Car control system

• US 9,728,019 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Dong-Wan, Park, Soon-Hyang, Jeong, Won-Young, Park, Jong-Han, Lee, Min-Gu
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US14/978,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20160140785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 595 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/52 for indicating emergencies
• 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: B60R 25/30 Detection related to theft or to other events relevant to anti-theft systems
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0807 Remote means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass

Abstract

A car control system is disclosed. The car control system for controlling a car by being linked with a car control device (electronic control unit, ECU) that is installed inside the car for electronic control of the car can include: an authentication server configured to perform access authentication for a user terminal and configured to generate an authentication result based on least one of terminal information of the user terminal and vehicle identification information; and a car access device configured to be directly connected with the car control device through an internal network of the car and configured to determine whether a car control request for control of the car by the user terminal is to be relayed to the car control device according to the authentication result of the user terminal.

Claims

1. A car access device for controlling a car comprising:

a first communication unit which communicates with a mobile user terminal;

a second communication unit which is non-portably installed in the car and which communicates with a car control device that controls a plurality of functions executed in the car;

a third communication unit which communicates with an authentication server to authenticate the mobile user terminal requesting control of the car; and

a controller which controls the first communication unit, the second communication unit, and the third communication unit,

wherein if communication with the authentication server is not available, the car access device is configured to;

generate an emergency authentication result by checking whether the user terminal is a registered emergency terminal,

perform the emergency authentication without linking to the authentication server, and

set a car control state to an emergency mode based on the emergency authentication result,

wherein the car access device is configured to obtain the terminal information from the user terminal and is configured to perform the emergency authentication by checking whether the terminal information is included in pre-registered emergency terminal information.

2. The car access device for controlling a car of claim 1, wherein if communication with the authentication server is available, user information received by the first communication unit is relayed to the third communication unit for transmission to the authentication server,

wherein the third communication unit receives from the authentication server results of an authentication based on the user information,

wherein if the results of the authentication indicate that the mobile user terminal is authorized, the second communication unit relays requests for controlling the car from the mobile user terminal to the car control device.

3. The car control system of claim 1, wherein a limited car control request of the user terminal is relayed to the car control device in the emergency mode.

4. The car control system of claim 3, wherein the limited car control request is a car ignition control.