Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080204281 | Electronic key system and portable unit - An electronic key system includes an in-vehicle unit mounted in a vehicle and a portable unit. When a user leaves the vehicle, the in-vehicle unit requests information on a relative position of the vehicle relative to a landmark object near the vehicle from a vehicle navigation device and transmits received relative position information to the portable unit. The portable unit stores the received relative position information, and notifies of the stored relative position information according to a user's operation. | 08-28-2008 |
20080204337 | PORTABLE ANTENNA DEVICE - A portable antenna device includes a circuit board having a ground pattern, an antenna including a spirally wound external element and a spirally wound internal element coaxially disposed inside the external element at a distance from the first element so that one of the external and internal elements forms a signal wire and the other forms a ground wire. The circuit board includes plural passive elements each of which has a different impedance and a switch unit that selectively connects the antenna with the ground via one of the passive elements to provide a resonance characteristic of radio wave that has a frequency deference from a resonance characteristic provided by any other passive element. | 08-28-2008 |
20080224945 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes a substrate having a GND pattern land and an electric power feed pattern land on a same surface, an outer element extending away from the land in a spiral shape, and an inner element extending along an axis of the outer element in a spiral shape with a space interposed between itself and the outer element. The outer element and the inner element of the antenna apparatus respectively serve as one of a signal line and a GND line, and are supported by a retainer member to have predetermined relationship on a land formation surface. The retainer member is made of dielectric body, and the two elements respectively have a surface mount portion at one end that is to be fixed onto the substrate with electrical connection to corresponding lands. The surface mount portions are formed substantially parallel to the land formation surface. | 09-18-2008 |
20090102634 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND VEHICULAR COMBINED CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicular combined control system has functions of a smart entry system and a TPMS. A smart ECU turns on the output of a voltage signal terminal intermittently or in response to a given trigger. When the output of the voltage signal terminal turns on, a RF receiver section receives information from a portable device regardless of the ON/OFF state of an ignition switch to transmit the information to the smart ECU. When the ignition switch is ON and the output of the voltage signal terminal turns off, the RF receiver section receives information from tire sensors to transmit the information to a TPMS microcomputer. | 04-23-2009 |
20090303152 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes an antenna and a support member. The antenna has (i) an outer element, which has a spiral section prolonged spirally in an axial direction, and (ii) an inner element, which has a spiral section prolonged spirally in the axial direction and is surrounded with an interval space by the outer element. The antenna is a terminal open type in which one of the two elements is used as a signal line and the other is used as a GND line. The support member includes a dielectric member and contacts each of the spiral sections of the outer and inner elements while supporting the outer and inner elements in a predetermined positional relationship. Further, the number of turns of the spiral section in the inner element is equal to or less than the number of turns of the spiral section in the outer element. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303153 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes an antenna and support member. The antenna has a double spiral structure to include (i) an outer element, which has a spiral section prolonged spirally in an axial direction, and (ii) an inner element, which has a spiral section prolonged spirally in the axial direction and is surrounded with an interval space by the outer element. The support member is made of dielectrics and holds the two elements in a predetermined positional relationship by contacting the spiral sections of the two elements. The support member contacts the spiral sections wholly along the prolonged direction. One of the two elements is connected with a high frequency wave source at one end portion along the axial direction while the other is connected with the high frequency wave source at the other end portion along the axial direction. The antenna functions as a terminal short circuit type. | 12-10-2009 |
20100123569 | RECEIVER SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES - A tire air pressure detection system and a remote key entry system have first and second receiver units, respectively. The first receiver unit has a change-over switch, which selectively outputs to a chassis ECU an output signal of either one of the first and second receiver units. Thus, the chassis ECU can receive any one of the output signals by only one interface. | 05-20-2010 |
20120064830 | In-vehicle apparatus - A frequency switching terminal is provided to input a signal for switching frequencies of a reception circuit. A smart ECU is connected to the frequency switching terminal via a connection cable. When the signal for switching the frequencies is inputted into an external input terminal of the reception circuit from the smart ECU via the frequency switching terminal, the reception circuit receives a first electric wave transmitted from a portable terminal for smart entry. In contrast, when the signal for switching the frequencies is not inputted into the external input terminal of the reception circuit from the smart ECU via the frequency switching terminal, the reception circuit receives a second electric wave transmitted from a tire sensor. | 03-15-2012 |
