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US 11,377,071 B2Granted
Methods for locking and/or unlocking electric vehicle and associated apparatus
AssigneeGogoro Inc.
InventorsKenneth Edward Wall, Ming-Hsiang Lai, Chun-Sheng Hsu, Ching Chen, Jia-Yang Wu
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for locking and/or unlocking a vehicle based on a location of a mobile device associated with the vehicle. In one embodiment a processor in a vehicle analyzes a position of a mobile device relative to the vehicle and allows the vehicle to be unlocked when the mobile device is determined to be approaching the vehicle.
Claims32
A method for controlling a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a wireless signal from a mobile device;
- analyzing at least one characteristic of the wireless signal to determine a current location of the mobile device;
- unlocking the vehicle in response to a determination, based on the current location, that the mobile device moves across an inner boundary toward the vehicle and that the mobile device is within the inner boundary adjacent to the vehicle, and that a first signal is received from a first input/output (I/O) component of the vehicle;
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- locking the vehicle in response to a determination, based on the current location, that the mobile device is external to an outer boundary external to the inner boundary,
- wherein the inner boundary is determined at least based on a quality difference of signals from at least two directions.
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A method for unlocking a vehicle, comprising:
- receiving a wireless signal from a mobile device;
- analyzing at least one characteristic of the wireless signal to determine a current location of the mobile device;
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- at least partially based on the current location and a determination that the mobile device moves across an inner boundary toward the vehicle, determining whether to unlock the vehicle by turning on a button of the vehicle;
- wherein turning on the button of the vehicle enables an engine of the vehicle to be turned on by receiving instructions through the button,
- wherein the inner boundary is determined at least based on a quality difference of signals from at least two directions.
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A method for locking a vehicle, comprising:
- establishing a wireless signal from a mobile device;
- analyzing at least one characteristic of the wireless signal to determine a current location of the mobile device;
- and
- if the current location is external to an outer boundary and it is determined that the mobile device moves across the outer boundary away from the vehicle, locking the vehicle by turning off power supply from a battery of the vehicle,
- wherein the outer boundary is determined at least based on a quality difference of signals from at least two directions.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a wireless module configured to receive a wireless signal from a mobile device;
- a processor, coupled to the wireless module configured to analyze at least one characteristic of the wireless connection to determine a current location of the mobile device;
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- a first input/output (I/O) component, coupled to the processor, configured to generate a first signal in response to a user action;
- wherein the processor is further configured to unlock the vehicle in response to a determination, based on the current location, that the mobile device is within an inner boundary adjacent to the vehicle, that the mobile device moves across the inner boundary toward the vehicle, and that the first signal is received;
- wherein the processor is further configured to lock the vehicle in response to a determination, based on the current location, that the mobile device is external to an outer boundary external to the inner boundary;
- and
- wherein the inner boundary is determined at least based on a quality difference of signals from at least two directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.