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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ryan Joseph Gorski, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
William Ko, Troy, MI (US);
Ahmet Cinar, Cologne NRW, DE;
Fouad Bounefissa, Oakville, CA;
Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a search system including at least one antenna, a wireless transceiver control module, and a processor. The processor receives a vehicle access request. The processor then sends a search instruction to the wireless transceiver control module to search for an authorized wireless device within a predefined distance of the vehicle. The processor receives a response, to the request, from the wireless transceiver control module indicating search results and a state indicator indicating a state of the search system. When the state indicator indicates a state predefined as corresponding to a final result state for fulfilling the request, the processor utilizes the search results to determine if the access request should be granted and when the state indicator indicates a state predefined as corresponding to an in-progress state, which will result in an improved response at a future time, the processor re-instructs the search and repeats response reception.