Antitheft device

• US 7,053,758 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2002
• Issued: 05/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Shinichi, Yamazaki, Nobuhito
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bugg, George A.
• Application Number:
  US10/478,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20040145448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 340/425.5, 340/426.27, 340/426.28, 340/426.11, 340/426.12, 307/9.1, 307/10.1, 307/10.2, 307/10.3, 307/10.6
• US Class Current: 340/426.27
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/209 Remote starting of engine

Abstract

The present invention was achieved in order to provide an antitheft device, which can prevent unauthorized intrusion into a car even if an engine is started by remote control, to be mounted on a vehicle having a remote engine starting system which starts the engine based on a command from a remote control transmitter, comprising a controller to control the state of door windows so as to prohibit at least the opening out of the opening and closing of the door windows when the engine is started by the remote engine starting system.

Claims

1. An antitheft device, to be mounted on a vehicle having a remote engine starting system which starts an engine based on a command from a remote control transmitter, said antitheft device comprising:

a controller operable to control a state of door windows so as to prohibit at least an opening of the door windows, out of the opening and closing of the door windows, if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

2. An antitheft device according to claim 1,

wherein said first controller is connected to a power window controller mounted on the vehicle;

and

wherein said first controller controls the power window controller so as to prohibit at least the opening out of the opening and closing of the door windows, when the engine is started by the remote engine starting system.

3. An antitheft device according to claim 1, wherein said controller is operable to determine whether the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.