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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Hirohiko Morikawa, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/06 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G01S 19/17 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); B60N 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); B60N 2/002 (2013.01); G01S 19/17 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control device that is communicably connected to a vehicle includes a control unit. The control unit executes acquisition of sensor information from a sensor provided in the vehicle, determination of whether the vehicle is parked based on the sensor information, determination of whether a user is staying in the vehicle based on the sensor information, and estimation that the user is staying in the vehicle when a parking time of the vehicle exceeds a first reference value and a staying time of the user exceeds a second reference value.