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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Masanori Kosugi, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna is configured to receive authentication information through wireless communication from a mobile device adapted to be carried by a user. A detector is configured to perform detection of approach or contact of an object to be detected with respect to the antenna based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance. A control device is configured to validate the detection in response to an approval of authentication of the mobile device that is performed with the authentication information.