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US 12,509,019 · App. 18/440,234 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Control device for vehicle, control method, and storage medium

Inventors: Kazune Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP); Kazumu Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Kai Motoyama (Tokyo, JP); Shota Hoshaku (Tokyo, JP); Tomoaki Masakawa (Tokyo, JP); Taira Ikedagaki (Tokyo, JP); Tadahiko Kanoh (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Sugiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60R25/01
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Patent No.
US 12,509,019
App. No.
18/440,234
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device for a vehicle includes a reception unit configured to receive, from a server, first authority information indicating whether a user of the vehicle has an authority to use a specific vehicle control function, an update unit configured to update, based on the first authority information, second authority information that indicates whether the user has the authority to use the specific vehicle control function and is stored in a storage device of the vehicle, and a vehicle control unit configured to perform the vehicle control function based at least in part on the second authority information indicating that the user has the authority to use the specific vehicle control function.

Claims (14)

1 . A control device for a vehicle, the control device comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive, from a server, first authority information indicating whether a user of the vehicle has an authority to use a specific vehicle control function;

an update unit configured to update, based on the first authority information, second authority information that indicates whether the user has the authority to use the specific vehicle control function and is stored in a storage device of the vehicle; and

a vehicle control unit configured to perform the vehicle control function based at least in part on the second authority information indicating that the user has the authority to use the specific vehicle control function,

wherein, when the first authority information indicates that the user does not have the authority to use the specific vehicle control function, the update unit waits for updating the second authority information until traveling of the vehicle ends.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the update unit determines whether the traveling of the vehicle ends based on at least one of a speed of the vehicle becoming zero, a fact that a shift position of the vehicle moving to a parking range, a parking brake of the vehicle being operated, and a power source of the vehicle being turned off.

3 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the update unit updates the second authority information to indicate that the user does not have the authority to use the specific vehicle control function based on a fact that the first authority information is not receivable from the server due to an action of the user.

4 . The control device according to claim 3 , wherein the action of the user includes at least one of non-agreement to provision of personal information to the server and a communication device of the vehicle being out of a communication area.

5 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the control device according to claim 1 .

6 . A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, from a server, first authority information indicating whether a user of the vehicle has an authority to use a specific vehicle control function;

updating, based on the first authority information, second authority information that indicates whether the user has the authority to use the specific vehicle control function and is stored in a storage device of the vehicle;

performing the vehicle control function based at least in part on the second authority information indicating that the user has the authority to use the specific vehicle control function; and

when the first authority information indicates that the user does not have the authority to use the specific vehicle control function, waiting for updating the second authority information until traveling of the vehicle ends.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2024
From: HASEGAWA, KAZUNE; SUZUKI, KAZUMU; MOTOYAMA, KAI; HOSHAKU, SHOTA; MASAKAWA, TOMOAKI; IKEDAGAKI, TAIRA; KANOH, TADAHIKO; SUGIYAMA, KENJI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068328/0196 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-059055 · Mar 31, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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