VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20180184274A1
• Filed: 12/18/2017
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: NAKAGAWA, Masashi
• Granted Patent: US 10,834,553 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• 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 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A vehicle communication system includes a first on-board device a first on-board device installed in a vehicle and a first communication device configured to be connected to the first on-board device. Individual identification information used to identify the first communication device as an individual communication terminal is added to the first communication device. The first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the first on-board device. The first on-board device is configured to associate vehicle information of the vehicle with the individual identification information and transmit the vehicle information associated with the individual identification information to an information device via the first communication device.

Claims

1. A vehicle communication system comprising:

a first on-board device installed in a vehicle; and

a first communication device configured to be connected to the first on-board device, wherein

individual identification information used to identify the first communication device as an individual communication terminal is added to the first communication device,

the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the first on-board device, and

the first on-board device is configured to associate vehicle information of the vehicle with the individual identification information and transmit the vehicle information associated with the individual identification information to an information device via the first communication device.

3. The vehicle communication system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second on-board device installed in the vehicle, wherein

the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the second on-board device, and

the second on-board device is configured to associate vehicle information of the vehicle with the individual identification information and transmit the vehicle information associated with the individual identification information to an information device via the first communication device.

4. The vehicle communication system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second on-board device installed in the vehicle; and

a second communication device configured to be connected to the second on-board device, wherein

the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the second on-board device, and

the second on-board device is configured to associate vehicle information of the vehicle with the individual identification information and transmit the vehicle information associated with the individual identification information to an information device via the second communication device.

5. The vehicle communication system according to claim 4, wherein the information device to which the first communication device transmits the vehicle information and the information device to which the second communication device transmits the vehicle information include the same information center.

6. The vehicle communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication line that connects the first communication device and the first on-board device, wherein the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the first on-board device via the communication line.

7. The vehicle communication system according to claim 3, further comprising a communication line that connects the first communication device and the second on-board device, wherein the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the second on-board device via the communication line.

8. The vehicle communication system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first communication line that connects the first communication device and the first on-board device; and

a second communication line that connects the first communication device and the second on-board device, wherein

the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the first on-board device via the first communication line and transmit the individual identification information to the second on-board device via the second communication line.

9. The vehicle communication system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first communication line that connects the first communication device and the first on-board device; and

a second communication line that connects the first on-board device and the second on-board device, wherein

the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the first on-board device via the first communication line and transmit the individual identification information to the second on-board device via the second communication line via the first on-board device.

2. A vehicle communication system comprising:

a first on-board device installed in a vehicle;

a first communication device configured to be connected to the first on-board device; and

a second communication device configured to be connected to the first on-board device, wherein

individual identification information used to identify the first communication device as an individual communication terminal is added to the first communication device,

the first communication device is configured to transmit the individual identification information to the first on-board device, and

the first on-board device is configured to associate vehicle information of the vehicle with the individual identification information and transmit the vehicle information associated with the individual identification information to an information device via the second communication device.