IP Library Granted Patent US 12,644,952
Granted Patent B2
US 12,644,952 · App. 18/318,151 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Radio wave map providing device, radio wave map providing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing radio wave map providing program

Inventor: Takahiro Furuyama (Kariya-city, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
G01S5/02521H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 12,644,952
App. No.
18/318,151
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

By a radio wave map providing device, a radio wave map providing device, or a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a radio wave map providing program, a radio wave map is stored, a radio wave map request is received; an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or greater than request communication quality information is compared with an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or less than the request communication quality information, and a radio wave map reply is generated based on the reference communication quality information having a smaller information amount and reference position information, and transmitted.

Claims (53)

1 . A radio wave map providing device for receiving a radio wave map request from a radio wave map acquisition-utilization device mounted on a mobile object and transmitting necessary information, the radio wave map providing device comprising:

a radio wave map storage configured to store a radio wave map including reference position information indicating a reference position and reference communication quality information indicating a communication quality at the reference position;

a receiver configured to receive the radio wave map request including movement section information indicating a movement schedule section of the mobile object and request communication quality information indicating a requested communication quality;

a computer and memory configured to:

compare, in the reference communication quality information at the reference position in the movement schedule section,

an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or greater than the request communication quality information with

an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or less than the request communication quality information, and

generate a radio wave map reply

based on provision reference communication quality information that is the reference communication quality information having a smaller information amount and provision reference position information that is reference position information according to the reference communication quality information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the radio wave map reply.

2 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the radio wave map request further includes current position information indicating a current position of the mobile object,

the computer and memory are further configured to generate a first radio wave map reply including the provision reference position information or a second radio wave map reply including the provision reference position information and the provision reference communication quality information,

when an interval between the current position and the reference position indicated by the provision reference position information is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the transmitter transmits the first radio wave map reply, and

when the interval between the current position and the reference position indicated by the provision reference position information is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, the transmitter transmits the second radio wave map reply.

3 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the receiver is configured to further receive, from the radio wave map acquisition-utilization device, a second position information indicating a second current position of the mobile object that has moved from a first current position that is the current position, and

when an interval between the second current position and the reference position indicated by the provision reference position information is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold, the transmitter transmits the second radio wave map reply.

4 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 2 , further comprising

a radio wave map reply storage configured to store the second radio wave map reply,

wherein

when the receiver receives change information indicating a change of the movement schedule section from the radio wave map acquisition-utilization device, the second radio wave map reply stored in the radio wave map reply storage is deleted.

5 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reference position information indicates a section from a first reference position to a second reference position, and

the reference communication quality information indicates a representative value of the communication quality in the section.

6 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the computer and memory are further configured to:

calculate a schedule time at which the mobile object moves at the reference position indicated by the provision reference position information, and

generate the radio wave map reply including schedule time information indicating the schedule time and the provision reference communication quality information.

7 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the computer and memory are further configured to determine whether the transmitter has transmitted a first radio wave map reply that is the radio wave map reply generated based on the provision reference position information and the provision reference communication quality information to a second mobile object different from a first mobile object that is the mobile object,

upon determining that the transmitter has not transmitted the first radio wave map reply, the computer and memory generate the first radio wave map reply based on the provision reference position information and the provision reference communication quality information,

upon determining that the transmitter has transmitted the first radio wave map reply, the computer and memory generate a second radio wave map reply for instruction of acquisition of the first radio wave map reply from the second mobile object.

8 . The radio wave map providing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the computer and memory are further configured to generate the radio wave map reply including the provision reference position information and the provision reference communication quality information, and

a granularity of each of the provision reference position information and the provision reference communication quality information becomes larger as a movement speed of the mobile object in the movement schedule section increases.

9 . A radio wave map providing method performed by a radio wave map providing device for receiving a radio wave map request from a radio wave map acquisition-utilization device mounted on a mobile object and transmitting necessary information, wherein:

the radio wave map providing device includes a computer and a radio wave map storage configured to store a radio wave map including reference position information indicating a reference position and reference communication quality information indicating a communication quality at the reference position, and

the radio wave map providing method is executed by the computer and includes:

receiving, with a receiver connected to the computer, the radio wave map request including movement section information indicating a movement schedule section of the mobile object and request communication quality information indicating a requested communication quality;

comparing, with the computer, in the reference communication quality information at the reference position in the movement schedule section,

an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or greater than the request communication quality information with

an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or less than the request communication quality information;

in response to the comparing, generating, with the computer, a radio wave map reply based on provision reference communication quality information that is the reference communication quality information with a smaller information amount, as determined by the comparing, and provision reference position information that is reference position information corresponding to the reference communication quality information; and

transmitting, with a transmitter connected to the computer, the radio wave map reply.

10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a radio wave map providing program executable by a processor for receiving a radio wave map request from a radio wave map acquisition-utilization device mounted on a mobile object and transmitting necessary information, the non-transitory computer readable medium storing a radio wave map including reference position information indicating a reference position and reference communication quality information indicating a communication quality at the reference position, wherein

the radio wave map providing program comprises instructions configured to, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

cause a receiver to receive the radio wave map request including movement section information indicating a movement schedule section of the mobile object and request communication quality information indicating a requested communication quality;

compare, in the reference communication quality information at the reference position in the movement schedule section,

an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or greater than the request communication quality information with

an information amount of reference communication quality information equal to or less than the request communication quality information;

generate a radio wave map reply based on provision reference communication quality information that is the reference communication quality information with a smaller information amount and provision reference position information that is reference position information according to the reference communication quality information; and

cause a transmitter to transmit the radio wave map reply.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2023
From: FURUYAMA, TAKAHIRO
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063654/0290 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-201904 · Dec 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021034427 · Sep 17, 2021
Related Publication 20230288525A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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