US 12,134,367 B2
Locking and unlocking system for a vehicle based on a valid period of authentication
Naoki Uenoyama, Nisshin (JP); Etsuko Nakajima, Nagoya (JP); Junya Masui, Nagoya (JP); Akira Hoshino, Nagoya (JP); Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya (JP); and Keiko Nakano, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,301.
Application 17/648,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/906,864, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,260,825.
Application 16/906,864 is a continuation of application No. 16/145,727, filed on Sep. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,723,316, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-222958 (JP), filed on Nov. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135000 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC B60R 25/24 (2013.01) [B60R 25/102 (2013.01); G07C 9/00182 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); B60R 2325/205 (2013.01); G07C 2009/0023 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking and unlocking system comprising:
a controller configured to:
acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on instruction information acquired within a valid period of authentication from a portable terminal; and
transmit a notification to a delivery management server when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information until a first timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires,
the controller is configured to transmit a notification to the delivery management server, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing, and
wherein the controller is configured to transmit a locking command to the vehicle to lock the vehicle when the vehicle is not locked for the period of time until the first timing.