US 12,111,654 B2 · In-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, and vehicle control method

Abstract

Provided are an in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, a wireless communication system, a wireless communication apparatus, and a vehicle control method configured to realize prompt external control of a vehicle. An in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an out-of-vehicle apparatus installed outside the vehicle, and a processing unit configured to perform processing related to communication, and the processing unit transmits information regarding a data format of control data to be output to an in-vehicle network by an in-vehicle control apparatus that controls the vehicle, to the out-of-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication unit, receives data transmitted from the out-of-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication unit, the data including control data having the data format, and outputs the control data included in the received data to the in-vehicle network.

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Dependent claims

An in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus that is to be mounted in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an out-of-vehicle apparatus installed outside the vehicle, and a processing unit configured to perform processing related to communication,
wherein the processing unit transmits information regarding a data format of control data to be output to an in-vehicle network by an in-vehicle control apparatus that controls the vehicle, to the out-of-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication unit,
receives data transmitted from the out-of-vehicle apparatus using the wireless communication unit, the data including control data having the data format, and
outputs the control data included in the received data to the in-vehicle network.

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A wireless communication system, wherein wireless communication is performed between an in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus that is to be mounted in a vehicle, and includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an apparatus outside the vehicle and a processing unit configured to perform processing related to communication, and an out-of-vehicle apparatus that is to be mounted outside the vehicle, and includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with the vehicle and a processing unit configured to perform processing related to communication, and

the processing unit of the in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus transmits, to the out-of-vehicle apparatus, information regarding a data format of control data to be output to an in-vehicle network by an in-vehicle control apparatus that controls the vehicle,
the processing unit of the out-of-vehicle apparatus receives the information regarding the data format transmitted by the in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus,
generates control data for controlling the vehicle based on the received information, the control data having the data format, and
transmits data that includes the generated control data to the in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, and
the processing unit of the in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus receives the data transmitted by the out-of-vehicle apparatus, and
outputs the control data included in the received data to the in-vehicle network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

In-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, and vehicle control method

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In-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, and vehicle control method

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