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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Security-feature-equipped on-vehicle device and security-feature control method of on-vehicle device
Takao Iwamoto, Tochigi, JP;
Hyunjin Yoon, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Chaki, Saitama, JP;
Hirotaka Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Iwamoto, Tochigi, JP;
Hyunjin Yoon, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehiko Chaki, Saitama, JP;
Hirotaka Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A security-feature-equipped on-vehicle device includes: a vibration detection unit that detects vibration; an alarm sound output unit that outputs a predetermined alarm sound from a speaker; and an alarm sound control unit that going outs from a sleep mode to move into a warning mode when vibration is detected for the first time by the vibration detection unit, causes the alarm sound output unit to output the alarm sound at a predetermined first volume level, shifts from the warning mode into an alarm mode when vibration is detected for the second time within a predetermined time period, and causes the alarm sound output unit to output the alarm sound at a predetermined second volume level higher than the first volume level.