8026results about "Anti-theft devices" patented technology

A security fastener assembly is provided with a cap having a decorative bearing surface and a lower retention portion. A fastener body has: a threaded portion or securing the fastener assembly to a corresponding threaded feature on a vehicle; a stem opposite the threaded portion for receiving the cap, the stem having a security protrusion defining a distal end, an undercut formed adjacent the stem for cooperating with the lower retention portion of the cap, where the lower retention portion of the cap is secured in the undercut to maintain the cap on the fastener body; a keyed security drive feature formed between the threaded portion the stem portion where the fastener body is removable with the keyed security feature. Engaging the decorative bearing surface of the cap and rotating does not rotate the threaded portion of the fastener body.

To provide a vehicle control system that can suppress a vehicle from operating even after the vehicle is brought into an operable state by an activity of an improper user.SOLUTION: Vehicle control systems (1, 1a and 1b) comprise: start-notification transmitting parts (relay servers 71 and 71a, and an operation support ECU 21a) which transmit operation start-notifications to one or a plurality of registered terminals (portable terminals 6, 6a, 6b, and 6c) associated with vehicles (2, 2a, and 2b) in accordance with operation of starting the vehicles; and operation control parts (driving support ECU 21, 21a, and 21b) which when operation control request operation is performed to the registered terminals in response to the operation-start notifications, switch the vehicles between an operation suppression state and an operation possible state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

An outside handle device for a vehicle door comprises a handle main body provided at the outside of the vehicle door, a handle frame fixed to the vehicle door, a first connector provided at a vehicle body side and electrically connected with an electric signal cable at the vehicle body side, and a second connector provided at the handle main body and electrically connected with the electric component accommodated in the handle main body. The first connector and the second connector are placed with a predetermined distance when the handle main body is assembled in the handle.

Methods, systems, and devices for leveraging automotive and wearable-based data are described. For example, a system may include a wearable device, a user device associated with the wearable device, and a vehicle. The system may determine when a user is within a proximity of the vehicle based on communications between the vehicle and the wearable device, between the vehicle and the user device, or both. The system may retrieve physiological data measurement from the user via the wearable device based on determining the user is positioned in a proximity of the vehicle, such that one or more operational parameters of the vehicle may be adjusted based on the physiological data. Additionally, or alternatively, the system may receive telemetry data from one more sensors of the vehicle and may provide feedback to the user based on the telemetry data satisfying one or more trigger conditions.

To inhibit a thief from taking away a vehicle to a distant place.SOLUTION: A vehicle 100 includes: an on-vehicle navigation device 10 for repeatedly obtaining a location of the vehicle 100 through a GPS 200; and an on-vehicle immobilizer device 20. The on-vehicle immobilizer device 20 turns on a remote immobilizer on the basis of the fact that the location of the vehicle 100, obtained from the on-vehicle navigation device 10, is outside a preset geographical region. The on-vehicle immobilizer device 20 prohibits operation of a drive system of the vehicle 100 while the remote immobilizer is in an on-state. Notification that the remote immobilizer has been turned on is provided to a terminal 300 of a legitimate user of the vehicle 100 via a server 400 or directly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention discloses a vehicle transport safety monitoring system for hazardous chemicals based on all-element management. A driver holography management unit performs multi-factor identity verification and multi-dimension driver status monitoring on a driver, and implements linkage with vehicle control according to an identity verification and / or status monitoring result. A vehicle safety monitoring unit automatically monitors a vehicle safety status, and forms warning or alarm information according to a monitoring result. An in-vehicle hazardous chemical safety monitoring unit comprehensively monitors physical and chemical safety parameters of in-vehicle hazardous chemicals and in-vehicle hazardous chemical anti-theft and robbery monitoring information during transportation, and forms warning or alarm information according to a monitoring result. This system can implement comprehensive real-time monitoring and risk warning for persons, vehicles, and materials for the in-vehicle hazardous chemicals during transportation, so as to ensure transport safety of the hazardous chemicals.

