Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Yoshikazu Imura

Kentaro Yoshimura

Suguru Asakura

Makoto Kondo

Kouichi Suyama

Akira Nagai

Masaki Koike

Tomoaki Nakai

Atsuo Ohno

Munehisa Nozawa

Yoshikazu Takahira

Naohisa Kawahara

Start notification is performed at appropriate timing by vehicle having braking force holding function to hold braking force even if brake application operation by driver is deactivated. Vehicle start notification control device includes speaker for performing start notification to notify behavior related to start of vehicle to surroundings of vehicle, control section for applying braking force to vehicle, corresponding to brake applying operation by driver of vehicle and performing control to hold braking force of vehicle even if brake applying operation is deactivated, and braking force holding flag setting section for setting ON or OFF of braking force holding flag for holding braking force of vehicle even if brake applying operation is deactivated. Control section controls speaker to perform start notification if both brake applying operation and ON setting of braking force holding flag are deactivated.

Vehicle start notification control device

A remote door controlling apparatus with a welcome function automatically locking and unlocking the door(s) of a vehicle depending on the distance between the vehicle and a portable transmitter/receiver. The portable transmitter/receiver has a manual control signal transmitting function for selectively locking and unlocking the door(s) of the vehicle and the manual control is carried out with a priority over the automatic control according to the welcome function within a predetermined period of time.

Remote control system for a vehicle door

Electronic key system for a vehicle

A signal indicative of the remaining capacity of a storage battery for propelling an electric vehicle is transmitted and received between a portable control unit and a communication unit on the electric vehicle. A display request signal for displaying the remaining capacity of the storage battery is transmitted from the portable control unit which has a plurality of indicator lamps corresponding to respective ranges of a rated capacity of the storage battery, to the communication unit. When the display request signal is received by the communication unit, one of the ranges to which the remaining capacity of the storage battery belongs is determined by the communication unit, and a remaining capacity display signal representing the determined range is transmitted from the communication unit to the portable control unit. The remaining capacity display signal is received by the portable control unit, and one of the indicator lamps which corresponds to the range to which the remaining capacity of the storage battery belongs is turned on based on the received remaining capacity display signal for a predetermined period of time.

Method of transmitting and receiving signal indicative of remaining

A portable display device is capable of monitoring the residual capacity of a traveling battery from the outside of an electric vehicle, and conducting operations such as locking and unlocking of a door from outside of the vehicle and controlling the operation of the air conditioner through wireless means. This portable display device is inserted into an insertion section provided in an instrument panel of the vehicle for operating the vehicle. If an ID code in the portable display device agrees with an ID code in the vehicle, a traveling switch is unlocked. Then, if the traveling switch is operated, a steering lock device is released and the traveling motor is connected to the traveling battery in a state in which the electric vehicle is operable.

Battery residual capacity display and operating device for an electric

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Saitama, Japan

Yoshikazu Imura