IP Library Granted Patent US 12,630,116
Granted Patent B2
US 12,630,116 · App. 18/874,087 · Granted May 19, 2026

Control device and control system

Inventors: Nobuyuki Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Yukinori Iwata (Tokyo, JP); Koichi Hagishima (Tokyo, JP); Tokushi Nakashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: GLOBAL MOBILITY SERVICE INC.
B60R25/24B60R25/04B60R25/102
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Patent No.
US 12,630,116
App. No.
18/874,087
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes a controller capable of setting activation of a drive device of a vehicle to be either enabled or disabled, the drive device being able to be activated by performing an activation operation in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein in a case where activation of the drive device is set to be disabled, the controller prevents activation of the drive device even if the activation operation has been performed in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (19)

1 . An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle having a drive device and a control device that controls activation of the drive device, the on-vehicle device comprising:

a controller configured to set activation of the drive device to be either enabled or disabled, the drive device being able to be activated by performing an activation operation in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein

the controller is configured to be upstream of the control device to receive a first signal indicating that the predetermined condition is satisfied and a second signal indicating that the activation operation has been performed, before the first and second signals reach the control device,

in a case where activation of the drive device is set to be disabled, even if the activation operation has been performed in a case where the predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller is configured to prevent transmission, to the control device that controls activation of the drive device, of at least one of the first signal indicating that the predetermined condition is satisfied or the second signal indicating that the activation operation has been performed, and

the predetermined condition includes at least one of a shift lever being in a parking range, a brake being stepped on, or a distance between the vehicle and a communication terminal communicating with the vehicle being less than a predetermined distance.

2 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to set, in a case where the controller detects that the distance between the communication terminal and the vehicle is the predetermined distance or more, activation of the drive device to be disabled.

3 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to switch setting of whether to activate the drive device in accordance with a control signal from a server or the communication terminal.

4 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to, in a case where vibration of the vehicle is detected, notify the communication terminal of the detected vibration.

5 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to, in a case where the drive device is activated or doors of the vehicle are unlocked after receiving a monitoring signal from the communication terminal, notify the communication terminal of a fact.

6 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive device is an engine or a motor.

7 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition includes the shift lever being in the parking range.

8 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition includes the brake being stepped on.

9 . The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition includes the distance between the vehicle and the communication terminal communicating with the vehicle being less than a predetermined distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: HASHIMOTO, NOBUYUKI; IWATA, YUKINORI; HAGISHIMA, KOICHI; NAKASHIMA, TOKUSHI
To: GLOBAL MOBILITY SERVICE INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2022-095296 · Jun 13, 2022 · national
JP 2023-011428 · Jan 28, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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