Patent Publication Number: US-9403496-B2

Title: Communication system, movable-body-mounted apparatus, terminal device, and center server

Description:
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
     This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-193035 filed on Sep. 5, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a technology of remotely controlling a movable-body-mounted apparatus mountable on a movable body such as a vehicle from a remote location by communicating to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus via a center server. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Patent Literature 1 discloses a remote control method involving: a user can register a control content on an on-vehicle equipment, which she/he wishes, in advance, corresponding to an ID information into a remote control apparatus, by using a communication terminal different from the on-vehicle equipment, and, when using the on-vehicle equipment, the on-vehicle equipment transmits the ID information to the remote control apparatus and obtains a control content in accordance with the ID information and executes the processing in accordance with the obtained control content. 
     CITATION LIST 
     Patent Literature 
     [PTL 1] US 2003/0043019 A1 
     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     By the way, according to Patent Literature 1, if the on-vehicle equipment is out of a range of a communication area, the on-vehicle equipment cannot communicate to/from the remote control apparatus, and cannot obtain the control content from the remote control apparatus. Therefore, even if the user selects the required control content and registers the content to the remote control apparatus in advance, the on-vehicle equipment cannot obtain the control content upon departure, and hence the user needs to directly operate the on-vehicle equipment to input the control content into the on-vehicle equipment. 
     A user interface of the on-vehicle equipment is not as easy to use as a general-purpose computer due to a restriction imposed on an installation area and the like, and thus input of information may require time. As a result, if it is found out that the on-vehicle equipment is out of the range of the communication upon departure, the departure may not be made on time. Moreover, if information on various facilities have been searched for, and various control contents have been registered to the remote control apparatus in advance, not all the retrieved information and control contents may be remembered upon departure. As a result, the information searched for in advance may be wasted. 
     The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and therefore has an object to enhance convenience for remotely operating a movable-body-mounted apparatus mountable on a movable body such as a vehicle. 
     Solution to Problems 
     In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, for example, a configuration as described in Claims is employed. 
     While this application includes a plurality of means for solving the problems, as one example thereof, there is provided a communication system, including: 
     a movable-body-mounted apparatus mountable on a movable body; and 
     a terminal device to be used by a user who moves along with a movable body, in which: 
     the movable-body-mounted apparatus includes:
         a first mobile body information storage part which stores movable body information including a received signal quality of a radio wave used for communication to/from a center server, and information about the movable body; and   a separation determination part which determines whether the user is separated from the movable body or not;       

     transmits, when the separation determination part determines that the user is separated from the movable body, the movable body information stored in the movable body information storage part to the terminal device; and 
     the terminal device includes:
         a first movable body information reception part which receives the movable body information from the movable-body-mounted apparatus;   a second movable body information storage part which stores the movable body information received by the first movable body information reception part; and   a second movable body information notification part which notifies, in response to an operation of a user, the user of the information stored in the second movable body information storage part.       

     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to enhance convenience for remotely operating the movable-body-mounted apparatus mountable on the movable body such as a vehicle. 
     Problems, configurations, and effects which have not been described become apparent from the following description of embodiments. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication system  10  according to a first embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  is a table showing an example of a structure of data stored in a movable body information storage part  23 . 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  50  realizing functions of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 6  is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the communication system  10  according to a second embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of a terminal device  40  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of a center server  30  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 10  is a table showing an example of a structure of data stored in a movable body information storage part  35 . 
         FIG. 11  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 12  is a flowchart illustrating the example of the operation of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 13  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the terminal device  40  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 14  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the center server  30  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 15  is a flowchart illustrating the example of the operation of the center server  30  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 16  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of an operation of the communication system  10  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 17  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the communication system  10  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 18  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the communication system  10  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 19  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  60  realizing functions of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 20  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  70  realizing functions of the terminal device  40  according to the second embodiment. 
         FIG. 21  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  80  realizing functions of the center server  30  according to the second embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     A description is now given of a first embodiment of the present invention referring to the drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication system  10  according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The communication system  10  includes a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  mountable on a vehicle  13 , which is an example of a movable body. 
     In the communication system  10  according to this embodiment, a user can transmit a command from a communication device such as a terminal device  40  which the user is carrying via a center server  30  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and receives a result of an execution result of the command via the center server  30 , thereby remotely operating the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  from a remote location. Further, in this embodiment, when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 , the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  notifies the user  14  of information representing a state of the vehicle  13 . 
     A description herein is given of the vehicle  13  as an example of the movable body, but the movable body according to the present invention is not limited to the vehicle  13 , and includes a movable body which travels using a plurality of legs to walk, and a movable body without wheels which travels in a levitation state without contact to the ground. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the first embodiment. The movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to this embodiment includes a movable body information collection part  21 , a wireless communication part  22 , a movable body information storage part  23 , a command reception part  24 , a command execution part  25 , a separation determination part  26 , and a movable body information notification part  27 . 
     The wireless communication part  22  communicates to/from a nearest base station  12  by means of a wide-area wireless communication such as a cellular phone or the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) via an antenna  204 , and communicates to/from the center server  30  via the base station  12 . Moreover, the wireless communication part  22  measures a received signal quality of a radio wave transmitted from the nearest base station  12  in response to a request issued from the movable body information collection part  21 , and notifies the movable body information collection part  21  of a measured result. 
     The movable body information collection part  21  collects information from a sensor  200  for detecting information such as a remaining amount of energy of the vehicle  13 , a current position of the vehicle  13 , lifetimes of consumables on the vehicle  13 , and failed components. Moreover, the movable body information collection part  21  collects information on the received signal quality of the radio wave transmitted from the nearest station  12  from the wireless communication part  22 . 
     Then, the movable body information collection part  21  stores, for example, as shown in  FIG. 3 , a content  231  of the movable body information corresponding to items  230  of the movable body information, and collection times  232  when the movable body information corresponding to the items was collected in association with the items in the movable body information storage part  23 . 
     On this occasion, in this embodiment, to a content of the received signal quality stored in the movable body information storage part  23 , any one of a state “strong in electric field”, a state “weak in electric field”, and a state “out of communication area”, which are acquired by classifying the intensity of the radio wave transmitted from the nearest base station  12  for each predetermined intensity range, is registered. Moreover, the received signal quality may be classified depending not only by the intensity of the radio wave, but also by a quality of the signal such as the signal to noise ratio (SNR), the carrier to interference ratio (CIR), the Ec/Io, or the like. Moreover, a content of the remaining amount of energy stored in the movable body information storage part  23  represents a remaining amount of gasoline for a gasoline vehicle, and a remaining amount of a battery for an electric vehicle. 
     A command reception part  24  receives a check command and a control command via the wireless communication part  22  from the center server  30 , and transmits the received command to the command execution part  25 . Moreover, the command reception part  24  receives an execution result of the command from the command execution part  25 , and transmits the received execution result via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30 . 
     The command execution part  25  executes the command received from the command reception part  24 , and returns an execution result thereof to the command reception part  24 . The command executed by the command execution part  25  includes the check command for checking a state of the vehicle  13  and the control command for controlling the vehicle  13  and the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . After the reception of the check command, the command execution part  25  reads a content of the movable body information corresponding to items specified by the command from the movable body information storage part  23 , and returns the content as an execution result to the command reception part  24 . 
     Moreover, when the command execution part  25  receives the control command, the command execution part  25  carries out processing specified by the command, and returns an execution result to the command reception part  24 . The processing which can be carried out by means of the control command includes a route search on a navigation apparatus, setting of a travel route to the navigation apparatus, and a control of an air conditioner of the vehicle  13 . 
     The separation determination part  26  determines whether the user  14 , who is a driver, has gotten off the vehicle  13  or not based on a signal transmitted from a sensor  201 , and if the separation determination part  25  determines that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13 , notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the determination. 
     On this occasion, the sensor  201  includes a pressure sensor installed on a driver seat, a sensor for detecting opening of a door of the driver seat, a sensor for detecting a stop of the engine (if the vehicle  13  is an electric vehicle, a sensor for detecting a stop of a power supply of the vehicle  13 ), a sensor for detecting unfastening of a seat belt on the driver seat, and a sensor for detecting interruption of wired or wireless connection to electronic devices (such as the terminal device  40  carried by the user  14 ) registered in advance. 
