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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Katsuharu Tachibana, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device that controls automatic opening and closing of a vehicle door includes an estimation unit configured to estimate a position of a portable terminal that is authenticated by a vehicle through predetermined communication, a determination unit configured to determine whether the position of the portable terminal estimated by the estimation unit is within a region where the vehicle door passes in an opening and closing operation, and a controller configured to, when door opening or door closing of the vehicle door is instructed, in a case where the determination unit determines that the position of the portable terminal is not within the region, execute the opening and closing operation of the vehicle door.