US 12,437,588 B2
Control device, vehicle, non-transitory storage medium, and operation method of control device
Toyokazu Nakashima, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/414,280.
Application 18/414,280 is a continuation of application No. 17/500,227, filed on Oct. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,941,924.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-204482 (JP), filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0153323 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0825 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0841 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device, comprising a control unit configured to:
determine whether an accident has occurred in response to detection of an acceleration indicating a collision or an airbag activation;
determine whether flooding has occurred in response to detection of results indicating contact with water that is received from a flooding sensor or a diagnosis signal that is received from a pair of ECUs;
storing a history of occurrence of a detected accident or flooding in a storage unit; and
transmitting information and an instruction to a meter ECU to output a display indicating the occurrence of the detected accident or flooding by a meter in order to judge a resale value of a vehicle,
wherein display by the meter is displayed at a position and in a form that is not prominent in comparison with the display of a cumulative traveling distance of the vehicle.