Patent ID: 11904809
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle control device configured to control a vehicle having a shareable space accessible to a predetermined third party other than a user of the vehicle,
the vehicle including:
an occupant door;
an opening and closing member configured to open and close the shareable space;
an inlet connectable to a connector of an outlet cable; and
a power storage device chargeable with electric power supplied to the inlet from an outside of the vehicle,
the occupant door and the opening and closing member being lockable and unlockable by the user,
the opening and closing member being unlockable by a mobile terminal operated by the third party,
the inlet being switchable between a locked state in which detachment of the connector is restricted and an unlocked state in which the detachment of the connector is permitted,

the vehicle control device comprising an electronic control unit configured to:
control switching between the locked state and the unlocked state of the inlet;
switch the inlet to the unlocked state when the opening and closing member is unlocked by the user while the inlet is in the locked state; and
restrain switching the inlet to the unlocked state when the opening and closing member is unlocked by the third party while the inlet is in the locked state,

wherein:
the electronic control unit is configured to select a control mode from among options including a first control mode;
the electronic control unit is configured to switch the inlet to the unlocked state when the first control mode is selected and when the opening and closing member is unlocked by the user while the inlet is in the locked state; and
the electronic control unit is configured to restrain switching the inlet to the unlocked state when the first control mode is selected and when the opening and closing member is unlocked by the third party while the inlet is in the locked state.