IP Library Granted Patent US 7,656,270
Granted Patent B2
US 7,656,270 · App. 11/173,074 · Granted Feb 2, 2010

Keyless entry device with passive and active entry modes

Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,656,270
App. No.
11/173,074
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a car-mounted transmitter-receiver and a portable transmitter-receiver. The car-mounted transmitter-receiver includes a first memory that stores the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver and a second memory that stores the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver. The portable transmitter-receiver includes a first memory that stores the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and a second memory that stores the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver. The transmission and reception of radio signals between the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the portable transmitter-receiver are made in one of an active entry mode and a passive entry mode, in whichever entry mode the transmitted signal contains the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver, and in the active entry mode, the signal transmitted by the portable transmitter-receiver further contains an instruction signal that controls a device being controlled disposed in the car.

Claims (16)

1. A keyless entry device comprising a car-mounted transmitter-receiver mounted in a vehicle and a portable transmitter-receiver, the keyless entry device comprising:

the car-mounted transmitter-receiver including a signal transmitter-receiver, a controller, a first memory that stores an ID assigned to the portable transmitter-receiver, and a second memory that stores an ID assigned to the car-mounted transmitter-receiver; and

the portable transmitter-receiver including a signal transmitter-receiver, a controller, a key switch, a first memory that stores the ID assigned to the car-mounted transmitter-receiver, and a second memory that stores the ID assigned to the portable transmitter-receiver;

wherein the transmission and reception of radio signals between the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the portable transmitter-receiver are made in one of an active entry mode and a passive entry mode, in both entry modes the transmitted signals contain the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver, and in the active entry mode, the signal transmitted by the portable transmitter-receiver further contains an instruction signal corresponding to the operation of the key switch, the instruction signal controlling a selected mechanism disposed in the vehicle; and

wherein the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver is registered by radio in the vehicle.

2. The keyless entry device according to claim 1 , wherein when a request signal is transmitted in a passive entry mode, the controller of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver makes the transmitted signal contain the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver; when the request signal is a specified request signal, the controller of the portable transmitter-receiver transmits an answer signal that contains the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver, wherein when the answer signal contains a specified ID, the controller of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver controls a selected device disposed in the vehicle; and

the controller of the portable transmitter-receiver transmits a signal that contains the instruction signal, the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver, and the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver in an active entry mode, wherein when the signal contains the specified ID, the controller of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver controls the selected device disposed in the vehicle.

3. The keyless entry device according to claim 2 , wherein the device being controlled is a door-lock drive mechanism.

4. A keyless entry device comprising a car-mounted transmitter-receiver mounted in a vehicle and a portable transmitter-receiver, the keyless entry device comprising:

the car-mounted transmitter-receiver including a signal transmitter-receiver, a controller, a first memory that stores an ID assigned to the portable transmitter-receiver, and a second memory that stores an ID assigned to the car-mounted transmitter-receiver; and

the portable transmitter-receiver including a signal transmitter-receiver, a controller, a key switch, a first memory that stores the ID assigned to the car-mounted transmitter-receiver, and a second memory that stores the ID assigned to the portable transmitter-receiver;

wherein the transmission and reception of radio signals between the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the portable transmitter-receiver are made in one of an active entry mode and a passive entry mode, in both entry modes the transmitted signals contain the ID of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver and the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver, and in the active entry mode, the signal transmitted by the portable transmitter-receiver further contains an instruction signal corresponding to the operation of the key switch, the instruction signal controlling a selected mechanism disposed in the vehicle; and

wherein the first memory of the car mounted transmitter-receiver stores the ID assigned to the portable transmitter-receiver only when the ID assigned to the car mounted transmitter-receiver stored in the second memory of the car-mounted transmitter-receiver agrees with the ID assigned to the car mounted transmitter-receiver stored in the first memory of the portable transmitter-receiver.

5. The keyless entry device according to claim 1 comprising:

a writing device connected to the portable transmitter-receiver, wherein an ID assigned to the car-mounted transmitter-receiver is registered in the portable transmitter-receiver; and

after the car-mounted transmitter-receiver is set to a registration mode, a signal containing the ID of the portable transmitter-receiver is transmitted from the portable transmitter-receiver, and the ID assigned to the portable transmitter-receiver is registered in the car-mounted transmitter-receiver.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048209/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2005
From: TAKAHASHI, JUN
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016755/0726 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-203383 · Jul 9, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060006984A1 · Jan 12, 2006