Patent ID: 7199710
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A controller for communication with a portable device and connection to an activated apparatus and to an operation unit operable by a user to activate the activated apparatus, the controller comprising: a control unit that selectively performs normal control and backup control, wherein the normal control includes transmission of a request signal to a first area, and wherein the backup control includes transmission of a drive radio wave to a second area, the portable device transmitting an ID code in response to the request signal or the drive radio wave, and the control unit enabling activation of the activated apparatus when the ID code transmitted from the portable device matches an ID code of the controller, wherein the control unit transmits the drive radio wave in response to a state in which activation of the activated apparatus has failed to be enabled after transmission of the request signal when the operation unit undergoes an operation that is normally performed by a user presuming that the activated apparatus has been enabled through the normal control of the control unit.