Claims
- 1. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, causes the lock mechanism to unlock the cover member;
- an electrical driver for energizing the driver means;
- a manually operated handle for opening the cover member;
- a detector means for detecting the operation of the handle;
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing information on a certain key code;
- a key code-detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal containing the information on the key code, and detects the key code;
- a storage means in which a key code is stored;
- a comparator means for comparing the key code detected by the detector means with the key code stored in the storage means;
- a timer means; and
- a control means which, when the comparator means indicates the coincidence between the two key codes, starts the timer means and which actuates the driver means when the detector means detects the operation of the handle before the timer means generates a timeout signal.
- 2. The lock system of claim 1, wherein said cover member is a door, and wherein said handle is an external door handle.
- 3. The lock system of claim 1, wherein the signal produced by the key code-generating means takes the form of electromagnetic waves.
- 4. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, causes the lock mechanism to lock the cover member;
- an electrical driver for energizing the driver means;
- an instruction means for receiving an instruction for locking the cover member;
- a detector means for detecting the full closure of the cover member; and
- a control means which, when it receives an instruction signal from the instruction means under the condition that the detector means does not detect the full closure of the cover member, energizes the electrical driver to actuate the driver means and which, when the detector means later detects the full closure, energizes the electrical driver again to actuate the driver means.
- 5. The lock system of claim 4, wherein said instruction means comprises:
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing information on a certain key code;
- a key code-detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal from the key code-generating means, and detects the key code contained in the signal;
- a storage means in which a key code is stored; and
- a comparator means for comparing the key code detected by the key code-detecting means with the key code stored in the storage means.
- 6. The lock system of claim 4, wherein the signal produced by the key code-generating means takes the form of electromagnetic waves.
- 7. The lock system of claim 4 or 6, wherein said cover member is a door.
- 8. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, actuates the lock mechanism to lock or unlock the cover member;
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing informations on certain key codes;
- a key code detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal containing the informations of the key codes, and detects the key codes;
- a storage means in which key codes are stored;
- a comparator means for comparing the key codes detected by the key code-detecting means with the key codes stored in the storage means;
- a detector means for detecting the full closure of the cover member;
- a control means connected with the key code-detecting means and also with the driver means and acting to energize the driver means to lock the cover member according to the output signal from the key code-detecting means; and
- a relocking means for relocking the lock mechanism upon detection of full closure of the cover member by said detector means to lock the cover member when said detector means initially does not detect full closure of the cover member and the cover member is subsequently fully closed thereby unlocking the lock mechanism.
- 9. The lock system of claim 8, further including:
- a manually operated handle for opening the cover member;
- an operation-detecting means that produces an output signal to the relocking means when the handle is operated,
- wherein the relocking means relocks the lock mechanism unless the handle is operated.
- 10. The lock system of claim 8, wherein said lock mechanism is an electromagnetically operated actuator.
- 11. The lock system of claim 8, wherein said driver means includes solenoids.
- 12. The lock system of claim 8, wherein said key code-generating means is a transmitter for producing electromagnetic waves, and wherein said key code-detecting means is a receiver for receiving the electromagnetic waves produced by the transmitter.
- 13. The lock system of claim 8, wherein said storage means is a nonvolatile memory.
- 14. The lock system of claim 8, wherein said comparator means and said control means are incorporated in a microcomputer.
- 15. The lock system of claim 8, further including a manually operated handle for opening the cover member and an operation-detecting means that produces an output signal to the control means when the handle is operated.
- 16. The lock system of claim 15, further including a timer means capable of generating a timeout signal after a fixed period of time, and wherein the control means acts to start the timer means when the comparator means indicates the coincidence between the two key codes and to actuate the driver means when the operation-detecting means produces the output signal before the timer means generates the timeout signal.
- 17. The lock system of claim 8, further including a detector means which supplies a signal to the control means when the cover member is completely closed, and wherein the control means acts to energize the driver means when the comparator means indicates the coincidence between the two key codes under the condition that the detected means supplies no signal to the control means and acts to energize the driver means again when the detector means later supplies a signal to the control means.
