Patent ID: 9493132
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B60R,G08B,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle communication device that uses a communication scheme in which multiple antennas are used for receiving on the vehicle side data that is wirelessly transmitted through multiple channels of an identical frequency band from a base station to the vehicle and one antenna on the vehicle is used for wirelessly transmitting data from the vehicle to the base station, the vehicle communication device comprising: a first transmitting and receiving antenna that is disposed in a rear position of a roof on an exterior of a vehicle, and is used for reception and transmission in the communication scheme in a normal state; a second transmitting and receiving antenna that is disposed in a front position in an interior of the vehicle for the communication scheme and used for reception in the communication scheme in a normal state; and a controller that performs execution control of transmission of emergency data using the second transmitting and receiving antenna in a case where an emergency state is detected, based on information other than the state of the first transmitting and receiving antenna, and the first transmitting and receiving antenna is determined to be incapable of transmission.