Patent ID: 7729815

Claim:
A vehicle remote control apparatus, for causing a vehicle to perform a requested operation in response to a remote operation request from a vehicle user, comprising: a location identifying unit configured to identify a latest vehicle location where the vehicle is parked; and a decision unit configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the remote operation requested from the vehicle user at the latest vehicle location identified by said location identifying unit, wherein said location identifying unit includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire data indicative of latitude and longitude of the vehicle from the vehicle when the vehicle is parked; a map information storing unit configured to store data of a road map; and a road-type identifying unit configured to check the data indicative of latitude and longitude of the vehicle with the data of a road map stored in said map information storing unit so as to identify a road type at the latest vehicle location, and wherein said decision unit is configured to decide whether it is acceptable to cause the vehicle to perform the operation requested from the vehicle user based on the road type identified by said road-type identifying unit.