In-vehicle wireless system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12046806-B2
Application number	US-202017110209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2020
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

An in-vehicle wireless system includes: multiple antennas; and multiple antenna housings that house the multiple antennas and are smaller in number than the multiple antennas. The multiple antenna housings include a vehicle interior antenna housing placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle. The vehicle interior antenna housing houses an antenna for performing communication by connecting to a mobile communication line that is a public communication line that is connectable to a mobile wireless device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An in-vehicle wireless system comprising:
a plurality of antennas; and
a plurality of antenna housings that house the plurality of antennas and are smaller in number than the plurality of antennas,
wherein:
the plurality of antenna housings include
a rooftop antenna housing placed on a roof of a vehicle and
a vehicle interior antenna housing placed in a vehicle interior of the vehicle;

the rooftop antenna housing houses: an antenna for a vehicle near field communication requiring an isotropic directivity in a horizontal plane; and an antenna that is necessary to receive electric waves from above the vehicle;
the vehicle interior antenna housing houses: a sub antenna for the vehicle near field communication; and an antenna for performing communication by connecting to a mobile communication line that is a public communication line that is connectable to a mobile wireless device;
the rooftop antenna housing is placed on a rear end of the roof;
the vehicle interior antenna housing is placed at a front end of the roof of the vehicle in the vehicle interior; and
the vehicle interior antenna housing placed in the vehicle interior does not face the rooftop antenna housing and does not sandwich the roof with the rooftop antenna housing.

2. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the vehicle interior antenna housing houses:
a wireless circuit that is connected to an antenna for performing communication by connecting to the mobile communication line and is configured to perform application, modulation or demodulation of a signal;
a microphone for a call via the mobile communication line; and
a speaker for the call via the mobile communication line.

3. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the wireless circuit
is placed at the rooftop antenna housing or a portion of the vehicle interior, facing the rooftop antenna housing and
is connected to an antenna placed in the rooftop antenna housing,

the system further includes a constant voltage circuit that changes a vehicle power source into a voltage at which the wireless circuit is operable in the vehicle interior antenna housing.

4. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the vehicle interior antenna housing and the rooftop antenna housing houses: an antenna for vehicle near field communication; and an antenna for the mobile communication line.

5. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the rooftop antenna housing houses an antenna for a navigation signal; and
the antenna for the navigation signal is the antenna that is necessary to receive the electric waves from above the vehicle.

6. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein
a frequency of the antenna for the communication requiring the isotropic directivity in the horizontal plane is 5.9 GHz band or 700 MHz band.

7. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle interior antenna housing placed in the vehicle interior does not overlap with the rooftop antenna housing.

8. An in-vehicle wireless system comprising:
a plurality of antennas; and
a plurality of antenna housings that house the plurality of antennas and are smaller in number than the plurality of antennas,
wherein:
the plurality of antenna housings include: a vehicle interior antenna housing placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle; and a rooftop antenna housing placed on a roof of the vehicle;
the vehicle interior antenna housing houses an antenna for a mobile wireless device for performing communication by connecting to a mobile communication line that is a public communication line that is connectable to the mobile wireless device;
the rooftop antenna housing includes: an antenna for communication requiring an isotropic directivity in a horizontal plane; an antenna for receiving electric waves from a satellite; and a sub antenna for connection to the mobile communication line; and
the vehicle interior antenna housing placed in the vehicle interior does not face the rooftop antenna housing and does not sandwich the roof with the rooftop antenna housing.

9. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 8 , wherein:
the vehicle interior antenna housing is placed at a front end portion of the roof of the vehicle in the vehicle interior.

10. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 9 , wherein
the rooftop antenna housing is placed on a rear end portion of the roof.

11. An in-vehicle wireless system further comprising:
a plurality of antennas; and
a plurality of antenna housings that house the plurality of antennas and are smaller in number than the plurality of antennas, wherein:
one of the plurality of antenna housings is a vehicle interior antenna housing placed in a vehicle interior of a vehicle;
the vehicle interior antenna housing is placed at a front end of a roof in the vehicle interior, and houses:
a telephone antenna for a mobile wireless device for performing communication by connecting to a mobile communication line that is a public communication line that is connectable to the mobile wireless device;
a wireless circuit that is connected to an antenna for performing communication by connecting to the mobile communication line and is configured to perform application, modulation or demodulation of a signal;
a microphone for a call via the mobile communication line; and
a speaker for the call via the mobile communication line; one of the plurality of antenna housings is a rooftop antenna housing placed on the roof of the vehicle; and

the vehicle interior antenna housing placed in the vehicle interior does not sandwich the roof with the rooftop antenna housing.

12. The in-vehicle wireless system according to claim 11 , wherein the rooftop antenna housing is placed on a rear end of the roof of the vehicle and the vehicle interior antenna housing placed in the vehicle interior does not overlap with the rooftop antenna housing.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Koide Shiro

Classifications

• H01Q23/00

  Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them · CPC title

• H01Q21/28

  Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} · CPC title

• H01Q1/3291

  mounted in or on other locations inside the vehicle or vehicle body · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title