Patent ID: 7751945
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-to-vehicle communication apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit and receive moving image information; a time delay acquisition unit configured to acquire predicted delay time information representing an estimated length of time required to transmit the moving image information from one vehicle to another vehicle via a vehicle-to-vehicle transmission performed by the wireless communication unit; an allowable delay table memory in which there is stored table information indicating an allowable delay time determined for at least one application program which uses the moving image information, the allowable delay time representing an allowable length of time required to transmit the moving image information from one vehicle to another vehicle; and an applicability determination unit configured to determine the applicability of the moving image information to the at least one application program based on whether the predicted delay time information representing an estimated length of time required to transmit the moving image information from one vehicle to another vehicle acquired by the time delay acquisition unit is less than or equal to the allowable delay time stored in the allowable delay table memory.