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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 11, 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 positioning within an out-vehicle communication area, a distance measuring unit measuring a vehicle-terminal distance, the vehicle-terminal distance being a distance between a vehicle and the mobile terminal, and a distance measurement control unit measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by switching, based on a predetermined condition, between a first distance measurement mode repeatedly measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by the distance measuring unit without depending on reception of measurement instruction information transmitted from the mobile terminal and a second distance measurement mode measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by the distance measuring unit in response to reception of the measurement instruction information when communication is established between the vehicle communication control unit and the mobile terminal.