Patent ID: 11953898
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC B  G  H

Claim 10:
11. A vehicle remote operation system configured to perform control to move a vehicle based on wireless communication with a mobile device carried by a user of the vehicle, the vehicle remote operation system comprising:
a communication device configured to perform the wireless communication with the mobile device;
a position determination portion configured to determine whether the mobile device exists in an activation area predetermined for the vehicle, based on a communication situation between the communication device and the mobile device;
a remote operation acceptance portion configured to accept a remote operation as a user instruction operation to move the vehicle via the mobile device based on a result that the position determination portion determines that the mobile device exists in the activation area;
a control execution portion configured to perform control corresponding to a content of the remote operation accepted by the remote operation acceptance portion;
a notification processor configured to notify the user that a position of the mobile device changes from an inside of the activation area to an outside of the activation area via the mobile device or an instrument mounted on the vehicle; and
a near-field communication device that is the communication device and is configured to perform the wireless communication compliant with a communication standard specifying a communication distance of eight meters or longer,
wherein:
the remote operation acceptance portion is configured to accept the remote operation while a predetermined acceptance continuation condition is satisfied even when the position of the mobile device changes from the inside of the activation area to the outside of the activation area;
the position determination portion is configured to determine whether the mobile device exists in a marginal area formed adjacently to the activation area in the outside of the activation area, based on the communication situation with the mobile device;
the remote operation acceptance portion is configured to accept the remote operation on condition that the mobile device exists in the marginal area until a predetermined return limit time elapses after a time when the position of the mobile device changes from the activation area to the marginal area; and
the marginal area is set to an entire area that
is in a range where the near-field communication device is configured to perform the wireless communication and
is outside the activation area.