Patent application EP18178521A (EP), filed 2018-06-19
Publication number: EP3419318A1
Title: COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD
Abstract: A communication device to be mounted in a vehicle includes a short-range communication unit configured to perform a first wireless communication in a first communication range, a wide-area communication unit configured to perform a second wireless communication in a second communication range larger than the first communication range, a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire first vehicle information from another vehicle located in the first communication range, through the first wireless communication, a communication control unit configured to permit, when the first information acquisition unit has acquired the first vehicle information including predetermined information, acquisition of second vehicle information through the second wireless communication, and a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire, when the acquisition of the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication is permitted, the second vehicle information from another vehicle located in the second communication range, through the second wireless communication.
IPC codes: H04L  29/    06            A I
H04W  12/    08            A I
H04W   4/    46            A I
H04W   4/    80            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A communication device (110) to be mounted in a vehicle, the communication device (110) comprising:
number: 2
text: The communication device (110) according to Claim 1,
wherein the communication control unit (114) is configured to prohibit the acquisition of the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication, when the first information acquisition unit (113) has failed to acquire the first vehicle information including the predetermined information.
number: 3
text: The communication device (110) according to Claim 1 or 2,
wherein the communication control unit (114) is configured to permit the acquisition of the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication, when the first information acquisition unit (113) has acquired the first vehicle information including information indicating that the second vehicle information can be provided through the second wireless communication.
number: 4
text: The communication device (110) according to one of Claims 1-3,
wherein the communication control unit (114) is configured to permit the acquisition of the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication, when the first information acquisition unit (113) has acquired the first vehicle information including position information related to a running route of the own vehicle.
number: 5
text: The communication device (110) according to Claim 4, further comprising a decision unit (701) configured to decide whether the position information, included in the first vehicle information acquired by the first information acquisition unit (113), is related to the running route of the own vehicle, using map information on geography around the own vehicle.
number: 6
text: The communication device (110) according to one of Claims 1-5,
wherein the communication control unit (114) is configured to permit the acquisition of the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication, upon acquiring the first vehicle information including predetermined header information.
number: 7
text: The communication device (110) according to one of Claims 1-6, further comprising a vehicle information transmission unit (116) configured to transmit, through the first wireless communication, the first vehicle information including information indicating that the own vehicle can provide the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication.
number: 8
text: The communication device (110) according to Claim 7,
wherein the vehicle information transmission unit (116) is configured to transmit the second vehicle information of the own vehicle through the second wireless communication, when the acquisition of the second vehicle information through the second wireless communication is permitted.
number: 9
text: A communication system (100) to be mounted in a vehicle, the communication system (100) comprising:
number: 10
text: A communication control method to be executed by a communication system (100) mounted in a vehicle and including a short-range communication unit (111) configured to perform first wireless communication in a first communication range, and a wide-area communication unit (112) configured to perform second wireless communication in a second communication range larger than the first communication range, the communication control method comprising:
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-26
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: JP2016133882A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: JP2016133882A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2015349885A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: - TUNG LUNG-CHIH ET AL: "A cluster based architecture for intersection collision avoidance using heterogeneous networks", 2013 12TH ANNUAL MEDITERRANEAN AD HOC NETWORKING WORKSHOP (MED-HOC-NET), IEEE, 24 June 2013 (2013-06-24), pages 82 - 88, XP032579973, DOI: 10.1109/MEDHOCNET.2013.6767414
ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: US2015349885
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: JP2016133882
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: - TUNG LUNG-CHIH ET AL, "A cluster based architecture for intersection collision avoidance using heterogeneous networks", 2013 12TH ANNUAL MEDITERRANEAN AD HOC NETWORKING WORKSHOP (MED-HOC-NET), IEEE, (20130624), doi:10.1109/MEDHOCNET.2013.6767414, pages 82 - 88, XP032579973 [X] 1-10 * page  82  - page  85 *
ref_type: npl
severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2018-12-26)