In-vehicle device
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, and includes an operation execution unit that executes a vehicle operation, requested by a user, in response to a remote control request from the user, the in-vehicle device comprising:
- a vehicle state monitoring unit configured to detect a person or animal in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle; and
a control unit configured to permit the operation execution unit to execute the vehicle operation if the vehicle state monitoring unit does not detect a person or animal in the passenger compartment of the vehicle or in the areas surrounding the vehicle upon reception of the remote control request,wherein the control unit is configured to determine permission or inhibition of execution of the requested vehicle operation by the operation execution unit depending on whether the requested vehicle operation satisfies predetermined conditions for execution of the vehicle operation if the vehicle state monitoring unit detects the person or animal in the passenger compartment of the vehicle or in the areas surrounding the vehicle upon reception of the remote control request.
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Abstract
In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit.
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8 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, and includes an operation execution unit that executes a vehicle operation, requested by a user, in response to a remote control request from the user, the in-vehicle device comprising:
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a vehicle state monitoring unit configured to detect a person or animal in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle; and a control unit configured to permit the operation execution unit to execute the vehicle operation if the vehicle state monitoring unit does not detect a person or animal in the passenger compartment of the vehicle or in the areas surrounding the vehicle upon reception of the remote control request, wherein the control unit is configured to determine permission or inhibition of execution of the requested vehicle operation by the operation execution unit depending on whether the requested vehicle operation satisfies predetermined conditions for execution of the vehicle operation if the vehicle state monitoring unit detects the person or animal in the passenger compartment of the vehicle or in the areas surrounding the vehicle upon reception of the remote control request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for controlling an automotive vehicle, for executing a vehicle operation, requested by a user, in response to a remote control request from the user, comprising:
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detecting a person or animal in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle; permitting execution of the vehicle operation if a person or animal is not detected in the passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle upon reception of the remote control request; and determining permission or inhibition of the execution of the requested vehicle operation depending on whether the requested vehicle operation satisfies predetermined conditions for the execution of the vehicle operation if a person or animal is detected in the passenger comportment of the vehicle or in the areas surrounding the vehicle upon reception of the remote control request.
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