Patent ID: 11961338
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A determination method comprising:
accepting, from a device electrically connected to a connector on a vehicle, a communication request to request transmission of data and transmitting a communication response including the data from a control apparatus mounted on the vehicle to the device;
sequentially transmitting two or more communication requests from a communication apparatus mounted on the vehicle to the control apparatus;
in a case in which a communication response corresponding to at least one of communication requests transmitted from the communication apparatus is received by the communication apparatus, transmitting data included in the received communication response from the communication apparatus to a server apparatus installed in a location different from the vehicle; and
determining whether a device to be detected is electrically connected to the connector depending on whether the communication apparatus has received a communication response corresponding to each of the two or more communication requests.