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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2021
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;
Howard Siswick, Coventry, GB;
David Waddell, Coventry, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Warwickshire, GB;
Abstract
An access control system () for a vehicle () having at least one access system associated with a closure () of the vehicle (), the access control system () comprising one or more controllers (), the access control system configured to receive a first signal () from an associated user device (), the first signal () being indicative that the user device () is beyond a threshold distance from the vehicle (); receive a second signal () indicative of a user request to change a lock mode of the access control system (); operate in a lock mode selected from a plurality of lock modes in dependence on receipt of the second signal (); and generate a control signal to activate the at least one access system () into a lock state in dependence on the selected lock mode and in response to the first signal () indicating that the proximity of the user device () to the vehicle () exceeds the threshold distance.