METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A VEHICLE

• US 20170320466A1
• Filed: 09/29/2015
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Nordbruch, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 10,604,113 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2018 Central base unlocks or authorises unlocking
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/0088 centrally
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00857 where the code of the data carrier can be programmed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent

Abstract

A method for controlling access to a vehicle. An electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components is deactivated after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that an attempt with the aid of the deactivated electronic key to access the one or multiple vehicle components of the vehicle parked in the parking position may be prevented. Moreover, a system for controlling access to a vehicle, a parking system for vehicles, an access control system for controlling access to a vehicle, a vehicle, a user for a communication network, a method for operating a user for a communication network, and a computer program, are described.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method for controlling access to a vehicle, comprising:

deactivating an electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that an attempt with the aid of the deactivated electronic key to access the one or multiple vehicle components of the vehicle parked in the parking position may be prevented.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising:

reactivating the deactivated electronic key so that the one or multiple vehicle components may be accessed with the aid of the activated electronic key.

23. The method as recited in claim 22, wherein for at least one of the deactivation or activation, a deactivation signal or activation signal is received, via a communication network, by an access control system of the vehicle for controlling the access to the one or multiple vehicle components, so that the access control system has knowledge that the electronic key has access, or no longer has access, to the one or multiple vehicle components.

24. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein prior to parking, the electronic key is received by a key management server via a communication network, the key management server deactivating the key after the vehicle is switched off.

25. The method as recited in claim 24, wherein the key management server receives via the communication network a deactivation instruction for deactivating the electronic key or an activation instruction for activating the deactivated key, the key management server deactivating the electronic key in response to the deactivation instruction, and activating the electronic key in response to the activation instruction.

26. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein a time at which the deactivated key is reactivated is ascertained in such a way that sufficient time is available to start the vehicle with the aid of the activated key, so that the vehicle may drive from the parking position to a pick-up position at the right time, so that a person may pick up the vehicle at the pick-up position at a predefined pick-up time.

27. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the electronic key deactivates itself after a predefined deactivation time.

28. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the switching off of the vehicle is monitored with the aid of a vehicle-external monitoring system, an end of the switching off being detected based on the monitoring.

29. The method as recited in claim 24, wherein an additional electronic key is provided for the access, and is transmitted via the communication network to the key management server.

30. A system for controlling access to a vehicle, comprising:

a key management server designed for deactivating an electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that an attempt to access the one or multiple vehicle components of the parked vehicle with the aid of the deactivated electronic key may be prevented.

31. The system as recited in claim 30, wherein the key management server is designed for reactivating a deactivated electronic key, so that the one or multiple vehicle components may be accessed with the aid of the activated electronic key.

32. The system as recited in claim 31, further comprising:

a processor designed for ascertaining a time at which the deactivated key is to be reactivated, in such a way that sufficient time is available to start the vehicle with the aid of the activated key, so that the vehicle may drive from the parking position to a pick-up position at the right time, so that a person may pick up the vehicle at the pick-up position at a predefined pick-up time, the key management server also being designed for activating the deactivated key at the predetermined time.

33. The system as recited in claim 31, further comprising:

a communication interface designed for receiving via a communication network a deactivation instruction for deactivating the electronic key or an activation instruction for activating the deactivated key, the key management server being designed for deactivating the electronic key in response to the deactivation instruction, and activating the electronic key in response to the activation instruction.

34. The system as recited in claim 30, further comprising:

a vehicle-external monitoring system for monitoring the switching off of the vehicle, so that an end of the switching off may be detected based on the monitoring.

35. A parking system for vehicles, comprising:

a parking facility; and

a system for controlling access to a vehicle, including a key management server designed for deactivating an electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position in the parking facility, so that an attempt to access the one or multiple vehicle components of the parked vehicle with the aid of the deactivated electronic key may be prevented.

36. An access control system for controlling access to a vehicle, comprising:

a communication interface designed for receiving via a communication network at least one of a deactivation signal for deactivating, or an activation signal for activating, an electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that the access control system may have knowledge that the electronic key has access, or no longer has access, to the one or multiple vehicle components, the access control system also being designed for allowing guided access, with the aid of an activated electronic key, to the one or multiple vehicle components, and for preventing guided access with the aid of a deactivated electronic key.

37. A vehicle which includes an access control system for controlling access to the vehicle, the access control system including a communication interface designed for receiving via a communication network at least one of a deactivation signal for deactivating, or an activation signal for activating, an electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that the access control system may have knowledge that the electronic key has access, or no longer has access, to the one or multiple vehicle components, the access control system also being designed for allowing guided access, with the aid of an activated electronic key, to the one or multiple vehicle components, and for preventing guided access with the aid of a deactivated electronic key.

38. A user for a communication network, comprising:

a processor designed for ascertaining at least one of a deactivation signal or activation signal for an access control system of a vehicle for controlling the access to one or multiple vehicle components; and

a communication interface designed for transmitting the at least one of the deactivation signal or activation signal to the access control system via a communication network, so that the access control system may have knowledge that the electronic key has access, or no longer has access, to the one or multiple vehicle components.

39. A method for operating a user for a communication network, comprising:

ascertaining, by the user, at least one of a deactivation signal or activation signal for an access control system of a vehicle for controlling the access to one or multiple vehicle components, and transmits the at least one of the deactivation signal or activation signal to the access control system via a communication network, so that the access control system may have knowledge that the electronic key has access, or no longer has access, to the one or multiple vehicle components.

40. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program which includes program code for controlling access to a vehicle, the program code, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

deactivating an electronic key for accessing one or multiple vehicle components after the vehicle is switched off in order to park the vehicle in a parking position, so that an attempt with the aid of the deactivated electronic key to access the one or multiple vehicle components of the vehicle parked in the parking position may be prevented.