# US 12,111,654 B2 · In-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, and vehicle control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,654 B2 - Document ID: US12111654B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/759,055 - Filed: 2021-01-06 - Published: 2023-02-09 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-21 - Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Makoto Chujo; Hiromichi Yasunori - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111654B2 ## CPC - G05D 1/0022: {characterised by the communication link (data switching networks in general H04L12/00)} - G08G 1/0116: {from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons} - G05D 1/0223: {involving speed control of the vehicle (vehicle fittings for automatically controlling, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator B60K31/00)} - G05D 1/226: Communication links with the remote-control arrangements - G05D 1/2265: {involving protocol translation} - G05D 1/65: Following a desired speed profile - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G08G 1/0137: {for specific applications} - G08G 1/04: using optical or ultrasonic detectors - G08G 1/096725: {where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096741: {where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle} - G08G 1/096783: {where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element} - H04W 4/44: for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] - G07C 9/00182: {operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks} - G07C 2009/00269: {opening and locking of all locks at the same time} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle control apparatus and an in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled by the in-vehicle control apparatus are mounted in the vehicle, and the processing unit transmits the control data included in data received from the out-of-vehicle apparatus, to the in-vehicle apparatus without involving the in-vehicle control apparatus. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control data included in the data received from the out-of-vehicle apparatus is control data for causing the in-vehicle apparatus to perform control for stopping travelling of the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control data included in the data received from the out-of-vehicle apparatus is control data for causing the in-vehicle apparatus to perform control for unlocking doors of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein data that is received from the out-of-vehicle apparatus includes the control data and accompanying information that accompanies wireless communication, and the processing unit outputs the control data obtained by removing the accompanying information from the data received from the out-of-vehicle apparatus, to the in-vehicle network. ### Claim 6 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The wireless communication system according to claim 6, wherein an in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled by the in-vehicle control apparatus and an in-vehicle relay apparatus that receives control data transmitted by the in-vehicle control apparatus and transmits the control data to the in-vehicle apparatus are mounted in the vehicle, and the in-vehicle relay apparatus receives control data transmitted by the in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, and transmits the received control data to the in-vehicle apparatus without involving the in-vehicle control apparatus. ### Claim 8 A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a vehicle, and a processing unit configured to perform processing related to communication, wherein the processing unit receives information regarding a data format transmitted by the vehicle, 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 vehicle.