Vehicle anti-theft device
First Claim
1. An anti-theft apparatus, comprising:
- memory media to be carried by a person demanding permission to utilize a vehicle; and
an immobilizer provided in said vehicle, wherein said memory media includes;
a memory unit storing user identification data being indicative of said person demanding permission to utilize said vehicle; and
a communication unit for wirelessly transmitting said user identification data to said immobilizer, and said immobilizer includes;
communication means for receiving said user identification data from said memory media;
user identification data storing means for storing user identification data being indicative of a registered user having permission to utilize said vehicle;
identifying means for judging whether or not said person is identical to said registered user on the basis of the comparison between said user identification data received from said memory media and said user identification data stored in said user identification data storing means;
driving state detecting means for detecting whether said vehicle is in a traveling state, or in a stopped state; and
locking and unlocking means for controlling a gear shifter provided in said vehicle on the basis of the judgment of said identifying means, said locking and unlocking means being adapted to assume two different operation states including a locking state to lock said gear shifter to prevent said gear shifter from being shifted from a neutral state or a parking state when the judgment is made that said person is identified as said unregistered user under the condition that said vehicle is in said stopped state, and an unlocking state to unlock said gear shifter to allow said gear shifter to be shifted from a neutral state or a parking state when the judgment is made that said person is identified as said registered user under the condition that said vehicle is in said stopped state.
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Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-theft apparatus which can prevent a vehicle from being stolen or improperly utilized when the registered user is not in the vicinity of the vehicle under the condition that its engine is in an idling state.
The immobilizer includes: user identification data storing means 26 having the user identification data stored therein, the user identification data being indicative of a registered user having permission to utilize the vehicle; identifying means 27 for judging whether or not the person is identical to the registered user on the basis of the comparison between the user identification data received from the identification card 10 and the user identification data stored in the user identification data storing means 26; driving state detecting means 28 for detecting whether the vehicle is in a traveling state, or in a stopped state; and locking and unlocking means 24 for controlling a gear shifter provided in the vehicle on the basis of the judgment of the identifying means 27, the locking and unlocking means 24 being adapted to assume an unlocking state to unlock the gear shifter to allow the gear shifter to be shifted from a neutral state or a parking state when the judgment is made that the person is identified as the unregistered user under the condition that the vehicle is in the stopped state.
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1. An anti-theft apparatus, comprising:
- memory media to be carried by a person demanding permission to utilize a vehicle; and
an immobilizer provided in said vehicle, whereinsaid memory media includes;
a memory unit storing user identification data being indicative of said person demanding permission to utilize said vehicle; and
a communication unit for wirelessly transmitting said user identification data to said immobilizer, andsaid immobilizer includes;
communication means for receiving said user identification data from said memory media;
user identification data storing means for storing user identification data being indicative of a registered user having permission to utilize said vehicle;
identifying means for judging whether or not said person is identical to said registered user on the basis of the comparison between said user identification data received from said memory media and said user identification data stored in said user identification data storing means;
driving state detecting means for detecting whether said vehicle is in a traveling state, or in a stopped state; and
locking and unlocking means for controlling a gear shifter provided in said vehicle on the basis of the judgment of said identifying means, said locking and unlocking means being adapted to assume two different operation states including a locking state to lock said gear shifter to prevent said gear shifter from being shifted from a neutral state or a parking state when the judgment is made that said person is identified as said unregistered user under the condition that said vehicle is in said stopped state, and an unlocking state to unlock said gear shifter to allow said gear shifter to be shifted from a neutral state or a parking state when the judgment is made that said person is identified as said registered user under the condition that said vehicle is in said stopped state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- memory media to be carried by a person demanding permission to utilize a vehicle; and
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