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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Masafumi Kizu, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Yurimoto, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Mori, Toyota, JP;
Simon D. Humphries, Toyota, JP;
Kikuko Yamawa, Nisikamo-gun, JP;
Kota Nezu, Toyota, JP;
Akira Shinada, Meguro-ku, JP;
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Kamakura, JP;
Hiroaki Okajima, Chiba, JP;
Masafumi Kizu, Toyota, JP;
Masayuki Yurimoto, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Mori, Toyota, JP;
Simon D. Humphries, Toyota, JP;
Kikuko Yamawa, Nisikamo-gun, JP;
Kota Nezu, Toyota, JP;
Akira Shinada, Meguro-ku, JP;
Katsuhiko Nunokawa, Kamakura, JP;
Hiroaki Okajima, Chiba, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable electronic information device with superb portability and/or amusement value is provided. This device A is a portable electronic information device A having an external housingthat can be equipped in a car, and the device A is provided with expression meansandfor performing actions that can be sensed by the user of the vehicle, in accordance with vehicle status information of the vehicle or output signals from sensorsorequipped inside external housing, and thus delivers superb amusement value. This device also functions as a vehicle key, providing high portability, and enabling information to be shared with a home computer, thus providing a high level of convenience.