REMOTE STARTER

• US 20130151132A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: HARUMOTO, Satoshi, NISHIMURA, Ryuji
• Application Number:
  US13/691,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20130151132A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/113
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0807 Remote means
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2200/123 Information about vehicle position, e.g. from navigation systems or GPS signals

Abstract

A remote starter is installed in a vehicle for executing starting control of a driving apparatus of the vehicle, and executes the starting control of the driving apparatus in response to a request for starting received from an information processor that is located outside the vehicle. The remote starter includes a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information and a controller that obtains time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus. The communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the information processor at the time of starting the driving apparatus in response to the request for starting received from the information processor.

Claims

1. A remote starter that is installed in a vehicle for executing starting control of a driving apparatus of the vehicle, and that executes the starting control of the driving apparatus in response to a request for starting received from an information processor that is located outside the vehicle, the remote starter comprising:

a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information; and

a controller that obtains time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus, wherein

the communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the information processor at the time of starting the driving apparatus in response to the request for starting received from the information processor.

2. The remote starter of claim 1, wherein

the time information at the time of starting is a starting time of the driving apparatus, or a time corresponding to a remaining time before stopping driving of the driving apparatus.

3. The remote starter of claim 1, wherein

the controller measures a time corresponding to a remaining time before stopping driving of the driving apparatus.

4. The remote starter of claim 1, wherein

the controller obtains the time information at the time of starting from time information included in a Global Positioning System that is installed in the vehicle, and obtains the time information at the time of starting from a clock that is included in the remote starter when the time information at the time of starting cannot be obtained from the time information included in the Global Positioning System.

5. An information processor that is configured to be communicatively coupled to a mobile terminal and a remote starter that is installed in a vehicle, and that transmits a request for starting a driving apparatus of the vehicle to the remote starter based on the request for starting received from the mobile terminal, the information processor comprising:

a communicator that communicates with the mobile terminal and the remote starter by transmitting and receiving information, wherein

upon receiving time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus from the remote starter in response to the request for starting transmitted by the communicator to the remote starter, the communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the mobile terminal.

6. The information processor of claim 5, wherein

the time information at the time of starting is a starting time of the driving apparatus, or a time corresponding to a remaining time before stopping driving of the driving apparatus.

7. The information processor of claim 6, further comprising:

a timer that measures time, wherein

when the time information at the time of starting is the starting time of the driving apparatus, the timer measures the time corresponding to the remaining time before stopping the driving of the driving apparatus based on the starting time.

8. A mobile terminal that transmits a request for starting to an information processor which transmits the request for starting to a remote starter executing starting control of a driving apparatus of a vehicle, the mobile terminal comprising:

a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information;

a timer that measures time; and

a display that displays information, wherein

when the communicator receives time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus from the information processor in response to the request for starting transmitted to the information processor,

the timer measures a time corresponding to a remaining time before stopping driving of the driving apparatus based on the time information at the time of starting, and

the display displays the time corresponding to the remaining time before stopping the driving of the driving apparatus.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein

the time information at the time of starting is a starting time of the driving apparatus, or the time corresponding to the remaining time before stopping the driving of the driving apparatus.

10. A remote starting system comprising:

a remote starter;

an information processor; and

a mobile terminal,

the remote starter being installed in a vehicle and executing starting control of a driving apparatus of the vehicle in response to a request for starting received from the information processor that is located outside the vehicle, the remote starter including;

a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information; and

a controller that obtains time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus, wherein

the communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the information processor at the time of starting the driving apparatus in response to the request for starting received from the information processor;

the information processor being configured to be communicatively coupled to the mobile terminal and the remote starter, the information processor transmitting the request for starting the driving apparatus of the vehicle to the remote starter based on the request for starting received from the mobile terminal, the information processor including;

a communicator that communicates with the mobile terminal and the remote starter by transmitting and receiving information, wherein

upon receiving the time information at the time of starting the driving apparatus from the remote starter in response to the request for starting transmitted by the communicator to the remote starter, the communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the mobile terminal;

the mobile terminal transmitting the request for starting to the information processor which transmits the request for starting to the remote starter executing the starting control of the driving apparatus of the vehicle, the mobile terminal including;

a communicator that communicates with the information processor by transmitting and receiving information;

a timer that measures time; and

a display that displays information, wherein

when the communicator receives the time information at the time of starting the driving apparatus from the information processor in response to the request for starting transmitted to the information processor,

the timer measures a time corresponding to a remaining time before stopping driving of the driving apparatus based on the time information at the time of starting, and

the display displays the time corresponding to the remaining time before stopping the driving of the driving apparatus.

11. A remote starter that is installed in a vehicle for executing starting control of a driving apparatus of the vehicle, the remote starter comprising:

a communicator that communicates with an information processor by transmitting and receiving information, the information processor being located outside the vehicle; and

a controller that obtains time information at a time of starting the driving apparatus, wherein

the communicator transmits the time information at the time of starting to the information processor at the time of starting the driving apparatus in response to a request for starting.