IP Library Granted Patent US 12,090,953
Granted Patent B2
US 12,090,953 · App. 17/150,386 · Granted Sep 17, 2024

Vehicle control device, vehicle control system, and computer readable recording medium

Inventors: Shin Sakurada (Toyota, JP); Yasuhisa Ohta (Toyota, JP); Naoyuki Takada (Toyota, JP); Yuki Tatsumoto (Nagoya, JP); Satoru Sakuma (Nagakute, JP); Tetsu Yajima (Nagoya, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CMC CORPORATION
B60R25/002G08C17/02H04W24/08B60R25/2036B60R2325/10G08C2201/93
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Patent No.
US 12,090,953
App. No.
17/150,386
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: stop a smart key function of a vehicle when a first state in which an intensity of a radio wave received from a predetermined wireless communication device is a threshold or more has continued for a predetermined time.

Claims (32)

1. A vehicle control device comprising

a processor comprising hardware, the processor being configured to:

stop a smart key function of a vehicle when a first state in which an intensity of a radio wave received from a predetermined wireless communication device is a threshold or more has continued for a predetermined time; and

restore the smart key function when a second state in which the intensity of the radio wave received from the wireless communication device is below a threshold has continued for a predetermined time in a state where the smart key function is stopped.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit a first signal requesting setting of a remote immobilizer function of a vehicle when the first state has continued for the predetermined time.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit a second signal requesting cancellation of the remote immobilizer function when the second state has continued for the predetermined time in a state where the remote immobilizer function is stopped.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication device is a wireless communication device registered in advance by a user.

5. The vehicle control device according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication device is a wireless communication device installed in a home of the user and/or a company with which the user works.

6. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to output information indicating an operation state of the smart key function.

7. A vehicle control system comprising:

a vehicle;

a key comprising a first processor comprising hardware; and

a server comprising a second processor comprising hardware;

wherein the first processor is configured to:

stop a smart key function of the vehicle when a first state in which an intensity of a radio wave received from a predetermined wireless communication device is a threshold or more has continued for a predetermined time; and

restore the smart key function when a second state in which the intensity of the radio wave received from the wireless communication device is below a threshold has continued for a predetermined time in a state where the smart key function is stopped.

8. The vehicle control system according to claim 7 , wherein

the first processor is configured to transmit a first signal requesting the setting of the remote immobilizer function of the vehicle when the first state has continued for the predetermined time, and

the second processor is configured to set the remote immobilizer function by communicating with the vehicle in response to the reception of the first signal.

9. The vehicle control system according to claim 8 , wherein

the first processor is configured to transmit a second signal requesting cancellation of the remote immobilizer function when the second state has continued for the predetermined time in a state where the remote immobilizer function is stopped, and

the second processor is configured to stop the remote immobilizer function by communicating with the vehicle in response to the reception of the second signal.

10. The vehicle control system according to claim 7 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication device is a wireless communication device registered in advance by a user.

11. The vehicle control system according to claim 10 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication device is a wireless communication device installed in a home of the user and/or a company with which the user works.

12. The vehicle control system according to claim 7 , wherein the first processor is configured to output information indicating an operation state of the smart key function.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which an executable program is recorded, the program causing a processor of a computer to execute:

stopping a smart key function of a vehicle when a first state in which an intensity of a radio wave received from a predetermined wireless communication device is a threshold or more has continued for a predetermined time; and

restoring the smart key function when a second state in which the intensity of the radio wave received from the wireless communication device is below a threshold has continued for a predetermined time in a state where the smart key function is stopped.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13 , causing the processor to execute transmitting a first signal requesting setting of a remote immobilizer function of a vehicle when the first state has continued for the predetermined time.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 14 , causing the processor to execute transmitting a second signal requesting cancellation of the remote immobilizer function when the second state has continued for the predetermined time in a state where the remote immobilizer function is stopped.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication device is a wireless communication device registered in advance by a user.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 16 , wherein the predetermined wireless communication device is a wireless communication device installed in a home of the user and/or a company with which the user works.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: SAKURADA, SHIN; OHTA, YASUHISA; TAKADA, NAOYUKI; TATSUMOTO, YUKI; SAKUMA, SATORU; YAJIMA, TETSU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CMC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-017103 · Feb 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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