20130222128 | Tire Pressure Detecting Apparatus Having Wheel Position Detection Function - In a tire pressure detecting apparatus, a receiver stores wheel positions detected by a previous wheel position detection as previous wheel positions. When an ignition switch is turned on and until wheel positions are newly specified by a current wheel position detection, the receiver permits an indicator to indicate tire pressure of each of wheels based on the previous wheel positions to notify a driver of the tire pressure from an earlier timing. The receiver permits the indication of the tire pressure based on the previous wheel positions only when a difference of the tire pressure between the wheels is equal to or less than a threshold. If there is a possibility that tire pressure of one of the wheels is insufficient, the receiver prevents the indicator to indicate the tire pressure until a current wheel position detection finishes. | 08-29-2013 |
20140340213 | WHEEL POSITION DETECTOR AND TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTOR HAVING THE SAME - A wheel position detector for a vehicle includes: a transmitter at each wheel having a first controller for generating and repeatedly transmitting a frame with specific identification information and an acceleration sensor; a receiver at a vehicle body receiving the frame from one wheel and having a second controller for performing wheel position detection; and a wheel speed sensor for detecting a tooth of a gear. The second controller acquires gear information indicating a tooth position; sets a variation allowance based on the tooth position; registers the one wheel with using the variation allowance; sets another variation allowance based on another tooth position when the receiver receives a new frame; and changes the variation allowance to a new variation allowance provided by an overlap portion between the variation allowance and another variation allowance. | 11-20-2014 |
20140365162 | WHEEL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND TIRE PRESSURE DETECTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - In a wheel position detecting device, a transmission angular position of a transmitter to transmit a frame from the transmitter to a receiver is changed by a predetermined angle each time the transmitter transmits the frame. A receiver acquires gear information indicating a tooth position of a gear rotating in association with a corresponding wheel, based on a detection signal of a wheel speed sensor. The receiver specifies to which wheels the transmitter is integrated, based on the tooth position of the gear at a reception timing of the frame. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371980 | WHEEL POSITION DETECTOR AND TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTOR HAVING THE SAME - In a wheel position detector for a vehicle, a transmitter on each wheel repeatedly transmits a data frame containing identification information when an angle of the transmitter reaches a transmission angle. A receiver for receiving the frame is mounted on a body of a vehicle and performs wheel position detection, based on the frame, to specify a target wheel from which the frame is transmitted. The receiver acquires a tooth position of a gear rotating with a corresponding wheel when receiving the frame. The receiver specifies the target wheel based on a frequency with which the tooth position appears. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372070 | WHEEL POSITION DETECTOR AND TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTOR HAVING THE SAME - A wheel position detector for a vehicle includes: a transmitter at each wheel having a first control portion for generating and transmitting a frame with specific identification information; and a receiver at a vehicle body receiving the frame from one wheel and having a second control portion for performing wheel position detection; and a wheel speed sensor for detecting a tooth of a gear. The second control portion: acquires gear information indicating a tooth position; corrects the tooth position based on a time difference between acquiring of the gear information and receiving time of the frame; and specifies the one wheel based on the tooth position at reception time. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379291 | WHEEL POSITION DETECTOR AND TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTOR HAVING THE SAME - In a wheel position detector for a vehicle, a transmitter on each wheel repeatedly transmits a data frame containing identification information when an angle of the transmitter reaches a transmission angle. A receiver for receiving the frame is mounted on a body of a vehicle and performs wheel position detection based on the frame to specify a target wheel from which the frame is transmitted. The receiver acquires a tooth position of a gear rotating with a corresponding wheel when receiving the frame and sets a variation allowable range based on the tooth position. The receiver specifies the target wheel by determining whether the tooth position falls within the variation allowable range. The transmitter changes the transmission angle at a predetermined time interval. | 12-25-2014 |
20150020584 | WHEEL POSITION DETECTOR AND TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE DETECTOR HAVING THE SAME - A wheel position detector for a vehicle includes: a transmitter at each wheel having a first control portion for transmitting a frame with specific identification information; and a receiver at a vehicle body receiving the frame from one wheel and having a second control portion for performing wheel position detection; and a wheel speed sensor for detecting a tooth of a gear. The second control portion: acquires gear information indicating a tooth position; sets a variation allowance based on the tooth position; registers the one wheel with using the variation allowance; and performs the wheel position detection by excluding an identified wheel as the one wheel from a candidate of another wheel mounting the transmitter that transmits another frame when the second control portion identifies the one wheel. | 01-22-2015 |