US 10,940,831 B2Granted

Portable terminal, remote operation method for vehicle, and program

AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation

InventorsMikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori

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Abstract

A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has a door opening/closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands transmitted from an authenticated portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening/closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons are displayed on the touch panel includes an advance-and-open-door icon for giving a command to advance the vehicle door and then open the vehicle door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon for giving a command to reverse the vehicle door and, after reversing, to open the vehicle door.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A portable terminal configured to perform wireless communication with an in-vehicle device and to remotely control a vehicle having the in-vehicle device mounted thereto, the in-vehicle device comprising:

a door opening and closing device configured to lock a door of the vehicle at a closed state and to open the door to a predetermined opening degree;
and
an in-vehicle controller configured to control a driving system of the vehicle and the door opening and closing device,
the portable terminal comprising:
an interface comprising a touch panel;
and
a terminal controller configured to output an instruction to the in-vehicle controller on the basis of an operation on the interface,
wherein the terminal controller is configured to:
in a case a screen lock release operation on the touch panel coincides with a pattern registered in advance in the terminal controller, display a start icon on the touch panel;
in a case the start icon is operated, output an instruction to start the driving system of the vehicle and displays an advance hierarchy icon and a retreat hierarchy icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance hierarchy icon is operated, display an advance icon and an advance and door opening icon on the touch panel and,
in a case the advance icon is operated, output an instruction to advance the vehicle to an openable position of the door, and
in a case the advance and door opening icon is operated, output an instruction to advance the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the advance;
and
in a case the retreat hierarchy icon is operated, display a retreat icon and a retreat and door opening icon on the touch panel and,
in a case the retreat icon is operated, output an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door, and
in a case the retreat and door opening icon is operated, output an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the retreat.

14 more elements

A method of remotely controlling a vehicle having an in-vehicle device mounted thereto by a portable terminal configured to perform wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device comprising:

a door opening and closing device configured to lock a door of a vehicle at a closed state and to open the door to a predetermined opening degree;
and
an in-vehicle controller configured to control a driving system of the vehicle and the door opening and closing device,
the method comprising:
in a case a screen lock release operation on a touch panel of the portable terminal coincides with a pattern registered in advance in the portable terminal, displaying a start icon on the touch panel;
in a case the start icon is operated, outputting an instruction to start the driving system of the vehicle from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device and displaying an advance hierarchy icon and a retreat hierarchy icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance hierarchy icon is operated, displaying an advance icon and an advance and door opening icon on the touch panel and, in a case the retreat hierarchy is operated, displaying a retreat icon and a retreat and door opening icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance icon is operated, outputting an instruction to advance the vehicle to an openable position of the door from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device and, in a case the advance and door opening icon is operated, outputting an instruction to advance the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the advance from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device;
and
in a case the retreat icon is operated, outputting an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device and, in a case the retreat and door opening icon is operated, outputting an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the retreat from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/470,836Filed 20 Dec 2016
Published: US 2020/0086830 A119 Mar 2020
Granted: 9 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

B60R 25/04
Operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens: operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
B60R 25/246
Using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user: characterised by the challenge triggering
B60R 25/2027
Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off: with data signals passing through the human body
B60R 25/209
Means to switch the anti-theft system on or off: remote starting of engine