Antitheft device

• US 7,561,031 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2006
• Issued: 07/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Nobuhito, Tanaka, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): BUGG, GEORGE A
• Application Number:
  US11/397,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20060192432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,196 Days
• Field of Search: 340/426.27, 307/9.1
• 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 first controller operable to conduct control for closing an opening and closing unit mounted on the vehicle when it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

2. An antitheft device according to claim 1,

wherein said opening and closing unit is a door window unit.

3. An antitheft device according to claim 2,

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 close door windows if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

4. An antitheft device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a second controller operable to control a state of door locks so as to prohibit an unlocking of doors with manual-switch control if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

5. An antitheft device according to claim 4,

wherein said second controller is connected to a door lock controller mounted on the vehicle;

and

wherein said second controller controls the door lock controller so as to prohibit the unlocking of the doors with manual-switch control if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

6. An antitheft device according to claim 1,

wherein said opening and closing unit is a roof panel unit.

7. An antitheft device according to claim 6,

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

and

wherein said first controller controls the sunroof controller so as to close a roof panel if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

8. An antitheft device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a second controller operable to control a state of the roof panel so as to prohibit an opening of the roof panel, after a closing of the roof panel, if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.

9. An antitheft device according to claim 8,

wherein said second controller is connected to the sunroof controller mounted on the vehicle;

and

wherein said second controller controls the sunroof controller so as to prohibit the opening of the roof panel, after the closing of the roof panel, if it is determined that the engine was started by the remote engine starting system.