Patent ID: 7680572

Claim:
An onboard-equipment control apparatus comprising: an onboard-radio apparatus configured to receive a command to terminate the operation of an onboard apparatus activated by using power supplied by an onboard battery as operation-driving power from a remote control apparatus transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by way of a radio communication network; and a control unit configured to take at least reception of the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus by the onboard-radio apparatus from the remote control apparatus as one of conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus and to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus when any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied while the onboard apparatus is in operation, upon detection that either the onboard-radio apparatus is no longer capable of receiving the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus from the remote control apparatus or the remote control apparatus is no longer capable of transmitting the command to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus to the onboard-radio apparatus while the onboard apparatus is in operation, execute control to terminate the operation of the onboard apparatus even before any of the conditions for termination of the operation of the onboard apparatus is satisfied, wherein the command to terminate is received to set a termination time to terminate operation of the onboard apparatus, and operation of the onboard apparatus is terminated before the termination time is reached when one of the command to terminate is determined to not be receivable and the remote control apparatus is determined not to be capable of transmitting the command to terminate.