Patent ID: 8527152
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: B60R,F02N,G07C

Abstract:
1. A vehicle control device comprising: a communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication with a portable device; and a controller configured to control the communication performed by the communication circuit, communicating with the portable device to authenticate the portable device, and entering an enable mode for enabling starting of an engine or normal driving of the vehicle when the portable device is authenticated, wherein the controller is further configured to detect whether or not a door of the vehicle is open while a request signal is output within a passenger compartment of the vehicle, to be received by the portable device within the passenger compartment of the vehicle, from the communication circuit and to refrain from entering the enable mode when detecting that a timing transmission of the request signal within the passenger compartment at least partially overlaps with a period in which the door is open while the request signal is output within the passenger compartment of the vehicle from the communication circuit.