Patent ID: 11970134
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle control system comprising a processor provided in a vehicle which can be used by using each of a plurality of electronic keys, wherein the processor comprises:
a communication control unit for controlling communication between each mobile terminal of a plurality of users;
an electronic key issuing unit generating the plurality of electronic keys, each of the plurality of electronic keys including information on an attribute of each of the plurality of users, and the electronic key issuing unit transmitting the generated plurality of electronic keys to the respective mobile terminals of the plurality of users;
an application unit implemented by execution of an application program by the processor;
a door lock control unit that, when an instruction to unlock a door lock of the vehicle by one electronic key of the plurality of electronic keys is received, causes a door lock mechanism to operate to unlock the door lock, and transmits a door unlock notification for notifying the door lock is unlocked;
a function restriction determining unit that, when the door lock is unlocked after receiving the instruction to unlock the door of the vehicle, determines whether function restriction on the application unit is to be performed or not based on a key code of the one electronic key; and
a function restriction applying unit instructing the application unit to apply a determination result of the function restriction determining unit,
wherein
the vehicle control system further comprises a memory for storing the determination result of the function restriction determining unit,
the function restriction determining unit determines whether the function restriction on the application unit is to be performed or not based on the key code of the one electronic key during a period from when the door unlock notification is received to when the door lock of the vehicle of which a vehicle start switch is in an OFF state and on which there is no passengers is unlocked,
the function restriction applying unit instructs the application unit to apply the determination result of the function restriction determining unit upon activation of the application unit and when a notification of the determination result is received from the function restriction determining unit after the activation, and
the function restriction applying unit measures an elapsed time from when the door unlock notification is received, and if a new determination result is not received from the function restriction determining unit during a predetermined elapsed time, instructs the application unit to apply the determination result stored in the memory.