Patent ID: 8972107
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G01C,G06K,G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-mounted communication device comprising: an antenna that corresponds to wireless communication for a vehicle using a frequency band dedicated to the vehicle, and general-purpose wireless communication; a wireless unit that switches between a frequency that performs the wireless communication with the antenna between a frequency for the wireless communication for the vehicle, and a frequency for the general-purpose wireless communication; a parking determination unit that determines whether or not the vehicle is parked; a storage unit that stores as a parking position a vehicle position at the time when it is determined that the vehicle is parked by the parking determination unit; and a wireless control unit that controls the wireless unit to perform the wireless communication for the vehicle with the antenna when the vehicle is running, and switch the wireless communication for the vehicle or the general-purpose wireless communication to be performed with the antenna according to the parking position stored in the storage unit when the vehicle is parked.