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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2015
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshikazu Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A position determining unit () determines the position of each of wireless communication apparatuses carried into a vehicle cabin on the basis of the intensities of an electric wave which is transmitted by each wireless communication apparatus and is received by plural antennas (), or on the basis of the difference between the intensities at the antennas of the electric wave which is transmitted by each wireless communication apparatus and is received by the plural antennas (). By using a determination result outputted by the position determining unit (), a display control unit () outputs, to a display unit (), an image signal for showing the position in the vehicle cabin of each of the wireless communication apparatuses, and allowing the user to select a wireless communication apparatus which is to be wirelessly connected.


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