Remote control device for motor vehicles

• US 6,924,729 B1
• Filed: 04/29/1999
• Issued: 08/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Original Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
• Inventors: Aschauer, Paul, Koblbauer, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dalencourt, Yves
• Application Number:
  US09/701,241
• Time in Patent Office: 2,287 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.53, 340/5.64, 340/5.52, 340/5.72, 340/5.8, 340/5.81, 340/5.82, 340/5.83, 340/5.84, 340/825.69, 307/10.1, 307/10.2, 704/273, 713200-202
• US Class Current: 340/5.53
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/26 using a biometric sensor integrated in the pass

Abstract

A remote control device for motor vehicles having a transmitter for wireless transmission activated only when the user has been recognized as the authorized user. An identification device recognizes the authorization and is assembled with the transmitter in a single module. The identification device records personal and individual characteristics of the user and transmits the recorded information to the vehicle, as well as performs the verification check of the within the vehicle.

Claims

1. A remote control device for motor vehicles with a transmitter for a wireless transmitted enabling signal, which is activated only when a user has been recognized as an authorized user, and with an identification device, which recognizes this authorization and is assembled in one module along with the transmitter, wherein the identification device records the personal and individual characteristics of the user, wherein the identification device transmits the recorded information to the vehicle and performs a verification check of the user in the motor vehicle;

and

wherein, following transmission of the information about a previously authorized user, corresponding information about a new user is transmitted for storage for later comparison, and said new user is then also able to be authorized in the future.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification device records a fingerprint.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the identification device records a vocal characteristic.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the authorization of the new user is restricted.

5. A remote control device for motor vehicles with a transmitter for a wireless transmitted enabling signal, which is activated only when a user has been recognized as an authorized user, and with an identification device, which recognizes this authorization and is assembled in one module along with the transmitter, wherein the identification device records the personal and individual characteristics of the user, wherein the identification device transmits the recorded information to the vehicle and performs a verification check of the user in the motor vehicle;

and

wherein, following transmission of the information about a previously authorized user, corresponding information about a new user is transmitted, and said new user is then also authorized and, wherein, in order for the new user to be authorized, said corresponding information about the new user is transmitted within a predetermined time period following the transmission of the information about the previously authorized user.