US-12623591-B2 - Vehicle

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Abstract

A movable vehicle includes an access point functional unit that includes an antenna and functions as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle, and a notifier that notifies the surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point.

Inventors

Masaru OTAKA
Ryusuke Tamanaha
Takahiro Iijima
Yusuke OI
Naoko Imai

Assignees

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20241017

Claims (10)

1 . A movable vehicle, comprising: an access point functional unit including an antenna and configured to function as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle; and a notifier configured to notify surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point, wherein the notifier includes a movable object, and causes the movable object to operate when the vehicle is functioning as an access point.
2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the movable object includes a wiper device.
3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the movable object includes a power window or an electric mirror.
4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the notifier makes an operating speed of the movable object lower in a case in which an operation mode of the vehicle is set to a power saving mode as compared with that in which the operation mode of the vehicle is set to a normal mode.
5 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising: a storage battery, wherein the notifier makes an operating speed of the movable object in a case in which an amount of stored electricity of the storage battery is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount of stored electricity higher than that in a case in which the amount of stored electricity of the storage battery is smaller than the predetermined amount of stored electricity.
6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising: an externally chargeable storage battery, wherein the notifier makes an operating speed of the movable object in a case in which the storage battery is externally charged higher than that in a case in which the storage battery is not externally charged.
7 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising: an acquirer configured to acquire information on communication quality between a wireless base station and the access point functional unit, wherein the notifier makes an operating speed of the movable object in a case in which the communication quality acquired by the acquirer is equal to or higher than predetermined quality different from that in a case in which the communication quality acquired by the acquirer is lower than the predetermined quality.
8 . A movable vehicle, comprising: an access point functional unit including an antenna and configured to function as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle; and a notifier configured to notify surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point, wherein the notifier includes an output unit, and causes the output unit to output a sound when the vehicle is functioning as an access point.
9 . The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the output unit includes a speaker or a horn directed to outside of the vehicle.
10 . A movable vehicle, comprising: an access point functional unit including an antenna and configured to function as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle; and a notifier configured to notify surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point, wherein the notifier includes a screen, and causes the screen to display a sentence informing that the vehicle is functioning as an access point when the vehicle is functioning as an access point.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 17/783,662 filed on Jun. 9, 2022, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference, which is a Section 371 National Phase of PCT Internation application PCT/JP2019/049576 filed Dec. 18, 2019, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vehicle. BACKGROUND ART For example, an access point that mediates transmission of radio waves between a terminal device and a base station may be provided in an environment in which the terminal device is used. In recent years, it has been considered to use a vehicle as an access point. There is a technology for delivering an advertisement to a terminal connected to an access point when a vehicle is used as the access point (see, for example, Patent Literature 1). CITATION LIST Patent Literature [Patent Literature 1] Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. 2019-521536 SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem When a vehicle is used as an access point, it is difficult for a user of a terminal device to recognize whether or not a surrounding vehicle is functioning as the access point. The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and one object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle that can be easily recognized as having an access point function. Solution to Problem A vehicle according to the present invention adopts the following configurations. (1): A vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention is a movable vehicle, including: an access point functional unit including an antenna and configured to function as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle; and a notifier configured to notify surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point.(2): In the aspect of (1) above, the notifier includes a lamp body, and causes the lamp body to light when the vehicle is functioning as an access point.(3): In the aspect of (2) above, the lamp body includes at least one of a turn signal lamp, a position lamp, a headlight, a tail lamp, or an in-vehicle lamp.(4): In the aspect of (3) above, the notifier includes the turn signal lamp, and causes the turn signal lamp to constantly light when the vehicle is functioning as an access point.(5): In the aspect of (3) above, the notifier includes an in-vehicle lamp and causes the in-vehicle lamp to blink when the vehicle is functioning as an access point.(6): In the aspect of (2) above, the vehicle further includes: an illuminance measurer configured to measure an illuminance around a vehicle body of the vehicle, wherein the notifier decreases an amount of light emitted by the lamp body in a case in which the illuminance measured by the illuminance measurer is lower than a predetermined illuminance as compared with a case in which the illuminance measured by the illuminance measurer is equal to or higher than the predetermined illuminance.(7): In the aspect of (2) above, the antenna has directivity, the lamp body is disposed in a plurality of places of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and the notifier makes an amount of light emitted by the lamp body attached to a first side to which the antenna is directed in the vehicle body larger than an amount of light emitted by the lamp body attached to a place other than the first side.(8): In the embodiment of (3) above, the vehicle further includes: a storage battery, wherein the notifier makes an amount of light emitted by the lamp body in a case in which an amount of stored electricity of the storage battery is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount of stored electricity larger than that in a case in which the amount of stored electricity of the storage battery is smaller than the predetermined amount of stored electricity.(9): In the aspect of (2) above, the vehicle further includes: an externally rechargeable storage battery, wherein the notifier makes an amount of light emitted by the lamp body in a case in which the storage battery is externally charged larger than that in a case in which the storage battery is not externally charged.(10): In the aspect of (2) above, the vehicle further includes: an acquirer configured to acquire information on a communication quality between the wireless base station and the access point functional unit, wherein the notifier makes an amount of light emitted by the lamp body in a case in which the communication quality acquired by the acquirer is equal to or higher than predetermined quality different from that in a case in which the communication quality acquired by the acquirer is lower than the predetermined quality.(11): In the aspect of (1) above, the notifier notifies the surroundings of the vehicle that a wireless connection has been established when the wireless connection has been established between the access point functional unit and the terminal device. A