Abstract: Based upon the results of an ID check with an ignition knob lock device which prevents rotational operation of an ignition knob which is used when stating an engine of a vehicle, and of an ID check with a portable unit, a passive control unit transmits to the ignition knob lock device a command to release prohibition of rotational operation of the ignition knob, and performs an ID check with the ignition knob lock device before detecting an operation of pushing in the ignition knob.

Abstract: Opening and closing control method includes commencing an open or close operation of a vehicle component in response to an instruction signal for starting the open or close operation and ending the open or close operation if a wireless controller leaves a prescribed range of the vehicle prior to completion of the open or close operation.

Abstract: An electric steering lock device is configured with a control unit to operate a steering column lock between a steering locked state and a steering unlocked state. The electric steering lock device has a locking limit switch that turns on when a locking member reaches the locking stop position, and turns off when an unlocking command for the locking member is outputted. An unlocking limit switch of the electric steering lock device turns on when the locking member reaches the unlocking stop position, and turns off when a locking command for the locking member is outputted. The electric steering lock control unit determines that the locking limit switch or the unlocking limit switch has malfunctioned based on the state of the locking member.

Abstract: A door lock/unlock system for a vehicle is comprised of a door lock state detector for detecting a door lock/unlock state, a door open state detector for detecting a door open/close state, a door lock mechanism for locking and unlocking a door, and a controller. The controller is arranged to compare a first lock/unlock state detected during the door open state with a second lock/unlock state detected at a moment when an open/close state is changed from an open state to a closed state, to maintain the state of the door lock mechanism when the first lock/unlock state corresponds to the second lock/unlock state, and to set the state of the door lock mechanism at the first lock/unlock state when the first lock/unlock state does not corresponds to the second lock/unlock state.

Abstract: When a user presses an engine start switch after an engine is started and then stalled, it is determined whether an engine state signal that is input from an engine control module is a signal indicative of complete explosion of the engine, and when the engine state signal is the signal indicative of the complete explosion of the engine, if a state where the number of revolutions of the engine is equal to or less than a predetermined number of revolutions of the engine is continued for a predetermined time, a starting process of the engine is started.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device communication controller includes a vehicle-mounted unit for communicating with ID-registered portable units, a switch-detection mechanism for detecting pressing of an operation knob, a switch-operation restriction mechanism for restricting the rotation of the knob, and a door-opening/closure detection mechanism for detecting opening and closure of a door. Signals are exchanged between the vehicle-mounted unit and each portable unit, and a portable unit having succeeded in exchanging the signals is authenticated and released from the restriction. The vehicle-mounted unit includes a sending/receiving part, a controller, an authentication part, and an ID-storage part.

Abstract: A door lock/unlock system for a vehicle is comprised of a door lock state detector for detecting a door lock/unlock state, a door open state detector for detecting a door open/close state, a door lock mechanism for locking and unlocking a door, and a controller. The controller is arranged to compare a first lock/unlock state detected during the door open state with a second lock/unlock state detected at a moment when an open/close state is changed from an open state to a closed state, to maintain the state of the door lock mechanism when the first lock/unlock state corresponds to the second lock/unlock state, and to set the state of the door lock mechanism at the first lock/unlock state when the first lock/unlock state does not corresponds to the second lock/unlock state.

Abstract: An electric steering lock device is configured with a control unit to operate a steering column lock between a steering locked state and a steering unlocked state. The electric steering lock device has a locking limit switch that turns on when a locking member reaches the locking stop position, and turns off when an unlocking command for the locking member is outputted. An unlocking limit switch of the electric steering lock device turns on when the locking member reaches the unlocking stop position, and turns off when a locking command for the locking member is outputted. The electric steering lock control unit determines that the locking limit switch or the unlocking limit switch has malfunctioned based on the state of the locking member.

Abstract: A piece feeder comprising a rotating cylindrical bowl (3) with an aligning track (2) on its upper edge which is driven by a motor in a cylindrical outer housing (1) and having a piece lifter (4) which is attached to the outer housing with constant clearance from the bowl periphery (32). The piece lifter has a slope on its upper edge that starts at or below the bowl bottom (33) and ends at the aligning track. Pieces are pushed up onto the piece lifter continuously by trigger pins (5) that are placed at the foot of the bowl periphery and at the skirt of the bottom bowl of the rotating bowl. Pieces are then pushed up to the aligning track by the following piece.

Abstract: Purpose: To provide an engine start control device that can secure electronic reliability without increasing the number of parts for detecting abnormalities Solution means: This device is equipped with a switch 127 that turns on and off the supply of power to a starter motor of an engine, a first starter switching element 131 and a second starter switching element 152 connected in series in a power supply circuit for the above-mentioned starter motor, a first control means 126 that sequentially turns on/off the first starter switching element and the second starter switching element based on operation of the switch 127, a voltage detection means 144 that detects the voltage at a connection point P between the first starter switching element and the second starter switching element, and a second control means 126 that detects abnormalities of the first starter switching element and the second starter switching element from the voltage at the connection point detected by the voltage detection means.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted unit includes a controller which changes a setting of a search method of portable units between a simple search method which is based on sending/receiving of simple search signals and simple response signals and an individual search method which is based on sending/receiving of normal search signals and normal response signals, and an ID-storage part which updates and stores the ID of the portable unit authenticated at a latest time as the latest authenticated ID. When the latest authenticated ID is stored in the ID-storage part, the controller searches the portable unit having the latest authenticated ID by priority and by the individual search method.

