US 11,941,924 B2
Control device, vehicle, non-transitory storage medium, and operation method of control device
Toyokazu Nakashima, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,227.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-204482 (JP), filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0180675 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0825 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0841 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device, comprising a control unit configured to:
determine whether an accident has occurred in response to detection of an acceleration indicating a collision or an airbag activation;
determine whether flooding has occurred in response to detection of results indicating contact with water that is received from a flooding sensor or a diagnosis signal that is received from a pair of ECUs;
storing a history of occurrence of a detected accident or flooding in a storage unit; and
transmitting information and an instruction to a meter ECU to output a display indicating the occurrence of the detected accident or flooding by a meter in order to judge a resale value of the vehicle,
wherein a dot is displayed in a corner of an odometer when displaying information indicating history of an accident or flooding having occurred in the meter and the number of dots increases in accordance with accumulation of history.