US 12,175,817 B2
Center device and vehicle information communication system
Nao Sakurai, Kariya (JP); and Shuhei Takahashi, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,891.
Application 17/866,891 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/000525, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351555 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01)
CPC G07C 5/085 (2013.01) [G06F 9/546 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A center device, comprising:
at least one of (i) a circuit and (ii) a processor having a memory storing computer program code, wherein
the at least one of (i) the circuit and (ii) the processor is configured to cause the center device to:
wirelessly communicate with a vehicle device mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle device including a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs);
store vehicle information in a database, the vehicle information being transmitted from the vehicle device upon a predetermined change in vehicle status; and
transmit the vehicle information to the database and write the vehicle information in the database upon receiving the vehicle information,
wherein the database includes a waiting queue for sequentially writing a plurality of transmitted vehicle information, and
the at least one of (i) the circuit and (ii) the processor is further configured to cause the center device to, by referring to the waiting queue when transmitting the vehicle information to the database:
store the vehicle information in the waiting queue when a write waiting number in the waiting queue is less than a predetermined number;
store the vehicle information in the waiting queue when the write waiting number in the waiting queue is equal to or greater than the predetermined number and when any one of items included in the vehicle information satisfies a write priority condition; and
not store the vehicle information in the waiting queue when the write waiting number in the waiting queue is equal to or greater than the predetermined number and when all of the items included in the vehicle information do not satisfy the write priority condition.