Patent attributes
A vehicle control device comprises a drive device configured to enable application of a driving force to a vehicle in an actuation state. The vehicle control device executes remote operation control of controlling the drive device in accordance with a wireless signal transmitted from a portable terminal present outside the vehicle, to thereby cause the vehicle to move to a predetermined target stop position. The vehicle control device maintains the drive device in the actuation state after an arrival time being a time at which the vehicle arrives at the target stop position, and invalidates the operation on the accelerator even when the accelerator is operated in a period from the arrival time to a cancellation condition satisfaction time at which a cancellation condition by which a fact that a user holding legitimate qualification has gotten in the vehicle can be confirmed is satisfied.