Patent ID: 11886185
Assignee: RENAULT S.A.S.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A vehicle remote control method executed by a remote control system comprising a base unit equipped in a vehicle, an extension unit that an operator carries, and a remote operation device for remotely operating the vehicle, wherein wireless communication is established between the base unit and the extension unit, wherein the remote operation device is different from the extension unit, and wherein the remote control system is configured to:
detect a relative position of the extension unit with respect to the vehicle using the extension unit and the base unit;
set, in accordance with the relative position of the extension unit, a command touch operation for operating the vehicle with the remote operation device;
set a command determination area on a touch panel in accordance with the relative position, the command determination area receiving a touch operation of the operator as the command touch operation;
detect the touch operation that the operator inputs to the touch panel of the remote operation device;
determine whether or not the touch operation detected is an operation in the command determination area; and
when the touch operation is determined to be the operation in the command determination area, execute remote control of the vehicle.