Method for the intervention-free control of a vehicle locking system with a mobile terminal device

• US 10,467,834 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2018
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Streetscooter GmbH (DHL Group)
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
• Inventors: Frangenheim, Jens, Schulz, Florian
• Primary Examiner(s): Syed, Nabil H
• Application Number:
  US16/019,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20190005754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/245 where the antenna reception area plays a role
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/31 of human presence inside or outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00349 and the lock having only one limited data transmission range
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00412 the transmitted data signal being encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/62 Comprising means for indicating the status of the lock
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/63 Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/29 the pass containing active electronic elements, e.g. smartcards
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3268 using certificate validation, registration, distribution or revocation, e.g. certificate revocation list [CRL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/0471 Key exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The subject-matter of the disclosure is a method for the intervention-free control of a vehicle locking system with a mobile terminal device, with the following steps: checking whether the mobile terminal device is located in a surrounding area of the vehicle, if so, authorizing the mobile terminal device in relation to the vehicle by means of a secured wireless point-to-point, two-way communication connection secured with a security key, and opening or locking the vehicle by means of the vehicle locking system if a difference between a current location position of the vehicle and a current location position of the mobile terminal device falls below or exceeds a predefined value in the surrounding area.

Claims

1. A method for the intervention-free control of a vehicle locking system with a mobile terminal device, whereby

the mobile terminal device comprises a satellite signal receiver for receiving a GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou and/or further satellite signal for determining the current location position of the mobile terminal device, with the following steps:

generating a security key, in particular a transport layer security (TLS) or a pretty good privacy (PGP) certificate, in the vehicle,

displaying of the security key by the vehicle,

scanning in by the mobile terminal device of the security key displayed by the vehicle, and/or

transmitting the security key from the vehicle onto the mobile terminal device,

checking whether the mobile terminal device is located in a surrounding area of the vehicle,

if so, authorizing the mobile terminal device in relation to the vehicle by means of a secured wireless point-to-point, two-way communication connection secured with the security key,

transmitting the current location position of the mobile terminal device from the mobile terminal device via the secured wireless point-to-point, two-way communication connection to the vehicle,

opening or locking the vehicle by means of the vehicle locking system if a difference between the current location position of the vehicle and a current location position of the mobile terminal device falls below or exceeds a predefined value in the surrounding area, and

following the opening or locking of the vehicle, transmitting a notification from the vehicle to the mobile terminal device and outputting the notification as a visual, audible and/or vibration signal on the mobile terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the current location position of the mobile terminal device is transmitted only if the location position of the mobile terminal device changes or a location position determined by a motion sensor of the mobile terminal device changes simultaneously with a location position determined from a satellite signal received by the mobile terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

opening or locking the vehicle if the difference between the current location position of the vehicle and the current location position of the mobile terminal device decreases or increases in the surrounding area.

4. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

when the vehicle is opened, transmitting a notification from the vehicle to the mobile terminal device, outputting the notification as a visual, audible and/or vibration signal on the mobile terminal device, and, when the notification is acknowledged, transmitting a locking notification from the mobile terminal device to the vehicle, and locking the vehicle by means of the vehicle locking system.

5. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

following the opening of the vehicle, checking whether a driver is located on a driver'"'"'s seat of the vehicle and, if so, releasing an ignition of the vehicle to start the vehicle.

6. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

checking whether a secured near-field communication connection is possible between the mobile terminal device and the vehicle in a vehicle passenger compartment and, if so, releasing an ignition of the vehicle to start the vehicle, and/or

triggering of the near-field communication connection by the vehicle by means of a secured code transmission to the mobile terminal device.

7. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

if the mobile terminal device is not located in the surrounding area, locking the vehicle by means of the vehicle locking system.

8. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

determining the location position of the mobile terminal device and/or the vehicle by means of a satellite signal currently received by the mobile terminal device and/or the vehicle.

9. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

if the current location position of the mobile terminal device is unavailable, after receiving a manual confirmation on the mobile terminal device, transmitting to the vehicle a manually confirmed location position of the mobile terminal device or a last-known location position of the mobile terminal device from the mobile terminal device via the secured wireless point-to-point, two-way communication connection as the current location position of the mobile terminal device.

10. The method according to claim 1, with the following step:

when transmitting the current location position of the mobile terminal device from the mobile terminal device via the secured wireless point-to-point, two-way communication connection to the vehicle, determining the current location position of the mobile terminal device.