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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
David Paul Kaminski, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Robert Bruce Kleve, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Thomas Hille, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/33 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 9/00111 (2013.01); B60R 25/33 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00793 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle may include a passive entry system having a controller and at least one antenna within the vehicle. The controller is operably arranged with the at least one antenna, and configured to cause, in response to a trigger event, the at least one antenna to transmit at least one challenge, receive a response to the challenge indicative of a tag in a vicinity of the vehicle, and identify an item based on the tag.