Patent ID: 6078264
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
A remote control security system for use with an automotive vehicle, said remote control security system comprising:a transmitting apparatus for transmitting communication data including identification data;a receiving apparatus, to be disposed within the vehicle, for receiving the communication data, wherein said receiving apparatus comprisesa memory for storing the identification data, and including a writable status during which the identification data can be written into said memory and a read-out status during which the stored identification data can be read from said memory,status-setting means for normally setting said memory to the read-out status, and for setting said memory to the writable status upon reception of writable status instructions,writing means for writing the identification data included in the communication data into said memory when the communication data is received from said transmitting apparatus while said memory is in the writable status,erasing means for completely erasing all the identification data stored in said memory upon reception of an erasing instruction only when the erasing instruction is received while said memory is in the writable status, such that said memory does not contain any identification data,an erasure reporting means for reporting to an operator of the vehicle that all the identification data stored in said memory has been completely erased by said erasing means,reading means for reading the stored identification data out of said memory when said memory is in the read-out status,determination means for comparing the identification data included in the communication data with the identification data read out by said reading means when the communication data is received from said transmitting apparatus, and for determining whether the identification data included in the communication data and the identification data read out by said reading means match, andmeans for controlling respective parts of the vehicle when said determination means determines that the identification data included in the communication data and the identification data read out by said reading means match, and for prohibiting remote controlling of any parts of the vehicle regardless of the received communication data after said erasing means completely erases all the identification data from said memory; andcommon instruction means for issuing both the writable status instructions and the erasing instructions, wherein said erasing means erases all the identification data stored in said memory when said common instruction means issues the erasing instructions while said memory is in the writable status based on the writable status instructions already issued by said common instruction means.