Patent ID: 8493175
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle authentication control device comprising: a transmission antenna which emits an inquiry signal to a portable device; a reception antenna which receives first identification information returned from the portable device in response to the inquiry signal; a first ID storage unit configured to register second identification information unique to a vehicle; a first determination unit which performs an authentication with the portable device; a second determination unit which performs an authentication with a steering lock unit provided in the vehicle and connected to the vehicle authentication control device; a third determination unit; and a registration unit; wherein the steering lock unit comprises a second ID storage unit configured to store third identification information unique to the vehicle, wherein the first determination unit matches the first identification information received by the reception antenna and the second identification information registered in the first ID storage unit to determine whether a combination of the portable device and the first determination unit is legitimate, wherein, if the third identification information is registered in the second ID storage unit of the steering lock unit, the second determination unit matches the third identification information registered in the second ID storage unit of the steering lock unit and the second identification information registered in the first ID storage unit to determine whether a combination of the steering lock unit and the second determination unit is legitimate, wherein, if the third identification information is not registered in the second ID storage unit when the second determination unit performs authentication with the steering lock unit, the second determination unit determines that the steering lock unit is a non-used article; wherein, if the determination results of the first determination unit and the second determination unit are both positive, then the third determination unit determines that a combination of the steering lock unit, the portable device, the first determination unit, and the second determination unit is legitimate, and wherein, if the second determination unit determines that the steering lock unit is the non-used article, the registration unit registers the second identification information registered in the first ID storage unit as the third identification information in the second ID storage unit.