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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yosuke Moriuchi, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus is mounted on a vehicle together with a control apparatus configured to accept, from a device electrically connected to a connector on the vehicle, a communication request to request transmission of data and transmit a communication response including the data to the device. The communication apparatus includes a communication interface configured to sequentially transmit two or more communication requests to the control apparatus, and in a case in which a communication response corresponding to at least one of transmitted communication requests is received from the control apparatus, transmit data included in the received communication response to a server apparatus installed in a location different from the vehicle, and a controller configured to determine whether a device to be detected is electrically connected to the connector depending on whether the communication interface has received a communication response corresponding to each of the two or more communication requests.