Locking and unlocking system for a vehicle based on a valid period of authentication
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoki Uenoyama, Etsuko Nakajima, Junya Masui, Akira Hoshino, Hideo Hasegawa, Keiko Nakano
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Abstract
A locking and unlocking system includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from a portable terminal, and send a notification to a first device associated with the vehicle, when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a first timing.
Claims9
A locking and unlocking system comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on instruction information acquired within a valid period of authentication from a portable terminal;
- and
- transmit a notification to a delivery management server when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information until a first timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires,
- the controller is configured to transmit a notification to the delivery management server, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing, and
- wherein the controller is configured to transmit a locking command to the vehicle to lock the vehicle when the vehicle is not locked for the period of time until the first timing.
A method of locking and unlocking a vehicle, comprising:
- acquiring a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on instruction information acquired within a valid period of authentication from a portable terminal;
- transmitting a notification to a delivery management server when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information until a first timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires;
- transmitting a notification to the delivery management server, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing;
- and
- transmitting a locking command to the vehicle to lock the vehicle when the vehicle is not locked for the period of time until the first timing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.