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Granted Patent B2
US 11,378,049 · App. 17/063,180 · Granted Jul 5, 2022

Control device, vehicle, control system, program, and control method

Inventor: Tatsunori Katoh (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F02N11/0807F02N2200/0802F02N2200/0803F02N2200/10F02N2200/12
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Patent No.
US 11,378,049
App. No.
17/063,180
Granted
Jul 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device is configured to control a vehicle in which an engine is able to be started in response to a request signal transmitted from the outside of the vehicle. The control device includes a controller. The controller acquires the result of detection about the vehicle state of the vehicle from a first sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the vehicle state of the vehicle before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal, starts the engine in a case where the vehicle state satisfies a first condition including a condition relating to a range of a transmission of the vehicle, and does not start the engine in a case where the vehicle state does not satisfy the first condition.

Claims (44)

1. A control device configured to control a vehicle in which an engine is able to be started in response to a request signal transmitted from an outside of the vehicle, the control device comprising:

a controller configured to:

acquire a result of detection about a vehicle state of the vehicle from a first sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the vehicle state of the vehicle before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal;

acquire a result of detection about a state of a vicinity of the vehicle from a second sensor croup including one or more sensors able to detect the state of the vicinity before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal;

transmit information about the state of the vicinity to a terminal device external to the vehicle in a case where the vehicle is stopped in a closed space in order to receive a determination from the terminal device regarding whether or Trot to start the engine;

receive the determination from the terminal device regarding whether or not to start the engine in the case where the vehicle is stopped in the closed space;

start the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies a first condition including a condition relating to a range of a transmission of the vehicle, and (ii) the state of the vicinity satisfies a second condition including a condition that the vehicle is not stopped in a closed space;

start the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies the first condition, (ii) the state of the vicinity does not satisfy the second condition, and (iii) the determination from the terminal device is to start the engine;

not start the engine in a case where the vehicle state does not satisfy the first condition; and

not start the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies the first condition, (ii) the state of the vicinity does not satisfy the second condition, and (iii) the determination from the terminal device is to not start the engine.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first condition includes a condition that a parking range is on and ranges other than the parking range are off in transmission range settings of the vehicle.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the first condition further includes a condition that there is no person on board the vehicle.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first condition includes a condition that any one of a condition that a parking range is on and ranges other than the parking range are off in transmission range settings of the vehicle and a condition that a neutral range is on, ranges other than the neutral range are off, and a parking brake of the vehicle is on in the transmission range settings of the vehicle is satisfied.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second condition includes a condition that there is no object detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.

6. A vehicle in which the control device according claim 1 is installed.

7. A control system comprising:

the control device according to claim 1 ; and

an information processing apparatus configured to transmit the request signal to the control device when the request signal is received from the terminal device.

8. A program causing a control device configured to control a vehicle in which an engine is able to be started in response to a request signal transmitted from an outside of the vehicle to perform an operation comprising:

acquiring a result of detection about a vehicle state of the vehicle from a first sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the vehicle state of the vehicle before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal;

acquiring a result of detection about a state of a vicinity of the vehicle from a second sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the state of the vicinity before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal;

transmitting information about the state of the vicinity to a terminal device external to the vehicle in a case where the vehicle is stopped in a closed space in order to receive a determination from the terminal device regarding whether or not to start the engine;

receiving the determination from the terminal device regarding whether or not to start the engine in the case where the vehicle is stopped in the closed space;

starting the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies a first condition including a condition relating to a range of a transmission of the vehicle, and (ii) the state of the vicinity satisfies a second condition including a condition that the vehicle is not stopped in a closed space;

starting the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies the first condition, (ii) the state of the vicinity does not satisfy the second condition, and (iii) the determination from the terminal device is to start the engine;

not starting the engine in a case where the vehicle state does not satisfy the first condition; and

not starting the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies the first condition, (ii) the state of the vicinity does not satisfy the second condition, and (iii) the determination from the terminal device is to not start the engine.

9. The program according to claim 8 , wherein the first condition includes a condition that a parking range is on and ranges other than the parking range are off in transmission range settings of the vehicle.

10. The program according to claim 9 , wherein the first condition further includes a condition that there is no person on board the vehicle.

11. The program according claim 8 , wherein the first condition includes a condition that any one of a condition that a parking range is on and ranges other than the parking range are off in transmission range settings of the vehicle and a condition that a neutral range is on, ranges other than the neutral range is off, and a parking brake of the vehicle is on in the transmission range settings of the vehicle is satisfied.

12. The program according to claim 8 , wherein the second condition includes a condition that there is no object detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.

13. A control method for a control device configured to control a vehicle in which an engine is able to be started in response to a request signal transmitted from an outside of the vehicle, the method comprising:

acquiring a result of detection a vehicle state of the vehicle from a first sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the vehicle state of the vehicle before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal;

acquiring a result of detection about a state of a vicinity of the vehicle from a second sensor group including one or more sensors able to detect the state of the vicinity before the engine of the vehicle is started in response to the request signal;

transmitting information about the state of the vicinity to a terminal device external to the vehicle in a case where the vehicle is stopped in a closed space in order to receive a determination from the terminal device regarding whether or not to start the engine;

receiving the determination from the terminal device regarding whether or not to start the engine in the case where the vehicle is stopped in the closed space;

starting the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies a first condition including a condition relating to a range of a transmission of the vehicle, and (ii) the state of the vicinity satisfies a second condition including a condition that the vehicle is not stopped in a closed space;

starting the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies the first condition, (ii) the state of the vicinity does not satisfy the second condition, and (iii) the determination from the terminal device is to start the engine;

not starting the engine in a case where the vehicle state does not satisfy the first condition; and

not starting the engine in a case where (i) the vehicle state satisfies the first condition, (ii) the state of the vicinity does not satisfy the second condition, and (iii) the determination from the terminal device is to not start the engine.

14. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein the first condition includes a condition that a parking range is on and ranges other than the parking range are off in transmission range settings of the vehicle.

15. The control method according to claim 14 , wherein the first condition further includes a condition that there is no person on board the vehicle.

16. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein the first condition includes a condition that any one of a condition that a parking range is on and ranges other than the parking range are off in transmission range settings of the vehicle and a condition that a neutral range is on, ranges other than the neutral range are off, and a parking brake of the vehicle is on in the transmission range settings of the vehicle is satisfied.

17. The control method according to claim 13 , wherein the second condition includes a condition that there is no object detected in the vicinity of the vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2020
From: KATOH, TATSUNORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053975/0523 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-012961 · Jan 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210231090A1 · Jul 29, 2021