Locking and unlocking system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11260825-B2
Application number	US-202016906864-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2020
Priority date	Nov 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A locking and unlocking system includes a controller. The controller is configured to acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from a portable terminal, and send a notification to a first device associated with the vehicle, when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the locking and unlocking instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a first timing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A locking and unlocking system comprising:
a controller configured to:
acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on instruction information acquired within a valid period of authentication from a portable terminal; and
transmit a notification to a device when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information until a timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires,
wherein the controller is configured to transmit a notification to a second device, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing.

2. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the device is the portable terminal used for unlocking of the vehicle.

3. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to perform locking on the vehicle when the vehicle is not locked for the period of time until the timing.

4. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the portable terminal is configured to perform communication with the vehicle by short-range wireless communication.

5. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the second timing is a timing that arrives before the valid period of the authentication expires.

6. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 5 , wherein the second device is a terminal associated with an owner of the vehicle.

7. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is provided in the portable terminal.

8. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle further acquires authentication information, which is information for authenticating the portable terminal, from a portable terminal, and accepts the instruction information within the valid period of authentication when the authentication is successful.

9. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 8 , wherein the device is a server device that issues the authentication information to the portable terminal.

10. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 9 , wherein the valid period of the authentication is specified by the server device.

11. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is provided in a server device.

12. A vehicle comprising the locking and unlocking system according to claim 1 .

13. A locking and unlocking system, comprising:
a controller configured to:
acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a storage device that is locked and unlocked based on instruction information acquired within a valid period of authentication from a portable terminal; and
transmit a notification to a device when the storage device is not locked during a period of time from when the storage device is unlocked based on the instruction information until a timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires,
wherein the controller is configured to transmit a notification to a second device, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing.

14. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 13 , wherein the device is the portable terminal used for unlocking of the vehicle.

15. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is configured to perform locking on the vehicle when the vehicle is not locked for the period of time until the timing.

16. A vehicle comprising the locking and unlocking system according to claim 13 .

17. A locking and unlocking system, comprising:
a locking and unlocking device; and
a server device,
wherein the locking and unlocking device has a controller configured to:
acquire a state of locking and unlocking of a vehicle that is locked and unlocked based on instruction information acquired within a valid period of authentication from a portable terminal, and
transmit a notification to the server device, when the vehicle is not locked during a period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information until a timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires,
wherein the controller is configured to transmit a notification to a second device, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing.

18. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 17 , wherein the controller is configured to perform locking on the vehicle when the vehicle is not locked for the period of time until the timing.

19. The locking and unlocking system according to claim 17 , wherein the valid period of the authentication is specified by the server device.

20. A portable terminal, comprising:
a controller configured to:
transmit instruction information to a vehicle within a valid period of authentication so that the vehicle is locked and unlocked based on the instruction information; and
transmit a notification to a device when the instruction information for locking the vehicle is not transmitted during a period of time from when the locking and unlocking instruction information for unlocking the vehicle is transmitted until a timing that arrives after the valid period of the authentication expires,
wherein the controller is configured to transmit a notification to a second device, when the vehicle is locked during the period of time from when the vehicle is unlocked based on the instruction information acquired from the portable terminal until a second timing.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Uenoyama Naoki
• Nakajima Etsuko
• Masui Junya
• Hoshino Akira
• Hasegawa Hideo
• Nakano Keiko

Classifications

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/069

  using certificates or pre-shared keys · CPC title

• G07C2009/00412

  the transmitted data signal being encrypted · CPC title

• G07C9/00571

  operated by interacting with a central unit · CPC title

• G07C9/00309 Primary

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title