System and method for controlling vehicle equipment
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1. A system for controlling vehicle-mounted equipment, the system comprising:
- a portable device;
an in-vehicle device provided in a vehicle for executing mutual communication with the portable device by transmitting a request signal therefrom and receiving a response signal including an ID code from the portable device, the in-vehicle device collating the ID code included in the response signal with a registration code stored therein and controlling the vehicle-mounted equipment depending on a result of collation, wherein the in-vehicle device includes;
a transmitter having a communication area around the vehicle to transmit the request signal to the portable device;
a receiver for receiving the response signal from the portable device;
a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the vehicle; and
a control unit for decreasing the height of the vehicle at time of getting in the vehicle by outputting a height decreasing signal to the height adjusting device when the ID code is collated to be OK.
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Abstract
An in-vehicle device in a vehicle transmits a request signal and a portable device returns a response signal including an ID code. The in-vehicle device collates the ID code included in the response signal with a registration code stored therein. When the result of collating the ID code becomes OK, the in-vehicle device outputs a height decreasing signal to a vehicle height control device to decrease the height of the vehicle. Thus, the height of the vehicle is decreased at the time when a user holding the portable device gets in the vehicle or loads baggage, making it easier for users to get in the vehicle or to load baggage.
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1. A system for controlling vehicle-mounted equipment, the system comprising:
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a portable device;
an in-vehicle device provided in a vehicle for executing mutual communication with the portable device by transmitting a request signal therefrom and receiving a response signal including an ID code from the portable device, the in-vehicle device collating the ID code included in the response signal with a registration code stored therein and controlling the vehicle-mounted equipment depending on a result of collation, wherein the in-vehicle device includes;
a transmitter having a communication area around the vehicle to transmit the request signal to the portable device;
a receiver for receiving the response signal from the portable device;
a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the vehicle; and
a control unit for decreasing the height of the vehicle at time of getting in the vehicle by outputting a height decreasing signal to the height adjusting device when the ID code is collated to be OK. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for controlling vehicle-mounted equipment, the system comprising:
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a portable device;
an in-vehicle device provided in a vehicle for executing mutual communication with the portable device by transmitting a request signal therefrom and receiving a response signal including an ID code from the portable device, the in-vehicle device collating the ID code included in the response signal with a registration code stored therein and controlling the vehicle-mounted equipment depending on a result of collation, wherein the in-vehicle device includes;
a transmitter having a communication area around the vehicle to transmit the request signal to the portable device;
a receiver for receiving the response signal from the portable device;
a lock operation unit provided in a door of the vehicle and operable for instructing locking;
a lock/unlock control unit for locking or unlocking the door of the vehicle;
a vehicle height adjusting device for adjusting a height of the vehicle; and
a control unit for decreasing the height of the vehicle at a time of getting off the vehicle by outputting a height decreasing signal to the height adjusting device when an engine of the vehicle is stopped, wherein the control unit further increases the height of the vehicle up to an initial position by outputting a height increasing signal to the height adjusting device and locks the door of the vehicle by outputting a lock signal to the lock/unlock control unit, when the lock operation unit is operated and a result of collation of the ID code is OK. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for controlling vehicle-mounted equipment through communication between a portable device carried by a user and an in-vehicle device, the equipment including a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining whether the portable device approaching the vehicle is an authorized one based on the communication between the portable device and the in-vehicle device;
driving the height adjusting device to decrease the height of the vehicle from an initial position before the portable device gets in the vehicle, when the portable device is determined to be the authorized one. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controlling vehicle-mounted equipment through communication between a portable device carried by a user and an in-vehicle device, the equipment including a height adjusting device for adjusting a height of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining whether an engine of the vehicle has stopped;
driving the height adjusting device to decrease the height of the vehicle from an initial position, when the engine is determined to have stopped;
determining whether the portable device has got out of the vehicle based on the communication between the portable device and the in-vehicle device; and
driving the height adjusting device to return the height of the vehicle to the initial position, when the portable device is determined to have got out of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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