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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Filippo Casamassima, Graz, AT;
Wolfgang Eber, Styria, AT;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); E05F 15/76 (2015.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); B60Q 1/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/209 (2013.01); B60Q 1/02 (2013.01); B60Q 1/26 (2013.01); B60Q 2900/30 (2013.01); E05F 15/76 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic key a vehicle is disclosed. The electronic key includes an inertial sensor, a microcontroller coupled to the inertial sensor and a transmitter/receiver coupled to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to perform an operation, the operation includes detecting a motion, turning a radio of the transmitter/receiver on, determining that a distance to the vehicle is less than a preselected distance, determining an activity using a sensor fusion process, determining that the distance to the vehicle is decreasing and performing a preselected operation on the vehicle.