IP Library Granted Patent US 11,040,657
Granted Patent B2
US 11,040,657 · App. 16/816,357 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Vehicle control system and vehicle control device

Inventor: Hideyuki Ohara (Kyoto-fu, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
B60Q9/00B60R11/04B60W40/08G08B21/0205H04W4/40B60W2040/0881
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Patent No.
US 11,040,657
App. No.
16/816,357
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle control device that is mounted on a vehicle a portable device that is carried by a user and performs wireless communication with the vehicle control device; and a living body sensor that detects presence of a living body in a vehicle interior of the vehicle. The vehicle control device includes: an in-vehicle transmission unit that transmits a response request signal to the portable device; an in-vehicle reception unit that receives a response signal returned from the portable device in response to the response request signal; and a notification control unit that does not perform notification to the vehicle interior or an outside of the vehicle when the living body sensor detects that the living body is present in the vehicle interior and the in-vehicle reception unit receives the response signal.

Claims (26)

1. A vehicle control system comprising:

a vehicle control device that is mounted on a vehicle;

a portable device that is carried by a user and performs wireless communication with the vehicle control device; and

a living body sensor that detects presence of a living body in a vehicle interior of the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle control device comprises:

an in-vehicle transmission unit that transmits a response request signal to the portable device;

an in-vehicle reception unit that receives a response signal returned from the portable device in response to the response request signal; and

a notification control unit that does not perform notification to the vehicle interior or an outside of the vehicle when the living body sensor detects that the living body is present in the vehicle interior and the in-vehicle reception unit receives the response signal,

wherein the vehicle control device comprises a getting-in intention estimation unit that estimates whether the user has an intention to get in the vehicle, and

wherein the in-vehicle transmission unit transmits the response request signal to the portable device when the getting-in intention estimation unit estimates that the user has an intention to get in the vehicle,

the vehicle control system further comprising:

an off-time measurement device that measures a time during which a traveling drive source or an ignition power source of the vehicle is off,

wherein the getting-in intention estimation unit estimates that the user has an intention to get in the vehicle when it is detected that a door other than a door of a driver's seat of the vehicle has been opened and the time measured by the off-time measurement device has elapsed a predetermined time or longer.

2. A vehicle control system comprising:

a vehicle control device that is mounted on a vehicle;

a portable device that is carried by a user and performs wireless communication with the vehicle control device; and

a living body sensor that detects presence of a living body in a vehicle interior of the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle control device comprises:

an in-vehicle transmission unit that transmits a response request signal to the portable device;

an in-vehicle reception unit that receives a response signal returned from the portable device in response to the response request signal; and

a notification control unit that does not perform notification to the vehicle interior or an outside of the vehicle when the living body sensor detects that the living body is present in the vehicle interior and the in-vehicle reception unit receives the response signal,

wherein the vehicle control device comprises a getting-in intention estimation unit that estimates whether the user has an intention to get in the vehicle, and

wherein the in-vehicle transmission unit transmits the response request signal to the portable device when the getting-in intention estimation unit estimates that the user has an intention to get in the vehicle,

the vehicle control system further comprising:

an outside image sensor that captures an image of a predetermined area outside the vehicle,

wherein the getting-in intention estimation unit estimates that the user has an intention to get in the vehicle when the user is imaged within the predetermined area by the outside image sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2020
From: OHARA, HIDEYUKI
To: NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052190/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-046335 · Mar 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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