Electronic Key System, Portable Wireless Device, and Vehicle Management Method

• US 20100013596A1
• Filed: 03/28/2007
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kakiwaki, Yuka
• Granted Patent: US 8,232,864 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.640
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/302 using recording means, e.g. black box
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/307 using data concerning maintenance or configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

An electronic key system, a portable wireless device, and a vehicle management method capable of confirming histories of operation of a vehicle equipped with vehicle equipment 21 and operation of an attached equipment equipped with the vehicle, having a vehicle 20, a mobile phone 30 provided with an electronic key function including inherent ID information to the vehicle equipment 21, and a transmission destination device 40 set in advance to which the mobile phone 30 transmits the history information received from the vehicle 20, wherein the vehicle equipment 21 of the vehicle 20 has a function of comparing the ID information of the electronic key provided in the portable wireless device 30 with standard ID information of the vehicle equipment 21, making the vehicle 20 mounting the vehicle equipment 21 and/or the attached equipment equipped with the vehicle 20 perform a first operation when the two information match, making the vehicle 20 mounting the vehicle equipment and/or the attached equipment equipped with the vehicle 20 perform a second operation when the ID information cannot be detected, and transmitting the history information along with the first and second operations to the mobile phone 30.

Claims

1. An electronic key system controlling an operation of a vehicle equipped with a vehicle equipment and/or an operation of an attached equipment equipped with the vehicle with wireless communication between the vehicle equipment and a portable wireless device having an electronic key function including inherence ID information for the vehicle equipment, wherein

the vehicle equipment compares the ID information serving as the electronic key provided as the portable wireless device with standard ID information of the vehicle equipment, makes the vehicle equipped with the vehicle equipment and/or the attached equipment equipped with the vehicle perform a first operation when the both ID information is corresponding, makes the vehicle equipped with the vehicle equipment and/or the attached equipment equipped with the vehicle perform a second operation when the ID information cannot be detected, and, transmits the history information accompanying the first and second operations to the portable wireless device.

2. An electronic key system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the portable wireless device has an announcement portion announcing that the history information is received from the vehicle equipment.

3. An electronic key system as set forth in claim 1, wherein when receiving the history information from the vehicle equipment, the portable wireless device transmits the history information to a destination set in advance.

4. An electronic key system as set forth in claim 2, wherein when receiving the history information from the vehicle equipment, the portable wireless device transmits the history information to a destination set in advance.

5. A portable wireless device having an electronic key function including inherent ID information for a vehicle equipment, the portable wireless device, comprising

a transmission/reception portion performing wireless communication with the vehicle equipment,

a storage portion storing at least a history information,

an announcement portion, and

a control portion receiving the history information via the transmission/reception portion from the vehicle equipment when performing wireless communication with the vehicle equipment based on the electronic key, storing the received history information in the storage portion, and announcing the reception of the history information via the announcement portion.

6. A portable wireless device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the history information is formed so that it can be displayed via the announcement portion.

7. A portable wireless device as set forth in claim 5, wherein when the history information is received, the history information is transmitted to a destination set in advance.

8. A portable wireless device as set forth in claim 6, wherein when the history information is received, the history information is transmitted to a destination set in advance.

9. A vehicle management method for managing a history of operation of a vehicle equipped with a vehicle equipment and/or operation of an attached equipment equipped with the vehicle with wireless communication between the vehicle equipment and a portable wireless device having an electronic key function including inherent ID information for the vehicle equipment, comprising,

in the vehicle equipment, comparing the ID information serving as the electronic key provided in the portable wireless device with standard ID information of the vehicle equipment and,

when the both ID information is corresponding, making the vehicle equipped with the vehicle equipment and/or the attached equipment equipped with the vehicle perform a first operation,

when the ID information cannot be detected, making the vehicle equipped with the vehicle equipment and/or the attached equipment equipped with the vehicle perform a second operation, and

transmitting a history information accompanying the first and second operations to the portable wireless device.

10. A vehicle management method as set forth in claim 9, further comprising

in the portable wireless device, announcing that the history information is received from the vehicle equipment.

11. A vehicle management method as set forth in claim 9, further comprising

in the portable wireless device, transmitting the history information to a destination set in advance when the history information is received from the vehicle equipment.

12. A vehicle management method as set forth in claim 10, further comprising

in the portable wireless device, transmitting the history information to a destination set in advance when the history information is received from the vehicle equipment.