Abstract: An electronic key device for a vehicle which performs starting of the vehicle by performing ID verification against a portable electronic key unit includes an ID verification device, a decision device, and a vehicle starting control device. When the number of times that the result of ID checking by the ID verification device is negative and also the portable key unit is not present within the vehicle arrives at a predetermined value, a locked mode is set in which thereafter starting of the vehicle is prohibited unless a predetermined procedure is performed. When the result of ID checking by the ID verification device is affirmative and the portable key unit is not present within the vehicle, then no such predetermined number of times calculation for setting the locked mode is performed.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device communication controller includes a vehicle-mounted unit for communicating with ID-registered portable units, a switch-detection mechanism for detecting pressing of an operation knob, a switch-operation restriction mechanism for restricting the rotation of the knob, and a door-opening/closure detection mechanism for detecting opening and closure of a door. Signals are exchanged between the vehicle-mounted unit and each portable unit, and a portable unit having succeeded in exchanging the signals is authenticated and released from the restriction. The vehicle-mounted unit includes a sending/receiving part, a controller, an authentication part, and an ID-storage part.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted unit includes a controller which changes a setting of a search method of portable units between a simple search method which is based on sending/receiving of simple search signals and simple response signals and an individual search method which is based on sending/receiving of normal search signals and normal response signals, and an ID-storage part which updates and stores the ID of the portable unit authenticated at a latest time as the latest authenticated ID. When the latest authenticated ID is stored in the ID-storage part, the controller searches the portable unit having the latest authenticated ID by priority and by the individual search method.

Abstract: An electronic key device for a vehicle which performs starting of the vehicle by performing ID verification against a portable electronic key unit includes an ID verification device which performs ID verification against the portable electronic key unit when pushing in operation of an ignition knob has been performed, a decision device which decides whether or not the portable electronic key unit is present within the vehicle when vehicle starting operation has been performed, and a vehicle starting control device which performs starting control of the vehicle, when the ID checking result and also the result of the decision by the decision device are both affirmative. When the number of times that the result of ID checking by the ID verification device is negative and also it is decided that the portable key unit is not present within the vehicle arrives at a predetermined value, a locked mode is set in which thereafter starting of the vehicle is prohibited unless a predetermined procedure is performed.

Abstract: Based upon the results of an ID check with an ignition knob lock device which prevents rotational operation of an ignition knob which is used when stating an engine of a vehicle, and of an ID check with a portable unit, a passive control unit transmits to the ignition knob lock device a command to release prohibition of rotational operation of the ignition knob, and performs an ID check with the ignition knob lock device before detecting an operation of pushing in the ignition knob.

Abstract: A piece feeder comprising a rotating cylindrical bowl (3) with an aligning track (2) on its upper edge which is driven by a motor in a cylindrical outer housing (1) and having a piece lifter (4) which is attached to the outer housing with constant clearance from the bowl periphery (32). The piece lifter has a slope on its upper edge that starts at or below the bowl bottom (33) and ends at the aligning track. Pieces are pushed up onto the piece lifter continuously by trigger pins (5) that are placed at the foot of the bowl periphery and at the skirt of the bottom bowl of the rotating bowl. Pieces are then pushed up to the aligning track by the following piece.

Abstract: An infrared transmitting film includes a mirror-coat layer having a lamination of high-refractive-index material layers and low-refractive-index material layers, and a color-material layer placed on the mirror-coat layer and for absorbing visible light in a given wavelength range and transmitting infrared ray. The film has 80% or more transmission factor for infrared ray.

Abstract: In a vehicular velocity controlling apparatus for an automotive vehicle, a vehicular velocity detector is provided to detect a vehicular velocity of the vehicle, a vehicular velocity controlling section is provided that controls a vehicular driving force of the vehicle to make a detected value of the vehicular velocity substantially equal to a set vehicular velocity previously set, a plurality of switches are provided which includes a first switch (SET/COAST switch) and a second switch (RESUME/ACCELERATE switch), each switch being enabled to be interlocked with a predetermined operation of at least one switching member at a position such as to match with a general vehicular occupant's sense of vehicular manipulation, and a set vehicular velocity modifying section is provided that modifies the set vehicular velocity in such a manner that the detected value of the vehicular velocity is set to the set vehicular velocity when at least one of the following conditions is established, when a time duration of th

Abstract: When a vehicle-to-vehicle time gap is changed from a first level to a second level with a selector switch, a controller determines a desired time gap so that the desired time gap varies from the first level to the second level at such a gradual rate as to prevent an abrupt change in the vehicle speed. The controller further determines a desired vehicle spacing from the controlled vehicle to a preceding vehicle in accordance with the desired time gap and a sensed vehicle speed, and controls the driving force and braking force of the controlled vehicle so as to bring the actual vehicle spacing closer to the desired vehicle spacing.