Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced automotive passive entry
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Application No.: US15894774Application Date: 2018-02-12
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Publication No.: US10285013B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Brent M. Ledvina , Robert W. Brumley , Robert William Mayor , William J. Bencze , Alejandro J. Marquez , Shang-Te Yang , Xu Chen , Mohit Narang , Indranil S. Sen
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; B60R25/24 ; G07C9/00

Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180234797A1 ENHANCED AUTOMOTIVE PASSIVE ENTRY Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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