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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2024
Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Sylvain Godet, Saint Cezert, FR;
Burak Sahinbas, Regensburg, DE;
Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method for locating a user equipment with respect to a motor vehicle, including the following steps, carried out iteratively when the user is in motion: determining what is referred to as the 'inter-object' distance between an ultra-wideband communication module of the vehicle and the user equipment; computing what is referred to as the “inter-step” distance covered by the user between two consecutive steps based on the measured acceleration and orientation values; and cross-referencing the determined inter-object distance and the computed inter-step distance in order to determine at least one probable location zone of the user equipment. The iterations ending when a single probable location zone of the user equipment with a surface area smaller than a predefined surface area has been determined. The single probable location zone then corresponding to the location of the user equipment around the vehicle.