Patent ID: 9731714
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B60W,G05D,G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A vehicle apparatus used in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a clock configured to measure a first elapsed time after completion of a parking operation by which the vehicle is parked at a parking position in a parking region while an ignition signal of the vehicle is in an on state, the clock starting counting of the first elapsed time upon satisfaction of two conditions which are closing of a door of the vehicle after the door has been opened and the ignition signal of the vehicle switching to an off state; a receiver configured to receive an instruction signal from a mobile device operated by a user outside the vehicle while the ignition signal of the vehicle is in the off state; a first recognition part configured to recognize, based on a motion signal transmitted from the mobile device that is moved in association with a motion of a body of the user, a movement instruction based on the motion of the body of the user, the movement instruction being indicative of moving the vehicle; a second recognition part configured to recognize the movement instruction based on a detection result of a detector that is configured to detect the motion of the body of the user without the motion signal transmitted from the mobile device; and a control unit configured to cause movement of the vehicle to adjust the parking position of the vehicle in response to the received instruction signal when a recognized result obtained by the first recognition part coincides with a recognized result obtained by the second recognition part, wherein the control unit is further configured to prohibit the movement of the vehicle to adjust the parking position when the first elapsed time reaches a first predetermined time before receipt of the instruction signal by the receiver.