     The method for detecting the interruption of a wired or wireless connection to an electronic device registered in advance includes a method of detecting unplugging of a communication cable, and a method of detecting a disconnection of a wireless communication link established to the electronic device by means of the Near Field Communication (NFC) or the TransferJet (trademark). 
     Then, if the separation determination part  26  detects that the pressure of the driver seat becomes less than a predetermined threshold, the door of the driver seat opens, the engine is stopped, the seat belt of the driver seat is unfastened, or the connection to an electronic device registered in advance is disconnected, or at least two of these conditions occur, for example, based on the signal transmitted from the sensor  201 , the separation determination part  26  determines that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13 . 
     When the movable body information notification part  27  is notified of such a situation that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  from the separation determination part  26 , the movable body information notification part  27  reads the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  23 , and displays the read movable body information on a display device  202 , or outputs the read movable body information from a speaker  203  as sound, thereby notifying the user  14  of the read movable body information. 
     The user  14  can freely configure the items of the movable body information notified of by the movable body information notification part  27 , and a notification art. For example, if the received signal quality is “out of communication area” or the remaining amount of energy is less than 10%, the situation may be notified of by a sound via the speaker  203 , and the other items may be displayed on the display device  202 . 
     Moreover, depending on a degree of the received signal quality, the remaining amount of energy, an elapsed time from start of use of consumables, and the like, if the movable body information is notified of by means of a sound, the movable body information notification part  27  may change a tone or a melody of a check sound, a number of times the check sound is generated, or the like, or if the movable body information is notified of by means of a screen display, the movable body information notification part  27  may change a color of a background of the screen in addition to notification by means of characters. 
     Moreover, if the received signal quality is “out of communication area”, the user cannot acquire the movable body information via the center server  30  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and hence if the received signal quality is “out of communication area”, the movable body information notification part  27  notifies the user of the movable body information read from the movable body information storage part  23  by means of display or sound. 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the first embodiment. 
     First, the movable body information collection part  21  determines whether a collection timing for the movable body information has been reached or not (S 100 ). The collection timing for the movable body information may be different depending on each of the items of the movable body information, and a collection frequency of the movable body information may be increased depending on the elapsed time from the start of use for a degraded consumable. 
     If the collection timing for the movable body information has been reached (Yes in S 100 ), the movable body information collection part  21  collects information from the sensor  200  and the wireless communication part  22  (S 101 ). Then, the movable body information collection part  21  stores the collected information having items each associated with a collection time thereof in the movable body information storage part  23  (S 102 ), and the movable body information collection part  21  again carries out the processing in Step S 100 . 
     On the other hand, if the collection timing for the movable body information has not been reached (No in S 100 ), the separation determination part  26  determines whether the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  or not based on the signal transmitted from the sensor  201  (S 103 ). If the user  14  has not gotten off the vehicle  13  (No in S 103 ), the movable body information collection part  21  again carries out the processing in Step S 100 . 
     If the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  (Yes in S 103 ), the separation determination part  26  notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the situation. The movable body information notification part  27  reads the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  23 , and displays the read movable body information on the display device  202 , or outputs the read movable body information as a sound from the speaker  203 , thereby notifying the user  14  of the read movable body information (S 104 ), and the movable body information collection part  21  again carries out the processing in Step S 100 . 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  50  realizing functions of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the first embodiment. The computer  50  includes a central processing unit (CPU)  51 , a random access memory (RAM)  52 , a read only memory (ROM)  53 , a wireless communication device  54 , an input interface (I/F)  55 , an output interface (I/F)  56 , and a media interface (I/F)  57 . 
     The CPU  51  operates based on a program stored in the ROM  53 , and carries out control for respective parts. The wireless communication device  54  provides the CPU  51  with data received via the antenna  204  from the base station  12 , and transmits data generated by the CPU  51  via the antenna  204  to the base station  12 . 
     The input interface  55  transmits to the CPU  51  the signals transmitted from the sensors  200  and  201 . Moreover, the output interface  56  transmits data and a signal generated by the CPU  51  to the display device  202  and the speaker  203 . Moreover, the output interface  56  transmits a control signal generated by the CPU  51  to the vehicle  13 . 
     The CPU  51  reads via the media interface  57  a program stored in a medium  58 , and installs the program in the ROM  53 . The CPU  51  loads the program from the ROM  53  onto the RAM  52 , and executes the loaded program. The medium  58  is, for example, a magnetic recording medium or a semiconductor memory. 
     The CPU  51  of the computer  50  executes the program loaded on the RAM  52 , thereby realizing respective functions of the movable body information collection part  21 , the wireless communication part  22 , the command reception part  24 , the command execution part  25 , the separation determination part  26 , and the movable body information notification part  27 . Moreover, the RAM  52  stores data stored in the movable body information storage part  23 . 
     The computer  50  reads and installs these programs from the medium  58 , but, as another example, the computer  50  may acquire and install these programs via the wireless communication device  54 . 
     The first embodiment of the present invention has been described. 
     As apparent from the above-mentioned description, in the communication system  10  according to this embodiment, when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 , the user  14  is notified of the information representing the state of the vehicle  13 , and, as a result, the user  14  can recognize the state of the vehicle  13  when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 . As a result, it is possible to eliminate labor and a communication cost of the user who takes time to acquire the movable body information representing the state of the vehicle from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  via the center server  30 . 
     Further, if the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is outside the communication area of the nearest base station  12 , the user can recognize that the communication via the center server  30  with the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is not available when the user gets off the vehicle  13 , and labor and a communication cost required for trying the remote control of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  in vain can be eliminated. Moreover, the user  14  can recognize that the user  14  cannot afterward check the state of the vehicle  13  or control the vehicle  13  from a remote location, and it is possible to prompt the user to acquire information on the vehicle  13  which can be required later before the user  14  leaves the vehicle  13 . 
     Next, a description is now given of a second embodiment of the present invention referring to the drawings. 
       FIG. 6  is a system configuration diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a communication system  10  according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The communication system  10  includes a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  mountable on a vehicle  13 , which is an example of the movable body. 
     According to the first embodiment, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  can be remotely operated via the center server  30  by using a communication device  15  other than the terminal device  40 , but this embodiment particularly relates to a remote operation of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  in such a case that the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is outside the communication area of the base station  12 . 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. The movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to this embodiment includes the movable body information collection part  21 , the wireless communication part  22 , the movable body information storage part  23 , the command reception part  24 , the command execution part  25 , the separation determination part  26 , the movable body information notification part  27 , a communication availability determination part  28 , and a short-distance communication part  29 . In  FIG. 7 , except for points described below, configurations denoted by the same reference numerals as those of  FIG. 2  have functions the same as or similar to the functions of the configuration in  FIG. 2 , and a description thereof is therefore omitted. 
     The wireless communication part  22  measures the received signal quality of the radio wave transmitted from the nearest base station  12  in response to a request issued from the communication availability determination part  28 , and notifies the communication availability determination part  28  of a measurement result. The communication availability determination part  28  acquires the measurement result of the received signal quality from the wireless communication part  22  at every predetermined timing. Then, if the received signal quality changes to a quality corresponding to the state “out of communication area”, the communication availability determination part  28  holds the change to the state “out of communication area” associated with a time of the change as history information, and notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the change to the state out of communication area. 
     Moreover, if the received signal quality changes to a quality corresponding to the state “weak in electric field”, the communication availability determination part  28  holds the change to the state “weak in electric field” associated with a time of the change as history information, and notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the change to the state “weak in electric field”. Then, if the received signal quality corresponds to the weak electric field, the communication availability determination part  28  transmits a weak electric field notification including the state “weak in electric field” and a movable body ID for identifying the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30  at every predetermined timing (such as every 10 seconds). 
     Moreover, if the received signal quality changes to a quality corresponding to the state “strong in electric field”, the communication availability determination part  28  holds the change to the state “strong in electric field” associated with a time of the change as history information, and notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the change to the state “strong in electric field”. Then, the communication availability determination part  28  transmits a strong electric field notification including the held history information, information on the change in state to strong electric field, and the movable body ID via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30 . 
