Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130162421 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE PORTABLE DEVICE - An information communication system has a vehicle portable device that conducts wireless communication with a vehicle, and a mobile terminal that includes a display part and conducts near-field wireless communication with the vehicle portable device. The vehicle portable device includes a vehicle information acquisition part that acquires vehicle information on the vehicle, wherein the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle by wireless communication, and a transmission controller that controls the transmission of the vehicle information to the mobile terminal by near-field wireless communication. The mobile terminal includes an execution controller that acquires the vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle portable device and controls execution of a predetermined program for displaying the vehicle information on the display part. | 06-27-2013 |
20140114504 | IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An in-vehicle system has a control device that controls a vehicle, and a charging device provided in the vehicle, in which a portable terminal is chargeable. The charging device has a power supply part that supplies power to the portable terminal, and a communication part that communicates with the portable terminal when the portable terminal is installed on the charging device. The control device has an authentication part that authenticates first authentication information received by the communication part from the portable terminal, and a vehicle control part that controls whether to permit starting of the vehicle based on an authentication result of the first authentication information. | 04-24-2014 |
20140203907 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system has a first communication device, and a second communication device that conducts wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device has a first transmitter that transmits a signal to the second communication device, and a first transmission controller that controls the first transmitter. The second communication device has a first receiver that receives the signal from the first communication device, a measurement part that measures a reception intensity of the signal received by the first receiver, and a determination part that determines whether the signal received by the first receiver is a normal signal. The first transmission controller divides a predetermined portion of a predetermined signal into a plurality of portions when transmitting the predetermined signal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140316610 | VEHICLE PORTABLE KEY - A portable key switchable between a first mode and a second mode for operating a vehicle has a transmission antenna that transmits a signal to the vehicle, a reception antenna that receives a signal from the vehicle, a changeover switch that is operable by a user when the portable key is switched from the first mode to the second mode, a command switch that is operable by the user when an operation command signal is transmitted to the vehicle, and a controller that performs control so as to transmit the signal from the transmission antenna based on input from the changeover switch or the command switch. The controller transmits a first operation command signal valid in the first mode from the transmission antenna when the command switch is operated in the first mode, | 10-23-2014 |
20140324250 | VEHICLE PORTABLE KEY - A portable key switchable between a first mode and a second mode for operating a vehicle has a transmission antenna that transmits a signal to the vehicle, a reception antenna that receives a signal from the vehicle, a changeover switch that is operable by a user when the portable key is switched from a first mode to a second mode, a command switch that is operable by the user when an operation command signal is transmitted to the vehicle, a lighting display part that notifies the user of information, and a controller that performs control so as to transmit the signal from the transmission antenna based on input from the changeover switch or the command switch, and performs control so as to display information received from the vehicle by the reception antenna on the lighting display part. | 10-30-2014 |
20150015385 | REPORTING SYSTEM, REPORTING CONTROL METHOD, AND HANDHELD DEVICE - A reporting system has a first handheld device that locks and unlocks a door of a vehicle, and a second handheld device that communicates with the first handheld device. The first handheld device has an inside/outside determination unit that carries out wireless communication with the vehicle and acquires, with the vehicle, information of inside/outside determination on whether the first handheld device is inside the vehicle or outside the vehicle, and a transmitting unit that transmits the result of the inside/outside determination. The second handheld device has a receiving unit that receives the result of the determination from the first handheld device. | 01-15-2015 |
20150246657 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device includes: a reception unit which receives state information of a vehicle from the vehicle; a transmission unit which transmits a signal to the vehicle; a control unit which controls communication with the vehicle; and a storage unit which stores at least two signal transmission intensities including a signal transmission intensity during engine stop and a signal transmission intensity during engine operation higher than the signal transmission intensity during engine stop, the signal transmission intensities being able to be set by the control unit. The control unit sets a signal transmission intensity of the signal transmitted from the transmission unit based on the state information received by the reception unit and the signal transmission intensities stored in the storage unit. The transmission unit transmits the signal based on the signal transmission intensity set by the control unit. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247481 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device includes a transmission unit which transmits an engine starting signal for starting an engine of a vehicle and an engine stopping signal for stopping the engine of the vehicle to the vehicle. The transmission unit transmits the engine stopping signal with an intensity higher than that of the engine starting signal. | 09-03-2015 |