Patent ID: 9147294
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G07C,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. An onboard communication apparatus disposed in a subject vehicle communicating with other vehicles and non-vehicles, the apparatus comprising: a navigation module monitoring a vehicle speed of the subject vehicle; a radio performing dual way communication with the other vehicles and the non-vehicles, wherein the radio communicates with the other vehicles via a first channel, and with the non-vehicles via a second channel; and a communication module controlling the radio based on the vehicle speed monitored by the navigation module, wherein the communication module controls the radio in a first mode to perform communication via the first channel when the vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a vehicular speed threshold, and the communication module controls the radio in a second mode to perform communication via the first channel and the second channel when the vehicle speed is less than the vehicular speed threshold, and, in the second mode, the communication module switches the radio between the first channel and the second channel at a preset interval.