US 12,295,067 B2
Wireless communication system, wireless communication method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Takahiro Kato, Toyota (JP); and Fumihiro Konno, Suntou-gun (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,455.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-185027 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156861 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/50 (2018.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/50 (2018.02) [H01Q 1/2241 (2013.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication system comprising:
a memory;
a wireless communication unit provided at a vehicle and that wirelessly communicates with an external communication device positioned externally of the vehicle;
a detection device provided at the vehicle and that detects whether any occupant is present inside the vehicle; and
a processor provided at the vehicle and that is coupled to the memory and to the detection device, the processor being configured to:
(i) cause the wireless communication unit to transmit a notification to a communication terminal positioned externally of the vehicle based on an instruction received from the occupant of the vehicle, and
(ii) cause the wireless communication unit to transmit the notification to the communication terminal positioned externally of the vehicle when the processor has determined that there is no occupant in the vehicle based on a detection result of the detection device and when disaster information has been received by the wireless communication unit from the external communication device.