Patents Represented by Attorney Westerman, Hattori, Daniels, LLP
  • Patent number: 6998958
    Abstract: A remote control system for precisely identifying a distance from the vehicle to an entry key and favorably controlling a vehicle-mounted device such as a door corresponding to the distance. The system comprises a transmitter transmitting different types of response demand signals within a predetermined communication area outside the vehicle, a vehicle mounted receiver for receiving a response signal released from a portable transmitter/receiver in response to the reception of the response demand signal, a controller controlling the vehicle mounted device corresponding to the reception of the response signal by the vehicle mounted receiver. Locking and/or unlocking door(s) of the vehicle are controlled on the basis of whether or not the receiver receives the response signal to a response demand signal other than one having the largest communication area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hondalock Mfg., Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Asakura, Akira Nagai, Kentaro Yoshimura, Munehisa Nozawa, Sadanori Watarai