     The short-distance communication part  29  communicates to/from the terminal device  40  of the user  14  by means of a short-distance wireless communication method such as the Bluetooth (trademark), the Ultra Wide Band (UAB), the Wi-Fi (trademark), the NFC, the TransferJet, or the like via the antenna  205 . When the command reception part  24  receives a control command via the short-distance communication part  29  from the terminal device  40 , the command reception part  24  transmits the received control command to the command execution part  25 . 
     When the movable body information notification part  27  is notified by the separation determination part  26  of such a situation that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13 , if the movable body information notification part  27  has been notified by the communication availability determination part  28  of the change to the state “out of communication area”, the movable body information notification part  27  reads the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  23 , and transmits the read movable body information along with a movable body ID of the own apparatus via the short-distance communication part  29  to the terminal device  40 . 
     In this way, if the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of the communication area of the base station  12 , the movable body information is transmitted to the terminal device  40 , and even if the user  14  of the terminal device  40  cannot transmit the check command via the center server  30  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the user  14  can refer to the movable body information in the terminal device  40 , thereby checking the state of the vehicle  13 . 
     According to this embodiment, the movable body information notification part  27  transmits the movable body information to the terminal device  40  of the user  14 , but the movable body information may be displayed on the display device of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , or may be output as a sound from the speaker of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , thereby notifying the user  14  of the movable body information. Moreover, if the mobile-body-information notification part  27  detects an unavailable state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the terminal device  40  because of radio disturbance or the like, the movable body information notification part  27  may switch the notification method for the movable body information to the display or the sound. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of the terminal device  40  according to the second embodiment. The terminal device  40  includes a short-distance communication part  400 , a movable body information reception part  401 , a movable body information transmission part  402 , a wireless communication part  403 , a short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , a command transmission control part  405 , a movable body information storage part  406 , a communication availability determination part  407 , a command storage part  408 , a command reception part  409 , and a movable body information notification part  410 . 
     The short-distance communication part  400  communicates to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  by means of the short-distance wireless communication method such as the Bluetooth, the UWB, the Wi-Fi, the NFC, and the TransferJet. The movable body information reception part  401  receives, via the short-distance communication part  400  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the movable body information along with the movable body ID, and stores the received movable body information along with the movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  406 . 
     When the movable body information notification part  410  receives a check command via the input device installed on the terminal device  40  from the user  14 , the movable body information notification part  410  reads movable body information on items corresponding to the check command from the movable body information storage part  406 , and notifies the user  14  via the screen or the speaker installed on the terminal device  40  of the read movable body information. 
     The wireless communication part  403  communicates to/from the nearest base station  12  via the antenna  42  by means of a wide-area wireless communication such as a cellular phone or the WiMAX, and communicates to/from the center server  30  via the base station  12 . Moreover, the wireless communication part  403  measures the received signal quality of the radio wave transmitted from the nearest base station  12  in response to a request issued from the communication availability determination part  407 , and notifies the communication availability determination part  407  of a measured result. 
     The communication availability determination part  407  acquires the measured result of the received signal quality from the wireless communication part  403 . Then, if the received signal quality changes to a quality corresponding to the state “out of communication area”, the communication availability determination part  407  notifies the movable body information transmission part  402  of the change to the state “out of communication area”. Moreover, if the received signal quality changes from the state “out of communication area” to a quality corresponding to the weak electric field or the strong electric field, the communication availability determination part  407  notifies the movable body information transmission part  402  of the available state of communication to/from the nearest base station.  12   
     When movable body information is stored in the movable body information storage part  406 , if the movable body information transmission part  402  has been notified of the available state of the communication to/from the nearest base station  12  from the communication availability determination part  407 , the movable body information transmission part  402  reads a movable body ID and the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  406 , and transmits the read movable body ID and the movable body information via the wireless communication part  403  to the center server  30 . 
     On the other hand, when movable body information is stored in the movable body information storage part  406 , if the movable body information transmission part  402  has not been notified of the available state of the communication to/from the nearest base station  12  from the communication availability determination part  407 , the movable body information transmission part  402  postpones the transmission of the movable body ID and the movable body information to the center server  30  until the available state of the communication to/from the nearest base station  12  is notified of from the communication availability determination part  407 . 
     Then, when notified of the available state of the communication to/from the nearest base station  12  from the communication availability determination part  407 , the movable body information transmission part  402  reads the movable body ID and the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  406 , and transmits the read movable body ID and movable body information via the wireless communication part  403  to the center server  30 . 
     When the command reception part  409  receives a control command via the input device installed on the terminal device  40  from the user  14 , the command reception part  409  stores the received control command in the command storage part  408 . Moreover, when the command reception part  409  receives a control command via the wireless communication part  403  from the center server  30 , the command reception part  409  stores also the received control command in the command storage part  408 . 
     The short-distance communication availability determination part  404  tries short-distance wireless communication via the short-distance communication part  400  to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  at each predetermined timing, and, when the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  becomes available, notifies the command transmission control part  405  of the available state. 
     When a control command is stored in the command storage part  408 , if the command transmission control part  405  has been notified of the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  from the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , the command transmission control part  405  reads the control command from the command storage part  408 , and transmits the read control command via the short-distance communication part  400  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     On the other hand, when a control command is stored in the command storage part  408 , if the command transmission control part  405  has not been notified of the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  from the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , the command transmission control part  405  postpones the transmission of the control command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  until the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is notified of from the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 . 
     Then, when the command transmission control part  405  is notified of the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  from the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , the command transmission control part  405  reads information on an input source and the control command from the command storage part  408 , and transmits the read information on the input source and control command via the short-distance communication part  400  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a detailed functional configuration of the center server  30  according to the second embodiment. The center server  30  includes a movable body information management part  31 , a movable body information reception part  32 , a movable body information reply part  33 , a command transmission control part  34 , and a movable body information storage part  35 . 
     In the movable body information storage part  35 , for example, as shown in  FIG. 10 , a movable body information table  351  is stored for each movable body ID  350  for identifying each movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . In each movable body information table  351 , movable body information  352 , a weak electric field flag  353 , a terminal address  354 , and a notification destination address  355  are stored. 
     When the movable body information management part  31  receives a strong electric field notification via a communication line  11  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the movable body information management part  31  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to a movable body ID included in the strong electric field notification in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, if movable body information  352  is stored in the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information management part  31  deletes the movable body information  352  from the movable body information table  351 , and resets the weak electric field flag  353  to 0. 
     Then, if the notification destination address  355  is registered to the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information management part  31  transmits the entrance of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  into the strong electric field area, and the history information contained in the received strong electric field notification to the notification destination address  355 . 
     Moreover, when the movable body information management part  31  receives a weak electric field notification via the communication line  11  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the movable body information management part  31  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to a movable body ID included in the weak electric field notification in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, if the movable body information  352  is stored in the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information management part  31  deletes the movable body information  352  from the movable body information table  351 , and sets the weak electric field flag  353  to 1. 
     When the movable body information reception part  32  receives movable body information along with a movable body ID via the communication line  11  from the terminal device  40 , the movable body information reception part  32  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, the movable body information reception part  32  registers the received movable body information to the identified movable body information table  351 , and registers an address of the terminal device  40  as the transmission source of the movable body information to the terminal address  354  of the identified movable body information table  351 . 
     The registration of the movable body information  352  to the movable body information table  351  means that the terminal device  40  which has received the movable body information by means of the short-distance communication from the movable-body-mounted apparatus transmits the movable body information in place of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and the corresponding movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of the communication area. 
     When the movable body information reply part  33  receives a check command along with a movable body ID via the communication line  11  from a communication device  15  of another user  16 , the movable body information reply part  33  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, if movable body information  352  is registered to the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information reply part  33  extracts information on items corresponding to the check command from the movable body information  352 , and replies with the extracted information. 
     On the other hand, if movable body information  352  is not registered to the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information reply part  33  transmits the received check command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  corresponding to the received movable body ID via the communication line  11 . Then, the movable body information reply part  33  transmits a response from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the check command. 
