Radio apparatus transmitting or receiving a signal including predetermined information

• US 8,644,858 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagai, Makoto, Kojima, Noriaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lai, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/425,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20120238296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 340/904, 340/938, 340/435, 340/531, 340/532, 3405391-5393, 701/300, 701/301
• US Class Current: 455/456.6
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/166 for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0816 with collision avoidance

Abstract

An extracting unit detects movement from a first area to a second area, the first area and the second area defined as areas having different priorities. When the extracting unit detects the movement, this changes a communication process defined in the first area to the communication process defined in the second area. A notifying unit notifies that the area changed when the movement is detected. Herein, the priority of the first area and the priority of the second area are defined according to importance of a signal, which should be broadcasted from a processing unit.

Claims

1. A radio apparatus comprising:

a detector configured to detect movement of the radio apparatus between an inner area and an outer area, the inner area being inside a boundary including intersection and the outer area being outside the boundary; and

a communicating unit configured to perform one of a first communication process for the inner area to transmit a first packet signal, and a second communication process for the outer area to transmit a second packet signal, depending on whether the radio apparatus is within the inner or outer area, the first packet signal being more important than the second packet signal for collision prevention of vehicles, wherein

when the detector detects that the radio apparatus moves from the inner area to the outer area, the detector outputs a signal to notify a user that the radio apparatus has moved to the outer area from the inner area.

2. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the boundary is defined based on whether a signal from a base station is receivable by the radio apparatus, and when the radio apparatus is within the inner area, the radio apparatus receives a signal from the base station.

3. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the communication unit broadcasts the first packet signal of the first communication process during a period defined in a frame for the first communication process, the first packet being for another radio apparatus, and

the communication unit broadcasts the second packet signal of the second communication process, irrespective of the period defined in the frame for the first communication process, the second packet is being for another radio apparatus.

4. The radio apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit the first and second packet signals to another radio apparatus under CSMA/CA (carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance).

5. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first packet signal and the second packet signal have the same format as each other.

6. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to notify the user that the radio apparatus has moved to the outer area from the inner area.

7. The radio apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the interface has a first notice for notifying the user that the radio apparatus is in the inner area, and a second notice for notifying the user differently from the first notice that the radio apparatus is in the outer area.

8. The radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein whether the first packet signal is more important than the second packet signal for collision prevention of vehicles is recognized by another radio apparatus which is in the inner area and receives the first packet signal.

9. A radio apparatus comprising:

a detector configured to detect movement of the radio apparatus between an inner area and an outer area, the inner area being inside a boundary including intersection and the outer area being outside the boundary; and

a communicating unit configured to perform one of a first communication process for the inner area to transmit a first packet signal, and a second communication process for the outer area to transmit a second packet signal, depending on whether the radio apparatus is within the inner or outer area, the first packet signal being more important than the second packet signal for collision prevention of vehicles, wherein

when the detector detects that the radio apparatus moves from the outer area to the inner area, the detector outputs a signal to notify a user that the radio apparatus has moved to the inner area from the outer area.

10. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the boundary is defined based on whether a signal from a base station is receivable by the radio apparatus, and when the radio apparatus is within the inner area, the radio apparatus receives a signal from the base station.

11. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the communication unit broadcasts the first packet signal of the first communication process during a period defined in a frame for the first communication process, the first packet being for another radio apparatus, and

the communication unit broadcasts the second packet signal of the second communication process, irrespective of the period defined in the frame for the first communication process, the second packet is being for another radio apparatus.

12. The radio apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first packet signal and the second packet signal have the same format as each other.

13. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit the first and second packet signals to another radio apparatus under CSMA/CA (carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance).

14. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a user interface configured to notify the user that the radio apparatus has moved to the inner area from the outer area.

15. The radio apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the interface has a first notice for notifying the user that the radio apparatus is in the inner area, and a second notice for notifying the user differently from the first notice that the radio apparatus is in the outer area.

16. The radio apparatus according to claim 9, wherein whether the first packet signal is more important than the second packet signal for collision prevention of vehicles is recognized by another radio apparatus which is in the inner area and receives the first packet signal.