US 12,104,427 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. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,484.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-074501 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340102 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. E05F 15/76 (2015.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01)
CPC E05F 15/76 (2015.01) [B60R 25/245 (2013.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/856 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/50 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/532 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor that is coupled to the memory and is configured to:
acquire a determination result as to whether a predetermined communication terminal is in a vehicle cabin interior area, and acquire another determination result as to whether or not the communication terminal is in a vehicle cabin exterior area; and
based on the acquired determination results, initiate a closing operation of a vehicle door in a case in which a determination is made that the communication terminal is in the vehicle cabin exterior area, and stop the closing operation in a case in which a determination is made that the communication terminal is in the vehicle cabin interior area after the closing operation was initiated,
wherein the processor is configured to initiate the closing operation prior to the determination that the communication terminal is in the vehicle cabin interior area.