Vehicle control system and method of controlling vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorMinhwan Nam
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Abstract
A vehicle control system includes a controller and a first fob, wherein the controller is configured to control a first communicator of the vehicle to transmit a deactivation signal to the first fob based on the first fob being detected in the vehicle after locking the vehicle, and the first fob that includes a second communicator communicating with the first communicator and is configured to control the second communicator to switch at least one predetermined communication function to an inactive state based on the reception of the deactivation signal.
Claims12
A vehicle control system comprising:
- a controller;
- and
- a first fob;
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- control a first communicator of a vehicle to transmit a deactivation signal to the first fob based on the first fob and to deactivate a transponder (TP) communication function of the vehicle being detected in the vehicle after locking the vehicle;
- and
- the first fob including a second communicator communicating with the first communicator, the first fob configured to control the second communicator to switch at least one predetermined communication function to an inactive state based on the reception of the deactivation signal.
A method of controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- controlling a first communicator of the vehicle to transmit a deactivation signal to a first fob and to deactivate a transponder (TP) communication function of the vehicle based on the first fob being detected in the vehicle after locking the vehicle;
- and
- controlling a second communicator of the first fob to switch at least one predetermined communication function of the first fob to an inactive state based on the deactivation signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.