Starting control apparatus and starting control method

• US 20090045912A1
• Filed: 05/14/2008
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Sakamoto, Takeshi, Ono, Yasuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,102,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.640
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/045 by limiting or cutting the electrical supply to the propulsion unit
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/209 Remote starting of engine
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0807 Remote means
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0811 using a timer

Abstract

An immobilizer type outputting part outputs information indicating that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle to an immobilizer-installed body ECU or a body ECU through an in-vehicle communication network in the case where an immobilizer type identification part of a remote start ECU judges that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle. In the case where the immobilizer type identification part judges that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, the immobilizer type output part outputs information indicating the type of the immobilizer device to the immobilizer-installed body ECU or the body ECU through the in-vehicle communication network.

Claims

1. A starting control apparatus for carrying out starting control of a vehicle, comprising:

a judging portion which judges whether an immobilizer device which controls permission of starting of an engine based on verification of a specific identification code is provided in the vehicle or not, and, when it is judged that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, judging the type of the immobilizer device provided in the vehicle; and

an output portion which outputs information indicating that the immobilizer device is not provided in the vehicle when the judging portion judges that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle and outputs information indicating the type of the immobilizer device when it is judged in the judging portion that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle.

2. The starting control apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a control portion which causes setting of the immobilizer device to a registration mode that a predetermined identification code of the immobilizer device is registered,

wherein in the case where the immobilizer device is in the registration mode under control of the control portion, when an in-vehicle communication signal sent from the immobilizer device through an in-vehicle communication network connected to an electronic device for controlling the engine is received,

the judging portion judges that the immobilizer device is of a type that starting of the engine is permitted when an identification code obtained from a mobile terminal is accorded with the predetermined identification code.

3. The starting control apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a control portion which causes setting of the immobilizer device to a registration mode that a predetermined identification code of the immobilizer device is registered,

wherein in the case where the immobilizer device is in the registration mode under control of the control portion, when a local communication signal sent from the immobilizer device through a local communication network provided in the vehicle independently from an electronic device for controlling the engine is received,

the judging portion judges that the immobilizer device is of a type that starting of the engine is permitted when an identification code obtained from a key of the vehicle is accorded with the predetermined identification code.

4. The starting control apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a control portion which causes setting of the immobilizer device to a registration mode that a predetermined identification code of the immobilizer device is registered,

wherein in the case where the immobilizer device is in the registration mode under control of the control portion, when any one of an in-vehicle communication signal sent from the immobilizer device through an in-vehicle communication network connected to an electronic device for controlling the engine and a local communication signal sent from the immobilizer device through a local communication network provided in the vehicle independently from an electronic device for controlling the engine is not received within a predetermined period of time,

the judging portion judges that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle.

5. A starting control method for carrying out starting control of a vehicle, comprising:

a judging step of judging whether an immobilizer device for controlling permission of starting of an engine based on verification of a specific identification code is provided in the vehicle or not, and, when it is judged that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, judging a type of the immobilizer device provided in the vehicle; and

an output step of outputting information indicating that the immobilizer device is not provided in the vehicle when it is judged in the judging step that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle, and outputting information indicating the type of the immobilizer device when it is judged in the judging step that the immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle.