Entry support system, entry support method, and storage medium

An entry support method executed by a computer in order to support entry of an externally located person to a vehicle, the entry support method comprising:

• an internal user recognition step configured to recognize an internal user located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle;
• an externally located person recognition step configured to recognize the externally located person located in an area around the vehicle;
• an externally located person reporting step configured to execute predetermined reporting by a touch panel display used by the internal user when the externally located person is recognized by the externally located person recognition step in a state where the internal user is recognized by the internal user recognition step;
• an entry permission step configured to execute entry permission processing for enabling the entry to the vehicle when a permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is performed to the touch panel display used by the internal user after the predetermined reporting is executed;
• and
• a registered user authentication step configured to determine whether or not the externally located person is a registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed and stored in a memory of the vehicle,
• wherein the entry permission step is configured to execute the entry permission processing after a lapse of predetermined time from a point of time at which the predetermined reporting is executed, when the externally located person is determined as the registered user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an entry support program which is executed by a processor of an entry support system to support entry of an externally located person to a vehicle, wherein the entry support program makes the processor:

• recognize an internal user located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle;
• recognize the externally located person located in an area around the vehicle;
• execute predetermined reporting used by the internal user when the externally located person is recognized in a state where the internal user is recognized;
• execute an entry permission processing for enabling the entry to the vehicle when a permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is performed by the internal user after the predetermined reporting is executed;
• and
• determine whether or not the externally located person is a registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed and stored in a memory of the vehicle,
• wherein the entry support program makes the processor execute the entry permission processing after a lapse of predetermined time from a point of time at which the predetermined reporting is executed, when the externally located person is determined as the registered user.