Vehicle control apparatus, vehicle control method, and storage medium

A vehicle control apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

• detect a person around a vehicle;
• start a camera mounted on the vehicle when the person is detected around the vehicle;
• authenticate the person detected as a user of the vehicle by using an image captured by the camera and decide authentication completion under a condition that authentication is established an authentication criterion number of times or more;
• and
• bring an openable and closeable object operation unit into operation when the authentication section decides authentication completion, the openable and closeable object operation unit at least releasing a lock of an openable and closeable object or executing an opening operation of opening the openable and closeable object, the openable and closeable object being included in the vehicle,
• wherein the processor is configured to determine that the motion of the person is a motion of not getting in the vehicle when an image of the person is positioned at an end of the image captured in a horizontal direction, and change a setting of face authentication based on a result of a determination.

A vehicle control method that is executed by a computer, the vehicle control method comprising:

• detecting a person around a vehicle;
• starting a camera mounted on the vehicle when a person around the vehicle is detected;
• authenticating the detected person as a user of the vehicle by using an image captured by the camera and deciding authentication completion under a condition that the authentication is established an authentication criterion number of times or more;
• and
• bringing an openable and closeable object operation unit into operation when the authentication completion is decided, the openable and closeable object operation unit performing at least one of releasing a lock of an openable and closeable object and executing an opening operation of opening the openable and closeable object, the openable and closeable object being included in the vehicle,
• wherein authenticating the detected person as the user of the vehicle further comprises calculating a movement speed of the person detected in the image captured, determining that the motion of the person is a motion of getting in the vehicle when the movement speed decreases as the person approaches the vehicle, and changing a setting of face authentication based on a result of a determination.

A vehicle control method that is executed by a computer, the vehicle control method comprising:

• detecting a person around a vehicle;
• starting a camera mounted on the vehicle when a person around the vehicle is detected;
• authenticating the detected person as a user of the vehicle by using an image captured by the camera and deciding authentication completion under a condition that the authentication is established an authentication criterion number of times or more;
• and
• bringing an openable and closeable object operation unit into operation when the authentication completion is decided, the openable and closeable object operation unit performing at least one of releasing a lock of an openable and closeable object and executing an opening operation of opening the openable and closeable object, the openable and closeable object being included in the vehicle,
• wherein authenticating the detected person as the user of the vehicle further comprises determining that the motion of the person is a motion of not getting in the vehicle when an image of the person is positioned at an end of the image captured in a horizontal direction, and changing a setting of face authentication based on a result of a determination.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer, the program causing the computer to:

• detect a person around a vehicle;
• start a camera mounted on the vehicle when the person is detected around the vehicle;
• authenticate the person detected as a user of the vehicle by using an image captured by the camera and decide authentication completion under a condition that the authentication is established an authentication criterion number of times or more;
• bring an openable and closeable object operation unit into operation when the authentication completion is decided, the openable and closeable object operation unit performing at least one of releasing a lock of an openable and closeable object and executing an opening operation of opening the openable and closeable object, the openable and closeable object being included in the vehicle;
• and
• calculate a movement speed of the person detected in the image captured, determine that the motion of the person is a motion of getting in the vehicle when the movement speed decreases as the person approaches the vehicle, and change a setting of face authentication based on a result of a determination.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that is executable by a computer, the program causing the computer to:

• detect a person around a vehicle;
• start a camera mounted on the vehicle when the person is detected around the vehicle;
• authenticate the person detected as a user of the vehicle by using an image captured by the camera and decide authentication completion under a condition that the authentication is established an authentication criterion number of times or more;
• bring an openable and closeable object operation unit into operation when the authentication completion is decided, the openable and closeable object operation unit performing at least one of releasing a lock of an openable and closeable object and executing an opening operation of opening the openable and closeable object, the openable and closeable object being included in the vehicle;
• and
• determine that the motion of the person is a motion of not getting in the vehicle when an image of the person is positioned at an end of the image captured in a horizontal direction, and change a setting of face authentication based on a result of a determination.