Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle Provided with the Same
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkihiro YOSHIZAWA, Hiroaki KURITA
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Abstract
A vehicle control device simplifies input work of a password that puts a vehicle in a usable state, on an emergency occasion, in which a portable equipment (smart key) cannot be used. A system display unit flashes on an emergency occasion when a password is input without the use of the smart key. A hazard switch is operated to enter a character of the password corresponding to a number of times that the system display unit flashes.
Claims20
A vehicle control device, in which certification of use permission of a vehicle is made by a communication system making use of a portable equipment, the vehicle control device comprising:
- a display unit that flashes on an emergency occasion when a password for certification of use permission of the vehicle is input without the use of the portable equipment, and
- a password input unit, with which the password is input according to a number of times that the display unit flashes.
The vehicle control device according to claim 19, wherein the mechanical key when mounted conceals the password affixed to the smart key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.