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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control device including: a first terminal position recognition unit that recognizes a first position of a user terminal with respect to a vehicle by activating a first prescribed number of a plurality of second communication antennas and by performing second wireless communication between the vehicle and the user terminal; and a terminal distance recognition unit that: recognizes a distance between the vehicle and the user terminal by activating a second prescribed number, which is less than the first prescribed number, of the second communication antennas based on the first position and by performing the second wireless communication between the vehicle and the user terminal; and, thereafter, repeatedly executes terminal distance recognition processing for recognizing the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal by changing the number of the second communication antennas to be activated in accordance with the distance between the vehicle and the user terminal.