Vehicle finder card with a thin film battery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAaron Matthew DeLong, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Vivekanandh Elangovan
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Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for a vehicle finder card with a thin film battery. An example includes a finder card and a vehicle. The finder card includes a thin film battery, a mechanical button flush with a surface of the finder card, a passive near field communication module and an active wireless module. The active wireless module broadcasts a wireless message with a command based on a pattern of the button being pressed. The vehicle provides a plurality of audiovisuals alert based on the command in the wireless message.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a finder card including:
- a flexible film battery;
- a flexible printed circuit board;
- a mechanical button flush with a surface of the finder card;
- a passive near field communication (NFC) module;
- and
- an active a wireless module to broadcast a wireless message with a command based on a pattern of the button being pressed;
- and
- a vehicle configured to:
- enter a valet mode in response to a receiving a passcode, wherein the valet mode restricts at least one vehicle function, said vehicle function including infotainment system function and vehicle speed;
- and
- provide a plurality of audiovisuals alert based on the command in the wireless message only when the vehicle is in the valet mode.
A method comprising:
- transmitting, from a finder card with a flexible printed circuit board, a mechanical button and a flexible film battery, to a vehicle, a message with a command based on a pattern of the button being pressed;
- causing the vehicle to enter a valet mode in response to receiving a passcode, wherein the valet mode restricts at least one vehicle function, said vehicle function including infotainment system function and vehicle speed;
- and controlling, with a processor of the vehicle, lights of the vehicle to provide one of a plurality of audiovisuals alerts based the command in the message only when the vehicle is in the valet mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.