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Granted Patent B2
US 11,945,333 · App. 17/133,693 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

In-vehicle system, vehicle, and communication method

Inventors: Masaru Otaka (Wako, JP); Ryusuke Tamanaha (Wako, JP); Yusuke Oi (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Iijima (Tokyo, JP); Naoko Imai (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60L58/12B60L53/66H04W4/44H04W4/46
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Patent No.
US 11,945,333
App. No.
17/133,693
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device includes a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point, a power supplier configured to supply electric power at least to a driver that causes the mobile body to travel, a detector configured to detect the electric energy of the power supplier, and a controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector.

Claims (40)

1. An in-vehicle system comprising:

a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point;

a detector configured to detect electric energy of a power supplier that supplies electric power at least to a driver which causes the mobile body to travel; and

a communication controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector,

wherein the communication controller controls the communication strength of the communicator to be a first communication strength when the electric energy is less than a threshold value and controls the communication strength of the communicator to be a second communication strength that is smaller than the first communication strength when the electric energy is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

2. The in-vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when the power supplier is charged by a charging facility outside the mobile body, the communicator functions as the wireless access point.

3. The in-vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supplier supplies electric power to the driver and the communicator.

4. The in-vehicle system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the mobile body is a vehicle used for a car sharing service in which a plurality of users jointly use a vehicle.

5. A vehicle in which the in-vehicle system of claim 1 is mounted.

6. An in-vehicle system comprising:

a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point;

a detector configured to detect electric energy of a power supplier that supplies electric power at least to a driver which causes the mobile body to travel; and

a communication controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector,

wherein the communication controller controls a communication distance of the communicator such that communication between the communicator and a terminal device present at a first distance from the communicator is possible when the electric energy is less than a threshold value, and

controls a communication distance of the communicator such that communication with a terminal device present at the first distance from the communicator is not performed and communication between the communicator and a terminal device present at a second distance shorter than the first distance is possible when the electric energy is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

7. The in-vehicle system according to claim 6 ,

wherein, when the power supplier is charged by a charging facility outside the mobile body, the communicator functions as the wireless access point.

8. The in-vehicle system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the power supplier supplies electric power to the driver and the communicator.

9. The in-vehicle system according to claim 6 ,

wherein the mobile body is a vehicle used for a car sharing service in which a plurality of users jointly use a vehicle.

10. A vehicle in which the in-vehicle system of claim 6 is mounted.

11. An in-vehicle system comprising:

a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point;

a power supplier configured to supply electric power at least to a driver that causes the mobile body to travel;

an acquirer configured to acquire specific information for estimating a time at which the power supplier supplies the electric power to the driver and causes the mobile body to travel;

a communication controller configured to:

control the communication strength of the communicator to be a first communication strength when a duration until the time based on the specific information is equal to or higher than a threshold value, and

control the communication strength of the communicator to be a second communication strength that is smaller than the first communication strength when the duration until the time based on the specific information is less than the threshold value.

12. The in-vehicle system according to claim 11 ,

wherein the specific information includes one or more pieces of information among: electric energy detected by a detector that detects the electric energy of the power supplier, a usage history of the mobile body, a usage schedule in which the usage schedule of the mobile body is defined, and a time in which the mobile body has stopped in the past in a facility where the mobile body stops, and

wherein the communication controller controls at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the specific information acquired by the acquirer.

13. The in-vehicle system according to claim 11 ,

wherein the communication controller controls the communication strength of the communicator to be a first communication strength when the electric energy of the power supplier is less than a threshold value and controls the communication strength of the communicator to be a second communication strength that is smaller than the first communication strength when the electric energy of the power supplier is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

14. The in-vehicle system according to claim 11 ,

wherein the communication controller controls a communication distance of the communicator such that communication between the communicator and a terminal device present at a first distance from the communicator is possible when the electric energy of the power supplier is less than a threshold value, and

controls a communication distance of the communicator such that communication with a terminal device present at the first distance from the communicator is not performed and communication between the communicator and a terminal device present at a second distance shorter than the first distance is possible when the electric energy of the power supplier is equal to or higher than the threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: OTAKA, MASARU; TAMANAHA, RYUSUKE; OI, YUSUKE; IIJIMA, TAKAHIRO; IMAI, NAOKO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055561/0797 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-000787 · Jan 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210206289A1 · Jul 8, 2021