It is disclosed a vehicle transportation safety monitoring system based on driver holographic management. In the system, a driver identity verification unit reads driver certificate information and / or collects driver biometric information, and compares the information with biometric information corresponding to authorized driver identity information to complete driver identity verification, a vehicle control unit determines, according to an identity verification result, whether a vehicle can be started; emotion recognition and / or behavioral intelligent analysis and / or sensor monitoring data analysis and recognition is performed, and when the result triggers a warning, an operation such as automatic speed control is performed to control the movement of the vehicle. This system can bind a driver identity with a driving permission of a designated operating vehicle, monitors a driver emotion, a driving behavior, and a fatigue status, and controls a vehicle driving status and / or sends a safety warning to a driver according to a monitoring result.

A vehicle anti-theft device that is configured to be surroundably mount a brake pedal inhibiting access thereto and as such disabling features of the vehicle such as but not limited to starting of the vehicle. The invention includes a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior volume being of suitable size to accommodate a vehicle brake pedal therein. The housing includes a front wall that is hingedly mounted operable to move between an open and closed position. A top wall is slidably secured to the housing so as to facilitate placement of the housing around the vehicle brake pedal. A wedge member is placed within the interior volume of the housing and is configured to engage the brake pedal applying an upwards bias thereagainst so as to inhibit movement of the vehicle brake pedal. A lateral stability member is secured to the housing to inhibit lateral movement thereof.

A method for determining an approach of a person toward a transportation vehicle, a computer program, an apparatus, and a system. In response to UWB technology or other radio-based distance systems being used for the Kessy access, the distance information relating to a user is gathered. In response to the access device containing an acceleration sensor, the movement sequence relating to the distance information is analyzed. The magnetic orientation of a transportation vehicle is known when the transportation vehicle is parked, and this information is included in the analysis. In the course of the calculation, directional vectors are included in the approach detection, and the individual positions are easily calculated.

An example operation includes one or more of receiving a scan of a cabin of a vehicle, wherein the scan includes a spatial region inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle proximate at least one vehicle door, determining at least one occupant characteristic based on the scan, including a classification detection and a presence detection of at least one seat inside the vehicle, determining a cabin status based on the at least one occupant characteristic and communicating the cabin status to a mobile device.

Disclosed herein is a vehicle-mounted hazardous chemicals safety monitoring system. The system includes a vehicle-mounted hazardous chemicals physical and chemical safety monitoring and early warning unit, a vehicle-mounted hazardous chemicals anti-theft / robbery monitoring and early warning unit, hazardous chemical transportation emergency rescue guidance unit, a vehicle-mounted gateway unit, an alarm prompt unit, and a remote management unit. This system automatically monitors physical and chemical safety information and anti-theft / robbery safety information of vehicle-mounted hazardous chemicals, and may issue an on-site voice prompt for emergency disposal or file push guidance for a vehicle driver through the hazardous chemical transportation emergency rescue guidance unit when a vehicle triggers a vehicle-mounted hazardous chemicals physical and chemical safety monitoring and early warning and a vehicle-mounted hazardous chemicals anti-theft / robbery monitoring and early warning.

Presented are automated vehicle systems for provisioning manufacturing mode (MM) for connected vehicles, methods for making / using such systems, and wireless-enabled vehicles with MM functionality. A method of controlling operation of a vehicle includes receiving an MM-install signal indicating the vehicle has reached a predefined assembly line location during vehicle assembly. When at this predefined location, the vehicle is installed with an MM operating mode, which contains a predefined spatial limitation, a preset MM start trigger, and an anti-theft protocol. A controller of the vehicle activates the MM operating mode responsive to detecting the vehicle experiencing the preset MM start trigger while within the predefined spatial limitation. With the MM operating mode active, the vehicle controller uses the anti-theft protocol to determine if the vehicle experiences a predefined theft trigger; if so, the controller commands a resident anti-theft system to automate a remediating action to thwart theft of the vehicle.

A computer system (100) of a vehicle (10) comprising processing circuitry (102) configured to: send a verification request message (M) to an electrical energy storage system (104) of the vehicle, receive a response message from the electrical energy storage system (104) that depends on the existence of a correct digital key (106) in a memory (108) of the electrical energy storage system (104); when the digital key (106) is correctly verified, allow electrical systems (110) of the vehicle to use the electrical energy storage system, when the digital key (106) cannot be correctly verified, limit the use of the electrical energy storage system (104) for the electrical systems (110) of the vehicle.