     If there is no response from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the movable body information reply part  33  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the check command, of an error, and if 1 is set to the weak electric field flag  353  in the movable body information table  351  corresponding to a movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the movable body information reply part  33  may additionally notify the communication device  15  of such possibility that the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of communication area. 
     When the command transmission control part  34  receives a control command along with a movable body ID via the communication line  11  from the communication device  15  of another user  16 , the command transmission control part  34  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, if movable body information  352  is not registered to the identified movable body information table  351 , the command transmission control part  34  transmits the received control command to a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  corresponding to the received movable body ID via the communication line  11 . Then, the command transmission control part  34  transmits a response from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the check command. 
     On the other hand, if movable body information  352  is registered to the identified movable body information table  351 , the command transmission control part  34  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command, of such a state that the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  subject to control is out of communication area, and such a state that the control command can be transmitted also via a terminal device  40 . If the command transmission control part  34  is instructed to transmit the control command via the terminal device  40 , the command transmission control part  34  transmits the control command to the terminal device  40  corresponding to the terminal address  354 . Then, if there is such a response that the control command has been normally received from the terminal device  40 , the command transmission control part  34  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command, of the normal reception. 
     Moreover, if the command transmission control part  34  receives a command requesting a notification to be transmitted when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  enters an area of the strong electric field along with a movable body ID and a notification destination address via the communication line  11  from a communication device  15  of another user  16 , the command transmission control part  34  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, the command transmission control part  34  registers the notification destination address received from the communication device  15  to the notification destination address  355  in the identified movable body information table  351 . 
       FIGS. 11 and 12  are flowcharts illustrating an example of an operation of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. 
     First, the communication availability determination part  28  determines whether the received signal quality has changed to a quality corresponding to the strong electric field or not (S 200 ). If the received signal quality has changed to a quality corresponding to the strong electric field (Yes in S 200 ), the communication availability determination part  28  notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the change to the strong electric field (S 201 ). 
     Then, the communication availability determination part  28  holds the change to the strong electric field associated with a time of the change as history information, and transmits a strong electric field notification including the held history information, information on the change to the strong electric field, and a movable body ID via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30  (S 202 ). Then, the communication availability determination part  28  deletes the history information (S 203 ), and again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     If the received signal quality has not changed to a quality corresponding to the strong electric field (No in S 200 ), the communication availability determination part  28  determines whether the received signal quality has changed to a quality corresponding to the weak electric field or not (S 204 ). If the received signal quality has changed to a quality corresponding to the weak electric field (Yes in S 204 ), the communication availability determination part  28  notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the change to the weak electric field (S 205 ). 
     Then, the communication availability determination part  28  holds the change to the weak electric field associated with a time of change as history information (S 206 ), and transmits a weak electric field notification including the change to the weak electric field, and the movable body ID for identifying the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30  (S 207 ). Then, the communication availability determination part  28  resets and starts a timer for counting a transmission interval of the weak electric field notification (S 208 ), and again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     If the received signal quality has not changed to a quality corresponding to the weak electric field (No in S 204 ), the communication availability determination part  28  determines whether a count of the timer has reached a predetermined value (such as a value corresponding to ten seconds) or not (S 209 ). If the count of the timer has reached the predetermined value (Yes in S 209 ), the communication availability determination part  28  determines whether the received signal quality measured by the wireless communication part  22  represents a quality corresponding to the weak electric field or not (S 210 ). 
     If the received signal quality represents a quality corresponding to the weak electric field (Yes in S 210 ), the communication availability determination part  28  carries out the processing in Step S 207 . On the other hand, if the received signal quality does not represent a quality corresponding to the weak electric field (No in S 210 ), the communication availability determination part  28  resets the count of the timer to 0, thereby stopping the timer (S 211 ), and again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     If the count of the timer has not reached the predetermined value (No in S 209 ), the communication availability determination part  28  determines whether the received signal quality has changed to a quality corresponding to the state “out of communication area” or not (S 212 ). If the received signal quality has changed to a quality corresponding to the state “out of communication area” (Yes in S 212 ), the communication availability determination part  28  notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the change to the state “out of communication area” (S 213 ). Then, the communication availability determination part  28  holds the change to the state “out of communication area” associated with a time of change as the history information (S 214 ), and again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     If the received signal quality has not changed to a quality corresponding to the state “out of communication area” (No in S 212 ), the movable body information collection part  21  determines whether the collection timing for the movable body information has been reached or not (S 215  in  FIG. 12 ). If the collection timing for the movable body information has been reached (Yes in S 215 ), the movable body information collection part  21  collects information from the sensor  200  and the wireless communication part  22  (S 216 ). Then, the movable body information collection part  21  stores the collected information, each item of which is associated with a collection time thereof, in the movable body information storage part  23  (S 217 ), and the communication availability determination part  28  again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     If the collection timing for the movable body information has not been reached (No in S 215 ), the separation determination part  26  determines whether the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  or not based on the signal transmitted from the sensor  201  (S 218 ). If the user  14  has gotten of the vehicle  13  (Yes in S 218 ), the separation determination part  26  notifies the movable body information notification part  27  of the situation. 
     The movable body information notification part  27  determines whether a change to the state “out of communication area” has been notified of from the communication availability determination part  28  or not (S 219 ). If the state “out of communication area” has not been notified of (No in S 219 ), the communication availability determination part  28  again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     On the other hand, if the state “out of communication area” has been notified of (Yes in S 219 ), the movable body information notification part  27  reads the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  23 . Then, the movable body information notification part  27  transmits the read movable body information along with the movable body ID via the short-distance communication part  29  to the terminal device  40  (S 220 ), and the communication availability determination part  28  again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
     If the user  14  has not gotten off the vehicle  13  (No in S 218 ), the command reception part  24  determines whether a check command or a control command has been received via the wireless communication part  22  or the short-distance communication part  29  or not (S 221 ). If a check command or a control command has been received (Yes in S 221 ), the command reception part  24  transmits the received command to the command execution part  25 . 
     The command execution part  25  executes the command received from the command reception part  24  (S 222 ), and returns an execution result thereof to the command reception part  24  (S 223 ). If the command received via the wireless communication part  22  is executed, the command reception part  24  returns an execution result via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30 , and the communication availability determination part  28  again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . If neither a check command nor a control command has been received (No in S 221 ), the communication availability determination part  28  again carries out the processing in Step S 200 . 
       FIG. 13  is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the terminal device  40  according to the second embodiment. 
     First, the movable body information reception part  401  determines whether movable body information is received via the short-distance communication part  400  by means of the short-distance wireless communication from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  or not (S 300 ). If movable body information has not been received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (No in S 300 ), the movable body information transmission part  402  carries out processing in Step S 302 . On the other hand, if movable body information has been received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (Yes in S 300 ), the movable body information reception part  401  stores the received movable body information along with a movable body ID received along with the movable body information in the movable body information storage part  406  (S 301 ). 
     Then, the movable body information transmission part  402  determines whether the availability of the communication to/from the nearest base station  12 , namely being in the communication area has been notified from the communication availability determination part  407  or not (S 302 ). If not being in the communication area (No in S 302 ), the movable body information notification part  410  carries out processing in Step S 305 . 
     If being in the communication area (Yes in S 302 ), movable body information is stored in the movable body information storage part  406 , and if the movable body information has not been transmitted to the center server  30  (No in S 303 ), the movable body information transmission part  402  reads a movable body ID and the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  406 , and transmits the read movable body ID and movable body information via the wireless communication part  403  to the center server  30  (S 304 ). 
     Then, the movable body information notification part  410  determines whether a check command has been received via the input device installed on the terminal device  40  from the user  14  or not (S 305 ). If a check command has been received from the user  14  (Yes in S 305 ), the movable body information notification part  410  reads movable body information on items corresponding to the check command from the movable body information storage part  406 . Then, the movable body information notification part  410  notifies the user  14  of the read movable body information via the screen or the speaker installed on the terminal device  40  (S 306 ), and the movable body information reception part  401  again carries out the processing in Step S 300 . 
