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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Sebastian Gehrling, Essen, DE;
Klaus Meierling, Bochum, DE;
Gerd Penshorn, Edemissen, DE;
Wolfgang Theimer, Bochum, DE;
Jens Kampermann, Haan, DE;
Matthias Mohaupt, Bochum, DE;
Henning Taschke, Bochum, DE;
Ernst Zielinski, Bochum, DE;
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Abstract
System and method for detecting an input for an apparatus inside a vehicle, wherein at least one moving user device generates a changing electromagnetic field. A detection unit detects at least one field parameter of the electromagnetic field, wherein the detected field parameter is a function of the geometric arrangement of the user device relative to the detection unit. A radio signature of the user device is determined based on the detected field parameters, and a signature sequence is determined based on a sequence of time-sequentially determined radio signatures of the user device. The determined signature sequence is then assigned to an input gesture, and whereby, based on the input gesture, a signal is generated and output.