System and method to locate a vehicle access device using a second vehicle access device
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsJaycil Z Varghese, Ahmad Saleh
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Abstract
A method for locating a vehicle access device using a second vehicle access device may include the steps of prompting a search for the vehicle access device, detecting a signal of the vehicle access device using the second vehicle access device, and determining a location of the vehicle access device. The location of the vehicle access device may be determined based at least partially on the signal strength between the vehicle access device and the second vehicle access device, the GPS location of the second vehicle access device, or a previous known location of the vehicle access device.
Claims20
A method for locating a vehicle access device, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a signal from a first vehicle access device using a second vehicle access device;
- and
- determining the location of the first vehicle access device as a function of the timing or strength of the signal received at the second vehicle access device.
A method for locating a vehicle access device, the method comprising the steps of:
- prompting a search for a first vehicle access device;
- determining a previous known location of the first vehicle access device;
- determining if a signal from the first vehicle access device is detected by an access device sensor of a vehicle;
- when a signal is not detected from the first vehicle access device, detecting a signal from the first vehicle access device using a second vehicle access device;
- and
- determining the location of the first vehicle access device as a function of the signal received by the second vehicle access device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.