US 11,987,175 B2
Control device, system, vehicle, and control method
Shin Sakurada, Toyota (JP); Satoru Sakuma, Nagakute (JP); Genshi Kuno, Kasugai (JP); and Shota Minami, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,334.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-087924 (JP), filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379805 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60Q 1/50 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device for controlling a vehicle provided with a power supply function for a user, the control device comprising a control unit that causes a light of the vehicle to blink under a certain condition when a power outage is detected, wherein:
the condition includes that the vehicle is in a field of view of the user; and
the control unit specifies a position of the user and determines whether the vehicle is in the field of view of the user according to the specified position.