Opening-closing member control apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsYoshinori Ohtsubo, Kunihiko Matsumura, Takuji Oka, Kazuhiro Murashige, Tsuneo Kudou, Tsukasa Harada, Takahiro Inada, Norifumi Kanada
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Abstract
When a “window automatic opening mode” is set in advance by a window automatic opening mode setting switch (14), and the user who carries a portable unit (1A) approaches an onboard unit, doors are automatically unlocked, and a window of a predetermined door is opened when the electric field strength of a radio signal from the portable unit (1A) becomes larger than a predetermined value. This function can be disabled by the window automatic opening mode setting switch (14).
Claims21
An opening-closing member control apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a user recognition system which recognizes if an authentic user is present near the vehicle, in accordance with a reception result of an authentication signal automatically sent from a transmitter provided to a portable unit, comprising:
- operation detection means for detecting user's predetermined operation for the vehicle;
- and
- opening operation means for opening a predetermined opening-closing member of the vehicle that opens or closes an opening formed on a vehicle body so as to allow placement of an object into a vehicle compartment via said opening even if a door is closed when the predetermined operation is detected while the presence of the authentic user is recognized near the vehicle upon receiving the authentication signal.
An opening-closing member control apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a keyless entry system in which an onboard unit of the vehicle controls to lock/unlock a door lock mechanism in accordance with a reception result of an unlock signal automatically sent from a transmitter provided to a portable unit, comprising:
- entrance detection means for detecting if the user enters the vehicle;
- and
- opening operation means for opening a predetermined opening-closing member of the vehicle that opens or closes an opening formed on a vehicle body so as to allow placement of an object into a vehicle compartment via said opening even if a door is closed when a predetermined time has elapsed without detecting entrance of the user after the door lock mechanism was unlocked while the door mechanism is unlocked upon receiving the unlock signal.
An opening-closing member control apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a user recognition system which recognizes if an authentic user is present near the vehicle, in accordance with a reception result of an authentication signal automatically sent from a transmitter provided to a portable unit,
- wherein the portable unit includes an operation mode setting switch which can turn on or off a function of automatically opening a predetermined opening-closing member of the vehicle that opens or closes an opening formed on a vehicle body so as to allow placement of an object into a vehicle compartment via said opening even if a door is closed, and comprising
- opening operation means for opening the predetermined opening-closing member when an onboard unit receives the authentication signal while the function is turned on by said operation mode setting switch.
An opening-closing member control apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a keyless entry system in which an onboard unit of the vehicle controls to lock/unlock a door lock mechanism in accordance with a reception result of an unlock signal automatically sent from a transmitter provided to a portable unit, comprising:
- operation detection means for detecting user's predetermined operation for the vehicle;
- and
- opening operation means for opening a predetermined opening-closing member of the vehicle that opens or closes an opening formed on a vehicle body so as to allow placement of an object into a vehicle compartment via said opening even if a door is closed when the predetermined operation is detected while the door lock mechanism is unlocked upon receiving the unlock signal.
An opening-closing member control apparatus for a vehicle, which comprises a user recognition system which recognizes if an authentic user is present near the vehicle, in accordance with a reception result of an authentication signal automatically sent from a transmitter provided to a portable unit, comprising:
- entrance detection means for detecting if the user enters the vehicle;
- and
- opening operation means for opening a predetermined opening-closing member of the vehicle that opens or closes an opening formed on a vehicle body so as to allow placement of an object into a vehicle compartment via said opening even if a door is closed when a predetermined time has elapsed without detecting entrance of the user after the door lock mechanism was unlocked while the presence of the authentic user is recognized near the vehicle upon receiving the authentication signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.