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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Brian K. Lickfelt, Powell, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); G07C 2009/0042 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00357 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for communicating with a portable device that include sending a predetermined number of LF polling signals from a vehicle to reach an entirety of a predetermined proximity of the vehicle. The system and method also include determining if at least one of the LF polling signals is received by the portable device located within the predetermined proximity of the vehicle. The system and method further include sending a wireless communication signal from the vehicle to reach the entirety of the predetermined proximity of the vehicle upon determining that the at least one of the LF polling signals is not received by the portable device.


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