US 11,985,006 B2
Relay device
Hiromichi Yasunori, Yokkaichi (JP)
Assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/278,709
Filed by AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi (JP); and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/036050
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/066687, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-179463 (JP), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038307 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); H04B 3/36 (2006.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 12/46 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); H04B 3/36 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A relay device to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
an external wireless communication unit that is configured to perform wireless communication with a communication device that is provided outside of the vehicle;
a wired communication unit that is configured to perform wired communication with an electronic control unit (ECU) for controlling an in-vehicle device that is installed in the vehicle;
an in-vehicle wireless communication unit that is configured to perform wireless communication with the ECU; and
a communication control unit that is configured to identify information transmitted from the communication device and control communication performed by the wired communication unit or the in-vehicle wireless communication unit in accordance with a result of the identification.