# US 12,111,666 B2 · Vehicle control system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,666 B2 - Document ID: US12111666B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/354,276 - Filed: 2021-06-22 - Published: 2021-10-07 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-27 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jun Fujiyama; Naoya Koike; Jun Ogawa; Shinya Ota - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111666B2 ## CPC - G05D 1/0278: {using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS} - H04W 12/50: Secure pairing of devices - B60R 25/01: operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens - B60R 25/24: using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user - B62J 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass - E05B 49/00: Electric permutation locks; Circuits therefor {; Mechanical aspects of electronic locks; Mechanical keys therefor (arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; mechanisms including electronic locks actuated by nonmechanical keys such as passive and active electrical keys and other data carriers G07C9/00, G07F7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00)} - E05B 83/00: Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J7/185; latching means for sideboards or tailgates of open load compartments B62D33/037) - G05D 1/0223: {involving speed control of the vehicle (vehicle fittings for automatically controlling, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator B60K31/00)} - G05D 1/248: generated by satellites, e.g. GPS - G05D 1/65: Following a desired speed profile - G07C 9/00309: {operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 12/06: Authentication - G07C 2209/63: Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract A vehicle control system includes: a vehicle including an operation device; a first communication device; and a second communication device. In a case in which the first communication device is positioned in a first area containing a position of the vehicle, the vehicle operates in an operation waiting state in which the operation device is allowed to receive an operation. In a case in which the second communication device is positioned in a second area contained in the first area and smaller than the first area, the vehicle operates in the operation waiting state. In a case in which the first communication device is positioned in the first area and the second communication device is positioned in the second area, the second communication device generates a notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle control system comprising: a vehicle comprising an operation device; a first communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle; and a second communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with the vehicle, wherein in a case in which the first communication device is positioned in a first area containing a position of the vehicle, the vehicle operates in an operation waiting state in which the operation device is allowed to receive an operation, wherein in a case in which the first communication device is not positioned in the first area, the vehicle does not operate in the operation waiting state, wherein in a case in which the second communication device is positioned in a second area contained in the first area and smaller than the first area, the vehicle operates in the operation waiting state, wherein in a case in which the second communication device is not positioned in the second area, the vehicle does not operate in the operation waiting state, and wherein in a case in which the first communication device is positioned in the first area and the second communication device is positioned in the second area, the second communication device generates a second notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are paired with each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein in a case in which the operation device receives a predetermined operation during the vehicle being in the operation waiting state, the vehicle operates in a control enabled state, and wherein in a case in which the operation device receives the predetermined operation during the vehicle not being in the operation waiting state, the vehicle does not operate in a control enabled state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle control system according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined operation comprises a first operation, and wherein in a case in which the operation device receives a second operation during the vehicle being in the control enabled state, the vehicle moves forward. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vehicle control system according to claim 4, wherein the operation device comprises a switch and a throttle, wherein the switch is configured to receive the first operation, and wherein the throttle is configured to receive the second operation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein in a case in which the first communication device is positioned in the first area, the first communication device notifies the second communication device that the vehicle is ready to be activated. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle control system according to claim 6, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are configured to communicate with each other via the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle control system according to claim 7, wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are configured to directly communicate with each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the first communication device comprises a first display, and wherein the first display is configured to display a first notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle control system according to claim 9, wherein the first display comprises an LED. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vehicle control system according to claim 10, wherein the LED is configured to blink to display the first notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The vehicle control system according to claim 9, wherein the second communication device comprises a second display, and wherein the second display is configured to display the second notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vehicle control system according to claim 12, wherein the second display is configured to display an image, and wherein the second display displays a predetermined image as the second notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication device comprises a vibrator, and wherein the vibrator is configured to vibrate to generate the second notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the second communication device comprises a speaker, and wherein the speaker is configured to output a sound to generate the second notification indicating that the vehicle is in the operation waiting state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication complies with Bluetooth™. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein the first communication device comprises a first housing, wherein the second communication device comprises a second housing, and wherein a first volume of the first housing is smaller than a second volume of the second housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The vehicle control system according to claim 1, wherein in a case in which the first communication device is positioned in a third area containing the first area and larger than the first area, connection authentication of a wireless connection between the first communication device and the vehicle is executed, and wherein in a case in which the first communication device is not positioned in the third area, the connection authentication of the wireless connection between the first communication device and the vehicle is not executed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vehicle control system according to claim 18, wherein in a case in which the second communication device is positioned in a fourth area containing the first area and larger than the first area, connection authentication of a wireless connection between the second communication device and the vehicle is executed, and wherein in a case in which the second communication device is not positioned in the fourth area, the connection authentication of the wireless connection between the second communication device and the vehicle is not executed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vehicle control system according to claim 19, wherein the third area is identical with the fourth area.