Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device comprising:

• a vehicle having a vehicle body and a locking unit having a locked state, and an unlock permissible state, the vehicle being locked when the locking unit is in the locked state, the unlock permissible state being a state in which the vehicle is capable of being unlocked or is unlocked;
• an electronic signal transmission unit mounted on the vehicle body;
• an electronic portable device in wireless communication with the electronic signal transmission unit, the electronic signal transmission unit detecting a location of the electronic portable device with respect to the vehicle body;
• and
• an electronic controller having a wireless communicator programmed to receive electronic signals transmitted by the electronic signal transmission unit regarding the location of the electronic portable device with respect to the vehicle body, the electronic controller further having a computer readable medium storing a threshold detection range between the electronic portable device and the vehicle body, the electronic controller being programmed to control the locking unit to be in the unlock permissible state when the electronic portable device is determined to be within the threshold detection range, the electronic controller being further programmed to automatically update the threshold detection range to a customized detection range upon determining that the locking unit is in an unintentional unlock permissible state and has been within the threshold detection range for a threshold period of time.