Patents
US 10160420 B2: Vehicle control apparatus
- Granted
- 2018-12-25
- Filed
- 2016-03-10 application 15066010
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
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Abstract
A vehicle control apparatus includes: a vehicle-mounted transmitter which transmits a first response request signal; a vehicle-mounted receiver which receives, from a portable device, a response signal to the first response request signal; and a controller which allows an operation for welcoming a user carrying the portable device to a vehicle according to a reception state of the response signal. When intermittently transmitting the first response request signal at predetermined intervals via the vehicle-mounted transmitter, the controller determines whether condition set in advance is established. When the condition is established, the controller transmits a second response request signal different from the first response request signal. When the vehicle-mounted receiver receives a response signal which is transmitted from the portable device as a response to the second response request signal, the controller continues to transmit the second response request signal via the vehicle-mounted transmitter.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg181225.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 151 patents | Foreign company or organization | Ebeye, MH | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yosuke Tomita | Ebeye, MH | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Naoyuki Ishihara | Ebeye, MH | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tetsuo Nishidai | Ebeye, MH | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Takahiro Inaguma | Ebeye, MH | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kazuya Hamada | Ebeye, MH | 20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R25/241 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-11 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HAMADA, KAZUYA signed 2016-02-19 INAGUMA, TAKAHIRO signed 2016-02-19 ISHIHARA, NAOYUKI signed 2016-02-19 NISHIDAI, TETSUO signed 2016-02-19 TOMITA, YOSUKE signed 2016-02-19 | OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. AICHI | 37954/457 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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