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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Yosuke Tomita, Aichi, JP;
Naoyuki Ishihara, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuo Nishidai, Aichi, JP;
Takahiro Inaguma, Aichi, JP;
Kazuya Hamada, Aichi, JP;
Yosuke Tomita, Aichi, JP;
Naoyuki Ishihara, Aichi, JP;
Tetsuo Nishidai, Aichi, JP;
Takahiro Inaguma, Aichi, JP;
Kazuya Hamada, Aichi, JP;
OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes: a vehicle-mounted transmitter which transmits a first response request signal; a vehicle-mounted receiver which receives, from a portable device, a response signal to the first response request signal; and a controller which allows an operation for welcoming a user carrying the portable device to a vehicle according to a reception state of the response signal. When intermittently transmitting the first response request signal at predetermined intervals via the vehicle-mounted transmitter, the controller determines whether condition set in advance is established. When the condition is established, the controller transmits a second response request signal different from the first response request signal. When the vehicle-mounted receiver receives a response signal which is transmitted from the portable device as a response to the second response request signal, the controller continues to transmit the second response request signal via the vehicle-mounted transmitter.