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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Atsushi Okamitsu, Hiroshima, JP;
Teruo Yoshii, Hiroshima, JP;
Takahiro Inada, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a lock-out prevention control, in which when a portable device is locked out in a trunk room, an alarm is conducted and a latch of a trunk latch mechanism is controlled to its unlatch state without ID verification with a portable device, in the case where an operation of door lock is conducted by the portable device after a start of the alarm (step SB), the alarm is stopped (step SB) and the lock-out prevention control is prohibited. The lock-out prevention control is also prohibited when a switch located in a vehicle cabin is operated (step SB) regardless of the door lock operation by the portable device. Thereby, the vehicle security and the utility or facility can be improved.