Vehicle control system

Abstract

A vehicle control system includes a vehicle and a portable terminal. The vehicle includes in-vehicle devices that implement a vehicle function and a control device. The portable terminal is operated by a driver of the vehicle for operating the vehicle function. The portable terminal includes one or more sensors that detect information on an orientation of the portable terminal and an acceleration applied to the portable terminal as sensor information, and a processor. The processor executes operation request specifying processing of specifying an operation request of the driver regarding the vehicle function based on the sensor information, and function control processing of generating a control command in response to the specified operation request and transmitting the generated control command to the vehicle. The control device controls the in-vehicle device corresponding to the vehicle function related to the control command in response to the control command received from the portable terminal.

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