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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1990
Masuo Tamada, Yokohama, JP;
Seinosuke Kajitani, Sagamihara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A memory stores the same information as that stored in an electronic license and a readout section reads out the license information by the electronic license. A control section determines whether or not the electronic license is the same as that owned by the owner, with the use of the information read out of the electronic license. In the case where the electronic license is the same as that of the vehicle owner, the license information or information such as the name of a person granted to use the owner's vehicle, if being entered from a keyboard, is stored in the memory. Upon the entering of the license information into a present device via a keyboard, a control unit compares the entered license information with grant information for granting the use of the owner's vehicle which is stored in the memory. If there occurs a coincidence, a key-lock section unlocks a steering wheel so that the authorized person can drive an engine by an engine control unit.