Patent ID: 8884739

Claim:
A vehicle security apparatus having a configuration to communicate with an electronic key transmitting a unique identification signal and with a communication apparatus in a remote location, with respect to the vehicle security apparatus, transmitting drive request signals representing a drive prohibition request and a drive permission request for a vehicle driving device of a vehicle, which is operable electrically, the vehicle security apparatus comprising: a key communication unit having a configuration to communicate with the electronic key; a remote communication unit having a configuration to communicate with the communication apparatus in the remote location; a control unit having a configuration to control the vehicle driving device based on at least one of the identification signal transmitted to the key communication unit and the drive request signals transmitted to the remote communication unit, the control unit prohibiting the vehicle driving device from being operated in response to the drive request signal representing the drive prohibition request even when the identification signal is an authorized identification signal; and a releasing unit having a configuration to release control over the vehicle driving device according to an instruction from a user, the control being performed based on the drive request signal representing the drive prohibition request, wherein the control unit has a configuration to allow a transition of power from a power supply mounted on the vehicle to only the releasing unit such that the releasing unit is made operable to accept an instruction from the user for releasing the drive prohibition performed based on the drive request signal, only when the identification signal transmitted to the key communication unit is the authorized identification signal under a condition that driving of the vehicle driving device is prohibited by the drive request signal representing the drive prohibition request at the remote communication unit, and wherein the control unit has a configuration to prohibit the drive permission for the vehicle driving device until the control over the vehicle driving device based on the drive request signal representing the drive prohibition request is released by the instruction from the user to the releasing unit, even when the power supply transition to the releasing unit is allowed.