicle condition acquirer that acquires a condition of the vehicle;

a correspondence storage that stores a correspondence of what type of service is available under what condition of the vehicle; and

an availability determiner that determines whether the service provided by the service provider terminal from which the service initiation notice is transmitted is available under the condition of the vehicle that is acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, based on

the service type information included in the service initiation notice received by the communicator,

the condition of the vehicle that is acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, and

the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage,

wherein, when the availability determiner determines that the service is unavailable, the communicator does not open the service channel designated by the channel designation information included in the service initiation notice.

2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a travel determiner that determines whether the vehicle is traveling,

wherein

the vehicle condition acquirer acquires, as the condition of the vehicle, information that is generated by the travel determiner and indicative of whether the vehicle is traveling.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein:

the service includes an automatic payment service; and

the vehicle condition acquirer acquires, as the condition of the vehicle, at least either one of information indicative of whether a payment onboard unit, which performs automatic payment in coordination with the wireless communication device, is mounted in the vehicle and information indicative of whether the payment onboard unit is in a payment-capable state.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 2, wherein based on determining by the availability determiner that the service is available, the communicator opens the service channel designated by the channel designation information,

the wireless communication device further comprising:

a position acquirer that successively acquires a current position of the vehicle; and

a confirmer that confirms whether the current position of the vehicle that is acquired by the position acquirer is within an area where the service determined by the availability determiner to be available is available;

wherein;

even when the service channel is opened based on determining by the availability determiner that the service is available, the communicator closes the service channel upon the confirmer confirming that the current position of the vehicle that is acquired by the position acquirer is not within the area where the service determined by the availability determiner to be available is available.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the vehicle condition acquirer successively acquires the current position of the vehicle as the condition of the vehicle.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein

the communicator further receives a position of the service provider terminal, the position being transmitted from the service provider terminal,

the wireless communication device further comprising:

a position acquirer that successively acquires a current position of the vehicle; and

a departure determiner that determines whether the vehicle is leaving the service provider terminal, based on the current position of the vehicle that is successively acquired by the position acquirer and on the position of the service provider terminal that is received by the communicator,

wherein

when the departure determiner determines that the vehicle is leaving the service provider terminal, the wireless communication device excludes the service provider terminal from processing targets.

7. The wireless communication device according to claim 4, wherein

the communicator further receives a position of the service provider terminal, the position being transmitted from the service provider terminal,

the wireless communication device further comprising:

a departure determiner that determines whether the vehicle is leaving the service provider terminal, based on the successively acquired current position of the vehicle and on the position of the service provider terminal that is received by the communicator,

wherein

when the departure determiner determines that the vehicle is leaving the service provider terminal, the wireless communication device excludes the service provider terminal from processing targets.

8. A wireless communication device used in a vehicle, comprising:

a communicator that performs wireless communication with a service provider terminal, wherein the service provider terminal switches between a control channel for communication connection control and a plurality of service channels for service provision,

wherein the communicator receives a service initiation notice, which is transmitted on the control channel from the service provider terminal and which includes service type information indicative of type of service provided by the service provider terminal and channel designation information designating a service channel to be used for service provision from the service provider terminal,

wherein the communicator, upon receipt of the service initiation notice, opens a service channel designated by the channel designation information included in the service initiation notice;

a vehicle condition acquirer that acquires a condition of the vehicle;

a correspondence storage that stores a correspondence of what type of service is available under what condition of the vehicle; and

an availability determiner that determines whether the service provided by the service provider terminal from which the service initiation notice is transmitted is available under the condition of the vehicle that is acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, based on

the service type information included in the service initiation notice received by the communicator,

the condition of the vehicle that is acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, and

the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage, wherein

when the availability determiner determines that the service is unavailable, the communicator closes the service channel that is opened based on the channel designation information included in the service initiation notice.