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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2007
Tomomi Shimizu, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizuno, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Aichi, JP;
Mikihisa Araki, Aichi, JP;
Hiroaki Iwashita, Aichi, JP;
Jun Shionoya, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Yurimoto, Toyota, JP;
Keiji Yamamoto, Okazaki, JP;
Tomomi Shimizu, Aichi, JP;
Yoshiyuki Mizuno, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Aichi, JP;
Mikihisa Araki, Aichi, JP;
Hiroaki Iwashita, Aichi, JP;
Jun Shionoya, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Yurimoto, Toyota, JP;
Keiji Yamamoto, Okazaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A travel mode setting device for a hybrid car capable of ensuring the security against car theft and convenience when the car is lent to the third party. The hybrid car has travel drive sources and selectively uses one of them and can travel in one of travel modes. Authenticating means separately authenticate the car user and creates authentication results. Limiting means limits the travel modes to the usable travel modes according to the results of the authentication by the authenticating means.