Vehicle-mounted device, vehicle communication system, and algorithm provision method
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorYusuke Nishimura
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Abstract
A vehicle-mounted device to be mounted on a first vehicle includes: a storage unit configured to store an algorithm related to traveling of the first vehicle; an acquisition unit configured to acquire driving environment information related to a driving environment of a second vehicle different from the first vehicle; and a determination unit configured to determine compatibility related to traveling between the driving environment information and the first vehicle, and determine, in accordance with a determination result of the compatibility, whether to provide the algorithm available for the first vehicle to the second vehicle.
Claims16
A vehicle-mounted device to be mounted on a first vehicle, comprising:
- memory configured to store an algorithm related to traveling of the first vehicle and an evaluation table;
- a communication circuit configured to acquire driving environment in information related to a driving environment of a second vehicle different from the first vehicle;
- and
- an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to:
- acquire the driving environment information,
- determine compatibility related to traveling between the driving environment information and the algorithm related to traveling of the first vehicle by referring to the evaluation table stored in the memory, and determine, in accordance with a determination result of the compatibility, whether to provide the algorithm available for the first vehicle to the second vehicle, and
- cause the communication circuit to transfer the algorithm to the second vehicle to cause the second vehicle to use the algorithm for controlling driving of the second vehicle.
A vehicle communication system comprising:
- a first vehicle-mounted device to be mounted on a first vehicle;
- and
- a second vehicle-mounted device to be mounted on a second vehicle different from the first vehicle, wherein
- the second vehicle-mounted device transmits driving environment information related to a driving environment of the second vehicle to the first vehicle-mounted device,
- the first vehicle-mounted device receives the driving environment information, and transmits, based on the received driving environment information, a first algorithm available for the first vehicle among algorithms related to traveling of the first vehicle, the algorithms being stored in the first vehicle-mounted device, to the second vehicle-mounted device to cause the second vehicle to use the first algorithm for controlling driving of the second vehicle, and
- the first vehicle includes:
- memory configured to store an algorithm related to traveling of the first vehicle;
- and an evaluation table;
- and
- an electronic control unit (ECU) that is configured to determine compatibility related to traveling between the driving environment information and the algorithm related to traveling of the first vehicle by referring to the evaluation table stored in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.