KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM

• US 20150130589A1
• Filed: 10/13/2014
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: MIYAZAWA, Akira
• Granted Patent: US 9,260,079 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.61
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

A keyless entry system includes an on-vehicle unit and a mobile device, and controls on-vehicle equipment using a wakeup signal and a command signal. The on-vehicle unit radio-transmits a first transmission signal including the wakeup signal and a second transmission signal relating to the detection of an interference wave to the first transmission signal to the mobile device using radio signals having different frequencies. When the first transmission signal has been normally received, the mobile device radio-transmits a third transmission signal including the command signal to the on-vehicle unit and receives a second transmission signal. When the first transmission signal could not be normally received, the mobile device performs the detection of the interference wave to the first transmission signal and radio-transmits a fourth transmission signal for requesting the retransmission of the first transmission signal to the on-vehicle unit.

Claims

1. A keyless entry system for controlling on-vehicle equipment mounted in a vehicle via a wakeup signal and a command signal, the keyless entry system comprising:

an on-vehicle unit mounted in the vehicle; and

a mobile device configured to perform radio communication with the on-vehicle unit,

wherein the on-vehicle unit is configured to radio-transmit a first transmission signal including the wakeup signal and a second transmission signal associated with detection of an interference with the first transmission signal, the first transmission signal having a first frequency and the second transmission signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency, and

wherein the mobile device is configured to receive the first and second transmission signals from the on-vehicle device, the mobile device radio-transmitting a third transmission signal including the command signal to the on-vehicle unit when the first transmission signal has been normally received, and

wherein when the first transmission signal has not been normally received, the mobile device performs a detection of an interference wave to the first transmission signal in response to receiving the second transmission signal, and radio-transmits a fourth transmission signal for requesting the on-vehicle unit to retransmit the first transmission signal to the on-vehicle unit.

2. The keyless entry system according to claim 1, wherein the on-vehicle unit includes:

a first transmitter configured to radio-transmit the first transmission signal;

a second transmitter configured to radio-transmit the second transmission signal; and

a third receiver configured to receive the third transmission signal and the fourth transmission signal,

and wherein the mobile device includes;

three first receivers configured to receive corresponding three signal components of the first transmission signal in three orthogonal directions;

a second receiver configured to receive the second transmission signal;

a third transmitter configured to radio-transmit the third transmission signal and the fourth transmission signal;

an electric field intensity detector configured to detect, in response to the second transmission signal, an intensity of reception electric field of the three signal components received by the three first receivers;

an interference wave detector configured to perform the detection of the interference wave to the signal components based on the intensity of the reception electric field detected by the electric field intensity detector;

a reception selector configured to disable at least one of the first receivers which receives the signal component including the interference wave; and

a controller configured to control the third transmitter, the electric field intensity detector, the interference wave detector, and the reception selector.

3. The keyless entry system according to claim 2,

wherein the interference wave detector determines that an interference wave is present around the mobile device if the intensity of the reception electric field detected by the electric field intensity detector is equal to or greater than a predetermined value within a predetermined time period and the first transmission signal has not been normally received.

4. The keyless entry system according to claim 1,

wherein the first transmission signal has the first frequency in a low frequency band between 30 kHz to 300 kHz, and

the second transmission signal has the second frequency in an ultrahigh frequency band between 300 MHz to 3 GHz.