Vehicle electronic key system
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1. An electronic key system comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits the interrogational signal to a mobile unit;
a receiver that receives a code signal transmitted from the mobile unit in response to the interrogational signal;
a controller that checks a relation between the code signal and a memorized signal, and controls a state of a door of a vehicle based on a check result of the relation; and
an indicator that is disposed on the vehicle to indicate the state of the door.
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Abstract
An electronic key system has a mobile unit and a vehicle unit. Lamps are disposed in each door handles of doors. The lamps light in different modes in accordance with states of doors, which include a locked state, an unlock-standby state, and an unlocked state. Accordingly, a user having the mobile unit can easily recognize the states of the doors when the user approaches the doors.
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1. An electronic key system comprising:
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a transmitter that transmits the interrogational signal to a mobile unit;
a receiver that receives a code signal transmitted from the mobile unit in response to the interrogational signal;
a controller that checks a relation between the code signal and a memorized signal, and controls a state of a door of a vehicle based on a check result of the relation; and
an indicator that is disposed on the vehicle to indicate the state of the door. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electrical key system for a vehicle that has a first door and a second door, comprising:
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a transmitter that transmits an interrogational signal to a mobile unit;
a receiver that receives a code signal that is transmitted from the mobile unit in response to the interrogational signal;
verification means for verifying the code signal against a memorized signal;
determination means for determining whether the mobile unit exists near the first door or near the second door when verification means verifies the code signal;
control means for controlling states of the first door and the second door based on the verification of the verification means and the determination of the determination means;
a first indicator that indicates the state of the first door; and
a second indicator that indicates the state of the second door, wherein the control means controls the first indicator and the second indicator so that the first indicator and the second indicator indicate in different modes when the state of the first door is different from the state of the second door. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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