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Patent Inventor Names
Kentaro Teshima0
Kazuhiro Nakashima0
Date of Patent
April 13, 2010
Patent Application Number
11484735
Date Filed
July 12, 2006
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A vehicle equipment control system locks vehicle doors by any one of auto-lock and trigger lock systems. In the auto-lock system, a wide communication area is set that covers an entire vehicle compartment is set. In the trigger lock system, a narrow communication area is set that disables the communication with a portable unit carried by a user near a vehicle. When no response signal is received from the portable unit in the respective communication areas, the respective vehicle doors are locked. Accordingly, even when any one of the auto-lock and trigger lock systems is used, the portable unit is prevented from being left in the compartment, and the respective vehicle doors can be locked.
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