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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi Aichi-ken, JP;
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Niwa-gun, Aichi, JP;
Yasuyuki Tamane, Miyoshi Aichi-ken, JP;
Tsukasa Takahashi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Oshima, Niwa-gun Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Niwa-gun, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A key unit includes: a first communication module; a second communication module; an authentication unit configured to perform authentication using authentication information when an operation request including the authentication information has been received via the first communication module; and a control unit configured to perform locking and unlocking with a key in response to the operation request when the authentication using the authentication information has succeeded and to transmit a control signal for performing an operation other than the locking and unlocking with the key to the control device via the second communication module after the authentication.