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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Siegfried Achhammer, Regensburg, DE;
Jürgen Schweiger, Pentling, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A device for detecting a key inserted into a motor vehicle lock includes a transmitter and a receiver connected to a micro-processor and a circuit connected directly between the transmitter and receiver and bypassing the microprocessor. When the key is inserted in the lock, the key communicates over a communications link with a lock-end interrogation device emitting intermittent interrogation pulses. The receiver activates the circuit upon receiving an interrogation pulse and actuates the transmitter to transmit a response pulse in response to the interrogation pulse. A key has a system for detecting whether it is inserted in a motor vehicle lock and includes a microprocessor, and a circuit connected directly between a transmitter and a receiver for sensing externally fed-in signals and bypassing the microprocessor. The circuit controls the transmitter to generate a response pulse when an interrogation pulse is received by the receiver, the response pulse being generated without involvement of the microprocessor.