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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
An electronic key system comprises a vehicle-mounted device and a plurality of electronic keys and is configured to have: a normal mode in which given processing is permitted to be executed by the vehicle-mounted device when given wireless communication processing between the vehicle-mounted device and the electronic key is successfully completed; and a deactivated mode in which the given processing is inhibited from being executed by the vehicle-mounted device, wherein when the electronic key in the deactivated mode transmits, at a given time, a given signal containing deactivated mode information indicating that the electronic key is operating in the deactivated mode, and the electronic key in the normal mode is shifted to the deactivated mode in response to receiving of the signal containing the deactivated mode information.