JP2001278142A - Motorcycle remote control device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a motorcycle remote control device capable of preventing erroneous recognition of answerback operation by a third party. A driving device for driving a G lock (operating member) and a seat lock (operating member) and a transmitter
And an answer back for controlling the driving of the driving device 26 based on the signal received by the receiver 29 and notifying that the signal from the transmitter 28 has been received. In a motorcycle remote control device in which a control unit 30 for performing an operation is installed in a motorcycle, a signal from the transmitter 28 is received when the G lock 23 is released and the main switch 32 is in an ON state. In such a case, the answerback operation is not performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote controller for a motorcycle in which an operating member provided on the motorcycle is operated by a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a small motorcycle of a scooter type has a shutter type anti-theft device (hereinafter referred to as a G lock) which covers a key hole of a key cylinder into which an ignition key for starting an engine is inserted for the purpose of preventing theft. And a seat lock for locking the openable and closable seat in a closed state. This type of motorcycle is provided with a storage space for storing a helmet and the like, and the storage space is opened and closed by a seat, and the helmet and the like are put in and out of the storage space with the seat opened. .

Therefore, in order for the rider to start the motorcycle engine and get on the motorcycle, the seat lock is released by key operation to open the seat, the helmet is taken out of the storage space, and the G lock is released. It is necessary to insert the ignition key into the key cylinder and start the engine. If the key cylinder for starting the engine is also used for releasing the seat lock (remote operation), each key operation is performed after the G lock is released.

Conventionally, however, the seat lock and the G lock must be released by key operation, respectively, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome for a rider.

[0005] Therefore, G is controlled by remote control using a transmitter.
It is conceivable to apply a remote control device that releases a lock and a seat lock to a motorcycle. That is, the remote control device includes a driving device for driving operating members such as a G lock and a seat lock, a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter, and a driving device for driving the driving device based on a signal received by the receiver. A control unit for controlling the control and performing an answerback for notifying that a signal from the transmitter has been received is installed on the motorcycle, and the transmitter is provided to the receiver installed on the motorcycle side. The drive unit is controlled by a control unit on the motorcycle side by transmitting a signal from the control unit, and an operating member such as a G lock or a seat lock is operated by the drive unit. still,
Answer back is performed by, for example, blinking a flasher lamp a predetermined number of times (for example, three times).

[0006]

However, for example, when the rider erroneously operates the transmitter while the ignition key is turned on while the motorcycle is running or when the motorcycle is temporarily stopped, for example, and transmits a seat lock release signal, For example, the flasher lamp flashes as an answer back,
There is a possibility that a third party may mistakenly recognize the operation of the answer-back and the original operation of the flasher lamp.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a motorcycle remote control device which can prevent a third party from erroneously recognizing an answerback operation.

[0008]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driving device for driving an operating member, a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter, and a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter. A control unit for controlling the driving of the driving device based on a signal to be transmitted and performing an answer-back operation for notifying that a signal has been received from a transmitter is installed in the motorcycle. When the signal from the transmitter is received while the main switch is in the ON state, the answerback operation is not performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the operating member comprises a seat lock, and the answer back operation is not performed when a seat lock release signal is received from the transmitter. It is characterized by doing so.

Therefore, according to the present invention, for example, when the motorcycle is running or temporarily stopped, the main switch is turned off.
Even if the rider erroneously operates the transmitter and sends a seat lock release signal, for example, the answerback operation is not performed, the third party mistakenly recognizes the answerback operation. I can't.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a scooter type motorcycle provided with a remote controller according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

In the scooter-type motorcycle 1 shown in FIG. 1, a head pipe 2 is located at an upper front part of the vehicle body, and a steering shaft 3 is rotatably inserted into the head pipe 2. A steering wheel 4 is attached to an upper end of the steering shaft 3, and a front fork 5 is attached to a lower end of the steering shaft 3. A front wheel 6 is rotatably attached to a lower end of the front fork 5. It is pivoted.

A down tube 7 extends obliquely downward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the head pipe 2 and is bent to extend rearward of the vehicle body. A pair of right and left seal rail frames 8 branch and extend obliquely upward toward the rear of the vehicle body.

The head pipe 2, the down tube 7 and the like at the front of the vehicle body are covered with a resin front cover 8, and the lower rear portion of the down tube 7 and the front portion of the seat rail frame 8 are made of a resin foot. A low-floor footstep 11 is provided between the handle 4 and the seat 10 covered with the board and the undercover.

