ID transmitter for authentication, set for assembling an id transmitter, and system
AssigneesHuf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBoris Ziller, Marco Diekers, Bernd Ette
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Abstract
An ID transmitter for authentication on an access control unit of a physical unit. The ID transmitter may include an ID transmitter-BLE interface with an antenna, a microcontroller, a switching apparatus and a battery compartment to accommodate a battery. The microcontroller is arranged, in response to the receipt of the switching signal, to trigger the sending of an authentication signal that includes authentication information, and that is configured as a BLE beacon data packet. A set for assembling an ID transmitter and a system including an ID transmitter and a physical unit are disclosed.
Claims18
An ID transmitter for authentication on a control unit of a physical unit using authorization information transmitted from an ID transmitter, wherein the ID transmitter comprises:
- an ID transmitter-Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface comprising an antenna;
- a microcontroller, coupled with the ID transmitter-BLE interface;
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- a switching apparatus, coupled with the microcontroller, for outputting a switching signal to the microcontroller in response to a triggering of the switching apparatus,
- wherein the microcontroller is configured, in response to the receipt of the switching signal on the microcontroller after the triggering of the of the switching apparatus, to trigger the transmission of an authentication signal using the ID transmitter-BLE interface,
- wherein the authentication signal comprises authentication information, and wherein the authentication signal is configured as a BLE beacon data packet,
- wherein the switching apparatus comprises a manually operated push button for triggering the switching apparatus,
- wherein the microcontroller is configured, after the triggering of the switching apparatus, to:
- output the authentication signal if the duration of pressing has not exceeded a first-time threshold, or output the authentication signal if a duration of the pressing has not exceeded a first-time threshold, but to output an alternative signal, configured as a BLE beacon data packet, if the duration of the pressing has exceeded the first-time threshold, or
- output the authentication signal, before the duration of pressing has exceeded a first-time threshold, and in addition, after the sending of the authentication signal, to output an alternative signal, configured as a BLE beacon data packet, if the duration of pressing has exceeded the first-time threshold.
A system comprising a physical unit having an access control unit and an ID transmitter, the system being configured to authenticate the ID transmitter using authentication information transmitted from the ID transmitter, wherein the access control unit comprises:
- a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface comprising an antenna, the BLE interface being part of the access control unit;
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- an access control and memory apparatus coupled with the BLE interface,
- wherein the access control and memory apparatus are configured to test the authenticity of an authentication signal received via the BLE interface,
- wherein the authentication signal is configured as a BLE beacon data packet and comprises authentication information,
- wherein the system is configured such that the authentication signal is generated by the ID transmitter during operation of the systemin response to a manual input,
- wherein the system is further configured such that the authentication signal comprises the authentication information when a duration associated with the manual input has not exceeded a first-time threshold, and such that an alternative signal, configured as a BLE beacon data packet, is generated when the duration associated with the manual input has exceeded the first-time threshold, and
- wherein the authentication information transmitted by the ID transmitter and authentication testing information stored on the access control and memory apparatus correspond to one another and comprise complementary cryptographic keys.
A kit for use in assembling an ID transmitter for authentication on a control unit of a physical unit, the kit comprising:
- a first ID transmitter part comprising a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface including an antenna;
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- a second ID transmitter part comprising a storage element configured to store authentication information;
- wherein the first ID transmitter part and the second ID transmitter part are configured to be mechanically coupled to one another to form the ID transmitter,
- wherein, when the first ID transmitter part and the second ID transmitter part are coupled, the ID transmitter is configured to transmit an authentication signal configured as a BLE beacon data packet and comprising the authentication information, and
- wherein the authentication information stored on the storage element is configured to correspond to authentication testing information of the control unit using complementary cryptographic keys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.