Vehicle remote control apparatus and method
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1. A vehicle remote control apparatus, for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user, comprising:
- a location identifying unit configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked; and
a decision unit configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the remote operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location identified by said location identifying unit,wherein said location identifying unit includes;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire data indicative of latitude and longitude of the vehicle from the vehicle when the vehicle is parked;
a map information storing unit configured to store data of a road map; and
a road-type identifying unit configured to check the data indicative of latitude and longitude of the vehicle with the data of a road map stored in said map information storing unit so as to identify a road type at the latest vehicle location, andwherein said decision unit is configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the operation requested from the vehicle user based on the road type identified by said road-type identifying unit.
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A vehicle remote control apparatus (100) for causing a vehicle (101) to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user includes a location identifying unit (204) configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked, and a decision unit configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform an operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location identified by the location identifying unit.
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1. A vehicle remote control apparatus, for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user, comprising:
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a location identifying unit configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked; and a decision unit configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the remote operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location identified by said location identifying unit, wherein said location identifying unit includes; an acquisition unit configured to acquire data indicative of latitude and longitude of the vehicle from the vehicle when the vehicle is parked; a map information storing unit configured to store data of a road map; and a road-type identifying unit configured to check the data indicative of latitude and longitude of the vehicle with the data of a road map stored in said map information storing unit so as to identify a road type at the latest vehicle location, and wherein said decision unit is configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the operation requested from the vehicle user based on the road type identified by said road-type identifying unit.
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2. A vehicle remote control apparatus for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user, comprising:
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a location identifying unit configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked; and a check unit configured to present the latest vehicle location identified by said location identifying unit to a communication terminal owned by the vehicle user, and to receive, as a response to the presented vehicle location, information entered by the vehicle user into the communication terminal about whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the operation requested from the vehicle user via the communication terminal by the remote operation request at the latest vehicle location. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A vehicle remote control apparatus, for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user, comprising:
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a location identifying unit configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked; a determination unit configured to determine a degree of danger resulting from causing the vehicle to perform an operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location identified by said location identifying unit; and a denying unit configured to deny a remote operation request from the vehicle user in response to the degree of danger determined by said determination unit, wherein said determination unit is configured to classify the degree of danger into a first rank, a second rank, and a third rank in a descending order of the degree of danger, and wherein said denying unit is configured to deny a remote operation request from the vehicle user if said determination unit determines the degree of danger to be the first rank, and is further configured to present, if said determination unit determines the degree of danger to be the second rank, the latest vehicle location identified by said location identifying unit to the vehicle user, to check with the vehicle user whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform an operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location, and to deny a remote operation request from the vehicle user only when the vehicle user determines that it is not acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the requested operation.
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8. A method of remotely controlling a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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identifying a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked; deciding whether the identified latest vehicle location is proper for a specified operation to be performed; informing a vehicle user via a communication terminal owned by the vehicle user of the identified latest vehicle location, wherein said step of deciding checks with the vehicle user whether the identified latest vehicle location is proper for the specified operation to be performed; receiving information entered by the vehicle user into the communication terminal about whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the operation to be performed; and causing the vehicle to perform the specified operation by remote control in response to a decision that the identified latest vehicle location is proper for the specified operation to be performed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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