Vehicle Key Apparatus

• US 20170088099A1
• Filed: 04/10/2015
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Yaowu Ma
• Original Assignee: Yaowu Ma
• Inventors: Wu, Yong, Ma, Xuemei, Ma, Yaowu, Ruan, Fen, Ma, Jun, Huang, Pinzhen, Ma, Qianjing, Ma, Qianjia, Ma, George
• Application Number:
  US15/310,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20170088099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/23 using manual input of alphanumerical codes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00492 whereby the code is a rolling code
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00507 keyless data carrier having more than one function
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00523 opening of different locks separately
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00547 starting ignition
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00761 with data transmission performed by connected means, e.g. mechanical contacts, plugs, connectors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A vehicle key apparatus, mounted on an outer wall of a vehicle and a driver dashboard of the vehicle and the surroundings, including an electronic cipher keyboard, an RFID reader/writer (20), a biological features recognizer, wherein a portable electronic key comprises multi-functional appliances such as a mobile phone, a watch and the like, and an anti-theft system lock extension switch (5) is set beside an engine switch (3) of the vehicle; the door lock of the vehicle, the anti-theft system lock, the engine, the air-conditioner and the cargo hold are opened and closed and recorder data is read and so forth by means of the cipher, RFID, biological features, remote control, radio induction and the like. Due to the convenient use of the apparatus, there is no need or less need to carry keys, which enhances the performance of key management.

Claims

1. Vehicle key apparatus comprising:

electronic combination keyboards both on an outer wall of the vehicle and on or around a vehicle driver instrument panel;

wherein said keyboard is touch keypad or mechanical keypad;

and through combination operation, said keyboards performs one or more of unlocking and locking the vehicle door lock, unlocking and locking the anti-theft system lock, starting and stopping an engine, making the vehicle be in a running possible state, starting an air conditioner, adjusting air conditioner temperature, unlocking a car glove box lock, and unlocking a cargo door lock.

2. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said keyboard on the outer wall of the vehicle, whether it is powered by an internal power supply of the vehicle, is powered by one or more of a solar power generation assembly, a manual mechanical power generation assembly, a thermoelectric power generation assembly, a battery removable from the outside, and an external power supply connected to an external power supply socket;

said keyboard on or around the vehicle instrument panel is special, or is one function of a multi-functional audio or video device of the car, and is powered by one or both of the internal power supply of the vehicle and a special battery of the keyboard;

and between said keyboards and the vehicle anti-theft system lock device, one or more of a wired communication employing rolling codes and fixed codes, and a wireless communication employing rolling codes are used.

3. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

A portable electronic key, which is the remote control key without or with the electronic combination keyboard, or the keyless starting system key, or one function of one or more of the multi-functional electric appliance of a telephone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a computer, a smart watch, a digital camera and a digital multimedia player;

wherein between said portable electronic key and the vehicle anti-theft system lock device, one or more communication modes of a RFID communication, a radio frequency communication, an infrared light communication, a Bluetooth communication, a WIFI communication, a telephone ground-based communication and a telephone satellite communication are used;

one or both of a wireless communication operated by the keypad and an approaching wireless induction are provided;

one or both of using the combination and not using the combination are used;

to perform one or more of unlocking and locking the anti-theft system lock, unlocking and locking the vehicle door lock, starting and stopping the engine, making the vehicle be in the running possible state, starting the air conditioner, adjusting air conditioner temperature, unlocking the car glove box lock, unlocking the cargo door lock and reading recorder data.

8. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said door-locking operation of the vehicle achieves one or more of the following results:

(1) when the engine stops running and the anti-theft system lock is in an unlocked state, and the vehicle door undergoes processes of being opened and closed, said door-locking operation locks the door lock and the anti-theft system at the same time;

(2) when the engine stops running and the anti-theft system lock is in the unlocked state, and the vehicle door does not undergo the processes of being opened and closed, said door-locking operation does not lock the anti-theft system;

(3) when the engine is running, and the vehicle door undergoes or doesn'"'"'t undergo the processes of being opened and closed, said door-locking operation does not stop the engine and does not lock the anti-theft system; and

(4) when the engine is in the state of stopping running, and the vehicle door is in an opening state, said door-locking operation locks the anti-theft system, and then if do the door close operation, the door lock also locks automatically.

9. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said door opening and closing operation of the vehicle achieves one or more of the following results:

(1) when the engine stops running, said door opening and closing operation locks the anti-theft system and the door automatically after the set time C; and

(2) when the engine is running, said door opening and closing operation does not stop the engine and does not lock the anti-theft system.

10. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operation of locking both anti-theft system and door lock, also closes all of vehicle windows automatically.

11. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said portable electronic key undergoes one or more of the following operations through an induction with the vehicle within a set time after an input of combination or an input of no combination:

(1) when said portable electronic key approaches the automobile for a certain distance, the door lock is unlocked automatically;

(2) when said portable electronic key enters the car, the anti-theft system lock is unlocked automatically;

(3) when the engine stops running and said portable electronic key exits the car, the anti-theft system lock is locked automatically;

(4) when the engine is running, said portable electronic key exits the car, the engine is not stopped, the anti-theft system is not locked, and the car gives or does not give the prompting message that said portable electronic key exits the car;

(5) when said portable electronic key leaves the car for a certain distance, the door lock is locked automatically; and

(6) said portable electronic key has one or more of a hardware operation key and a software operation key, and the result of a manual operation has precedence over that of an automatic operation.

12. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an electronic combination keyboard on the vehicle or portable electronic key;

wherein when the door lock and the anti-theft system lock are in locked states at the same time, with said keyboard or said portable electronic key, only unlocking operation of the anti-theft system lock, starting or not starting the engine, does not make the vehicle be in the running possible state.

13. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an electronic combination keyboard on the vehicle or portable electronic key;

wherein when the door lock and the anti-theft system lock are in locked states at the same time, with said keyboard or said portable electronic key, first unlocking the anti-theft system lock, starting or not starting the engine or the air conditioner, then unlocking the door lock make the vehicle be in the running possible state.

14. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

a rotary mechanical password door lock or a keypad type mechanical password door lock on the outer wall of the vehicle, to unlock the vehicle door lock.

15. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

vehicle door locks that no one can be unlocked by a mechanical key.

19. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a biometric characteristic recognizer on the outer wall of the vehicle or/and on or around the vehicle driver instrument panel;

wherein said biometric characteristic is used by the people to perform one or more of unlocking and locking the vehicle door lock, unlocking and locking the anti-theft system lock, starting the engine, making the vehicle be in the running possible state, starting the air conditioner, unlocking the car glove box lock, and unlocking the cargo door lock;

20. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said electronic combination keyboard, portable electronic key, RFID reader, and said biometric recognizer are constructed integrally or separately, share the same power supply or use the power supply separately, use two or three of the combination, a RFID recognition tag and the biometric characteristic, perform one or more of unlocking and locking the anti-theft system lock, unlocking and locking the vehicle door lock, starting the engine, making the vehicle be in the running possible state, starting the air conditioner, adjusting air conditioner temperature, unlocking the car glove box lock, unlocking the cargo door lock and reading recorder data.

4. Vehicle key apparatus comprising:

an anti-theft system lock unlocking extending switch near vehicle engine switch.

5. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 4, comprising:

an anti-theft starting switch on or around the driver instrument panel of the vehicle;

wherein said switch has one or more of said engine switch, anti-theft system lock switch and said extending switch, and is one of the following kinds;

(1) different positions in the same knob, (2) different positions in the same translation button, (3) different positions in the same button, (4) different button hold times in the same button, (5)different times of the button to be pressed during a set time in the same button, (6) an operating button consisting of one or more of the operations of pressing, rotating and translating the button, and (7) a separated operating button in the button, the knob and the translation button.

6. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 5, wherein after said keyboard on the outer wall of the vehicle or said portable electronic key is used to unlock the door lock with the input of a vehicle door lock combination or without the input of a combination and within a set time A, before people'"'"'s entering into the car, or after people'"'"'s entering into the car, said keyboard on the outer wall of the vehicle or on or around the vehicle driver instrument panel, or said portable electronic key is used to unlock the anti-theft system lock with the input of the anti-theft system lock combination or without the input of the combination;

then within a set time B, said engine switch is operated to start the engine, or said extending switch is operated to extend an anti-theft system unlocked state time, or said anti-theft system lock switch is operated to lock the anti-theft system;

within said set time A, if no operation is done, and when said set time A passes, said vehicle door lock is locked automatically with or without an announce in advance;

and within said set time B, if no operation is done, and when the set time B passes, said anti-theft system lock is locked automatically with or without an announce in advance.

7. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when said vehicle stops running and the engine is in running state, said engine switch is operated to stop the engine to the unlocked state of the anti-theft system lock. Then within a set time B, said engine switch is operated to start the engine, or said extending switch is operated to extend the anti-theft system lock unlocked state time, or said anti-theft system lock switch is operated to lock the engine.

16. Vehicle key apparatus comprising:

short distance RFID tag key readers on the outer wall of the vehicle or/and on or around the vehicle driver instrument panel and short distance RFID tag key carried by the people;

wherein said tag key brushes said reader to perform one or more of unlocking and locking the vehicle door lock, unlocking and locking the anti-theft system lock, starting the engine, making the vehicle be in the running possible state, starting the air conditioner, unlocking the car glove box lock, and unlocking the cargo door lock;

said short distance RFID tag key is one or more of an un-powered contactless card-shaped RFID tag key, an un-powered contactless key-plate-shaped RFID tag key, and a powered RFID tag key;

and said short distance powered RFID tag key is a special key or one function of one or more of the multi-functional electric appliance of a telephone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a computer, a smart watch, a digital camera and a digital multimedia player.

17. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 16, wherein when said short distance RFID tag key brushes said RFID reader, one or more of the following results are achieved:

(1) within a set time after the lock is unlocked, one or more of opening the door, starting the engine, making the vehicle be in the running possible state, starting the air conditioner, unlocking the car glove box lock, and unlocking the cargo door lock are operated;

(2) if no said operation is done within the set time after the lock is unlocked, the lock is locked automatically with or without the announce in advance when the set time passes; and

(3) said lock is locked.

18. Vehicle key apparatus according to claim 16, comprising a retaining container of said RFID tag key around said short distance RFID tag key reader on or around the vehicle driver instrument panel;

wherein the anti-theft system lock is unlocked when said RFID tag key is in said retaining container;

and when said RFID tag key leaves said retaining container, one or more of the following results are achieved;

(1) when the engine is in the state of stopping running, the anti-theft system lock is locked; and

(2) when the engine is running, the anti-theft system lock is not locked, and an alarm is given.