Antitheft apparatus for equipment with prime mover

• Main Authors: TAKEDA MASATO, SHINOGI YOSHIHISA, YAMAMURA MAKOTO, YAMASHITA KOSEI, MAEKAWA YOSHINORI, MANITA MASASHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.11.2012
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR,e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS, CYCLE PROTECTORS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFTOF CYCLES; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CHECKING-DEVICES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STANDS; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; HANDCUFFS; KEYS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LOCKS; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; SAFES; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

In an apparatus for preventing theft of equipment (electric wheelchair) having a prime mover (electric motor), a prime mover controller, and an authenticator that acquires ID information from an electronic key when the key is brought close thereto by an operator, determines whether the acquired ID information corresponds with authentication ID information, and permits the controller to start the prime mover when the acquired ID information is determined to correspond with authentication ID information, the controller stores operating history of the equipment, and the authenticator acquires the history from the controller when the key is brought close thereto and transmits the acquired history to the key when the key is brought close thereto, thereby making it easy to acquire the operating history of the equipment.