Patent ID: 7710244
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A remote engine starting system for starting an engine of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first communication device for receiving an engine start command signal transmitted from a portable transmitter held by a user; a second communication device for receiving an engine start command signal transmitted from a transmitter provided in a vehicle key; an engine control means for permitting and prohibiting an engine starting in response to the engine start command signal received by the first communication device or the second communication device; a determination means for determining whether the engine is started by the engine start command signal received by the first communication device or the second communication device, when the engine is started by the engine control means; and an indication means for indicating a vehicle travel prohibition when the engine starting is prohibited by the engine control means, the indication means providing an indication of the vehicle travel prohibition when the engine is started in response to the engine start command signal received by the first communication device without the engine start command signal received by the second communication device, and the indication means stopping the indication of the vehicle travel prohibition when the engine is started in response to the engine start command signal received by the second communication device.