Patent ID: 7663508
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: B60R,G07C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle location information notifying system comprising: a vehicle side communication unit that is installed in a vehicle; and a portable device that is carriable by a user and performs first intercommunication with the vehicle side communication unit, wherein the portable device includes: a location information obtaining means for obtaining location information of the vehicle, which has the vehicle side communication unit, through the first intercommunication; and a notifying means for notifying the location information of the vehicle, wherein when the vehicle is parked, the vehicle side communication unit and the portable device perform second intercommunication therebetween such that the vehicle side communication unit periodically transmits a request signal to a predetermined area around the vehicle, and the portable device replies a response signal, which includes an ID code of the portable device, in response to the request signal; and a door lock control means for controlling locking and unlocking of a door lock of the vehicle based on a result of verification of the ID code, which is received by the vehicle side communication unit through the second intercommunication, with a preregistered code of the ID code, wherein when the vehicle side communication unit and the portable device perform the first intercommunication therebetween, each of the vehicle side communication unit and the portable device increases a signal transmission power thereof in comparison to the signal transmission power thereof used in the second intercommunication.