US 11,738,714 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and system
Tatsunori Katoh, Nagoya (JP); and Hiroyasu Hadano, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,245.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-027146 (JP), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266797 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC B60R 25/24 (2013.01) [G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); B60R 2325/20 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00531 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00555 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00793 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a control unit programmed to:
acquire a distance between a vehicle and a user terminal based on position information of the vehicle and position information of the user terminal;
when the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal is shorter than a first predetermined distance, release a remote immobilizer function and a smart cancel function,
when the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal is equal to or longer than a second predetermined distance, which is shorter than the first predetermined distance, release the smart cancel function and set the remote immobilizer function, and
when the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal is shorter than the second predetermined distance, release the smart cancel function and the remote immobilizer function, wherein
the remote immobilizer function is a function for remotely setting or releasing an immobilizer of the vehicle, and the smart cancel function is a function for stopping radio waves transmitted from the vehicle for communication between the vehicle and a key of the vehicle.