Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080266051 | Remote Control Method and System, Vehicle with Remote Controllable Function, and Control Server - A remote control method for remotely controlling the operation of equipment furnished in a vehicle in response to a remote control request generated by a remote controller is provided. The method comprises the steps of (a) acquiring vehicle status information from the vehicle; (b) determining whether to operate particular vehicle equipment designated by the remote control request based on the vehicle status information; and (c) regulating the remote control request based on the determination result representing acceptability of remote-control operation of the requested vehicle equipment. | 10-30-2008 |
20090326767 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SAME COMPUTER PROGRAM - A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a brake mechanism that produces braking force through the actuation of a first actuator and a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through the actuation of a second actuator. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and that controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit in the controller controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using the electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100010723 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A vehicle control device including an eco-run control system for automatically stopping the engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starting the engine under a predetermined restart condition further includes a vehicle surroundings monitoring device that detects a possibility of the vehicle being collided with by another vehicle. When the vehicle surroundings monitoring device detects a possibility of collision while the engine is kept in a stop mode because of eco-run control and when starting the engine will provide a benefit (when there is a possibility of avoiding a collision), the engine is immediately started to give the driver an opportunity to avoid the collision and a PCS device is activated in preparation for the collision. When the collision is inevitable, only the PCS device is activated. | 01-14-2010 |
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20100138103 | Vehicular diagnostic method, vehicular diagnostic system, vehicle and center - When determining that a failure has occurred, a vehicle ( | 06-03-2010 |
20110187513 | Remote control method and system, vehicle with remote controllable function, and control server - A remote control method for remotely controlling the operation of equipment furnished in a vehicle in response to a remote control request generated by a remote controller is provided. The method comprises the steps of (a) acquiring vehicle status information from the vehicle; (b) determining whether to operate particular vehicle equipment designated by the remote control request based on the vehicle status information; and (c) regulating the remote control request based on the determination result representing acceptability of remote-control operation of the requested vehicle equipment. | 08-04-2011 |
20120253615 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SAME COMPUTER PROGRAM - A vehicle control apparatus including a brake mechanism that produces braking force through actuation of a first actuator, a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through actuation of a second actuator, a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20140107870 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - In an in-vehicle device which is carried on an automotive vehicle, an operation unit causes the vehicle to execute a predetermined operation in response to a remote control request from a user. A detection unit detects existence of a moving object in a passenger compartment of the vehicle or in areas surrounding the vehicle. An operation inhibition unit inhibits execution of the predetermined operation by the operation unit when existence of the moving object is detected by the detection unit. | 04-17-2014 |