Car control system and vehicle remote control system

#The present invention relates to a vehicle control system and a vehicle remote control system capable of controlling predetermined operation portions, which execute door lock ON/OFF, parking brake ON/OFF, engine ON/OFF, etc., by the remote operation instructed by a mobile phone via a communication module equipped to the vehicle side.

#From viewpoints of improvement in drivability and theft prevention, various sensors are installed on doors, a brake, a room light, an engine, etc. of the vehicle. The system for displaying condition of these sensors on a meter panel or for informing the contracted security company of the vehicle location at the time of burglary is put into practical use. In this manner, the drivability can be improved by displaying signals of various sensors on the meter panel, or an emergency measure against the vehicle theft can be taken by linking the sensor information to the system of the security company via the radio.

#However, unless the driver sits on the driver's seat, the sensor information is merely displayed on the meter panel, there is no effect for the condition check, and the drivability is limited. In the system that needs a separate contract with a security company to prevent the theft, not only a special device for that purpose must be equipped to an inside of the vehicle but also merely the condition of the vehicle at the time of occurrence of the theft can be understood, and thus it is impossible to know the condition of the vehicle at any time.

#FIG. 1 is a configurative view of a vehicle remote-control system as a first embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a configurative view of a mobile phone.

#FIG. 3 is a configurative view of an image sensor control portion.

#A vehicle remote control system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail hereinafter.

#FIG. 1 is a configurative view of a remote-control system on the vehicle side (hereinafter refer to vehicle remote-control system).

#To a controller 1 are connected a mobile phone communication module 2 for communicating with a mobile phone in response to the call issued from the mobile phone; a remote-control portion 3 for controlling predetermined operation portions of the vehicle such as an air conditioner, door locks, a parking brake, a light, etc. as controlled objects; an image sensor control portion 4 for picking up an image around the vehicle; and a sensor portion 5 for sensing conditions of various controlled objects of the vehicle such as an air-conditioner sensor, door lock sensors, a parking brake sensor, etc. The remote-control portion 3 and the image sensor control portion 4 correspond to a control portion in the present invention. In this case, a signal being sensed by the sensor portion 5 is decoded by a sensor decoder 6 and then input into the controller 1. A control program and a decode program, which decodes remote control commands being supplied from the mobile phone side, are stored in a ROM 7 that is connected to the controller 1. An ID used to execute ID authentication of the mobile phone, a mobile phone number, sensor data, surrounding image, etc. are stored in a RAM 8. More particularly, ID (in the embodiment, ID=4806) is stored in an area M1, the mobile phone number is stored in an area M2, data from engine, air-conditioner, door lock, parking brake, light, room light, security, and image sensors are stored in areas M3 to M1 respectively, and a surrounding image picked up by the image sensor control portion 4 is stored in an area M11. In this case, “1” of the sensor data stored in M3 to M10 indicates ON and “0” indicates OFF. The security sensor in the sensor portion 5 is constructed by a sensor that senses whether or not the inserted electronic key, for example, can be authenticated.