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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7956730 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party A method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party. The system includes a system controller; a mode-indicating device coupled to the system controller; and an authenticator coupled to the system controller. Here, the system controller is adapted to... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7812712 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party A method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party. The system includes a system controller; a mode-indicating device coupled to the system controller; and an authenticator coupled to the system controller. Here, the system controller is adapted to... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7432796 | Security control system for managing registration of ID codes for portable devices A security control system for improving security. The security control system includes a portable device, having a communication function and a portable device ID code. A security controller includes a memory for recording a controller ID code. The security controll... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424976 | Portable terminal device, program for reading information, and recording medium having the same recorded thereon A portable terminal device and a program for reading information, which can read a code correctly with simple operations, and a recording medium having the program recorded thereon. A portable telephone with a camera has a camera for inputting information of an imag... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7385482 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes a display section that has a display region, a plurality of sound-production bodies that are disposed to overlap the display section and produce sound, and a first frame that is disposed between the display section and the sound-pr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378945 | Vehicle security system controlling vehicle body position and related methods A vehicle security system includes a vehicle security controller for operating at least one vehicle body position actuator to reposition the vehicle body responsive to at least one vehicle security sensor. The vehicle may include the vehicle wheels, the vehicle body... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376448 | Heterodyne receiver and communication system with demodulator switchable between demodulation schemes based on received status signal The heterodyne receiver includes an antenna, a local oscillator, a mixer mixing a signal received by the antenna with a local oscillation signal generated by the local oscillator to produce an IF signal, and a demodulator demodulating the IF signal. The local oscill... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7342483 | Method for contacting stolen vehicles A method and system for locating a stolen vehicle includes the steps of receiving at least one stolen vehicle input associated with the stolen vehicle at a call center and assigning a first ping rate responsive to the input. An automated request is sent in accordanc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327250 | System for providing a virtual vehicle boundary System for providing a virtual vehicle boundary. The system includes a method for activating a virtual fence for use with a delivery vehicle. The method comprises steps of detecting a protection event, determining that the protection event is an activation event, an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315242 | Combination car alarm and personal locator system A combination vehicle alarm and locator device. The device includes a housing, a vehicle alarm activator positioned within the housing including a transmitter for activating an alarm system on a vehicle and an infrared transmitting device located in the housing for ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313382 | Method for automatic wireless replenishment using DTMF The invention provides a method for replenishing call-use authorization to a mobile vehicle. A call-use authorization request is received from a user. User credit availability information is determined. A replenishment amount request is received from the user. Call-... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7292152 | Method and apparatus for classifying vehicle operator activity state An apparatus and method for classifying a driver's activity state use sensor data relating to at least one vehicle operating condition to determine driver activity and classify into one of at least two states. A two state classifier (200) uses inputs related ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7265662 | Apparatus and method for inspecting containers This invention relates to an integrated apparatus and method for inspection of a container adapted to hold a pressurized gas. The integrated apparatus comprises (i) an imaging device configured to obtain image data corresponding to the container and to transmit the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248860 | Method and system for customizing hold-time content in a mobile vehicle communication system A method of customizing hold-time content in a mobile vehicle communication system includes gathering preference information from the mobile vehicle, determining hold-time content from the preference information and playing the determined hold-time content while the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245997 | Remote monitoring system and method A smart key carried with a user is provided with switches for monitoring a vehicle in remote places, such as a departure-time monitor switch, a return-time monitor switch and an all item monitor switch. The switches are associated with monitor information indicating... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7209729 | Cradle, security system, telephone, and monitoring method A cradle includes: a telephone supporting section supporting a mobile telephone; a connecting section electrically connecting to the mobile telephone; a sensor communications section receiving a report from a sensor sensing a state of a monitored area; and a transmi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206645 | Mobile, unitary, wall-plugged, temperature and/or power monitoring and warning system for critical spaces A system comprising a housing, an electrical bus, a connector module for connecting the electrical bus to a power source, a battery module so as to provide power to the electrical bus when the power source is not supplying power to the electrical bus, a sensor modul... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7187271 | Operational omission alarm system and apparatus for vehicle An operational omission alarm system for a vehicle includes an alarm apparatus, at least one terminal device, and a central server. The alarm apparatus is located on the vehicle for determining whether at least one operational omission remains after a user of the ve... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178725 | Method for visualizing the input and display components of terminal equipment and corresponding terminal equipment The invention relates to a method for visualizing the input and display components of terminal equipment. The terminal equipment includes the said input component for controlling the operations of the terminal equipment and the display component. The terminal equipm... