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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hasegawa, Wako, JP;
Seonghun Lee, Wako, JP;
Katsuyasu Yamane, Wako, JP;
Fumiaki Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes a vehicle communication control unit performing communication with a mobile terminal, a distance measuring unit measuring a vehicle-terminal distance, a distance measurement control unit executing distance measurement repeat processing causing the distance measuring unit to repeatedly measure the vehicle-terminal distance when communication between the mobile terminal and the vehicle communication control unit is established, and a distance measurement continuation determining unit, if a predetermined condition based on the vehicle-terminal distance is satisfied while the distance measurement repeat processing is being executed, finishing execution of the distance measurement repeat processing or increasing intervals of measurements of the vehicle-terminal distance in the distance measurement repeat processing.