US 11,808,595 B2
Communication control device, communication control method, and non-transitory storage medium
Yuji Ninagawa, Handa (JP); and Satoshi Niwa, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,943.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-168632 (JP), filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107195 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC G01C 21/3492 (2013.01) [G01C 21/343 (2013.01); G01C 21/3461 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 28/0226 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A communication control method executed by a computer of a communication control device configured to be connected to an external device by using a plurality of communication modes, the communication control method comprising:
acquiring a first route as an expected route along which the communication control device is to move;
controlling a communication mode while the communication control device is moving, based on the first route, communication possibility information, and a communication content required by an application, the communication mode being used by the application implemented by the communication control device for communication with the external device, the communication possibility information being information that a storage unit of the communication control device stores and in which positions and communication modes are correlated with each other, the positions being positions at which the communication control device is connectable to the external device, the communication modes being usable at the positions among the plurality of communication modes; and
executing communication between the application and the external device by using the controlled communication mode.