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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;
Mohammed Khan, Coventry, GB;
Howard Siswick, Coventry, GB;
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, , GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to an access unit () for communicating with a further access unit () to control access to a vehicle (). The access unit () comprises at least a first transmitter () for transmitting a polling signal; and at least a first receiver () for receiving an authentication signal from the further access unit () in response to the polling signal. At least the first transmitter () is a first ultra-wideband transmitter and at least the first receiver () is a first ultra-wide-band receiver. The invention also relates to a vehicle access system () which is a combination of the access and further access units (). The invention also relates to methods of operating a vehicle access system () and a vehicle access unit ().