     If a check command has not been received from the user  14  (No in S 305 ), the command reception part  409  determines whether a control command has been received from the input device installed on the terminal device  40  or the wireless communication part  403  or not (S 307 ). If a control command has been received (Yes in S 307 ), the command reception part  409  stores the received control command in the storage part  408  (S 308 ), and notifies the user of the reception of the control command via the display device or the like installed on the terminal device  40 , and the movable body information reception part  401  again carries out the processing in Step S 300 . 
     If a control command has not been received (No in S 307 ), the command transmission control part  405  determines whether the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  has been notified of by the short-distance communication availability determination part  404  or not (S 309 ). If the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is available (Yes in S 309 ), the command transmission control part  405  determines whether a command is stored in the command storage part  408  or not (S 310 ). 
     If the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is not available (No in S 309 ) or a command is not stored in the command storage part  408  (No in S 310 ), the movable body information reception part  401  again carries out the processing in Step S 300 . 
     If a command is stored in the command storage part  408  (Yes in S 310 ), the command transmission control part  405  reads the control command from the command storage part  408 . Then, the command transmission control part  405  transmits the read control command via the short-distance communication part  400  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 311 ), and the movable body information reception part  401  again carries out the processing in Step S 300 . 
       FIGS. 14 and 15  are flowcharts illustrating an example of an operation of the center server  30  according to the second embodiment. 
     First, the movable body information reception part  31  determines whether a strong electric field notification has been received via the communication line  11  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  or not (S 400 ). If the movable body information reception part  31  has received a strong electric field notification (Yes in S 400 ), the movable body information management part  31  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to a movable body ID included in the strong electric field notification in the movable body information storage part  35 . 
     Then, if movable body information  352  is stored in the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information management part  31  deletes the movable body information  352  from the movable body information table  351 , and resets the weak electric field flag  353  to 0 (S 401 ). 
     Then, if a notification destination address  355  is registered to the movable body information table  351  (Yes in S 402 ), the movable body information management part  31  transmits history information included in the received strong electric field notification along with such a situation that the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  has entered the area of strong electric field to a notification destination address  355  registered to the identified movable body information table  351  (S 403 ), and again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     If a strong electric field notification has not been received (No in S 400 ), the movable body information management part  31  determines whether a weak electric field notification has been received via the communication line  11  from a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  or not (S 404 ). If the movable body information management part  31  has received a weak electric field notification (Yes in S 404 ), the movable body information management part  31  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to a movable body ID included in the weak electric field notification in the movable body information storage part  35 . 
     Then, if movable body information  352  is stored in the identified movable body information table  351 , the movable body information management part  31  deletes the movable body information  352  from the movable body information table  351 . Then, the movable body information management part  31  sets 1 to the weak electric field flag  353  in the identified movable body information table  351  (S 405 ), and again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     If a weak electric field notification has not been received (No in S 404 ), the movable body information reception part  32  determines whether movable body information along with a movable body ID has been received via the communication line  11  from a terminal device  40  or not (S 406 ). If the movable body information reception part  32  has received movable body information (Yes in S 406 ), the movable body information reception part  32  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the received movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  35 . 
     Then, the movable body information reception part  32  registers the received movable body information to the identified movable body information table  351  (S 407 ). Then, the movable body information reception part  32  registers an address of the terminal device  40  as the transmission source of the movable body information to the terminal address  354  of the identified movable body information table  351 , and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     If movable body information has not been received (No in S 406 ), the movable body information reply part  33  determines whether a check command along with a movable body ID has been received via the communication line  11  from a communication device  15  of another user  16  or not (S 408 ). If a check command has been received (Yes in S 408 ), the movable body information reply part  33  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable body ID received along with the check command in the movable body information storage part  35 . 
     Then, the movable body information reply part  33  determines whether movable body information  352  is registered to the identified movable body information table  351  or not (S 409 ). If movable body information  352  is registered (Yes in S 409 ), the movable body information reply part  33  extracts information on items corresponding to the check command from the movable body information  352 , and replies with the information (S 410 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     On the other hand, if movable body information  352  is not registered (No in S 409 ), the movable body information reply part  33  transmits the check command to a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  corresponding to the movable body ID via the communication line  11  (S 411 ). If a response is received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (Yes in S 412 ), the movable body information reply part  33  transmits the received response to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the check command (S 413 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     On the other hand, if there is no response from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (No in S 412 ), the movable body information reply part  33  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the check command, of an error (S 414 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     If a check command has not been received (No in S 408 ), the command transmission control part  34  determines whether a control command along with a movable body ID has been received via the communication line  11  from a communication device  15  from another user  16  or not (S 415  in  FIG. 15 ). If a check command has not been received (No in S 415 ), the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     On the other hand, if a control command has been received (Yes in S 415 ), the command transmission control part  34  identifies a movable body information table  351  corresponding to a movable body ID received along with the control command in the movable body information storage part  35 . Then, the command transmission control part  34  determines whether movable body information  352  is registered to the identified movable body information table  351  or not (S 416 ). 
     If movable body information  352  is registered to the identified movable body information table  351  (Yes in S 416 ), the command transmission control part  34  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command, of such a state that the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  subject to control is out of communication area, and such a state that the control command can be transmitted also via a terminal device  40  (S 417 ). Then, if the command transmission control part  34  is instructed to transmit the control command via a terminal device  40  (Yes in S 418 ), the command transmission control part  34  transmits the control command to a terminal device  40  corresponding to a terminal address  354  in the identified movable body information table  351  (S 419 ). 
     Then, if a response is received from the terminal device  40  (Yes in S 420 ), the command transmission control part  34  transmits the received response to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command (S 421 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . On the other hand, if there is no response from the terminal device  40  (No in S 420 ), the command transmission control part  34  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command, of an error (S 422 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
     If movable body information  352  is not registered (No in S 416 ), the command transmission control part  34  transmits the received control command to a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  corresponding to the received movable body ID via the communication line  11  (S 423 ). Then, if a response is received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (Yes in S 424 ), the command transmission control part  34  transmits the received response to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command (S 425 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . On the other hand, if there is no response from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (No in S 424 ), the command transmission control part  34  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command, of an error (S 425 ), and the movable body information management part  31  again carries out the processing in Step S 400 . 
       FIGS. 16 to 18  are sequence diagrams illustrating an example of the operation of the communication system  10  according to the second embodiment.  FIG. 16  illustrates an operation of the communication system  10  when the user  14  has not gotten off the vehicle  13 . 
     First, if the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is in a communication area strong in electric field, when a check command or a control command is received from a communication device  15  of another user  16  (S 500 ), because movable body information on a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , which is a transmission destination of the command, is not registered to the movable body information storage part  35 , the center server  30  transmits the received command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 501 ). The movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  executes the received command (S 502 ), and returns an execution result to the center server  30  (S 503 ). The center server transfers the execution result received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the command (S 504 ). 
     Then, when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  enters a communication area weak in electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  records a time of the entrance into the weak electric field area to the history information, and transmits the weak electric field notification to the center server  30  (S 505 ). The center server  30  rewrites the weak electric field flag to 1 in the movable body information table of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 506 ). While the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is in the communication area weak in electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  periodically transmits the weak electric field notification to the center server  30  (S 507 ). 
     When a check command or a control command is received from a communication device  15  of another user  16  (S 508 ), because movable body information on the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , which is a destination of the command, is not registered to the movable body information storage part  35 , the center server  30  transmits the received command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , but the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is in the communication area weak in electric field, and thus a command from the center server  30  may not be normally received. 
     In this case, the center server  30  detects that a response to the command has not been received in a predetermined period (S 509 ), and notifies the communication device  15  of the transmission source of the command of the failure in the transmission of the command (S 510 ). On this occasion, 1 is set as the weak electric field flag  353  in the movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  of the transmission destination of the command, and the center server  30  may thus also notify the communication device  15  of the possibility of the state “out of communication area” of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     If notified of the error of the command, the another user  16  can issue, via the communication device  15 , an instruction requesting the situation to be notified when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  returns to a state “strong in electric field”, and an instruction requesting the command to be transmitted again when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  returns to the state “strong in electric field” (S 511 ). When the center server  30  receives this instruction, the center server  30  registers a notification destination specified by the user  16  to the notification destination address in the movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  of the transmission destination of the command. 
