Mobile Phones that can Open Car Doors and Start Car Engines
Tokyo , Japan–Japan is a country known for its sophisticated and supreme advancements in technology, from their cars, clothes, parking lot and gadgets. It is no longer a surprise if the Japanese come up with yet another phone for the future.
The Japanese are known for making concept phones real and useful in society. Most of their phones have been equipped with internet connections, mobile TV, music players, hi-resolution cameras, GPS, cameras that double as barcode scanners and wireless credits long before most of these technologies were even thought of or marketed to the western market. This time around the Japanese have developed a new kind of technology wherein mobile phones can unlock cars and start engines without using any key.
Yes folks, the Japanese have done it again.
This new mobile phone was made by Sharp Corporation. It utilizes and upgrades the “Intelligent Key” technology system. Intelligent Key technology was a project researched and developed by Nissan Motor Corporation which permits a keyless entry and ignition within cars installed with the system. This way, individuals can be free from the inconveniences of looking for their keys and removing them from their bags or pockets.
A car that has the Intelligent Key technology system installed recognizes if and when the corresponding car key is within the area of range and will then unlock the car door automatically. The Intelligent Key technology system starts up the car’s engine immediately once it senses that the key is already inside the car.
Nissan has claimed to have shipped around a million car units with the Intelligent Key technology since it was introduced back in 2002.
The upgrade on the Intelligent Key Technology system is that, keys are no longer utilized. Instead, the system is also loaded on a mobile telephone. Through the phone, without having any keys, the car will automatically unlock its doors and start its engines like a key itself.
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest mobile operator is said to have bought the service rights for this technological innovation.
TOKYO - A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners’ cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key.
The phone, built by Sharp Corp., uses a technology previously developed by Nissan Motor Co. called “Intelligent Key” that allows drivers enter and start their cars without removing their keys from their pockets or bags.
Cars equipped with the system sense when the correct key is nearby, automatically unlocking their car doors, and allow the engine to be started once the key is brought inside the car. Nissan said it has shipped about a million cars with the technology in Japan since 2002.
The new twist on this technology is that it is loaded in a phone. The service will work on the mobile network operated by NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan’s largest wireless mobile operator.
This innovative advancement in wireless mobile and automobile technology will be launched sometime this week at CEATEC, a major technology conference in Tokyo. Both Sharp Corporation and NTT DoCoMo Inc. are continuously developing and improving this technology in order to be able to bring this system to the consumer market in the 2nd quarter of 2009.