- 18. The lock system of claim 8, further including a passenger-detecting circuit which detects the pressure of a person on the driver's seat by measuring the electrostatic capacity between electrodes installed on the driver's seat and the grounded vehicular body.
- 19. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, actuates the lock mechanism to lock or unlock the cover member;
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing informations on certain key codes;
- a key code detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal containing the informations of the key codes, and detects the key codes;
- a storage means in which key codes are stored;
- a comparator means for comparing the key codes detected by the key code-detecting means with the key codes stored in the storage means;
- a control means connected with the key code-detecting means and also with the driver means and acting to energize the driver means according to the output signal from the key code-detecting means;
- a relocking means for relocking the lock mechanism to lock the cover member after unlocking the lock mechanism;
- a manually operated handle for opening the cover member; and
- an operation-detecting means that produces an output signal to the relocking means when the handle is operated,
- wherein the relocking means relocks the lock mechanism unless the handle is operated.
- 20. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, actuates the lock mechanism to lock or unlock the cover member;
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing informations on certain key codes;
- a key code detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal containing the informations of the key codes, and detects the key codes;
- a storage means in which the key codes are stored;
- a comparator means for comparing the key codes detected by the key code-detecting means with the key codes stored in the storage means;
- a control means connected with the key code-detecting means and also with the driver means and acting to energize the driver means according to the output signal from the key code-detecting means;
- a relocking means for relocking the lock mechanism to lock the cover member after unlocking the lock mechanism;
- a manually operated handle for opening the cover member;
- an operation-detecting means that produces an output signal to the relocking means when the handle is operated,
- wherein the relocking means relocks the lock mechanism unless the handle is operated;
- a detector means which supplies a signal to relocking means when the cover member is completely closed; and
- a discriminating means for discriminating the signal to lock the locking mechanism from the key code detecting means in advance of signal from the detector means;
- wherein the relocking means relocks the lock mechanism if the discriminating means discriminates that the locking mechanism is locked before the cover member is completely closed.
- 21. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, actuates the lock mechanism to lock or unlock the cover member;
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing informations on certain key codes;
- a key code detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal containing the informations of the key codes, and detects the key codes;
- a storage means in which the key codes are stored;
- a comparator means for comparing the key codes detected by the key code-detecting means with the key codes stored in the storage means;
- a control means connected with the key code-detecting means and also with the driver means and acting to energize the driver means according to the output signal from the key code-detecting means;
- a relocking means for relocking the lock mechanism to lock the cover member after unlocking the lock mechanism;
- a manually operated handle for opening the cover member, an operation-detecting means that produces an output signal to the control means when the handle is operated; and
- a timer means capable of generating a timeout signal after a fixed period of time, wherein the control means acts to start the timer means when the comparator means indicates the coincidence between the two key codes and to actuate the driver means when the operation-detecting means produces the output signal before the timer means generates the timeout signal.
- 22. A lock system for a cover member that covers an opening in a vehicle, comprising:
- a lock mechanism capable of locking the cover member;
- a driver means which, when energized, actuates the lock mechanism to lock or unlock the cover member;
- a key code-generating means for producing a signal containing informations on certain key codes;
- a key code detecting means which is installed on the vehicle, receives the signal containing the informations of the key codes, and detects the key codes;
- a storage means in which key codes are stored;
- a comparator means for comparing the key codes detected by the key code-detecting means with the key codes stored in the storage means;
- a control means connected with the key code-detecting means and also with the driver means and acting to energize the driver means according to the output signal from the key code-detecting means;
- a relocking means for relocking the lock mechanism to lock the cover member after unlocking the lock mechanism; and
- a detector means which supplies a signal to the control means when the cover member is completely closed, wherein the control means acts to energize the driver means when the comparator means indicates the coincidence between the two key codes under the condition that the detected means supplies no signal to the control means and acts to energize the driver means again when the detector means later supplies a signal to the control means.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/027,476 filed on Mar. 18, 1987 now abandoned.
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