DEVICE FOR STARTING VEHICLE IN EMERGENCY

• US 20080127926A1
• Filed: 11/16/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Eun Hee
• Application Number:
  US11/941,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 123/179.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/406 Power supply in the remote key

Abstract

A device for starting a vehicle in an emergency is disclosed. The device includes a fob key for transferring a starting signal for starting the vehicle via a wireless connection or a driver'"'"'s authentication information via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and a vehicle starting unit for receiving the starting signal or the driver'"'"'s authentication information, determining whether a driver in question is a valid user, and starting the vehicle. The vehicle starting unit includes an interface unit for receiving the driver'"'"'s authentication information transferred via a USB connection, an audio unit for identifying the driver'"'"'s authentication information transferred from the interface unit, and a Personal Identification Card (PIC) unit for receiving the driver'"'"'s authentication information from the audio unit or the starting signal from the fob key, determining whether the driver in question is a valid user, and starting the vehicle.

Claims

1. A device for starting a vehicle in an emergency, comprising:

a fob key for transferring a starting signal for starting the vehicle via a wireless connection or a driver'"'"'s authentication information via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection; and

a vehicle starting unit for receiving the starting signal or the driver'"'"'s authentication information, determining whether a driver in question is a valid user, and starting the vehicle;

wherein the vehicle starting unit comprises;

an interface unit for receiving the driver'"'"'s authentication information transferred via the USB connection;

an audio unit for identifying the driver'"'"'s authentication information transferred from the interface unit; and

a Personal Identification Card (PIC) unit for receiving the driver'"'"'s authentication information from the audio unit or the starting signal from the fob key, determining whether the driver in question is a valid user, and starting the vehicle.

2. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the fob key comprises:

a USB port for transferring the driver'"'"'s authentication information to the interface unit;

a fob module for transferring the driver'"'"'s authentication information to the USB port, or the starting signal to the PIC unit via the wireless connection; and

a transformer for transforming a voltage used in the USB port into a voltage used in the fob module.

3. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the interface unit is provided in at least one of a console box, an auxiliary compartment below an audio device, and a glove box in front of a front passenger'"'"'s seat.

4. The device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a USB connector for connecting the fob key with the vehicle starting unit.

5. The device as set forth in claim 2, wherein the USB port is a plug type and the interface unit is a socket type.

6. The device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the PIC unit transfers a signal requesting the driver'"'"'s authentication information to the fob key via the audio unit and the interface unit when a failure of the wireless connection occurs between the fob key and the PIC unit.

7. The device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the fob key transfers the driver'"'"'s authentication information to the vehicle starting unit when the signal requesting the driver'"'"'s authentication information is received.