     Then, when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  becomes out of communication area, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  records a time when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  has become out of communication area to the history information (S 512 ). Then, when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  reenters a communication area weak in electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  records a time of the entrance into the area weak in electric field to the history information, and transmits the weak electric field notification to the center server  30  (S 513 ). While the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is in the communication area weak in electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  periodically transmits the weak electric field notification to the center server (S 514 ). 
     Then, when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  enters a communication area strong in electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  records a time of the entrance into the area strong in electric field to the history information, and transmits the strong electric field notification to the center server  30  (S 515 ). The center server  30  rewrites the weak electric field flag to 0 in a movable body information table of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 516 ). 
     Then, if a notification destination address is registered to the movable body information table of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the center server  30  transmits the entrance of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  into the communication area strong in electric field, and history information representing the history of the radio wave situation included in the strong electric field notification to the notification destination address (S 517 ). Moreover, if retransmission of the command is specified, the center sever  30  retransmits the command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 518 ). The movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  executes the received command (S 519 ), and returns an execution result to the center server  30  (S 520 ). The center server  30  transfers the execution result received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the command (S 521 ). 
       FIG. 17  is the sequence diagram representing an operation of the communication system  10  when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13  in the state “out of communication area”. 
     First, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  detects such a situation that the user  14  gets off the vehicle (S 530 ), and because the radio wave intensity is in the state “out of communication area”, the movable body information stored in the movable body information storage part  23  is transmitted to the terminal device  40  by means of the short-distance wireless communication (S 531 ). The terminal device stores the movable body information received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  in the movable body information storage part  406  (S 532 ). 
     Then, when a check command is received from the user  14  of the terminal device  40 , the terminal device  40  reads movable body information of which items is corresponding to the check command from the movable body information storage part  406 , and notifies the user via the screen or the speaker installed on the terminal device (S 533 ). 
     Moreover, when a control command is received from the user  14 , the terminal device  40  stores the received control command in the command storage part  408  (S 534 ). Then, if the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is detected (S 535 ), the terminal device  40  transmits the stored control command by means of the short-distance wireless communication to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 536 ). 
     The movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  executes the received control command (S 537 ). Then, if the short-distance wireless communication to/from the terminal device  40  is available, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  may transmit an execution result to the terminal device  40  (S 538 ). When the execution result of the control command is received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the terminal device  40  notifies the user  14  of the received execution result via the screen or the speaker installed on the terminal device (S 539 ). 
       FIG. 18  is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of the communication system  10  when the terminal device  40  which has received the movable body information from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  in the state “out of communication area” moves into a communication area. 
     First, the terminal device  40  detects the entrance into the communication area of the nearest base station  12 , and transmits the movable body information received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  along with the movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  via the base station  12  to the center server  30  (S 550 ). The center server  30  stores the received movable body information associated with the received movable body ID in the movable body information storage part  35  (S 551 ). 
     Then, when a check command directed to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is received from a communication device  15  of another user  16  (S 552 ), because the movable body information corresponding to the movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is registered to the movable body information storage part  35 , the center server  30  reads items of the movable body information corresponding to the check command from the movable body information storage part  35  (S 553 ), and transmits the read movable body information to the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the check command (S 554 ). 
     Then, when a control command directed to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is received from a communication device  15  of another user  16  (S 555 ), because movable body information corresponding to a movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is registered to the movable body information storage part  35 , the center server  30  notifies the communication device  15 , which is the transmission source of the control command, of such a state that the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , which is the transmission destination of the control command, is out of communication area (S 556 ). 
     If an instruction to transfer the control command to a terminal device  40  is received from the communication device  15  (S 557 ), the center server  30  transfers the control command to the terminal device  40  corresponding to a terminal address registered to the movable body information storage part  35  associated with the movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , which is the transmission destination of the control command (S 558 ). 
     The terminal device  40  stores the received control command in the command storage part  408  (S 559 ), and returns a reception response to the center server  30  (S 560 ). The center server  30  returns a reception response representing the normal transfer of the control command to the terminal device  40  to the communication device  15  (S 561 ). 
     Then, if the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is detected (S 562 ), the terminal device  40  transmits the stored control command by means of the short-distance wireless communication to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  (S 563 ). The movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  executes the received control command (S 564 ). 
       FIG. 19  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  60  realizing functions of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  according to the second embodiment. The computer  60  includes a central processing unit (CPU)  61 , a random access memory (RAM)  62 , a read only memory (ROM)  63 , a wireless communication device  64 , a short-distance wireless communication device  65 , an input interface (I/F)  66 , an output interface (I/F)  67 , and a media interface (I/F)  68 . 
     The CPU  61  operates based on a program stored in the ROM  63 , and carries out control for respective parts. The wireless communication device  64  provides the CPU  61  with data received via the antenna  204  from the base station  12  by means of the wide-area wireless communication such as a cellular phone or the WiMAX, and transmits data generated by the CPU  61  via the antenna  204  to the base station  12 . The short-distance wireless communication device  65  provides the CPU  61  with data received via the antenna  205  from the terminal device  40  by means of the short-distance wireless communication such as the Bluetooth, the UWB, the Wi-Fi, the NFC, and the TransferJet, and transmits data generated by the CPU  61  via the antenna  205  to the terminal device  40 . 
     The input interface  66  transmits to the CPU  61  the signals transmitted from the sensors  200  and  201 . Moreover, the output interface  67  transmits data and a signal generated by the CPU  61  to the display device  202  and the speaker  203 . Moreover, the output interface  67  transmits a control signal generated by the CPU  61  to the vehicle  13 . 
     The CPU  61  reads via the media interface  68  a program stored in a medium  69 , and installs the program in the ROM  63 . The CPU  61  loads the program from the ROM  63  onto the RAM  62 , and executes the loaded program. The medium  69  is, for example, a magnetic recording medium or a semiconductor memory. 
     The CPU  61  of the computer  60  executes the program loaded on the RAM  62 , thereby realizing respective functions of the movable body information collection part  21 , the wireless communication part  22 , the command reception part  24 , the command execution part  25 , the separation determination part  26 , the movable body information notification part  27 , the communication availability determination part  28 , and the short-distance communication part  29 . Moreover, the RAM  62  stores data stored in the movable body information storage part  23 . 
     The computer  60  reads and installs these programs from the medium  69 , but, as another example, the computer  60  may acquire and install these programs via the wireless communication device  64 . 
       FIG. 20  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  70  realizing functions of the terminal device  40  according to the second embodiment. The computer  70  includes a central processing unit (CPU)  71 , a random access memory (RAM)  72 , a read only memory (ROM)  73 , a wireless communication device  74 , a short-distance wireless communication device  75 , an input interface (I/F)  76 , an output interface (I/F)  77 , and a media interface (I/F)  78 . 
     The CPU  71  operates based on a program stored in the ROM  73 , and carries out control for respective parts. The wireless communication device  74  provides the CPU  71  with data received via the antenna  42  from the base station  12  by means of the wide-area wireless communication such as a cellular phone or the WiMAX, and transmits data generated by the CPU  71  via the antenna  42  to the base station  12 . The short-distance wireless communication device  75  provides the CPU  71  with data received via the antenna  41  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  by means of the short-distance wireless communication such as the Bluetooth, the UWB, the Wi-Fi, the NFC, and the TransferJet, and transmits data generated by the CPU  71  via the antenna  41  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     The input interface  76  transmits to the CPU  71  a signal transmitted from an input device. Moreover the output interface  77  transmits data and a signal generated by the CPU  71  to an output device. The CPU  71  reads via the media interface  78  a program stored in a medium  79 , and installs the program in the ROM  73 . The CPU  71  loads the program from the ROM  73  onto the RAM  72 , and executes the loaded program. The medium  79  is, for example, a magnetic recording medium or a semiconductor memory. 
