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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Kosei Yamashita, Wako, JP;
Masato Takeda, Wako, JP;
Makoto Yamamura, Wako, JP;
Yoshihisa Shinogi, Wako, JP;
Masashi Manita, Wako, JP;
Yoshinori Maekawa, Wako, JP;
Kosei Yamashita, Wako, JP;
Masato Takeda, Wako, JP;
Makoto Yamamura, Wako, JP;
Yoshihisa Shinogi, Wako, JP;
Masashi Manita, Wako, JP;
Yoshinori Maekawa, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for preventing theft of equipment having a prime mover, an prime mover controller, and an authenticator that acquires ID information from an electronic key when the key is brought close thereto by an operator, and permits the prime mover controller to start the prime mover when the acquired ID information is determined to correspond with authentication ID information, data indicating a number of times the key is updated is included in the ID information, and the authenticator determines whether the number of times indicated in the data is greater than that in the authentication ID information, and when the number of times indicated in the data is greater than that in the authentication ID information, updates the authentication ID information such that it is equal to the number of times indicated in the data, thereby enabling to easily update authentication ID information of the equipment.