US 12,234,674 B2
Door lock control apparatus, in-vehicle apparatus, door lock control method, and non-transitory storage medium
Tatsuki Akutsu, Tokyo (JP); Atsushi Fukuzato, Tokyo (JP); and Daisuke Watanabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/760,506
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026355
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/059656, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-175073 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349219 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 81/64 (2014.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC E05B 81/64 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door lock control apparatus comprising:
at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
acquire an on-site image generated by a camera for capturing a site where a reserved vehicle is present;
sense that a reserving person is present on the site, based on the on-site image; and
determine, when it is sensed that the reserving person is present on the site, a predetermined time based on a position of the reserving person on the site, and output a command of releasing a door lock of the reserved vehicle after the predetermined time elapses since acquisition of the command.