US 11,951,943 B2
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method in vehicle control system, portable device, control method for portable device, in-vehicle controller, and control method for in-vehicle controller
Masashi Komeya, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/653,320.
Application 17/653,320 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,919, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,299,126.
Application 16/855,919 is a continuation of application No. 15/917,732, filed on Mar. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,661,751, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-047704 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185232 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC B60R 25/24 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); B60R 2325/103 (2013.01); B60R 2325/205 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive a request for a specific operation requiring permission from a user to be performed on the vehicle;
determine whether near field communication between a first device and a portable device based on a first communication standard is established in response to receiving the request, wherein the first device is configured to communicate with the vehicle, and the portable device stores information on an electronic lock of the vehicle;
generate a permission command to permit the specific operation to be performed when the one or more processors determine that the near field communication is established; and
perform the specific operation based on the permission command.
 
12. A method comprising the steps of:
receiving, using one or more processors, a request for a specific operation requiring permission from a user to be performed on a vehicle;
determining, using the one or more processors, whether near field communication between a first device and a portable device based on a first communication standard is established in response to receiving the request, wherein the first device is configured to communicate with the vehicle, and the portable device stores information on an electronic lock of the vehicle;
generating, using the one or more processors, a permission command to permit the specific operation to be performed when the one or more processors determine that the near field communication is established; and
performing, using the one or more processors, the specific operation based on the permission command.
 
18. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a vehicle to execute a method comprising the steps of:
receiving a request for a specific operation requiring permission from a user to be performed on the vehicle;
determining, using one or more processors, whether near field communication between a first device and a portable device based on a first communication standard is established in response to receiving the request, wherein the first device is configured to communicate with the vehicle, and the portable device stores information on an electronic lock of the vehicle;
generating, using the one or processors, a permission command to permit the specific operation to be performed when the one or more processors determine that the near field communication is established; and
performing the specific operation based on the permission command.