Alarming apparatus of vehicle

• US 4,495,484 A
• Filed: 01/07/1982
• Issued: 01/22/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1979
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daihatsu Motor Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Daihatsu Motor Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawasaki, Toshikazu, Kawakatsu, Shiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Crosland, Donnie L.
• Application Number:
  US06/337,833
• Time in Patent Office: 1,111 Days
• Field of Search: 340/52D, 340/52 F, 340/52 R, 340/63, 340/64, 116/8, 200/61.64, 70/237, 70/286, 70/91, 70/144, 70/277, 70/57, 307/10 AT, 307/10 R
• US Class Current: 340/457
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/001 Alarm devices when the motor is stopped and the lights are on
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5889 For automotive vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle such as an automobile includes various auxiliary devices for implementing auxiliary functions such as electrical equipment, windows, doors, a parking brake, a transmission and the like, in addition to a principal scheme for a running operation of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes two alarms, one being provided for raising an alarm inside the vehicle and the other being provided for raising an alarm outside the vehicle. When a driver leaves the vehicle after he ends the drive, a predetermined undesired state of various auxiliary devices, such as a switch for the circuit of electrical equipment being kept turned on, the window or door being not fully closed, the parking brake being not put on and so on is detected, when the key switch is turned off. Upon detection of such undesired state, first the inside alarm is energized and after a predetermined time period the outside alarm is energized. As a result, it is ensured that a driver does not quit the vehicle with various devices in an undesired state.

Claims

1. A door lock releasing apparatus in a vehicle which vehicle includes a door and an auxiliary device for implementing an auxiliary function of said vehicle, comprising:

using state selecting means for selecting a using state or a non-using state of said vehicle,

state detecting means for detecting a predetermined undesired state of said auxiliary device, said predetermined undesired state being undesired in said non-using state of said vehicle,

door lock means having a door locked state operatively coupled to said door, and

door lock releasing means responsive to said state detecting means for said auxiliary device and said using state selecting means of said vehicle for automatically releasing said door locked state of said door lock means when said predetermined undesired state of said auxiliary device is not detected by said state detecting means and said non-using state is selected by said using state selecting means and for not automatically releasing said door locked state of said door lock means when said predetermined undesired state of said auxiliary device is detected by said state detecting means irrespective of whether said non-using state is selected by said using state selecting means.

2. A door lock releasing apparatus in a vehicle in accordance with claim 1, wherein

said door lock releasing means comprises electromagnetic means operatively coupled to said door lcok means for electromagnetically releasing said door locked state for a predetermined relatively short period of time.

3. A door lock releasing apparatus in a vehicle in accordance with claims 1 or 2, wherein said vehicle is structured to be responsive to an information medium bearing information associated with said vehicle for permitting the use of said vehicle.

4. A door lock releasing apparatus in a vehicle in accordance with claim 3, wherein said information medium is adapted to contain information concerning permissibility of the use of said vehicle.

5. A door lock releasing apparatus in a vehicle in accordance with claim 4, wherein said information medium comprises a magentic recording medium wherein said information concerning permissibility of the use of said vehicle is magnetically recorded.

6. A door lock releasing apparatus in a vehicle in accordance with claim 4, wherein

said vehicle comprises a vehicle for rental the use of which is permitted based on said information concerning permissibility of the use of said vehicle contained in said information medium, and

said information medium is further adapted to contain information concerning verification of said information medium, and which further comprises

an insertion port provided in said vehicle for receiving said information medium inserted therein,

information reading means for reading said information contained in said information medium,

verification determining means responsive to said information reading means for determining the verification of said information medium based on said information read from said information medium, and

release control means responsive to said verification determining means for enabling said door lock releasing means when said verification of said information read from said information medium is determined by said verification determining means.