US 11,987,274 B2Granted

In-vehicle communication system

AssigneeKoito Electric Industries, Ltd.

InventorsKazuya Sasaki, Takayuki Araki, Shuhei Kojima, Junichi Kusano

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Abstract

Purpose is to enable communication with a vehicle installation installed in a vehicle in a manner that facilitates implementation of a security measure and with high sensitivity and at low cost. An in-vehicle communication system includes an interior light with communication function, a seat and a display device, the interior light with communication function including a LED configured to transmit information to the seat and the display device via visible light communication, and the seat and the display device including light receiving units configured to receive information transmitted from the interior light with communication function and control units configured to control themselves based on the information received by the light receiving units.

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Dependent claims

An in-vehicle communication system comprising:

a lighting device configured to light inside a passenger compartment of a railway vehicle;
and
a plurality of seats installed inside the passenger compartment, wherein
the lighting device includes a first light-emitting element configured to transmit a command of rotating the plurality of seats all at once or a command of returning reclined seats back to a default angle after passengers get off or when arriving at a terminal station to the plurality of seats via visible light communication, and
each of the plurality of seats includes a first light-receiving element configured to receive the command transmitted from the lighting device, and a control unit configured to rotate seats or return the reclined seats back to the default angle based on the command received by the first light-receiving element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.