Remote Control Apparatus

• US 20080027589A1
• Filed: 08/26/2005
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Hiwano, Keiji, Nagasaki, Tetsuya, Taki, Naoki, Watanabe, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US11/596,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20080027589A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/689 specially adapted for vehicle windows
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/695 Control circuits therefor
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/79 using time control
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/55 Windows

Abstract

A remote control apparatus for drives an openable and closable in-vehicle device to close it remotely by means of an operation by a user carried out on an operation terminal, and, upon receiving a request for driving the in-vehicle device to close it, a driving operation is carried out to open the in-vehicle device once before a deriving operation to close the same is carried out.

Claims

1. A remote control apparatus for driving an openable and closable in-vehicle device to close it remotely by means of operation made by a user on an operation terminal, wherein:

upon receiving a request for driving the in-vehicle device to close it, driving operation is carried out to open the in-vehicle device once before driving operation to close the same.

2. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the driving operation to open the in-vehicle device carried out before the driving operation to close the same is carried out by a predetermined amount.

3. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the driving operation to open the in-vehicle device carried out before the driving operation to close the same is carried out for a fully opened position.

4. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the driving operation to open the in-vehicle device carried out before the driving operation to close the same is carried out for a predetermined opening position.

6. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the driving operation to close the in-vehicle device is carried out for a fully closed position.

7. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

the driving operation to close the in-vehicle device is carried out for a fully closed position.

8. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

the driving operation to close the in-vehicle device is carried out for a fully closed position.

9. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein:

the driving operation to close the in-vehicle device is carried out for a fully closed position.

5. A remote control apparatus for driving an openable and closable in-vehicle device to close it remotely by means of an operation made by a user on an operation terminal, wherein:

upon receiving a request for driving the in-vehicle device to close it, driving operation is carried out to open the in-vehicle device once before driving operation to close the same, when an opening amount of the in-vehicle device has not reached a predetermined amount; and

the driving operation to close the in-vehicle device is carried out without driving operation to open the same, when the opening amount of the in-vehicle device has reached the predetermined amount.

10. The remote control apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein:

the driving operation to close the in-vehicle device is carried out for a fully closed position.