Cellular phone

• US 9,344,831 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tanaka, Masahide
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TIMOTHY X
• Application Number:
  US14/319,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20140315526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/10 actuating a signalling device
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/241 whereby access privileges are related to the identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00865 remotely by wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/08 With time considerations, e.g. temporary activation, valid time window or time limitations
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00857 where the code of the data carrier can be programmed
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

A cellular phone includes a telephone line communication part, a telephone functional part for making a telephone call via the telephone line communication part, an entry qualification holding part for holding fixed-term entry qualification information in which an entry target is specified, which is received via the telephone line communication part, and an entry communication part for transmitting the fixed-term entry qualification information held by the entry qualification holding part.

Claims

1. A vehicle system including a vehicle and a cellular phone in cooperation with the vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle to be parked by a driver carrying a cellular phone;

a control part arranged to have the cellular phone store information relating to a position of parking the vehicle in automatic response to a stop of the vehicle; and

an information holding part in the cellular phone arranged to hold the information in response to the control part to keep the information within the cellular phone even if the driver carrying the cellular phone leaves the vehicle

wherein the cellular phone includes a telephone functional part for making a communication with another cellular phone carried by another person who has not known the position of parking the vehicle, and wherein the telephone function part is arranged to transmit the information to the other cellular phone for the other person carrying the other cellular phone to know the position of parking the vehicle and easily access the vehicle, and

wherein the cellular phone includes an entry qualification holding part arranged to hold entry qualification information to enter the vehicle, and wherein the telephone function part is arranged to transmit the entry qualification information to the other cellular phone for another person carrying the other cellular phone to enter and drive the vehicle.

2. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle has an engine, and wherein the control part is arranged to have the cellular phone store the information in automatic response to a stop of the engine of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the information is derived from GPS system, and wherein the control part is arranged to have the cellular phone store the latest information before the stop of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the information is indicative of a parking area where the vehicle is stopped.

5. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the information is indicative of a specific parking position at which the vehicle is stopped.

6. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the cellular phone includes a display part arranged to indicate the position of parking the vehicle in accordance with the information held by the information holding part for the driver to easily come back to the vehicle.

7. The vehicle system according to claim 1, wherein the information relating to the position of parking the vehicle cannot be received by the other cellular phone unless the entry qualification information is received by the other cellular phone.

8. In a vehicle system including a vehicle and a cellular phone in cooperation with the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:

an operating part relating to stop of the vehicle;

a control part arranged to have the cellular phone store information relating to a position of parking the vehicle in automatic response to the operating part to stop the vehicle; and

an entry qualification system for a driver carrying the cellular phone to enter and drive the vehicle, the entry qualification system is arranged to qualify entry qualification information from another cellular phone to which the entry qualification information has been transmitted, by the cellular phone carried by the driver, along with the information relating to the position of parking the vehicle the other cellular phone being carried by another person who has not known the position of parking the vehicle unless the information relating to the position of parking the vehicle has been transmitted to the other cellular phone.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the operating part is an engine, and wherein the control part is arranged to have the cellular phone store the information in automatic response to a stop of the engine of the vehicle.

10. The vehicle according to claim 8 further comprising GPS system, wherein the information is an output of the GPS system.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the control part is arranged to have the cellular phone store the output of the GPS system when the vehicle is stopped.

12. The vehicle according to claim 10, wherein the control part is arranged to have the cellular phone store the latest output of the GPS system before the stop of the vehicle.

13. In a vehicle system including a vehicle and a cellular phone in cooperation with the vehicle, the cellular phone comprising:

a control part arranged to have the cellular phone store information relating to a position of parking the vehicle in automatic response to a signal from the vehicle which is stopped; and

an information holding part in the cellular phone arranged to hold the information in response to the control part to keep the information within the cellular phone even if the driver carrying the cellular phone leaves the vehicle; and

a telephone functional part for making a communication with another cellular phone carried by another person who has not known the position of parking the vehicle, wherein the telephone function part is arranged to transmit the information to the other cellular phone for the other person carrying the other cellular phone to know the position of parking the vehicle and easily access the vehicle, and

wherein the cellular phone includes an entry qualification holding part arranged to hold entry qualification information to enter the vehicle, and wherein the telephone function part is arranged to transmit the entry qualification information to the other cellular phone for another person carrying the other cellular phone to enter and drive the vehicle.

14. The cellular phone according to claim 13, wherein the vehicle has an engine, and wherein the signal from the vehicle is indicative of a stop of the engine of the vehicle.

15. The cellular phone according to claim 13, wherein the information is indicative of a parking area where the vehicle is stopped.

16. The cellular phone according to claim 13, wherein the information is indicative of a specific parking position at which the vehicle is stopped.

17. The cellular phone according to claim 13 further comprising a display part arranged to indicate the position of parking the vehicle in accordance with the information held by the information holding part for the driver to easily come back to the vehicle.

18. The cellular phone according to claim 13, wherein the information relating to the position of parking the vehicle cannot be received by the other cellular phone unless the entry qualification information is received by the other cellular phone.