Smart key searching apparatus and method
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJung Jun LEE
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Abstract
A smart key searching apparatus includes a start button for selecting engine start or stop, a wireless charger performing wireless charging in a resonant magnetic coupling manner and transmitting an authentication request signal to a smart key, a radio frequency (RF) receiver receiving a response signal regarding the authentication request signal transmitted from the smart key, and a smart key controller requesting, when the start button is operated, the wireless charger to search for a smart key, and controlling power and engine ignition of a vehicle according to a response signal received through the RF receiver.
Claims12
A smart key searching apparatus comprising:
- a start button for selecting engine start or stop;
- a wireless charger performing wireless charging in a resonant magnetic coupling manner and transmitting an authentication request signal to a smart key;
- a radio frequency (RF) receiver receiving a response signal regarding the authentication request signal transmitted from the smart key;
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- a smart key controller requesting, when the start button is operated, the wireless charger to search for a smart key, and controlling power and engine ignition of a vehicle according to a response signal received through the RF receiver.
A smart key searching method comprising:
- sensing, by a smart key controller, an operation of a start button;
- when the operation of the start button is sensed, requesting, by the smart key controller, a wireless charger to search for a smart key;
- driving, by the wireless charger, a charge coil according to the smart key search request and transmitting an authentication request signal to a smart key;
- transmitting, by the smart key, a response signal in response to the authentication request signal;
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- when the response signal is received, controlling, by the smart key controller, power and engine ignition of a vehicle according to the received response signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.