Method and device for enabling access to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, in particular for conveying a consignment of goods
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1. A motor vehicle comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to detecting a surroundings of the motor vehicle;
a compartment; and
an authorization device operatively connected to the at least one sensor and the compartment, the authorization device being configured to;
receive an authorization request transmitted from an automated drone that is outside the motor vehicle;
perform a successful authorization to the compartment in response to the request only in response to detecting that no humans are within a predetermined radius of the motor vehicle based on data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle received from the at least one sensor; and
open the compartment to receive a consignment of goods from the automated drone only in response to the successful authorization.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is based on a device and on a method for enabling access to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one sensor which senses the surroundings and and/or the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The core of the present disclosure is that the enabling of access which occurs in response to an enabling request originating from outside the motor vehicle takes place at least as a function of the sensing by the sensor. The disclosure advantageously provides secure access to the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
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7 Claims
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1. A motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to detecting a surroundings of the motor vehicle; a compartment; and an authorization device operatively connected to the at least one sensor and the compartment, the authorization device being configured to; receive an authorization request transmitted from an automated drone that is outside the motor vehicle; perform a successful authorization to the compartment in response to the request only in response to detecting that no humans are within a predetermined radius of the motor vehicle based on data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle received from the at least one sensor; and open the compartment to receive a consignment of goods from the automated drone only in response to the successful authorization.
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2. A method for enabling access to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
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detecting, with at least one sensor of the motor vehicle; and performing an authorization of the access, in response to an authorization request transmitted from an automated drone that is outside the motor vehicle, the authorization of access further comprising; performing a successful authorization to a compartment of the motor vehicle only in response to detecting that no humans are within a predetermined radius of the motor vehicle based on data corresponding to the surroundings of the motor vehicle received from the at least one sensor; and opening the compartment in the motor vehicle to receive a consignment of goods from the automated drone only in response to the successful authorization. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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