| US 7,402,920 B2 | ||
| Engine start controlling system | ||
| Hodaka Kamiya, Obu (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Denso Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/477,599. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-194078 (JP), filed on Jul. 01, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0000712 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 22/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 307—10.6 | 8 Claims |
| 1. An engine start controlling system for an engine of the vehicle, comprising:
a user ID authentication means for making an authentication for a user ID received from a mobile device which is carried by
a user of the vehicle and stores the user ID;
a device authentication means for respectively making an individual authentication for device IDs received from the electrical
devices each of which is installed to the vehicle and stores the device ID; and
an engine start controller allowing the engine to start based on a first starting operation made by means of an operation
unit for starting the engine, in a case that the authentication for the user ID is successful and that all of the authentications
for the respective device IDs are successful, the engine start controller prohibiting the engine from starting, in a case
that the authentication for the user ID is unsuccessful, irrespective of results of the authentications for the respective
device IDs,
wherein the engine start controller is further for allowing the engine to start based on a second starting operation made
by means of the operation unit, in a case that all of authentications are successful with respect to a first group of the
electrical devices and that the authentications are unsuccessful with respect to a second group of the electrical devices.
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