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US 11,285,919 B2Granted
Secure layered autonomous vehicle access
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsRajat Basu, Jeffrey Brandon, Chase Kaufman
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Abstract
A vehicle having at least one vehicle access secured by a first lock and at least one secure area secured by a second lock. The vehicle may also have a receiver configured to receive a command from a remote computing system to unlock the vehicle access or the secure area.
Claims17
An autonomous vehicle comprising:
- at least one vehicle access secured by a first lock configured to unlock based on a first electronic key accepted via a first frequency, the at least one vehicle access providing access to the autonomous vehicle from outside of the autonomous vehicle;
- at least one secure area secured by a second lock configured to unlock based on a second electronic key accepted via a second frequency, wherein the first lock cannot be unlocked using the second electronic key accepted via the second frequency, and wherein the second lock cannot be unlocked using the first electronic key accepted via the first frequency;
- a receiver configured to receive a command from a computing system to unlock the vehicle access or the secure area via the first lock or the second lock;
- a first physical unlocking key configured to unlock the first lock, the first physical unlocking key providing a redundant unlocking mechanism for the first lock in addition to the first electronic key;
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- a second physical unlocking key configured to unlock the second lock, the second physical unlocking key providing a redundant unlocking mechanism for the second lock in addition to the second electronic key.
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A system comprising:
- an autonomous vehicle including:
- at least one general access secured by a first lock configured to unlock based on a first electronic key accepted via a first frequency;
- at least one secure area secured by a second lock configured to unlock based on a second electronic key accepted via a second frequency, wherein the first lock cannot be unlocked using the second electronic key accepted via the second frequency, and wherein the second lock cannot be unlocked using the first electronic key accepted via the first frequency;
- a receiver configured to receive a command to unlock the at least one general access or the at least one secure area;
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- a first physical unlocking key configured to unlock the first lock, the first physical unlocking key providing a redundant unlocking mechanism for the first lock in addition to the first electronic key;
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- a second physical unlocking key configured to unlock the second lock, the second physical unlocking key providing a redundant unlocking mechanism for the second lock in addition to the second electronic key;
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- a computing system configured to receive a receive a request to unlock the at least one general access or the at least one secure area, and to determine whether to send the command to unlock the general access or the secure area via the first lock or the second lock.
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A method comprising:
- assembling a vehicle permitting access to a general area secured by a first lock configured to unlock based on a first electronic key accepted via a first frequency and a secure area secured by a second lock configured to unlocked based on a second electronic key accepted via a second frequency, wherein the first lock and the second lock are operable to unlock by at least one redundant physical unlocking mechanism, wherein the first lock cannot be unlocked using the second electronic key accepted via the second frequency, and wherein the second lock cannot be unlocked using the first electronic key accepted via the first frequency;
- installing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, create layered access limitations to the general area by the first lock and the secure area by the second lock of the vehicle;
- receiving a request from a user via the first frequency or the second frequency for access to at least one of the general area and the secure area of the vehicle, the request comprising at least one of the first electronic key or the second electronic key;
- determining, based upon an identity of the user and the request, whether to grant access to the at least one of the general area and the secure area of the vehicle;
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- granting access to the at least one of the general area and the secure area of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.