CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This is the U.S. national stage of application No. PCT/JP2019/003816, filed on Feb. 4, 2019. Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 35 U.S.C. § 365(b) is claimed from Japanese Application No. 2018-022161, filed Feb. 9, 2018, the disclosure of which is also incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a vehicle antitheft device, a vehicle antitheft method, and a computer program. The present invention is particularly suitable for operating a vehicle, but can be similarly used when operating a device other than the vehicle. In the following description, a case where the vehicle is operated and controlled will be mainly described as an example.

BACKGROUND ART

In a vehicle such as a passenger car for example, a so-called keyless entry system is widely used in which the door can be unlocked or locked by remote control without inserting the key into the keyhole. Such a keyless entry system is a system in which an ID code is transmitted to a door lock control unit when a user operates a switch of a small transmitter that is integrated with an ignition key or a separate body and unlocks or locks the door when the ID is accepted.

It is also known so-called smart entry system in which the door can be unlocked automatically without operating the key when a user with the key in a bag, pocket, etc. approaches the vehicle, and locked automatically when the user leaves the vehicle.

In addition, it is also known that a vehicle can be performed operation control of a vehicle by a communication terminal held by each of a plurality of persons (see, for example, PTL 1).

In the disclosure of PTL 1, it is possible to control the operation of the vehicle such as locking/unlocking the door lock and starting/stopping the engine by using a device paired with this system in advance. The pairing performed in advance in this system is realized by the system storing identification information of a pairing target device, for example, information based on a unique ID and an encryption key. The unique identification information given to the device is used to specify the device to be paired. For example, in the case of a configuration that uses short-range wireless communication for communicating, a unique ID written in advance in the NFC (Near Field Communication) or FeliCa chip can be used. In this system, since a plurality of devices can be paired, a plurality of people can unlock the door lock.

CITATION LIST

Patent Literature

[PTL 1] JP 016-076899 A

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Technical Problem

However, in the keyless entry system and the smart entry system, only the user who owns the small transmitter of the keyless entry system or the portable device of the smart entry system can unlock or lock the door. When a plurality of users use the same vehicle, all users need to have a small transmitter of the keyless entry system or a portable device of the smart entry system.

This is also the case with the disclosure of PTL 1 in that the operation control of the vehicle can be performed only by the user who has a device that has been paired with this system in advance. When a plurality of users use the same vehicle, it is a very complicated work to perform the pairing process for all the users in advance.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems to provide a device operation controller, device operation control method, and computer program thereof, which can easily control an device, such as a vehicles, even if the device is to be used by a plurality of users.

Solution to Problem

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to a first aspect of the present invention, it is provided a device operation controller comprising: a radio receiver for receiving information including an ID of a mobile device wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device; a first registration processing unit for registering a first ID received by the radio receiver in a predetermined procedure as an ID of a mobile device belonging to an owner group; a second registration processing unit for registering a second ID received by the radio receiver together with the ID of the mobile device belonging to the owner group registered in the first registration processing unit as an ID of a mobile device belonging to a concerned person group; and an operation target cooperation unit for executing an operation permission notification process to notify an operation target device that an operation on the operation target device is permitted, on a condition where it is received either an ID of a mobile device belonging to the owner group device registered in the first registration processing unit or an ID of a mobile device belonging to the concerned person group device registered in the second registration processing unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, it is provided a device operation control method including steps of: registering IDs each included in information transmitted from a predetermined mobile device having an ID and received by a radio receiver; and notifying an operation target device that an operation on the operation target device is permitted, on a condition where it is received either an ID of a mobile device belonging to the owner group device registered in the first registration processing unit or an ID of a mobile device belonging to the concerned person group device registered in the second registration processing unit, wherein the step of registering includes: a first registration step for registering a first ID received by the radio receiver in a predetermined procedure as an ID of a mobile device belonging to an owner group; and a second registration step for registering a second ID received by the radio receiver together with the ID registered in the first registration step as an ID of a mobile device belonging to a concerned person group.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, it is provided a computer program executed by a processor of a device operation controller when installed in the processor to perform steps of: registering IDs each included in information transmitted from a predetermined mobile device having an ID and received by a radio receiver; and notifying an operation target device that an operation on the operation target device is permitted, on a condition where it is received either an ID of a mobile device belonging to the owner group device registered in the first registration processing unit or an ID of a mobile device belonging to the concerned person group device registered in the second registration processing unit, wherein the step of registering includes: a first registration step for registering a first ID received by the radio receiver in a predetermined procedure as an ID of a mobile device belonging to an owner group; and a second registration step for registering a second ID received by the radio receiver together with the ID registered in the first registration step as an ID of a mobile device belonging to a concerned person group.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the present invention, even if there are a plurality of users who use the operation target device, it is possible to easily control the operation of the operation target device.

