(19)
(11) EP 1 632 410 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
10.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/19

(43) Date of publication:
08.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/10

(21) Application number: 05019363.0

(22) Date of filing: 06.09.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B60R 25/00(2006.01)
 G07C 9/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 07.09.2004 JP 2004260019

(71) Applicants:
  • DENSO CORPORATION
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref., 448-8661 (JP)
  • Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Toyota-city, Aichi-pref 471-8571 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kamiya, Hodaka c/o Denso Corporation
    Kariya-city, Aichi-pref.,448-8661 (JP)
  • Kamiya, Masachika c/o Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki K.
    Toyota-city, Aichi-pref.,471-8571 (JP)
  • Kakegawa,Tomoo c/o Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki K.
    Toyota-city, Aichi-pref.,471-8571 (JP)
  • Muramatsu,Akihiro c/o Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki K.
    Toyota-city, Aichi-pref.,471-8571 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen & Wacker 
Intellectual Property Law Firm Prinz-Ludwig-Strasse 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Smart key system


(57) A smart key system (1) for a vehicle determines that a mobile communicator (17) is not in the passenger compartment and that an in-trunk communicator (11d, 14) communicates with the mobile communicator (17) when the trunk gets locked. Then the smart key system (1) executes a recovery process (S35, S43) for the mobile communicator (17) locked in the trunk.