Patent ID: 6717508
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle anti-theft matching system comprising:a position registration section for registering an authorized storage area of a vehicle; a current position detector that detects a current vehicle position; a position comparison section for determining, through comparison, whether or not the current vehicle position detected by said current position detector matches the previously-registered authorized storage area; a comparison/determination section which determines, on the basis of a result of comparison performed by the position comparison section, whether or not a mismatch between the current vehicle position and the authorized storage area has existed over a continuous period of time exceeding a predetermined period, and which authenticates the driver as the authorized owner of the vehicle when the mismatch has existed over the predetermined period of time; and a vehicle travel controller for imposing predetermined limitations on travel of the vehicle when the driver cannot be authenticated as the authorized owner on the basis of a result of matching performed by the comparison/determination section.