     The CPU  71  of the computer  70  executes the program loaded on the RAM  72 , thereby realizing respective functions of the short-distance communication part  400 , the movable body information reception part  401 , the movable body information transmission part  402 , the wireless communication part  403 , the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , the command transmission control part  405 , the communication availability determination part  407 , the command reception part  409 , and the movable body information notification part  410 . Moreover, the RAM  72  stores data stored in the movable body information storage part  406  and the command storage part  408 . 
     The computer  70  reads and installs these programs from the medium  79 , but, as another example, the computer  70  may acquire and install these programs via the wireless communication device  74 . 
       FIG. 21  is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  80  realizing functions of the center sever  30  according to the second embodiment. The computer  80  includes a central processing unit (CPU)  81 , a random access memory (RAM)  82 , a read only memory (ROM)  83 , a hard disk drive (HDD)  84 , a communication interface (I/F)  85 , an input interface (I/F)  86 , an output interface (I/F)  87 , and a media interface (I/F)  88 . 
     The CPU  81  operates based on a program stored in the ROM  83  or the HDD  84 , and carries out control for respective parts. The ROM  83  stores a boot program executed by the CPU  81  when the computer  80  starts up, programs depending on hardware of the computer  80 , and the like. The HDD  84  stores programs executed by the CPU  81 , data used by the programs, and the like. 
     The communication interface  85  receives data from another device via the communication line  11 , transmits the received data to the CPU  81 , and transmits data generated by the CPU  81  to the another device via the communication line  11 . 
     The input interface  86  transmits to the CPU  81  the signal transmitted from the input device. Moreover, the output interface  87  transmits data and a signal generated by the CPU  81  to the output device. The CPU  81  reads via the media interface  88  a program stored in a medium  89 , and installs the program in the HDD  84 . The CPU  81  loads the program from the HDD  84  onto the RAM  82 , and executes the loaded program. The medium  89  is, for example, a magnetic recording medium or a semiconductor memory. 
     The CPU  81  of the computer  80  executes the program loaded on the RAM  82 , thereby realizing respective functions of the movable body information management part  31 , the movable body information reception part  32 , the movable body information reply part  33 , and the command transmission control part  34 . Moreover, the RAM  82  or the HDD  84  stores data stored in the movable body information storage part  35 . 
     The computer  80  reads and installs these programs from the medium  89 , but, as another example, the computer  80  may acquire and install these programs via the communication interface  85 . 
     The second embodiment of the present invention has been described. 
     As apparent from the above description, according to the communication system  10  of this embodiment, in a case where the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of the communication area, when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 , even if the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of the communication area, the state of the vehicle  13  can be checked at a location remote from the vehicle  13  by transferring the movable body information in the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to the terminal device  40  of the user  14 . 
     Moreover, when the terminal device  40 , which has received the movable body information from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , comes to be able to communicate to/from the base station  12 , the terminal device  40  registers the movable body information via the base station  12  to the center server  30 , and hence even if the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of the communication area, the center server  30  can return the movable body information when the center server  30  receives an inquiry for the movable body information from another user  16 . 
     Moreover, the center server  30  transfers a control command received from another user  16  to the terminal device  40 , and when the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  becomes available, the terminal device  40  transmits the control command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and hence even if the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  is out of the communication area, the control command from the another user  16  can be transmitted to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     Note that, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and can include various modified examples thereof. 
     For example, in the second embodiment, when the received signal quality is a quality corresponding to the weak electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  periodically transmits the weak electric field notification representing the signal quality to the center server  30 , and, when the received signal quality becomes a quality corresponding to the strong electric field, transmits the strong electric field notification representing the quality and the history of the radio wave state up to then to the center server  30 , but the same operation may be carried out in the first embodiment. 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 , if the state is out of communication area, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  transmits the movable body information by means of the short-distance wireless communication to the terminal device  40 , but, as another form, even if the state is not out of communication area, when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 , the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  may transmit the movable body information by means of the short-distance wireless communication to the terminal device  40 . 
     As a result, the user  14  of the terminal device  40  can acquire the movable body information from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  by transmitting a check command via the center server  30  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , but even without performing the communication, the user can check the state of the vehicle  13  by referring to the movable body information already stored in the terminal device  40 . As a result, communication cost required for checking the state of the vehicle  13  can be saved. Further, even if the terminal device  40  exits from the communication area of the base station  12 , the user  14  can check the state of the vehicle  13 . 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, if the received signal quality is a quality corresponding to the weak electric field, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  periodically transmits the weak electric field notification representing the situation to the center server  30 , but the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  may further transmit the weak electric field notification including the movable body information to the center server  30 . As a result, the center server  30  can respond more quickly to an inquiry for the movable body information received from another user  16  until the notification of the movable body information from the terminal device  40 . 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, the communication availability determination part  28  of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  and the communication availability determination part  407  of the terminal device  40  determine whether the radio wave intensity corresponds to the state “strong in electric field”, the state “weak in electric field”, or the state out of communication area based on the quality measured from the signal actually received from the base station  12 , but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. 
     For example, the communication availability determination part  28  and the communication availability determination part  407  may hold in advance a map representing a distribution of communication areas provided by communication carriers, may calculate a position of the own device by means of the GPS signals, and may determine whether the position of the own device is included in the communication area or not, thereby determining whether the position is inside or outside the communication area. Moreover, even if the position is in the communication area, if the distance is short to a boarder of the communication area, the radio wave intensity may be determined to correspond to the weak electric field, and if the distance is long, the radio wave intensity may be determined to correspond to the strong electric field. 
     Moreover, if a travel route is known in advance, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  refers to the map representing the distribution of the communication area held in advance, and if a section corresponding to out of communication area exists on the route ahead, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  may transmit the movable body information to the center server  30  in advance before the entrance to the section corresponding to out of communication area. Moreover, in combination with this configuration, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  preferably acquires updates of map information, traffic congestion information, and the like from the center server  30  before the entrance to the section corresponding to out of communication area. 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, when the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13 , if the state is out of communication area, the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  transmits the movable body information to the terminal device  40  by means of the short-distance wireless communication, but the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  does not need to transmit the entire movable body information to the terminal device  40 , but only needs to transmit items of the movable body information specified by an administrator or the user  14  to the terminal device  40 . 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, when the terminal device  40  enters the communication area of the base station  12 , the terminal device  40  transmits the movable body information received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to the center server  30 , but the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the terminal device  40  may transmit movable body information received from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  to a transmission destination specified in advance by the user  14  by means of an electronic mail or the like. 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, the separation determination part  26  is provided in the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and the separation determination part  26  determines whether the user  14  gets off the vehicle  13  or not based on the signal transmitted from the sensor  201 . When the movable body information notification part  27  is notified of such a situation that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  from the separation determination part  26 , if the movable body information notification part  27  has been notified of a change to the state “out of communication area” from the communication availability determination part  28 , the movable body information notification part  27  reads the movable body information from the movable body information storage part  23 , and transmits the movable body information along with the movable body ID of the own device via the short-distance communication part  29  to the terminal device  40 , but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. 
     For example, a separation determination part may be provided on the terminal device  40 , and the separation determination part may determine whether the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  or not based on a signal transmitted from a sensor installed on the terminal device  40 . When the movable body information reception part  401  is notified of such a situation that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13  from the separation determination part, the movable body information reception part  401  may communicate via the short-distance communication part  400  to/from the movable body information notification part  27  in the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and may acquire the movable body information read by the movable body information notification part  27  from the movable body information storage part  23  along with a movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  from the movable body information notification part  27 . 
     On this occasion, if the separation determination part provided in the terminal device  40  detects disconnection of a wired or wireless connection established to an electronic device registered in advance by detecting unplugging of a communication cable or a disconnection of, for example, an established wireless communication link to the electronic device registered in advance such as the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  by means of the NFC or the TransferJet, the separation determination part provided in the terminal device  40  may determine that the user  14  has gotten off the vehicle  13 . 
     Moreover, in the second embodiment, when the command transmission control part  34  receives, via the communication line  11 , a control command along with a movable body ID from a communication device  15  of another user  16 , if movable body information  352  is not registered to a movable body information table  351  corresponding to the movable body ID, the command transmission control part  34  acquires an approval from the user  16 , and then transmits the received control command to a terminal device  40  corresponding to the terminal address  354  in the movable body information table  351 . On this occasion, the command transmission control part  34  associates the identification information on the transmitted control command with the movable body ID, and holds the identification information. 
