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Control apparatus for automobiles

  • US 5,091,856 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1990
  • Issued: 02/25/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control apparatus for an automobile, comprising:

  • a plurality of operating units each for controlling respective ones of various kinds of automobile control devices and other automobile accessories installed in an automobile, each of said devices and accessories being designed to achieve its own particular function under control of its operating unit or in response to a signal from another operating unit or units;

    an information read/write unit for reading/writing a recording medium on which at least information for identifying a valid user of the automobile is recorded; and

    a system manager, including a processing unit and a memory coupled with said operating units and said information read/write unit, which identifies a valid user on the basis of the information recorded on the recording medium and brings ones of said operating units for the various kinds of devices and accessories, which are selected in accordance with the result of the user identification, into an operable condition, thereby enabling such functions and characteristics of the automobile as the user desires.

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