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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Dino Fontana, Gladbeck, DE;
Sascha Jurthe, Hattingen, DE;
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/20 (2013.01); H04B 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); B60R 25/2027 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04B 13/005 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, for example, with respect to a vehicle. A signal having an item of information relating to the user is injected into skin of the user by a transmitting device. Direct contact is established between the skin of the user and a receiving device assigned to the facility, with the result that the signal is transmitted from the skin of the user to the receiving device. The user is also authenticated based on the signal received by the receiving device.