US 12,291,090 B2
Vehicle control device, vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and storage medium
Yoshiya Sugita, Toyota (JP); Shutaro Tokunaga, Kariya (JP); and Ryusuke Ishikawa, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,892.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-074500 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339993 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60J 5/047 (2013.01) [B60J 5/10 (2013.01); B60R 25/245 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00333 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor that is coupled to the memory and configured to:
perform a first determination for a first area indicating whether or not a communication terminal is in a first area outside a cabin of a vehicle;
perform a second determination for a second area indicating whether or not the communication terminal is in a second area that is farther away from the vehicle than the first area;
in a case in which the second determination is affirmative, perform a third determination of whether the communication terminal is no longer in the second area;
perform a closing operation of a vehicle door in a case in which the third determination is affirmative; and
report cancellation of the closing operation of the vehicle door in a case in which any one of the first determination, the second determination, and the third determination is negative.