Vehicle keyless system and on-vehicle device of vehicle keyless system

• US 10,363,903 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2017
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Original Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
• Inventors: Nakashima, Yuuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Yong Hang
• Application Number:
  US16/069,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20190031142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 340 51, 340 52, 340 56, 340 564
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/54 Electrical circuits for locking several wings simultaneously E05B77/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence

Abstract

In a vehicle keyless system 1, an on-vehicle device 10 receives a command signal transmitted from a portable device 2 and controls a predetermined on-vehicle component. The portable device 2 transmits, as a main signal MS, a command signal including ID information unique to the portable device 2, and then transmits a sub signal LP subsequent to the main signal MS. The on-vehicle device 10 transitions to a sleep state when the command signal transmitted as the main signal MS is received and the ID information included in the received main signal MS does not match with ID information stored in an EEPROM 14 as ID information unique to the portable device 2 to which the on-vehicle device 10 is available.

Claims

1. A vehicle keyless system comprising:

a portable device configured to transmit a command signal; and

an on-vehicle device configured to receive the command signal transmitted from the portable device and control an on-vehicle component in response to the command signal as received, wherein

the portable device includes an operation unit, a portable-side control unit, and a transmission unit,

the portable-side control unit;

transmits, when an operation is made on the operation unit, the command signal including ID information unique to the portable device as a main signal from the transmission unit, and

transmits, when an operational mode of the operation unit following the operation made on the operation unit satisfies requirement of a special mode, the command signal including the ID information as a sub signal subsequent to the main signal from the transmission unit,

the on-vehicle device includes;

a reception unit configured to receive the command signal,

an on-vehicle device-side control unit configured to execute command processing of controlling the on-vehicle component based on the command signal as received by the reception unit, and

a storage unit configured to store ID information unique to a portable device to which the on-vehicle device is available,

the sub signal includes a plurality of identical signals intermittently transmitted,

the on-vehicle device-side control unit executes state transition processing in a case that the command signal transmitted as the main signal is received and the ID information included in the main signal as received does not match with the ID information stored in the storage unit, and

in the state transition processing, the reception unit is transitioned to a sleep state in which the reception unit is intermittently activated at a timing that is different from a timing of the sub signal intermittently transmitted and the on-vehicle device is transitioned to a power saving state in which processing is not performed on the sub signal transmitted subsequent to the main signal.

2. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1, wherein

the main signal includes a plurality of identical signals that are consecutive with a predetermined time interval therebetween, and

the on-vehicle device-side control unit executes the state transition processing when the ID information included in the main signal as received first does not match with the ID information stored in the storage unit.

3. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1, wherein

the reception unit outputs, at each reception of the sub signal, an interrupt signal instructing acquisition of the sub signal to the on-vehicle device-side control unit.

4. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1, wherein

the portable-side control unit transmits, before the main signal, a reception unit activation signal for activating the reception unit, and

an intermittent time length in which the reception unit is intermittently activated is shorter than a time length of the reception unit activation signal.

5. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 1, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

11. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 2, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

12. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 3, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

13. The vehicle keyless system according to claim 4, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

6. An on-vehicle device configured to control, upon reception of a command signal transmitted from a portable device, an on-vehicle component in response to the command signal as received, wherein

the portable device is configured to transmit the command signal including ID information unique to the portable device as a main signal, and then transmits the command signal including the ID information unique to the portable device as a sub signal subsequent to the main signal,

the on-vehicle device includes:

a reception unit configured to receive the command signal,

an on-vehicle device-side control unit configured to execute command processing of controlling the on-vehicle component based on the command signal as received by the reception unit, and

a storage unit configured to store ID information unique to a portable device to which the on-vehicle device is available,

the sub signal includes a plurality of identical signals intermittently transmitted,

the on-vehicle device-side control unit executes state transition processing of transitioning the on-vehicle device to a power saving state in which processing is not performed on the sub signal transmitted subsequent to the main signal in a case that the command signal transmitted as the main signal is received and the ID information included in the received main signal does not match with the ID information stored in the storage unit, and

in the state transition processing, the reception unit is transitioned to a sleep state in which the reception unit is intermittently activated at a timing that is different from a timing of the sub signal intermittently transmitted and the on-vehicle device is transitioned to a power saving state in which processing is not performed on the sub signal transmitted subsequent to the main signal.

7. The on-vehicle device according to claim 6, wherein

the main signal includes a plurality of identical signals that are consecutive with a predetermined time interval therebetween, and

the on-vehicle device-side control unit executes the state transition processing when the ID information included in the main signal as received first does not match with the ID information stored in the storage unit.

8. The on-vehicle device according to claim 6, wherein

the reception unit outputs, at each reception of the sub signal, an interrupt signal instructing acquisition of the sub signal to the on-vehicle device-side control unit.

9. The on-vehicle device according to claim 6, wherein

the portable device transmits, before the main signal, a reception unit activation signal for activating the reception unit, and

an intermittent time length in which the reception unit is intermittently activated is shorter than a time length of the reception unit activation signal.

10. The on-vehicle device according to claim 6, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

14. The on-vehicle device according to claim 7, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

15. The on-vehicle device according to claim 8, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.

16. The on-vehicle device according to claim 9, wherein the state transition processing is processing that the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the on-vehicle device-side control unit itself to a sleep state of intermittent activation after the on-vehicle device-side control unit transitions the reception unit into the sleep state.