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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Toyokazu Nakashima, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Takemoto, Nagoya, JP;
Naoko Yamafuji, Nagoya, JP;
Naoya Oka, Nagakute, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a controller configured to, when it is detected that first vehicle data obtained by monitoring a state of a vehicle and disclosed with consent of an owner of the vehicle has been viewed by a user, notify the user of first information prompting for consent to disclose second vehicle data obtained by monitoring a state of the vehicle after a point in time at which the first vehicle data was viewed, or second information inquiring whether the owner of the vehicle is to change.