Resin container and wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022286824-A1
Application number	US-202217664916-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 25, 2022
Priority date	Nov 27, 2019
Publication date	Sep 8, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are a resin container and a wireless communication system with which it is possible to efficiently manage the state of a wireless communication device installed in an underground space. A resin container 5 for accommodating cables such as a communication line 6 and an electric power line 7 comprises a container body 52 having an opening 51 that opens upward, a lid for closing off the opening 51, and a wireless tag 3 serving as an information processing device positioned in the lid 53 or the container body 52 and capable of wirelessly communicating with a terminal 40 serving as an external apparatus. The wireless tag 3: acquires, from a wireless communication device 2 positioned in the inside of the container body 52, information that relates to the maintenance of the wireless communication device 2; holds said information; and transmits said information relating to the maintenance to the terminal 40.

First claim

1 . A resin container accommodating a cable, the resin container comprising:
a container body including an opening that opens upward; a lid that closes the opening; and an information processing apparatus that detects a change of the resin container from an initial installation state, and sends a detection result to outside.

2 . The resin container according to claim 1 , further comprising a management apparatus provided inside or outside of the resin container, and examining a change in a state of the resin container based on the detection result.

3 . The resin container according to claim 2 , wherein
the information processing apparatus is communicable with an external apparatus, and acquires and retains information on maintenance of at least one wireless communication device disposed inside of the container body from the wireless communication device, and the information processing apparatus sends the information on maintenance to the external apparatus.

4 . The resin container according to claim 3 , wherein the information processing apparatus acquires the information on maintenance from the wireless communication device at a predetermined timing.

5 . The resin container according to claim 3 , wherein the information on maintenance includes device information related to the wireless communication device and a radio wave strength upon communication between the wireless communication device and a mobile device.

6 . The resin container according to claim 3 , wherein
the external apparatus is mounted on a moving body, and moves accompanying movement of the moving body, and the information processing apparatus sends the information on maintenance in response to a request from the external apparatus.

7 . The resin container according to claim 6 , wherein the moving body is a vehicle.

8 . A wireless communication system including a plurality of the resin containers according to claim 3 , the system comprising:
a management apparatus that stores the information on maintenance acquired from the external apparatus to be associated with each of the wireless communication devices disposed at different locations.

9 . The wireless communication system according to claim 8 , wherein the management apparatus includes:
a determination unit that determines whether maintenance is required for a wireless communication device based on the information on maintenance; an identification unit that identifies a location at which the wireless communication device is disposed based on the information on maintenance; a search unit that refers to a predetermined map, and searches the location identified by the identification unit; and an addition unit that adds a determination result by the determination unit to a location on the predetermined map searched by the search unit.

10 . The wireless communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the predetermined map is a map in which road information having a situation which changes for every moment is updated in real time.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamada Hiroki
• MITSUHASHI Yuito
• Kagimoto Taishi
• Hattori Nobuhiko
• Mochizuki Takahiro

Classifications

• H04W84/10

  Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks · CPC title

• H04W4/38 Primary

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• H04W4/40

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

• H02G9/04

  in surface ducts; Ducts or covers therefor · CPC title

• H01Q1/22

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title