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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Yukihiko Suzaki, Saitama, JP;
Yoshitaka Terasoma, Saitama, JP;
Yukihiko Suzaki, Saitama, JP;
Yoshitaka Terasoma, Saitama, JP;
Honda Access Corp., Niiza-shi, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A navigation device includes a base unitwhich is mounted to a body of a vehicle, a front panel unitwhich is detachably mounted to and connected to the base unit, the front panel unit having a navigation function of displaying map data on a front panel and displaying a location of the vehicle on the map data, and an authentication unitwhich performs authentication to confirm that the base unitand the front panel unithave been connected to each other and, when confirmed, permits operation of an electrical control unit of the vehicle. The navigation device can be used as an antitheft device.