The present application generally relates to battery powered door unlock mechanisms. More specifically, the application teaches an unlock system including a door unlock mechanism, a capacitive circuit having a first time response, a resistive-capacitive circuit having a second time response wherein the second time response is longer than the first time response, a battery for coupling a battery charge to the capacitive circuit and the resistive capacitive circuit in response to a door unlock authentication signal, and a relay for coupling a first charge from the capacitive circuit to the door unlock mechanism in response to the relay being activated by a second charge from the resistive-capacitive circuit after the second time response.

A sensing device can include at least one sensor, positioning circuitry, a transceiver, and a computing device in communication with the at least one sensor, the positioning circuitry, and the transceiver. The computing device can determine a location of a vehicle via the positioning circuitry. The computing device can determine that a point of interest (POI) associated with a predefined category of POIs corresponds to the location. The computing device, via the transceiver, can determine that a person is moving away from the vehicle based on a measurement associated with a remote device. The computing device can enter into an armed mode in response to the determinations. The computing device can detect an intrusion into a vehicle while in the armed mode based at least in part on measurements from the at least one sensor. The computing device can generate an alarm in response to the intrusion.

Provided is a vehicle with a smart key system that can suppress damage to vehicles original driving performance. The vehicle includes a driving control unit for controlling driving of the vehicle. An in-vehicle device includes: an in-vehicle communication unit including an in-vehicle transmitter for transmitting a search signal for searching a mobile device at a predetermined field strength; and a communication control unit for controlling communication of the in-vehicle communication unit. The in-vehicle device or the mobile device includes a control switch for starting or stopping a main power supply of the driving control unit. After the main power supply of the driving control unit is started by the control switch and at least before the vehicle starts driving, the communication control unit controls the in-vehicle transmitter to implement a limitation to set a low or zero field strength of the search signal transmitted from the in-vehicle transmitter.

A power-supply control system includes: a lock control unit that controls a door-lock device; and a travel control unit that controls a travel operating unit related to either driving the power of the vehicle, braking the vehicle, or steering the vehicle. A lock high-level control unit, in a state in which supply of electric power to the lock control unit, the travel operating unit, and the travel control unit is stopped, while the first trigger signal is not outputted from an operation unit, makes electric power not be supplied from a power supply to the lock control unit, the travel operating unit, and the travel control unit, and when the first trigger signal is outputted, starts to supply electric power from the power supply to the lock control unit and the door-lock device and makes the lock control unit execute control to unlock the door-lock device.

The present invention relates to a method of turning on an electric scooter by supplying power to the ECU when the interchangeable battery pack is driven by eliminating the auxiliary battery that always supplies power to the ECU that turns on the start of the electric scooter, providing an interchangeable battery packs using wireless communication type, and using a wireless communication signal received from a smart device as a driving signal of the interchangeable battery pack.

A vehicular removable battery removably mountable in an electric vehicle includes a time acquirer configured to acquire a current time, a time period storage storing a time period in which electric power is supplied, and an electric power supply controller configured to control the supply of the electric power stored in an electric power storage to the electric vehicle. After the electric power supply controller detects that an activation instruction of the electric vehicle has been issued, the electric power supply controller is configured to enable the supply of the stored electric power to the electric vehicle in a case where the acquired current time is included in the stored time period. The electric power supply controller is configured to prohibit the supply of the electric power to the electric vehicle in a case where the acquired current time is not included in the stored time period.

A vehicle control device includes: a peripheral target recognition unit that, based on a detection signal of an object detection sensor, recognizes a target existing around a vehicle; a person determination unit that, when the target is recognized, executes a person determination process of capturing the target with a first camera having a first resolution, and determining whether the target is a person; and a user authentication unit that, when the target is determined to be the person, executes a first user authentication process of capturing a first target person determined to be the person by the person determination unit, with a second camera having a second resolution higher than the first resolution, and collating a face image of the first target person with a face image of a registered user of the vehicle to determine whether the first target person is the registered user.

An unauthorized communication establishment prevention system includes a measurement unit arranged in at least one of a terminal and a communication peer. The measurement unit implements an unauthorized communication detection function and obtains a measurement value corresponding to a distance between the terminal and the communication peer. The system further includes a process execution unit that controls initiation, based on a determination result of whether the measurement value is appropriate, of an authentication performed through wireless communication established between the terminal and the communication peer even when the terminal is not operated. The system further includes a monitoring unit that monitors a battery level of the terminal and a suspension unit that suspends the unauthorized communication detection function when the battery level of the terminal is less than a specified amount that is not a battery depletion level.

An unauthorized communication establishment prevention system includes a measurement unit arranged in at least one of a terminal and a communication peer. The measurement unit implements an unauthorized communication detection function and obtains a measurement value corresponding to a distance between the terminal and the communication peer. The system further includes a process execution unit that controls initiation, based on a determination result of whether the measurement value is appropriate, of an authentication performed through wireless communication established between the terminal and the communication peer even when the terminal is not operated. The system further includes a monitoring unit that monitors a battery level of the terminal and a suspension unit that suspends the unauthorized communication detection function when the battery level of the terminal is less than a specified amount that is not a battery depletion level.

A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a locking mechanism configured to engage to secure the vehicle theft-prevention apparatus into a vehicle and disengage to unsecure the vehicle theft-prevention apparatus from the vehicle. The vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a clutch mechanism configured to prevent the locking mechanism from further engaging based on a magnitude of force applied. The clutch mechanism can include a first portion configured to rotate about an axis and comprising at least one aperture, a second portion configured to rotate about the axis and comprising a track, and at least one article configured to pass through the at least one aperture and travel along the track.