Communicating method for inter-movingbodies and vehicle communicating apparatus

Abstract

A method for communication among mobile units and vehicular communication apparatus make it possible to automatically establish connection with a party who can provide required information in response to an environment or condition change of a driver or a vehicle or in response to a driver's request so as to permit communication with the party. An inter-vehicle communication apparatus of a vehicle acquires information from other mobile units through physical networks while it is moving or stopped, and registers, in a member table, mobile units satisfying predetermined conditions on the basis of the acquired information as the members of different virtual logic networks according to the conditions. In such a state, the inter-vehicle communication apparatus selects one virtual logic network from among a plurality of virtual logic networks in response to an environment or condition change of a driver or a vehicle or in response to a driver's request so as to permit communication with the party. The selected virtual logic network is set as an active network to establish connection with a predetermined mobile unit constituting the active network thereby to request or provide required information from or to the mobile unit.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a communication method between mobile bodies and a vehicle communication device, in particular to the ability to automatically connect to a counterpart that can provide necessary information as the driver and the vehicle's environment and conditions change or according to the driver's request. A communication method between mobile bodies and a vehicle communication device. Background technique [0002] With the development of communication technology, communication between mobile bodies such as one vehicle (so-called vehicle-to-vehicle communication) becomes possible. However, in conventional vehicle-to-vehicle communication, the driver specifies a partner to connect with, and connects to the partner via a network to perform communication. [0003] Therefore, in the existing inter-vehicle communication, it is not possible to automatically connect to the most appropriate partner for communication according to changes in...

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Therefore, if there is no map and you want to connect to the map providing center, but the line is busy and you cannot connect, if there is a vehicle equipped with a device of the same manufacturer nearby, it is convenient to be able to obtain map information from the vehicle, but , in the existing vehicle-to-vehicle communication, it cannot be realized

[0008] Moreover, according to the driving conditions of the vehicle, salute (when inserting), pay attention (when entering a main road or a highway), ask the other party's intention (when turning left and right at an intersection), etc. This cannot be achieved in existing vehicle-to-vehicle communication

[0009] The above is an example, but in various other cases, it will be very convenient if it can communicate with a predetermined partner, which cannot be realized in the existing vehicle-to-vehicle communication

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