AUTOMATED SECURED-AREA ACCESS SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE

• US 20190027044A1
• Filed: 07/19/2017
• Published: 01/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited (Aptiv PLC)
• Original Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited (Aptiv PLC)
• Inventors: Laur, Michael H., Vijayan, Indu
• Application Number:
  US15/653,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20190027044A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/04 comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile, or the like turnstiles with registering means G07C9/10; coin-freed aspects G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00928 for garage doors
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/207 with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries

Abstract

A secured-area access system for an automated vehicle includes an identification-device, an input-device, and a controller. The identification-device conveys an access-authorization from a host-vehicle to a security-device. The input-device receives instructions regarding interaction with the security-device. The controller is in communication with the identification-device and the input-device. The controller operates the identification-device based on the instructions to convey the access-authorization to the security-device when the host-vehicle approaches the secured-area.

Claims

1. A secured-area access system for an automated vehicle, said system comprising:

an identification-device that conveys an access-authorization from a host-vehicle to a security-device;

an input-device that receives instructions regarding interaction with the security-device; and

a controller in communication with the identification-device and the input-device, wherein the controller operates the identification-device based on the instructions to convey the access-authorization to the security-device when the host-vehicle approaches the secured-area.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the instructions are input to the input-device by an occupant of the host-vehicle.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the access-authorization is indicative of an identity of an occupant.

4. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system includes a location-detector that indicates when host-vehicle approaches the secured-area.

5. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the identification-device includes a transmitter that broadcasts the access-authorization to the security-device.

6. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the identification-device includes a reconfigurable-display that displays the access-authorization to the security-device.

7. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the security-device includes a human-being to verify the access-authorization.

8. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the identification-device includes an acoustic-transducer that emits the access-authorization to the security-device.

9. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system includes a payment-device that communicates a payment to the security-device.