Patent ID: 9646490
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A vehicle traveling support communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit for performing a vehicle-to-vehicle communication between a vehicle-mounted terminal device for an own vehicle and a vehicle-mounted terminal device for a surrounding vehicle, and a pedestrian-to-vehicle communication between the vehicle-mounted terminal device for the own vehicle and a portable terminal device; a position estimation unit for obtaining position information on the vehicle-mounted terminal device for the own vehicle; a getting on/off detection unit comprising a first sensor that detects the ignition state of the vehicle, and a second sensor that detects whether a vehicle door is opened or closed, for detecting that a person who has been riding in the vehicle gets off it; and a control unit for causing the communication unit to transmit the position information obtained by the position estimation unit to the surrounding vehicle when the getting on/off detection unit detects the person who got off the vehicle, and to terminate the transmission of the position information by the communication unit, upon receiving mobile position information from the portable terminal device carried by the person who got off the vehicle through the pedestrian-to-vehicle communication of the communication unit.