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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Tatsunori Katoh, Nagoya, JP;
Takaaki Inokuchi, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyasu Hadano, Toyota, JP;
Asuka Marumo, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for a vehicle disclosed herein is applied to a vehicle configured to perform pre-air conditioning of the interior of the vehicle by starting an internal combustion engine according to a remote control signal sent from a remote controller. When starting pre-air conditioning according to the remote control signal, the control apparatus sets the control mode of the vehicle to a drive-disabling mode, which is a control mode that disables an operation for driving the vehicle. If a specific mode-cancelling operation is detected in a situation in which the remote controller is present in the interior of the vehicle while the control mode of the vehicle is being set to the drive-disabling mode, the control apparatus cancels the drive-disabling mode while leaving the internal combustion engine operating.