Vehicle control system
AssigneeFujitsu Ten Limited
InventorManabu Matsubara
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Abstract
A starting apparatus starts an engine of a vehicle in response to a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control and keeps the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine of the vehicle has been started. Moreover, a function controller included in the starting apparatus disables a function of a powered window apparatus and a sunroof apparatus of the vehicle in response to start of the engine of the vehicle and enables the functions of the powered window apparatus and the sunroof apparatus when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine of the vehicle has been started.
Claims16
A control method for a vehicle, including a vehicle control system comprising a starter and a controller, the control method comprising the steps of:
- (a) the vehicle control system remotely starting an engine of the vehicle in response to a first wireless signal transmitted from a remote control;
- (b) the vehicle control system disabling both a function of first electrical equipment for a non-driving system that is not related to driving of the vehicle and a function of second electrical equipment for a driving system that is related to the driving, when the engine has been remotely started;
- (c) the vehicle control system keeping the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine has been remotely started;
- (d) the vehicle control system enabling the function of the first electrical equipment when the door is opened after the engine has been remotely started;
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- (e) the vehicle control system enabling the function of the second electrical equipment when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on with an engine key.
A control method for a vehicle, vehicle including a vehicle control system comprising a starter and a controller, the control method comprising the steps of:
- (a) the vehicle control system remotely starting an engine of the vehicle in response to a first wireless signal transmitted from a remote control;
- (b) the vehicle control system disabling a function of a window apparatus of opening and closing a window provided on the vehicle, when the engine has been remotely started;
- (c) the vehicle control system keeping the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine has been remotely started;
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- (d) the vehicle control system enabling the function of the window apparatus of opening and closing the window provided on the vehicle, when the door is opened after the engine has been remotely started.
A vehicle control system used for a vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising:
- an engine starter that starts an engine of the vehicle in response to a first wireless signal transmitted from a remote control and that keeps the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine starts;
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- a function controller that
- (i) disables both a function of first electrical equipment for a non-driving system that is not related to driving of the vehicle and a function of second electrical equipment for a driving system that is related to the driving of the vehicle, in response to start of the engine by the engine starter,
- (ii) enables the function of the first electrical equipment when the door is opened after the engine has been started by the engine starter, and
- (iii) enables the function of the second electrical equipment when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on with an engine key.
A vehicle control system used for a vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising:
- an engine starter that starts an engine of the vehicle in response to a first wireless signal transmitted from a remote control and that keeps the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine starts;
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- a function controller that
- (i) disables a function of a window apparatus of opening and closing a window provided on the vehicle, in response to start of the engine by the engine starter, and
- (ii) enables the function of the window apparatus of opening and closing the window provided on the vehicle, when the door is opened after the engine has been started by the engine starter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.