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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Hannes Haupt, Braunschweig, DE;
Bastian Bartels, Wolfsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G01B 7/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/245 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G01B 7/023 (2013.01); G01C 21/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); B60R 2325/101 (2013.01); B60R 2325/105 (2013.01); B60R 2325/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to determine a position of a portable apparatus relative to a vehicle including generating a magnetic field by the vehicle, detecting the magnetic field by a magnetic field sensor of the portable apparatus, and evaluating the magnetic field to determine the position of the portable apparatus relative to the vehicle.