Remote control device and remote control method for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinichi Arie, Masahiko Asakura, Suguru Asakura
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Abstract
A counter increases a counted value at regular time intervals during a transmission time of a request signal Sr transmitted based on trigger signals input from a door unlocking sensor or the like. On the other hand, the counter decreases the counted value at regular time intervals during a non-transmission time of the request signal Sr. A determination unit either prohibits or permits transmission of the request signal Sr to a portable unit, based on comparison results of the counted value with a prohibition value and a lifting value.
Claims20
A vehicular remote control device for controlling operation of a vehicle-mounted device based on a trigger signal from a predetermined switch operated by an operator, comprising:
- a counting unit for increasing a counted value at predetermined regular time intervals during an operation time of said vehicle-mounted device in response to inputting of the trigger signal, while decreasing the counted value at said predetermined regular time intervals during a non-operation time of said vehicle-mounted device;
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- a control unit for controlling permission and prohibition of operation of said vehicle-mounted device based on comparison of said counted value with a predetermined threshold value.
A vehicular remote control device for controlling transmission of a request signal when the request signal is transmitted to a portable unit from a transmitting unit of a vehicle-mounted device, based on a trigger signal input from a predetermined switch of a vehicle operated by an operator, comprising:
- a counting unit for increasing a counted value at predetermined regular time intervals during a transmission time of said request signal in response to inputting of said trigger signal, while decreasing said counted value at said predetermined regular time intervals during a non-transmission time of said request signal;
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- a transmission control unit for controlling permission and prohibition of transmission of said request signal based on comparison of said counted value with a predetermined threshold value.
A method of vehicular remote control for controlling operation of a vehicle-mounted device based on a trigger signal from a predetermined switch of a vehicle operated by an operator, comprising:
- a counting step for increasing a counted value at predetermined regular time intervals during an operation time of the vehicle-mounted device in response to inputting of said trigger signal, while decreasing said counted value at said predetermined regular time intervals during a non-operation time of said vehicle-mounted device;
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- a controlling step for controlling permission and prohibition of operation of said vehicle-mounted device based on comparison of said counted value with a predetermined threshold value.
A method of vehicular remote control for controlling transmission of a request signal when the request signal is transmitted to a portable unit from a transmitting unit of a vehicle-mounted device based on a trigger signal input from a predetermined switch of a vehicle operated by an operator, comprising:
- a counting step for increasing a counted value at predetermined regular time intervals during a transmission time of said request signal in response to inputting of said trigger signal, while decreasing said counted value at said predetermined regular time intervals during a non-transmission time of said request signal;
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- a transmission controlling step for controlling permission and prohibition of transmission of said request signal based on comparison of said counted value with a predetermined threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.