Remote startup device, remote startup system, and remote startup method
First Claim
1. A remote startup device, which starts an engine of a vehicle upon receiving wireless transmission of a startup instruction signal instructing startup of the engine, comprising:
- an engine startup control unit, which starts the engine in response to the startup instruction signal;
an action monitoring unit, which monitors actions performed on the vehicle; and
an engine running control unit, which decides, after the engine has been started up, whether to continue or to stop running of the engine based on prescribed conditions,wherein the engine running control unit detects a key at least two times, which are at the time of unlocking of a door of the vehicle and at the time of ignition connection, and continues running of the engine when the key is detected at both times, and stops running of the engine when the key is not detected at least one of the two times.
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Abstract
An object of this invention is to improve convenience to a user when starting up an engine remotely, without detracting from safety with respect to vehicle theft. A remote startup device has an engine startup control unit, which starts the engine in response to a startup instruction signal, and an engine running control unit, which decides, after the engine has been started up, whether to continue or to stop running of the engine based on prescribed conditions. The engine running control unit continues running of the engine when detecting a key at the time of unlocking of a door of the vehicle and at the time of ignition action, and stops running of the engine when not detecting a key either at the time of the door unlocking or at the time of the ignition action, to thereby secure safety with respect to theft.
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20 Claims
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1. A remote startup device, which starts an engine of a vehicle upon receiving wireless transmission of a startup instruction signal instructing startup of the engine, comprising:
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an engine startup control unit, which starts the engine in response to the startup instruction signal; an action monitoring unit, which monitors actions performed on the vehicle; and an engine running control unit, which decides, after the engine has been started up, whether to continue or to stop running of the engine based on prescribed conditions, wherein the engine running control unit detects a key at least two times, which are at the time of unlocking of a door of the vehicle and at the time of ignition connection, and continues running of the engine when the key is detected at both times, and stops running of the engine when the key is not detected at least one of the two times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A remote startup device, comprising:
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an engine startup unit, to which a startup instruction signal instructing startup of an engine of a vehicle is wirelessly transmitted, and which changes a control signal to on to put the engine into a running state in response to this startup instruction signal; and an action monitoring unit, which monitors prescribed user actions performed on the vehicle after the control signal is changed to on, wherein the engine startup unit executes a first operating mode in which, after the control signal is changed to on, the on value of the control signal is maintained until the user actions end, and when an action to operate a prescribed portion of the vehicle, among the user actions, is performed without using a portable key, the control signal is changed to off. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A remote startup system, comprising a remote control terminal, which wirelessly transmits a startup instruction signal instructing startup of an engine of a vehicle, and a remote startup device, which is mounted on the vehicle and receives the startup instruction signal,
wherein the remote startup device comprises an engine startup unit which changes a control signal to on to put the engine into a running state in response to the startup instruction signal, and an action monitoring unit which monitors prescribed user actions performed on the vehicle after the control signal is changed to on; - and
the engine startup unit executes a first operating mode in which, after the control signal is changed to on, the on value of the control signal is maintained until the user actions end, and when an action to operate a prescribed portion of the vehicle, among the user actions, is performed without using a portable key, the control signal is changed to off. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A remote startup method for a vehicle engine, comprising:
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a engine startup step of changing a control signal to on, which puts the engine into a running state, in response to a wirelessly transmitted startup instruction signal instructing startup of the engine; and an action monitoring step of monitoring prescribed user actions performed on the vehicle after the control signal is changed to on, wherein in the engine startup step, after the control signal is changed to on, the on value of the control signal is maintained until the user actions end, and when an action to operate a prescribed portion of the vehicle, among the user actions, is performed without using a portable key, the control signal is changed to off.
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