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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Toyota Infotechnology Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Onur Altintas, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Oie, Iizuka, JP;
Masato Tsuru, Iizuka, JP;
Kazuya Tsukamoto, Iizuka, JP;
TOYOTA INFOTECHNOLOGY CENTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication method implemented by a first apparatus constituting a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system, including: receiving vehicle data transmitted on a control channel from a second apparatus; acquiring, from a map information storage unit configured to store map information divided into a plurality of first areas, information relating to a first area including a current position of the first apparatus; determining whether or not to access a DB storing WS information on the basis of position information relating to the first in-vehicle wireless communication apparatus, position information relating to another apparatus, and information relating to the first area; acquiring WS information relating to a vicinity of the current position from the DB after determining to access the DB; and transmitting the WS information acquired from the DB in the querying step to a peripheral apparatus.