| CPC B60W 50/029 (2013.01) [B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/0205 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0292 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |

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1. A vehicle control device comprising circuitry configured to:
communicate with a mobile terminal operated by a user outside a vehicle;
execute automatic parking control for causing the vehicle to travel to a predetermined target parking position with an ignition being on state and parking the vehicle in the target parking position in response to an operation signal transmitted by the mobile terminal when the user performs a predetermined operation on the mobile terminal;
determine whether an abnormality occurs in the vehicle during execution of the automatic parking control:
in response determining that the abnormality occurs in the vehicle during execution of the automatic parking control, determine whether the abnormality is a first abnormality or a second abnormality, wherein when the abnormality is the first abnormality the ignition is able to be changed to the on state again after the ignition is temporarily changed to an off state, and when the abnormality is the second abnormality the ignition being not able to be changed to the on state again after the ignition is temporarily changed to the off state;
execute first abnormality vehicle stop control in response to determining that the
abnormality is the first abnormality, decelerating the vehicle to stop the vehicle and changing the ignition of the vehicle from the on state to the off state when the vehicle is stopped; and
execute second abnormality vehicle stop control in response to determining that the abnormality is the second abnormality, decelerating the vehicle to stop the vehicle and prohibiting the ignition from being changed to the off state when the vehicle is stopped.
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