Remote operation system, remote operation apparatus and service center
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoki Taki, Atsushi Watanabe, Mayumi Otsuka, Tatsunori Kato
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Abstract
In a remote operation system in which an in-vehicle unit is controlled by an operation command transmitted from a portable unit carried by a driver via a service center, when the vehicle receives an operation command B for controlling the in-vehicle unit from a second state to a first state, the operation command B is executed only when control based on an operation command A for controlling from the first state to the second state is made.
Claims26
A remote operation system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a portable unit that is carried by a driver;
- a service center;
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- an in-vehicle unit that is controlled by an operation command transmitted from the portable unit via the service center, wherein:
- when the vehicle receives an operation command B for controlling said in-vehicle unit from a second state to a first state, said operation command B is executed only when control based on an operation command A for controlling said in-vehicle unit from the first state to the second state is made before the operation command B;
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- said vehicle comprises a remote operation response generating part that generates an operation completion notification after controlling the in-vehicle unit based on the operation command A.
A remote operation apparatus of a remote operation system, the remote operation system including the remote operation apparatus, an in-vehicle unit, a portable unit that is carried by a driver, and a service center, the remote operation apparatus controlling said in-vehicle unit based on an operation command transmitted from said portable unit via said service center, wherein:
- when receiving an operation command B for controlling said in-vehicle unit from a second state to a first state, said operation command B is executed only when control based on an operation command A for controlling said in-vehicle unit from the first state to the second state is made before the operation command B;
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- the remote operation apparatus includes a remote operation response generating part that generates an operation completion notification after controlling the in-vehicle unit based on the operation command A.
A service center of a remote operation system, the remote operation system including the service center, a portable unit, and an in-vehicle unit, the service center communicating an operation command between said portable unit and said in-vehicle unit, wherein:
- said service center determines whether or not an operation command B is to be accepted, based on a status which indicates whether or not control of the in-vehicle unit based on an operation command A is made before the operation command B, which command A controls said in-vehicle unit from a first state into a second state, when said service center receives the operation command B controlling the in-vehicle unit from the second state into the first state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.