Narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus

• US 7,336,932 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2001
• Issued: 02/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Takikita, Mamoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang; Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hashem; Lisa
• Application Number:
  US09/931,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20020102943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,384 Days
• Field of Search: 340/928, 340/905, 340/447, 340/505, 340/572.1, 455/434, 455/99, 455/67.11
• US Class Current: 455/99
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength

Abstract

The present invention provides a narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus capable of performing communication in which there are normally no discrepancies with on-road systems when the apparatus starts up. The narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising: a radiocommunication portion 2 for sending and receiving with an on-road device via an antenna 1, a field intensity measuring portion 3 for detecting a radio field intensity, a control microcomputer 4 for controlling various equipment and a nonvolatile memory 5, wherein the control microcomputer 4 stores in the nonvolatile memory 5 randomly generated communication registration identification data when communication is opened or when the apparatus starts up, and communication is performed using communication registration identification data stored in the nonvolatile memory 5 in a case where the radio field intensity is in a communication range when the apparatus starts up.

Claims

1. A narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus comprising:

a radio-communication portion for sending and receiving with an on-road device via an antenna, a field intensity measuring portion for detecting a radio field intensity, a control microcomputer for controlling various equipment and a nonvolatile memory, wherein

said control microcomputer stores in said nonvolatile memory randomly generated communication registration identification data when communication is opened or when said apparatus starts up, and communication is performed using communication registration identification data stored in said nonvolatile memory in a case where said radio field intensity is in a communication range when said apparatus starts up,

wherein said randomly generated communication registration identification data is generated based on the field intensity measured by the field intensity measuring portion, and

wherein said narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus is mounted to a vehicle.

2. The narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control microcomputer stores in said nonvolatile memory randomly generated communication registration identification data only when said apparatus starts up.

3. The narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said randomly generated communication registration identification data is generated when the measured field intensity indicates that said apparatus is out of communications range.

4. The narrow band communication vehicle-mounted apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said randomly generated communication registration identification data is not generated when the measured field intensity indicates that said apparatus is within communications range.