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US 10,850,705 B2Granted
Smart key emulation for vehicles
AssigneeThe Crawford Group, Inc.
InventorDerik Reiser
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for permitting a person to keylessly start a vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the person to possess a smart key.
Claims37
A system for control of vehicle access without a need for delivering keys to a user of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense a machine-sensible item to generate data indicative of a request to access a vehicle;
- a smart key emulator;
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- a computer system comprising a plurality of processors that are connectable via a network, the processors comprising (1) a first processor resident in the vehicle and (2) a second processor resident in a server remote from the vehicle, wherein the computer system is configured to (1) compare the generated data with an authorization record for the vehicle, (2) based on the comparison, determine whether a user associated with the item is authorized to access the vehicle, (3) determine a current relative positioning between the vehicle and a wireless device associated with the authorization record, and (4) provide an enable signal to the smart key emulator in response to (i) the comparison resulting in a determination that the user associated with the item is authorized to access the vehicle, and (ii) a determination that the wireless device associated with the authorization record is near the vehicle based on the determined relative positioning;
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- wherein the smart key emulator is configured to, in response to the enable signal, emulate a smart key for the vehicle to permit the user to keylessly start the vehicle without requiring the user to possess a smart key for the vehicle.
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A method comprising:
- sensing a machine-sensible item to generate data indicative of a request to access a vehicle;
- comparing the generated data with an authorization record for the vehicle;
- based on the comparing, determining whether a user associated with the item is authorized to access the vehicle;
- determining a current relative positioning between the vehicle and a wireless device associated with the authorization record;
- in response to (1) the comparing resulting in a determination that the user associated with the item is authorized to access the vehicle and (2) a determination that the wireless device associated with the authorization record is near the vehicle based on the determined relative positioning, providing an enable signal to a smart key emulator;
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- in response to the enable signal, the smart key emulator emulating a smart key for the vehicle to permit the user to keylessly start the vehicle without requiring the user to possess a smart key for the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.