# US 2021/0340944 A1 · Remote startup system, center server, and remote startup method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0340944 A1 - Document ID: US20210340944A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/305,622 - Filed: 2021-07-12 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-31 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yasuyuki TAMANE; Masato ENDO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210340944A1 ## CPC - F02N 11/0807: {Remote means} - F02N 11/0833: {Vehicle conditions (F02N11/0822, F02N11/0825 take precedence)} - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/0841: {Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B)} - F02N 2300/306: with external senders or receivers, e.g. receiving signals from traffic lights, other vehicles or base stations - F02N: STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 remote startup system includes: a terminal; a center server configured to receive a startup request; and a vehicle having a driving device, the vehicle configured to receive a startup request, and start up the driving device, wherein at least one of the center server and the vehicle includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on transmission availability state of a power transmission device that transmits power of the driving device in the vehicle to driving wheels, or information on an operation state of a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels when a function of transmitting the startup request is activated or when the startup request is transmitted, and a permission determination unit configured to determine whether to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A remote startup system that includes a terminal of a user; a center server capable of communicating with the terminal; and a vehicle including a driving device, a transmission that transmits power of the driving device to driving wheels, and a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels, the remote startup system starting up the driving device based on a startup request transmitted from the terminal to the center server, the remote startup system comprising: a controller that starts up the driving device in a stop state in a case where the startup request is transmitted from the terminal to the center server and in a case where the rotation prevention device is preventing the rotation of the driving wheels; and a display provided in the terminal, the display displaying content with which the user is able to determine startup of the driving device based on the startup request. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The remote startup system according to claim 1, wherein even in a case where the startup request is sent from the terminal, in a case where the rotation prevention device is not preventing the rotation of the driving device, the controller does not start up the driving device in the stop state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The remote startup system according to claim 1, wherein in a case where the rotation prevention device is not preventing the rotation of the driving device, the controller prohibits the transmission of the startup request from the terminal to the center server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The remote startup system according to claim 1, comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information on an operation state of the rotation prevention device when a function of transmitting the startup request included in the terminal is activated or when the startup request is transmitted from the terminal to the center server; and a permission determination unit that determines whether or not to permit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request, based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, wherein the permission determination unit permits the startup of the driving device based on the startup request in a case where it is determined from the information acquired by the information acquisition unit that the rotation prevention device is preventing the rotation of the driving wheels, and the controller starts up the driving device in the stop state when the permission determination unit permits the startup of the driving device based on the startup request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The remote startup system according to claim 4, comprising an availability notification transmission unit that is provided in the center server or the vehicle, the availability notification transmission unit transmitting a notification indicating whether or not the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is permitted to the terminal, wherein the permission determination unit is provided in the center server or the vehicle, and the availability notification transmission unit transmits a startup availability notification indicating that the startup is available to the terminal when the permission determination unit determines that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is permitted, and transmits a startup unavailability notification indicating that the startup is unavailable to the terminal when the permission determination unit determines that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is not permitted. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The remote startup system according to claim 3, comprising an availability notification transmission unit that is provided in the center server or the vehicle, the availability notification transmission unit transmitting a notification indicating whether or not the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is permitted to the terminal, wherein in a case where the rotation prevention device is preventing the rotation of the driving wheels, the controller causes the availability notification transmission unit to transmit a startup availability notification indicating that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is available to the terminal, and the display unit displays an operation screen for performing startup of the driving device based on the startup request when the startup availability notification is received. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The remote startup system according to claim 3, comprising an availability notification transmission unit that is provided in the center server or the vehicle, the availability notification transmission unit transmitting a notification indicating whether or not the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is permitted to the terminal, wherein in a case where the rotation prevention device is not preventing the rotation of the driving wheels, the controller causes the availability notification transmission unit to transmit a startup unavailability notification indicating that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is unavailable to the terminal, and the display unit displays an indication that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is unavailable when the startup unavailability notification is received. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The remote startup system according to claim 3, comprising: an availability notification transmission unit that is provided in the center server or the vehicle, the availability notification transmission unit transmitting a notification indicating whether or not the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is permitted to the terminal; and a startup request transmission unit provided in the terminal, wherein in a case where the rotation prevention device is preventing the rotation of the driving wheels, the controller causes the availability notification transmission unit to transmit a startup availability notification indicating that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is available to the terminal, and the startup request transmission unit transmits the startup request to the center server according to a predetermined operation by a user when the startup availability notification is received. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The remote startup system according to claim 1, comprising a cancelation unit that cancels, in a case where the startup request is transmitted from the terminal to the center server and the driving device is started up and being operated, the startup request when the vehicle has traveled or when an operation corresponding to a stage before traveling of the vehicle is performed with respect to the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The remote startup system according to claim 9, comprising a cancelation notification transmission unit, wherein the cancelation unit is provided in the center server or the vehicle, and the cancelation notification transmission unit is provided in one of the center server and the vehicle including the cancelation unit and transmits a cancelation notification indicating that the startup request has been canceled by the cancelation unit to the terminal. ### Claim 11 A center server that is connected to a terminal of a user and a vehicle including a driving device, a transmission that transmits power of the driving device to driving wheels, and a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels, receives a startup request of the driving device, the startup request being transmitted from the terminal, and starts up the driving device based on the startup request, the center server comprising: a controller that starts up, in a case where the startup request is received from the terminal and in a case where the rotation prevention device is preventing the rotation of the driving wheels, the driving device in a stop state; and a display processing unit that is provided in the terminal and causes the terminal to display content with which the user is able to determine startup of the driving device based on the startup request. ### Claim 12 A remote startup method that is executed by a remote startup system including a terminal of a user, a center server capable of communicating with the terminal, and a vehicle including a driving device, a transmission that transmits power of the driving device to driving wheels, and a rotation prevention device that prevents rotation of the driving wheels and being capable of communicating with the center server, the remote startup system starting up the driving device based on a startup request transmitted from the terminal to the center server, the remote startup method comprising: starting up the driving device in a stop state in a case where the startup request is transmitted from the terminal to the center server and in a case where the rotation prevention device is preventing the rotation of the driving wheels; and causing the terminal to display content with which the user is able to determine startup of the driving device based on the startup request.