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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Sang Woo Ji, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/245 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle key control apparatus includes a communicator receiving a response signal from a vehicle key receiving a search signal transmitted from a vehicle, wherein the response signal comprises an x-axis reception strength, a y-axis reception strength, and a z-axis reception strength; and a controller determining a position of the vehicle key on the basis of at least one among the x-axis reception strength, the y-axis reception strength, and the z-axis reception strength.