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180248 | Inductively coupled ballast circuit A ballast circuit is disclosed for inductively providing power to a load. The ballast circuit includes an oscillator, a driver, a switching circuit, a resonant tank circuit and a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit provides a current feedback signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171196 | System for transmitting information by radio between an infrastructure and mobiles The cellular system for transmitting information by radio between an infrastructure and mobiles constrained to travel on a determined path comprises stationary transceiver stations and at least one transceiver carried by each mobile, which transceivers are controlle... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151440 | Wireless vehicle burglar-alarm system A wireless vehicle burglar-alarm system formed of an on-board main unit and a wireless communication is disclosed. The on-board main unit obtains the CGI (Cell Global Identity) of a wireless communication base station from its broadcast and stores the CGI in a memor... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142096 | Combination car alarm and personal locator system A combination vehicle alarm and locator device. The device includes a housing, a vehicle alarm activator positioned within the housing including a transmitter for activating an alarm system on a vehicle and an infrared transmitting device located in the housing for ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129838 | Vehicle intrusion monitoring system and method A vehicle intrusion monitoring system that eliminates unnecessary image capture and transmission by controlling the timing of image capture by a camera installed inside a vehicle. A control ECU in the vehicle intrusion monitoring system issues a first image capture ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116247 | Security arrangement with in-vehicle mounted terminal A security arrangement has an intrusion detection information input unit for receiving intrusion detection information from an intrusion detection device for detecting an intruding entity entering a predetermined area; and a network communication unit for communicat... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107043 | Cellular telephone, and method and apparatus for backup of data of cellular telephone Upon establishing a wireless speech connection with a host station, a cellular telephone automatically sends data for backup that includes at least control information stored in the telephone. The data transmitted from the cellular telephone are saved in a data back... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102535 | Mobile communication apparatus, monitoring apparatus, monitoring system, monitoring method, monitoring program, and computer-readable recording medium containing the monitoring program A mobile communication device (3) can be disconnected form a vehicle monitoring apparatus (1) arranged on vehicle for sensing the state of the vehicle as a monitoring object and transmitting sensing data representing the sensing result. The mobile comm... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098807 | Traffic-signaling system The present invention provides a traffic-signalling device suitable for providing information to oncoming traffic. The traffic-signalling device comprises a moveable member suitable for attachment to a support and a solar powered drive system. The moveable member is... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088219 | Method for remote vehicle ignition enablement and disablement via broadband enabled security mechanisms A method, apparatus, and computer program are provided for remotely controlling the ignition of a vehicle. A variety of conditions can be placed on the vehicle for operation, such as time or geography, from a variety of remote wireless technologies. The ignition con... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7064656 | Access control for vehicle mounted communications devices Disclosed is a controller to prevent access or utilization by a vehicle operator to communications devices installed on the vehicle when the vehicle is in motion thereby reducing distractions of the operator. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062281 | Multi-mode paging system A multi-mode paging system and method of selectively paging an individual through one of a plurality of paging mechanisms. An indication of a paging mechanism for each individual to be paged is stored in a memory device. When an input is received from a user to page... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7023329 | Air pressure induction type vehicle anti-thief device An air pressure induction type vehicle anti-thief device includes an on-vehicle main unit installed in a motor vehicle adapted to detect variation of air pressure in the inside chamber of the motor vehicle through an air pressure sensor and to drive an alarm to outp... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7002465 | Security system of construction machine A security system of a construction machine of the present invention has a construction machine, a base station and a communication device. The construction machine comprises a data sending and receiving portion for sending first information, a storage portion for s... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971468 | Antitheft apparatus and antitheft system An antitheft apparatus, which is installed in a vehicle having an expandable body system to expand expandable body that confine a motion of a burglar in predetermined space portions in a compartment, ejects material as a source of foam polystyrene into the compartme... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6956467 | Car alarm with automatic dialer A car alarm is providing including an annunciator for providing an alarm signal from a car alarm system and n automatic dialer that provides automatic dialing capabilities to a wireless phone or pager upon initiation of said annunciator. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954135 | Emergency communication system An emergency communication system is installed on a vehicle for transmitting emergency information such as traffic accident, sudden illness, etc. to a center such as police station. It is used for the purpose of preventing inadvertent neglect of the connection of a ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6937141 | Car control system and vehicle remote control system Sensor data of respective controlled objects of a vehicle are collected by calling a vehicle remote-control system provided to the vehicle via a mobile phone, and then these data are displayed on an LCD display panel 11c of the mobile phone. In this st... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6873884 | Computer-equipped mobility device and method of connecting to a network A computer-equipped mobility device for transporting an occupant of the device over a distance and for providing access to a network comprises a personal mobility device, a computer, and an activation member. The computer is coupled to the personal mobility device a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6833785 | Vehicle security system A method, computer program product, and system for alerting authorities during a car theft. A personal identification number, either a normal code or a duress code, is received into an vehicle security system. If the duress code has been entered, then the security s... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6801124 | Moveable object burglar alarm apparatus for notifying users of a theft A moving object burglar alarm apparatus includes an inquiry unit for, when a theft detection unit detects a theft of a moving object, inquiring whether the moving object burglar alarm apparatus should make a notification about the theft of the moving object of commu... | 10/05/2004 |
