Portable terminal, remote operation method for vehicle, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020086830-A1
Application number	US-201616470836-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Priority date	Dec 20, 2016
Publication date	Mar 19, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has a door opening/closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands transmitted from an authenticated portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening/closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons are displayed on the touch panel includes an advance-and-open-door icon for giving a command to advance the vehicle door and then open the vehicle door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon for giving a command to reverse the vehicle door and, after reversing, to open the vehicle door.

First claim

1 . A portable terminal configured to perform wireless communication with an in-vehicle device and to remotely control a vehicle having the in-vehicle device mounted thereto, the in-vehicle device comprising:
a door opening and closing device configured to lock a door of the vehicle at a closed state and to open the door to a predetermined opening degree; and an in-vehicle controller configured to control a driving system of the vehicle and the door opening and closing device, the portable terminal comprising: an interface comprising a touch panel; and a terminal controller configured to output an instruction to the in-vehicle controller on the basis of an operation on the interface, wherein the terminal controller is configured to:
in a case a screen lock release operation on the touch panel coincides with a pattern registered in advance in the terminal controller, display a start icon on the touch panel;
in a case the start icon is operated, output an instruction to start the driving system of the vehicle and displays an advance hierarchy icon and a retreat hierarchy icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance hierarchy icon is operated, display an advance icon and an advance and door opening icon on the touch panel and,
in a case the advance icon is operated, output an instruction to advance the vehicle to an openable position of the door, and
in a case the advance and door opening icon is operated, output an instruction to advance the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the advance; and
in a case the retreat hierarchy icon is operated, display a retreat icon and a retreat and door opening icon on the touch panel and,
in a case the retreat icon is operated, output an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door, and
in a case the retreat and door opening icon is operated, output an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the retreat.

2 . The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the interface further comprises:
a locking button configured to instruct lock of the door by the door opening and closing device; and an unlocking button configured to instruct lock release of the door by the door opening and device, the buttons being operation buttons provided on an outer side of the touch panel.

3 . The portable terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal controller outputs an instruction to release the lock of the door when an operation on the advance and door opening icon or the retreat and door opening icon is performed, irrespective of an operation on the unlocking button.

4 . The portable terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an operation key for manually operating the door opening and closing device; and a key holder configured to separably hold the operation key, wherein the terminal controller releases a holding state of the operation key made by the key holder when a screen lock releasing operation on the touch panel coincides with a pattern registered in advance in the terminal controller.

5 . The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the door comprises a driver seat door and a front passenger seat door of the vehicle.

6 . The portable terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the door is a driver seat door of the vehicle.

7 . A portable terminal configured to perform wireless communication with an in-vehicle device and to remotely control a vehicle having the in-vehicle device mounted thereto, the in-vehicle device comprising:
a door opening and closing device configured to lock a driver seat door of the vehicle at a closed state and to open the driver seat door to a predetermined opening degree; and an in-vehicle controller configured to control a driving system of the vehicle and the door opening and closing device, the portable terminal comprising:
an interface comprising a touch panel; and
a terminal controller configured to output an instruction to the in-vehicle controller on the basis of an operation on the interface,
wherein the terminal controller is configured to:
display an advance and door opening icon and a retreat and door opening icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance and door opening icon is operated, output an instruction to advance the vehicle to an openable position of a driver seat door and to open the driver seat door after the advance; and
in a case the retreat and door opening icon is operated, output an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the driver seat door and to open the driver seat door after the treat.

8 . A method of remotely controlling a vehicle having an in-vehicle device mounted thereto by a portable terminal configured to perform wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device comprising:
a door opening and closing device configured to lock a door of a vehicle at a closed state and to open the door to a predetermined opening degree; and an in-vehicle controller configured to control a driving system of the vehicle and the door opening and closing device, the method comprising:
in a case a screen lock release operation on a touch panel of the portable terminal coincides with a pattern registered in advance in the portable terminal, displaying a start icon on the touch panel;
in a case the start icon is operated, outputting an instruction to start the driving system of the vehicle from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device and displaying an advance hierarchy icon and a retreat hierarchy icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance hierarchy icon is operated, displaying an advance icon and an advance and door opening icon on the touch panel and, in a case the retreat hierarchy is operated, displaying a retreat icon and a retreat and door opening icon on the touch panel;
in a case the advance icon is operated, outputting an instruction to advance the vehicle to an openable position of the door from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device and, in a case the advance and door opening icon is operated, outputting an instruction to advance the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the advance from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device; and
in a case the retreat icon is operated, outputting an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device and, in a case the retreat and door opening icon is operated, outputting an instruction to retreat the vehicle to the openable position of the door and to open the door after the retreat from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device.

9 . A method of remotely controlling a vehicle having an in-vehicle device mounted thereto by a portable terminal configured to perform wireless communication with the in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device comprising:
a door opening and closing device configured to lock a driver seat door of a vehicle at a closed state and to open the driver seat door to a predetermined opening degree; and an in-vehicle controller configured to control a driving system of the vehicle and the door opening and closing device, the method comprising:
displaying an advance and door opening icon and a retreat and door opening icon on a touch panel of the portable terminal;
in a case the advance and door opening icon is operated, outputting an instruction to advance the vehicle to an openable position of the driver seat door and to open the driver seat door after the advance, from the portable terminal to the in-vehicle device; and
in a case the retreat and door opening icon is operated, outputting an instruction to retreat the vehicle to

Assignees

• Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corp

Inventors

• Ichinose Mikio
• Hattori Hiroki

Classifications

• B60R2325/205

  Mobile phones · CPC title

• B60R2025/0405

  from the external · CPC title

• B60R25/209

  Remote starting of engine · CPC title

• B60R25/04 Primary

  operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor · CPC title

• B60R25/246 Primary

  characterised by the challenge triggering · CPC title