System and method for registering secret key

A method for registering a secret key using a system, the system including a remote communication terminal which generates a wireless signal encrypted by the secret key and transmits the encrypted wireless signal through wireless communication, a communication peer which receives the encrypted wireless signal from the remote communication terminal through the wireless communication and decrypts the encrypted wireless signal with the secret key, and a writer which generates a registration code that is varied whenever registering the registration code and writes the registration code to the remote communication terminal, the method comprising:

• preparing a first transformation equation and a second transformation equation for generating the secret key, in which the registration code is transformed with the first transformation equation to generate intermediate data, and the generated intermediate data is transformed with the second transformation equation to generate the secret key, storing the first transformation equation in each of the writer and the communication peer, but not storing the first transformation equation in the remote communication terminal, which is separated from the writer, and storing the second transformation equation in each of the remote communication terminal and the communication peer but not storing the second transformation equation in the writer, which is separated from the remote communication terminal;
• registering the secret key in the remote communication terminal;
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• registering the secret key in the communication peer;
• wherein the registering the secret key in the remote communication terminal includes transmitting the registration code from the writer to the remote communication terminal, applying the registration code to the first transformation equation stored in the writer to generate the intermediate data, transmitting the intermediate data to the remote communication terminal, applying the intermediate data to the second transformation equation stored in the remote communication terminal to generate the secret key, and registering the generated secret key in the remote communication terminal;
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• the registering the secret key in the communication peer includes transmitting the registration code stored in the remote communication terminal to the communication peer through wireless communication, applying the registration code received from the remote communication terminal to the first transformation equation stored in the communication peer to generate the intermediate data, applying the generated intermediate data to the second transformation equation stored in the communication peer to generate the secret key, and registering the generated secret key in the communication peer.

A secret key registration system which registers a secret key in each of an electronic key device and a vehicle, which performs wireless communication with the electronic key device, the secret key registration system comprising:

• a remote electronic key device which generates a wireless signal encrypted by the secret key and transmits the encrypted wireless signal through wireless communication;
• a vehicle which receives the encrypted wireless signal from the remote electronic key device through the wireless communication and decrypts the encrypted wireless signal with the secret key;
• a writer which generates a registration code that is varied whenever registering the registration code and transmits the registration code to the remote electronic key device;
• a first transformation equation and a second transformation equation for cooperating to generate the secret key, wherein the registration code is transformed with the first transformation equation to generate intermediate data, and the generated intermediate data is transformed with the second transformation equation to generate the secret key;
• a writer memory which is arranged in the writer and stores the first transformation equation and does not store the second transformation equation;
• an intermediate data generation unit arranged in the writer to generate an intermediate data based on the registration code and the first transformation equation stored in the writer memory;
• an electronic key device memory which is arranged in the electronic key device and stores the second transformation equation and does not store the first transformation equation;
• an electronic key device secret key generation unit which is arranged in the electronic key device and configured to receive the registration code and the intermediate data transmitted from the writer, generate the secret key based on the received intermediate data and the second transformation equation stored in the electronic key device memory, and register the generated secret key in the electronic key device;
• a registration code transfer unit which is arranged in the electronic key device and transmits to the vehicle the registration code generated by and received from the writer;
• a vehicle memory which is arranged in the vehicle and stores the first and second transformation equations;
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• a vehicle secret key generation unit which is arranged in the vehicle and configured to receive the registration code from the electronic key device, generate the secret key based on the received registration code, the first and second transformation equations stored in the vehicle memory, and register the generated secret key in the vehicle.