On the other hand, below the seat 10, a unit swing type engine 12 as a power unit is provided. The unit swing type engine 12 is configured by integrating an engine (not shown) as a drive source and a transmission case (not shown) including a V-belt type automatic transmission and a power transmission mechanism, and has a rear end at the rear end. The wheel 13 is rotatably supported. An exhaust pipe (not shown) derived from the exhaust system of the engine extends toward the rear of the vehicle body at a lower portion on the right side of the vehicle body (rear side in FIG. 1), and has a muffler (not shown) disposed at the rear end on the right side of the rear wheel 13. Is connected.

The unit swing type engine 12
Is swingably supported by an engine suspension bracket 50 fixed to an intermediate portion of the seat rail frame 8, and an upper rear end thereof is supported by the seat rail frame 8 via a rear cushion 14.

On the other hand, a portion of the vehicle body below the seat 10 is covered with a side cover 15 made of resin. Inside the side cover 15, a storage box 16 having an open upper surface and a slightly larger size than the storage box 16 are provided. A narrow metal fuel tank 17 is housed. Flasher lamps 18 are arranged on the left and right rear portions of the side cover 15, and tail lamps 19 are arranged on the rear surface of the side cover 15. The storage box 16 is made of resin, and its upper opening is opened and closed by the seat 10.

The handle 4 is covered with a resin-made handle cover 20. A headlamp 21 is disposed at the center of the handle cover 20 in the vehicle width direction, and flasher lamps 22 are disposed on the left and right sides thereof. I have. In addition, the flasher lamps 18 and 22 and the tail lamp 1
9 and the headlamp 21 are generally made of resin.

Next, a remote controller according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the remote controller according to the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 23 denotes a G lock (shutter) for covering a key hole of a key cylinder 24 into which an ignition key for starting an engine is to be inserted. And 25, a seat lock for locking the seat 10 in a closed state. The G lock 23 and the seat lock 25 are unlocked by a drive unit 26. Note that the G lock 23 is automatically locked in that state when a shutter (not shown) is manually operated, and the sheet lock 25 is automatically turned on by closing the sheet 10 to lock the sheet 10. Is what you do.

The driving device 26 is electrically connected to a main unit 27, and the main unit 27 is
And a control unit 30 for controlling the driving of the driving device 26 based on the signal received by the receiver 29. The control unit 30 includes flasher lamps 18 and 22 for answerback, a battery 31, a main switch (main SW) 32 in the key cylinder 24, and other anti-theft devices (alarm alarm, immobilizer, ignition control device, etc.).
33 are electrically connected.

The G lock 23, the seat lock 25, the drive unit 26, the main unit 27, the battery 31, the key cylinder 24 (main switch 32) and the other anti-theft device 33 except the transmitter 28 are a scooter type motorcycle. 1 and the transmitter 28 is carried by the rider. The transmitter 28 is a receiver 29 of the main unit 27 provided on the scooter type motorcycle 1 side.
To transmit signal radio waves to
Lock release button 28a and seat lock release button 28
b is provided.

In this embodiment, FIGS. 1 and 2
As shown in the figure, the receiver 29 constituting the main unit 27 is a resin side cover 1 of the scooter type motorcycle 1.
5, specifically, a space between the resin side cover 15 and the storage box 16 in a position not facing the metal component, and a resin plate 34 attached to the side cover 15. Supported by According to this, the receiver 29 can receive the signal from the transmitter 28 from both the left and right sides of the motorcycle 1 without being shielded, and the widest part of the motorcycle 1 is a part corresponding to the storage box 16. In addition, since there is no large metal part at the front of the vehicle body, the receiver 29 can receive most of the signals from the front-back direction. If the fuel tank 17 is made of resin, the receiving performance of the receiver 29 is further enhanced.

The receiver 29 and the control unit 3
0 is arranged so as to be isolated from a microcomputer such as a CDI unit or an ABS control so as not to disturb the signal wave transmitted from the transmitter 28. For example,
A CDI unit, an ABS control and the like may be arranged in the front cover 9.

Next, the operation of the remote controller according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the scooter-type motorcycle 1 is parked, the rider manually locks the G lock 23 and the seat lock 25. In this state, the engine is started by inserting the ignition key into the key hole of the key cylinder 24. The helmet (not shown) stored in the storage box 16 cannot be taken out, and the theft of the scooter-type motorcycle 1 and the storage items such as the helmet can be prevented. The theft of the scooter-type motorcycle 1 is also prevented by another anti-theft device 33.

The control unit 30 of the main unit 27 determines whether or not the main switch (IGN) 32 is ON (step S1 in FIG. 4), and the engine is stopped when the motorcycle 1 is parked or the like. If the main switch (IGN) is OFF, the OFF timer incorporated in the control unit 30 of the main unit 27 is reset (step S2), and the operation when the main switch (IGN) is OFF is performed. (Step S
3).

