Automatic access control system for a non-automotive vehicle
AssigneeHarley-Davidson Motor Company
InventorsBenjamin Hynes, Andrew Knitt
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Abstract
Systems and methods for accessing one or more compartments or systems of a non-automotive vehicle. One system includes an electronic communications device including an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to authenticate an access control system of a non-automotive vehicle using a first wireless communications protocol, determine distance information via ranging between the electronic communications device and the access control system using a second wireless communications protocol, and send the distance information to the access control system, thereby enabling the access control system to selectively unlock a steering mechanism of the non-automotive vehicle based on the distance information.
Claims20
An electronic communications device including an electronic processor configured to:
- authenticate an access control system of a non-automotive vehicle using a first wireless communications protocol;
- determine distance information via ranging between the electronic communications device and the access control system using a second wireless communications protocol;
- and
- send the distance information to the access control system, thereby enabling the access control system to selectively unlock a steering mechanism of the non-automotive vehicle based on the distance information.
A system for providing remote access to a non-automotive vehicle, the system comprising:
- an access control system including an electronic processor configured to:
- perform an authentication with an electronic communications device using a first wireless communications protocol;
- determine, via ranging between the mobile electronic communications device and the access control system, distance information using a second wireless communications protocol in response to the authentication being successful;
- and
- selectively perform an unlock of a steering mechanism of the non-automotive vehicle based on the distance information.
A method of enabling access to a function of a non-automotive vehicle, the method comprising:
- authenticating an access control system of the non-automotive vehicle using a first wireless communications protocol via a portable electronic communications device;
- determining distance information via ranging between the portable electronic communications device and the access control system using a second wireless communications protocol;
- unlocking a steering mechanism of the non-automotive vehicle via the access control system in response to determining that a first distance between the device and the non-automotive vehicle reaches a first distance threshold based on the distance information;
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- performing a second operation of the non-automotive vehicle via the access control system in response to determining that a second distance between the device and the non-automotive vehicle reaches a second distance threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.