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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Sannodo, Toyota, JP;
Yuuki Sakai, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus comprises a radio receiver and a control unit. The radio receiver receives a terminal signal from a first terminal that a user located outside the vehicle carry. The control unit performs a remote operation control to move the vehicle in accordance with a remote operation to the first terminal. The control unit is configured to: perform the remote operation control in accordance with the remote operation, when a signal condition including a condition that the terminal signal is received is satisfied; and in a case in which the signal condition becomes unsatisfied while performing the remote operation control, continue performing the remote operation control when an unsatisfied state in which the signal condition is not satisfied has not yet continued for a predetermined extension time, and stop performing the remote operation control when the unsatisfied state has continued for the extension time.
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