On the other hand, when the engine is started, when the motorcycle 1 is running or temporarily stopped, the main switch (IGN) is turned off.
If the motor 32 is ON, it is determined whether the motor of the driving device 26 is being driven (step S4). If the motor is being driven, the driving of the motor is continued and the motor is stopped. If the lock release operation has been performed (that is, the lock release operation has not been performed), it is determined whether or not the receiver 29 has received the G lock release signal (step S5).

For example, while the motorcycle 1 is running, the rider erroneously operates the transmitter 28 to release the G lock release button 2.
8a, the receiver 29 receives a G lock release signal. In this case, the steps S1 → S
Step 4 is repeated, and the G lock 23 is not released and the answer back operation is not performed.

On the other hand, when the G lock release signal is not received, it is determined whether or not the receiver 29 has received the seat lock release signal (step S6). When the G lock release signal is not received, steps S1 → S4 to S6 are performed. The process is repeated, and when it is received, the driving device 26 is driven to release the seat lock 25, and the answerback operation is not performed (step S7). In this embodiment, the answer-back operation is performed by flashing the flasher lamps 18 and 22 a predetermined number of times (three times).

As described above, while the motorcycle 1 is running or temporarily stopped, the ignition key is turned on and the rider operates the transmitter 2 when the engine is driven.
Even when the seat lock release signal is transmitted by erroneous operation of the flasher lamps 18 and 22, the answerback operation by the flasher lamps 18 and 22 is not performed by the third party. The inconvenience that the user mistakenly recognizes this cannot occur.

Here, the operation when the main switch (IGN) 32 is OFF will be described.

When the rider starts the engine of the parked scooter-type motorcycle 1 and runs, the G-lock release button 28a and the seat-lock release button 28b of the transmitter 28 held by the rider are pressed remotely to drive the G. An unlock signal and a seat unlock signal are transmitted to the motorcycle 1. Then, the G lock release signal and the seat lock release signal are received by the receiver 29 of the main unit 27 installed on the scooter type motorcycle 1 side.

When the receiver 29 receives the G lock release signal, the control unit 30 based on the G lock release signal.
Drives the drive unit 26 to release the G lock 23, turns on an LED lamp (not shown) provided near the key cylinder 24, and notifies the rider that the G lock release signal has been received. As an answer back operation, the flasher lamps 18 and 22 are turned on and off a predetermined number of times (three times in the present embodiment), and further, a release signal of another anti-theft device 33 is output. The flashing of the flasher lamps 18 and 22 serves to inform the rider of the position of the remote motorcycle 1.

When the receiver 29 receives the seat lock release signal, the control unit 30 controls the drive of the drive unit 26 to release the seat lock 25 based on the seat lock release signal, and outputs the seat lock release signal. The flasher lamps 18 and 22 are turned on and off a predetermined number of times (three times in the present embodiment) as an answerback operation for notifying the rider of the reception.

When the locked states of the G lock 23 and the seat lock 25 are released as described above, the rider opens the seat 10, takes out the helmet from the storage box 16, closes the seat 10, and opens the seat. After the engine is started by inserting an ignition key into the key hole of the key cylinder 24 in the state and turning the ignition key, the user can get on the scooter type motorcycle 1 and run. At the same time as the seat 10 is closed, the seat lock 25 is turned on and the seat 10 is locked (automatic locking).

In this embodiment, G is used as the operating member.
Although the embodiment adopting the lock and the seat lock has been described, the steering member, the parking brake, the fuel tank lid, the engine and the like can be adopted as the operating member.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a driving device for driving an operating member, a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter, and a receiving device for receiving a signal from the transmitter. In a motorcycle remote control device, a control unit for controlling the driving of the driving device and performing an answer-back operation for notifying that a signal from the transmitter has been received is installed in the motorcycle. When the signal from the transmitter is received in the ON state, the answerback operation is not performed, so that an effect that a third party can mistakenly recognize the answerback operation can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a scooter type motorcycle including a remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the remote control device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scooter type motorcycle (motorcycle) 10 Seat 23 G lock (operating member) 25 Seat lock (operating member) 26 Driving device 27 Main unit 28 Transmitter 29 Receiver 30 Control unit 32 Main switch

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A driving device for driving an actuating member, a receiver for receiving a signal from a transmitter, and controlling a driving of the driving device based on a signal received by the receiver and a signal from the transmitter. In a motorcycle remote control device in which a control unit for performing an answer-back operation for notifying that a motorcycle has been received is installed in a motorcycle, a signal from the transmitter is received when a main switch is in an ON state. A remote control device for a motorcycle, wherein the answer-back operation is not performed in such a case. 2. The operating member comprises a seat lock,
The remote control device for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the answerback operation is not performed when a seat lock release signal is received from the transmitter.