US 2026/0217217 A1 · VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes a processor. The processor disables engine start of an object vehicle in response to receiving a first signal that indicates that payment of a debt for the object vehicle has not been properly performed, acquires use purpose information, and determines whether the object vehicle is used for an intended purpose. The processor cancels the disability of the engine start of the object vehicle when the processor determines that the object vehicle is used for the intended purpose, and acquires use situation information. Furthermore, the processor determines whether the object vehicle is used for an unintended purpose, based on the use situation information and the use purpose information, and disables the engine start of the object vehicle again, when the processor determines that the object vehicle is used for the unintended purpose.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle control device comprising a processor configured to:

perform a control to disable engine start of an object vehicle in response to receiving a first signal from a management server configured to manage a credit for the object vehicle, the first signal indicating that payment for the object vehicle has not been properly performed;
acquire use purpose information relevant to a purpose of use of the object vehicle;
determine whether the object vehicle is used for an intended purpose, based on the use purpose information;
perform a control to cancel the disability of the engine start of the object vehicle, when the processor determines that the object vehicle is used for the intended purpose;
acquire use situation information relevant to a situation of use of the object vehicle;
determine whether the object vehicle is used for an unintended purpose, based on the use situation information and the use purpose information;
and
perform a control to disable the engine start of the object vehicle again, when the processor determines that the object vehicle is used for the unintended purpose.

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A vehicle control device comprising a processor configured to:

disable engine start of an object vehicle when a first signal is received, the first signal indicating that payment of a debt for the object vehicle has not been properly performed;
acquire use purpose information relevant to a purpose of use of the object vehicle;
determine whether the object vehicle is used for an intended purpose, based on the use purpose information;
cancel the disability of the engine start of the object vehicle when the processor determines that the object vehicle is used for the intended purpose;
acquire use situation information relevant to a situation of use of the object vehicle;
determine whether the object vehicle is used for an unintended purpose, based on the use situation information and the use purpose information;
and
disable the engine start of the object vehicle again, when the processor determines that the object vehicle is used for the unintended purpose.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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