Continental Automotive Gmbh

Christine Igl

Ulrich Emmerling

Annette Hebling

Georg Käufl

Alexander Heinrich

Stefan Hermann

A mobile identification transmitter for an access arrangement of a vehicle, said access arrangement being supplied by a vehicle battery, comprises an identification-transmitter-side receiving device for receiving a vehicle-side request signal. Furthermore, it comprises an identification-transmitter-side transmitting device for emitting a response signal in response to the reception of the vehicle-side request signal. Finally, the mobile identification transmitter has an identification-transmitter-side control device for identifying and/or estimating the state of charge of the vehicle battery, for comparing the identified and/or estimated state of charge with a predetermined threshold value, and for identifying an emergency state of the access arrangement if the identified and/or estimated state of charge falls below the predetermined threshold value. If this is the case, then the identification-transmitter-side transmitting device can emit electromagnetic waves for charging a chargeable energy store for supplying the access arrangement. Simple and convenient emergency operation of the access arrangement is thus possible.

Mobile identification transmitter

An access arrangement for a vehicle comprises a vehicle-side unlocking device for unlocking a locking mechanism. Furthermore, it comprises a vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device which is set up to supply the unlocking device with energy independently of the on-board power supply of the vehicle. Moreover, the access arrangement has a vehicle-side energy supply device comprising a first section for receiving wirelessly transmitted energy and for converting the transmitted energy into electrical energy, and a second section for charging the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. In particular, the access arrangement also comprises a vehicle-side authentication device for checking access authorization, which is supplied with energy independently of the on-board power supply by means of the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. It is therefore no longer necessary to equip a mobile identification transmitter carried by a user with the access arrangement with a mechanical key.

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Wuppertal, Germany

Christine Igl