CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

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Jumpei Haratake of Toyota-shi Aichi-ken JP

Hirotaka Omisha of Nisshin-shi Aichi-ken JP

CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250121797 titled 'CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE

Original Abstract Submitted

a vehicle includes a door, an electric unlocking mechanism that is supplied with electric power from a battery installed in the vehicle and that also electrically unlocks the door, and a physical unlocking mechanism for manually unlocking the door. a control device of the vehicle includes an annunciation circuit that performs annunciation of predetermined information to a user of the vehicle. the annunciation circuit performs annunciation to the user of at least one piece of information of a position of the physical unlocking mechanism, and how to unlock the door by the physical unlocking mechanism, when an amount of charge of the battery is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.