Onboard-equipment control apparatus and onboard-equipment control system
First Claim
1. An onboard-equipment control apparatus comprising:
- an onboard-radio apparatus configured to receive a command to terminate the operation of an onboard apparatus activated by using power supplied by an onboard battery as operation-driving power from a remote control apparatus transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by way of a radio communication network; and
a control unit configured totake at least reception of the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by the onboard-radio apparatus from the remote control apparatus as one of conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus and to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus when any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied while the onboard apparatus is in operation,upon detection that either the onboard-radio apparatus is no longer capable of receiving the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus from the remote control apparatus or the remote control apparatus is no longer capable of transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus to the onboard-radio apparatus while the onboard apparatus is in operation, execute control to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus even before any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied, whereinthe command to terminate is received to set a termination time to terminate operation of the onboard apparatus, and operation of the onboard apparatus is terminated before the termination time is reached when one of the command to terminate is determined to not be receivable and the remote control apparatus is determined not to be capable of transmitting the command to terminate.
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Abstract
An onboard-equipment control apparatus controls activation of an onboard apparatus such as an air conditioner and termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus in order to prevent an onboard battery from running out of residual electric charge in advance. Upon detection of a state in which an onboard radio apparatus is not capable of receiving a termination command from a cellular phone or the cellular phone is not capable of transmitting a termination command to the onboard radio apparatus while the air conditioner is in operation, the onboard-equipment control apparatus forcibly terminates the operation of the air conditioner even before a termination condition is satisfied. Thus, the onboard battery can be prevented in advance from running out of accumulated electric charge required for operating the activated air conditioner thereafter.
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1. An onboard-equipment control apparatus comprising:
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an onboard-radio apparatus configured to receive a command to terminate the operation of an onboard apparatus activated by using power supplied by an onboard battery as operation-driving power from a remote control apparatus transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by way of a radio communication network; and a control unit configured to take at least reception of the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by the onboard-radio apparatus from the remote control apparatus as one of conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus and to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus when any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied while the onboard apparatus is in operation, upon detection that either the onboard-radio apparatus is no longer capable of receiving the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus from the remote control apparatus or the remote control apparatus is no longer capable of transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus to the onboard-radio apparatus while the onboard apparatus is in operation, execute control to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus even before any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied, wherein the command to terminate is received to set a termination time to terminate operation of the onboard apparatus, and operation of the onboard apparatus is terminated before the termination time is reached when one of the command to terminate is determined to not be receivable and the remote control apparatus is determined not to be capable of transmitting the command to terminate. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 32)
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2. An onboard-equipment control apparatus comprising:
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an onboard-radio apparatus configured to receive a command to terminate the operation of an onboard apparatus activated by using power supplied by an onboard battery as operation-driving power from a remote control apparatus transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by way of a radio communication network; and a control unit configured to activate the onboard apparatus when a condition for activation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied, to take at least reception of the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by the onboard-radio apparatus from the remote control apparatus as one of conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus, and to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus when any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied while the onboard apparatus is in operation, upon detection that either the onboard-radio apparatus is no longer capable of receiving the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus from the remote control apparatus or the remote control apparatus is no longer capable of transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus to the onboard-radio apparatus, execute control to inhibit activation of the onboard apparatus even after the condition for activation of the onboard apparatus has been satisfied, wherein a command to activate is received to set an activation time to activate operation of the onboard apparatus, and operation of the onboard apparatus is inhibited from being activated when the activation time is reached when one of; the command to terminate is determined not to be receivable; and the remote control apparatus is determined not to be capable of transmitting the command to terminate. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33)
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