In-vehicle apparatus, authentication method, and computer readable medium
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorMasaaki Takeyasu
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Abstract
An authentication pattern generation unit, if a signal from a portable device is received, prompts a user who uses the portable device to perform a specific action. A checking unit determines whether or not the user has performed the specific action. If the checking unit determines that the user has performed the specific action, the checking unit authenticates that the portable device is an authorized device.
Claims9
An in-vehicle apparatus mounted on a vehicle, the in-vehicle apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry to:
- if a signal from a radio communication device is received, cause a lighting device to light up an area around feet of a person who is close to the vehicle, the lighting device being installed in the vehicle so as to light up the area, and prompt a user who uses the radio communication device to perform a specific action;
- determine whether or not the user has performed the specific action;
- and
- if it is determined that the user has performed the specific action, authenticate that the radio communication device is an authorized device,
- wherein the processing circuitry selects as the specific action, an action associated with an identifier (ID) of the user from among a plurality of actions associated with IDs of a plurality of users, and prompts the user to perform the selected action as the specific action.
An authentication method comprising:
- if a signal from a radio communication device is received, causing a lighting device to light up an area around feet of a person who is close to a vehicle, the lighting device being installed in the vehicle so as to light up the area, and prompting a user who uses the radio communication device to perform a specific action;
- determining whether or not the user has performed the specific action;
- and
- if it is determined that the user has performed the specific action, authenticating that the radio communication device is an authorized device,
- wherein the processing circuitry selects as the specific action, an action associated with an identifier (ID) of the user from among a plurality of actions associated with IDs of a plurality of users, and prompts the user to perform the selected action as the specific action.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an authentication program that causes a computer to execute:
- an action prompting process of causing a lighting device to light up an area around feet of a person who is close to a vehicle, the lighting device being installed in the vehicle so as to light up the area, and prompting a user who uses a radio communication device to perform a specific action if a signal from the radio communication device is received;
- a determination process of determining whether or not the user has performed the specific action;
- and
- an authentication process of authenticating that the radio communication device is an authorized device if it is determined by the determination process that the user has performed the specific action,
- wherein the processing circuitry selects as the specific action, an action associated with an identifier (ID) of the user from among a plurality of actions associated with IDs of a plurality of users, and prompts the user to perform the selected action as the specific action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.