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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Yokoe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G01S 3/46 (2006.01); G01S 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/44 (2018.02); G01S 3/46 (2013.01); G01S 3/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
Determination is made as to whether or not to enable communications by a communication processing unit with an on-board unit, on the basis of a receive strength detected from a radio wave received via a communication antenna, and the angle of arrival and the receive strength of a direct wave and the angle of arrival and the receive strength of a reflected wave, the angles of arrival and the receive strengths being estimated from one or more radio waves received via an angle measurement antenna.