Continental Automotive Gmbh

Continental Automotive France

Siemens Automotive S.a.

Yves Daviaud

Luc Jansseune

Dominique Rantet

A method and device for triggering, via an RFID reader () endowed with a transmitting antenna (), a procedure for actuating an element for locking/unlocking the access doors () of a motor vehicle (). A coil () is arranged in the vicinity and in the field of action of the transmitting antenna (), and:

Method and device for triggering, using an RFID reader, a procedure for actuating a means for locking/unlocking the access doors of a motor vehicle

The device comprises electronic means (,) for querying a transmitter-receiver circuit (,) carried by a person wishing to open the said door, for recognising a predetermined code sent in reply by the said circuit and for subsequently commanding the removal of a locking pin (,) from a catch (,) of a door latch (,) forming part of the lock, and means for the activating of the electronic means (,) by the said person. The said activating means (,) are designed for operating a dialogue between the said electronic means (,) and the circuit (,) and the optional unlocking of the door latch (,) of the lock before the said person's action on the handle (,) causes the door to be blocked by the friction of the pin (,) in the said catch (,) of the door striker (,).

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