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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Toshio Yamagiwa, Saitama, JP;
Toshio Yamagiwa, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-use key for storing and for acquisition of information on a vehicle. The vehicle-use key permits an individual to use the vehicle, to prevent the key from being taken away when the vehicle is stolen and for finding the stolen vehicle. A vehicle-use key is used for starting a vehicle, and is configured to include a radio communication part (RFID) which performs communication with an external communication device. By providing the radio communication part to the vehicle-use key which an owner of a vehicle carries with him/her, information (data) can be transmitted or received between the radio communication part and the reader/writer of a PC terminal installed in a dealer or the like by radio. Thus, vehicle history data, maintenance history data and the like on a vehicle associated with the vehicle-use key can be transmitted and received and stored when necessary.