     Moreover, when the command reception part  409  in the terminal device  40  receives a control command via the wireless communication part  403  from the center server  30 , the command reception part  409  associates the received control command with the identification information on the control command, and stores the control command in the command storage part  408 . Then, if the command transmission control part  405  has been notified of the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  from the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , the command transmission control part  405  reads the control command and the identification information from the command storage part  408 , and transmits the read control command via the short-distance communication part  400  to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     When the command reception part  24  of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  receives the control command via the short-distance communication part  29  from the terminal device  40 , the command reception part  24  transmits the received control command to the command execution part  25 , and receives an execution result from the command execution part  25 . Then, the command reception part  24  transmits the execution result along with the identification information on the executed control command to the communication availability determination part  28 . Moreover, the command reception part  24  transmits the execution result along with the movable body ID of the own device and the identification information on the executed control command via the short-distance communication part  29  to the terminal device  40 . 
     If the received signal quality changes to the quality corresponding to the strong electric field, the communication availability determination part  28  includes, in the strong electric field notification, the held history information, information on the change in state to the strong electric field, the movable body ID of the own device, the identification information on the control command received from the command reception part  24 , and the execution result, and transmits the strong electric field notification via the wireless communication part  22  to the center server  30 . 
     Moreover, if the movable body information transmission part  402  of the terminal device  40  receives the movable body ID, the identification information on the control command, and the execution result via the short-distance communication part  400  from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the movable body information transmission part  402  holds these pieces of information, and transmits the held movable body ID, the identification information on the control command, and the execution result via the wireless communication part  403  to the center server  30 , when the movable body information transmission part  402  is notified of an available state of the communication to/from the nearest base station  12  by the communication availability determination part  407 . 
     When the command transmission control part  34  of the center server  30  receives the identification information on the control command and the execution result from the terminal device  40 , the command transmission control part  34  deletes the same identification information as the identification information on the received control command from held identification information on control commands, and transmits the received execution result to the communication device  15  of the user  16  of the transmission source of the control command. 
     Moreover, when the command transmission control part  34  of the center server  30  receives a strong electric field notification from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the command transmission control part  34  determines whether identification information on a control command is included in the strong electric field notification or not. If the identification information on the control command is not included in the strong electric field notification, when the command transmission control part  34  holds the identification information on a control command directed to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , which is the transmission source of the strong electric field notification, associated with the movable body ID of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , the command transmission control part  34  retransmits the control command corresponding to the identification information to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     On this occasion, if identification information on a control command is not included in the strong electric field notification, this situation means that the control command transmitted to the terminal device  40  when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  was out of communication area was not transferred to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  while the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  was out of communication area. As a result, the command transmission control part  34  retransmits the control command corresponding to the held identification information to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . 
     On the other hand, if identification information on a control command is included in the strong electric field notification, when the identification information matches identification information on a control command held by the command transmission control part  34  and associated with the movable body ID of the terminal device  40 , the command transmission control part  34  does not retransmit the control command corresponding to the held identification information to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and deletes the control command. 
     In this way, even if a control command which was transmitted to the terminal device  40  when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  was out of communication area was not transferred to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  while the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  was out of communication area, when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  enters the range, the control command can be retransmitted to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 . As a result, for example, in a case where a parking space of a residence is out of communication area, one day, a father comes home by driving the vehicle  13 , the movable body information is transferred to a terminal device  40   a  when the father gets off the vehicle, and a mother gets on the vehicle  13  while carrying an own terminal device  40   b  next day and leaves home, when a movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  of the vehicle  13  returns to the range before a control command is received from the terminal device  40   a  although the control command was transferred to the terminal device  40   a  of the father when the terminal device  40   a  entered the communication area again, the control command can be executed by the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  by transmitting the control command to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  when the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  returns to the range without waiting for reception of the control command from the terminal device  40   a.    
     The identification information on the control command is unique information so that even if a plurality of commands are the same in type of control such as “increasing the temperature of the air conditioner by one degree”, and the same commands are transmitted by different users, or the same user transmits the same command a plurality of times, the respective commands transmitted a plurality of times can be discriminated. Therefore, if control commands same in identification information are received, the command execution part  25  of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  executes only the control command having the identification information received first. 
     Therefore, for example, in the case where the control command retransmitted from the center server  30  is executed first, even if the control command same in identification information is received later from the terminal device  40  when the short-distance communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  becomes available, the command execution part  25  of the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  does not execute the control command. Therefore, the control command can be prevented from being executed a plurality of times, which is not intended by the user. 
     Moreover, the command transmission control part  34  may hold the identification information on a transmitted control command along with a time of reception of the command associated with a movable body ID, and may stop retransmission of a control command for which a predetermined period (such as a period of one week or more) has elapsed since the reception. The predetermined period may be set in advance or may be specified by the user. As a result, an old control command for which a certain period or more has elapsed since an instruction on the transmission of the control command was given can be prevented from being executed. 
     Moreover, when the command reception part  409  of the terminal device  40  receives a control command and identification information via the wireless communication part  403  from the center server  30 , the command reception part  409  associates these pieces of information with a time of reception, and stores the information in the command storage part  408 . Then, even if the command transmission control part  405  has been notified of the available state of the short-distance wireless communication to/from the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20  by the short-distance communication availability determination part  404 , the command transmission control part  405  does not transmit a control command for which a predetermined period (such as a period of one week or more) has elapsed since the reception to the movable-body-mounted apparatus  20 , and deletes the control command from the command storage part  408 . The predetermined period may also be set in advance or may be specified by the user. As a result, an old control command for which a certain period or more has elapsed since an instruction on the transmission of the control command was given can be prevented from being executed. 
     Moreover, the above-mentioned respective embodiments are detailed for the sake of description easy to understand, and the present invention is not limited to a case including all the described components. Moreover, a part of a configuration of a certain embodiment can be replaced by a configuration of another embodiment, and to a configuration of a certain embodiment, a configuration of another embodiment can be added. Moreover, another component can be added to, be removed from, or replace a part of the configuration of each of the embodiments. 
     Moreover, the respective configurations, functions, processing parts, processing means, and the like in part or entirety may be realized as hardware by designing integrated circuits. Moreover, the respective configurations, functions, and the like may be realized as software by a processor interpreting and executing programs realizing the respective functions. Programs, tables, files, and the like for realizing the respective functions may be stored in a recording device such as a memory, a hard disk, and a solid state drive (SSD), or a recording medium such as an IC card, an SD card, and a DVD. 
     Moreover, control lines or information lines considered necessary for description are described above, and not all control lines and information lines are necessarily described above for the sake of nature of products. It may be considered that almost all configurations are actually mutually connected to each other. 
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       10  . . . communication system,  11  . . . communication line,  12  . . . base station,  13  . . . vehicle,  14  . . . user,  15  . . . communication device,  16  . . . user,  20  . . . movable-body-mounted apparatus,  21  . . . movable body information collection part,  22  . . . wireless communication part,  23  . . . movable body information storage part,  24  . . . command reception part,  25  . . . command execution part,  26  . . . separation determination part,  27  . . . movable body information notification part,  28  . . . communication availability determination part,  29  . . . short-distance communication part,  200  . . . sensor,  201  . . . sensor,  202  . . . display device,  203  . . . speaker,  204  . . . antenna,  30  . . . center server,  31  . . . movable body information management part,  32  . . . movable body information reception part,  33  . . . movable body information reply part,  34  . . . command transmission control part,  35  . . . movable body information storage part,  40  . . . terminal device,  400  . . . short-distance communication part,  401  . . . movable body information reception part,  402  . . . movable body information transmission part,  403  . . . wireless communication part,  404  . . . short-distance communication availability determination part,  405  . . . command transmission control part,  406  . . . movable body information storage part,  407  . . . communication availability determination part,  408  . . . command storage part,  409  . . . command reception part,  410  . . . movable body information notification part,  41  . . . antenna,  42  . . . antenna