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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventor:
Claus-Peter Brückner, Braunschweig, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01); E05B 81/78 (2014.01); E05B 83/36 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05B 81/78 (2013.01); E05B 83/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a locking system of a transportation vehicle in which time-of-flight measurements are made using at least one interior transceiver situated in an interior of the transportation vehicle, and using at least one exterior transceiver situated outside the interior; the time-of-flight measurements are used to determine a position of a key device relative to the transportation vehicle; and an operating function of the locking system is performed based on the relative position determined.