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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00944 (2013.01); B60R 2325/103 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00373 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00388 (2013.01); G07C 2209/08 (2013.01); G07C 2209/64 (2013.01); G07C 2209/65 (2013.01); H04B 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control device is configured to be connected to an antenna and to a sensor by a common wire. The vehicle control device includes an electronic control unit configured to perform a determination process of determining a vehicle operation corresponding to a signal received from the sensor, determine whether the determination process is completed, and transmit a drive signal to the antenna after determining that the determination process is completed and upon the vehicle operation being determined, the drive signal being transmitted to the antenna such that the antenna transmits a radio signal.