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US 11,064,348 · App. 16/558,915 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

In-vehicle communication system

Inventors: Yuta Ochiai (Anjo, JP); Mitsutoshi Kato (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W8/22B60R25/01G07C5/008G07C2205/02H04L2012/40273H04W84/12H04W88/16
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Patent No.
US 11,064,348
App. No.
16/558,915
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-vehicle communication system includes a gateway that relays communication between an external apparatus and an in-vehicle LAN; and a communication permission determination unit that inhibits communication between the external apparatus and the in-vehicle LAN through the gateway if it is determined that a vehicle having the in-vehicle LAN mounted therein is in a parking state based on acquired predetermined vehicle information.

Claims (18)

1. An in-vehicle communication network system for use with a vehicle, the in-vehicle communication network system comprising:

a processor programmed to:

determine whether the vehicle is in a parking state based on acquired predetermined vehicle information;

inhibit communication between an external apparatus and an in-vehicle network when the vehicle is determined as being in the parking state.

2. The in-vehicle communication network system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is programmed to:

determine whether an abnormality is detected in an acquisition source of the predetermined vehicle information; and

permit, when it is determined that the abnormality is detected in the acquisition source, communication between the external apparatus and the in-vehicle network.

3. The in-vehicle communication network system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is programmed to determine the abnormality is detected in the acquisition source when a time during which the vehicle information is not received exceeds a predetermined time.

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

The processor is programmed to:

determine an importance level of information stored in apparatuses included in the in-vehicle network; and

permit communication between an internal apparatus and the external apparatus, the internal apparatus being one of the internal apparatuses included in the in-vehicle network, the internal apparatus not including information the importance level of which is determined high.

5. The in-vehicle communication network system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to determine that the vehicle is in the parking state when at least one of a plurality of conditions is satisfied, the plurality of conditions including:

a first condition in which the vehicle is in a security caution state,

a second condition in which the vehicle is in a security warning state,

a third condition in which all doors of the vehicle are closed and locked through a wireless key operation or a smart key operation, and

a fourth condition in which a smart key is not present in a passenger space of the vehicle.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2014-226318 · Nov 6, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 15924929 · Mar 19, 2018
Continuation 14931155 · Nov 3, 2015
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