Abstract: An electronic key system includes an in-vehicle unit mounted in a vehicle and a portable unit. When a user leaves the vehicle, the in-vehicle unit requests information on a relative position of the vehicle relative to a landmark object near the vehicle from a vehicle navigation device and transmits received relative position information to the portable unit. The portable unit stores the received relative position information, and notifies of the stored relative position information according to a user's operation.

Abstract: In a remote control system, each time a transmission code is transmitted, a rolling code having a prescribed bit configuration is cumulatively varied. An operation process is performed between each bit data item of the rolling code and each corresponding bit data item of the ID code, whereby each bit data item of the ID code is varied in correspondence with the rolling code, thus setting a variable ID code. Since the ID code itself which is contained in the signal is also varied in correspondence with the variable code, the fixed portion contained in the signal is decreased with the result that the ID code is almost infinitely widely varied. Accordingly, it becomes almost impossible to decode the ID code even if it is intercepted.