According to an embodiment, it is a system comprising a sensor, a communication module and a processor, wherein the processor is operable to detect, via a detection module, a first identity of a first occupant of a vehicle; connect, via the communication module, to a first device of the first occupant; retrieve, a first occupant profile, wherein the first occupant profile comprises a first vehicle setting; detect, via the detection module, a second identity of a second occupant of the vehicle; connect, via the communication module, to a second device of the second occupant; retrieve, a second occupant profile, wherein the second occupant profile comprises a second vehicle setting; adjust, via a conflict resolution module, the first vehicle setting and the second vehicle setting based on the first occupant profile and the second occupant profile; and apply, the first vehicle setting and the second vehicle setting to the vehicle.

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing and using a mobile key. In some embodiments, while displaying a representation of a mobile car key on a multifunction device, the device receives a request to restrict use of the mobile car key for a predetermined time period, and in response, restricts at least one function of the mobile car key for the time period.

A technique of more suitably achieving an operation of an autonomous vehicle used by a plurality of members is provided. A mobile terminal apparatus includes: a controller transmitting an operation instruction for operating the autonomous vehicle to an in-vehicle apparatus of the autonomous vehicle; and a storage storing setting information including information for identifying each user terminal and ranking information for setting a ranking related to the operation of the autonomous vehicle, among the plurality of users making a group using the autonomous vehicle and the plurality of mobile terminal apparatuses. The mobile terminal apparatus detects other user terminal of the group by communication with the other user terminal, determines, on the basis of the ranking information of the setting information, whether or not the terminal itself has an operation privilege for transmitting the operation instruction while taking the terminal itself and the other user terminal as candidate user terminals, and, if the terminal itself has the operation privilege, transmits the operation instruction to the in-vehicle apparatus on the basis of an input operation performed by the user.

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile Bluetooth control, in particular to an automobile Bluetooth control method and system based on a keyless entry mode. According to the method, the dynamic behavior time sequence of each Bluetooth device in the vehicle-mounted Bluetooth sensing area of the automobile is compared and analyzed, the candidate Bluetooth device with the control intention is screened out, and the recognition accuracy is improved; the real-time signal intensity, historical user operation behavior data and equipment trust level of the candidate Bluetooth equipment are comprehensively considered, and the control priority of each candidate Bluetooth equipment is fused and analyzed, so that flexible and accurate authority management is realized; selecting the candidate Bluetooth device with the highest control priority as an authorized Bluetooth device to establish a communication link and distribute the automobile Bluetooth control authority to ensure the reasonable distribution of the control authority; when the automobile runs, the real-time position of the authorized Bluetooth device is obtained, the Bluetooth device control authority corresponding to the automobile Bluetooth is dynamically adjusted by combining the corresponding electronic fence boundary of the automobile, and potential safety hazards are effectively reduced.

A control system for use at a mobile device to control a digital key system of a vehicle, wherein the digital key system is implemented according to a predetermined vehicle digital key specification to enable one or more vehicle functions to be performed at the vehicle without using a physical key for the vehicle, and wherein the control system, when executed by a processor of the mobile device, is arranged to: communicate, in accordance with the predetermined vehicle digital key specification, with the digital key system via at least one short range communication protocol to cause performance of at least one of the one or more vehicle functions; and provide a secured software runtime environment at the mobile device for the control system to perform one or more secured operations, the one or more secured operations including the control system acting as a software root of trust, in accordance with the predetermined vehicle digital key specification, for performance of at least one of the one or more vehicle functions.

A vehicle key positioning method, and an apparatus and a storage medium. The method comprises: after a vehicle completes a communication connection with a key of the vehicle, determining respective distances between a plurality of positioning anchor points and the key on the basis of respective ranging signals between the plurality of positioning anchor points of the vehicle and the key; on the basis of the respective distances between the plurality of positioning anchor points and the key, determining at least two reference anchor points from among the plurality of positioning anchor points, wherein the reference anchor point represents a ranging signal transmission mode between the reference anchor point and the key being line-of-sight (LOS) wireless transmission; on the basis of respective distances between the determined reference anchor points and the key, determining first coordinates of the key in a local coordinate system corresponding to the determined reference anchor points; performing coordinate system transformation processing on the first coordinates, so as to acquire second coordinates of the key in a preset coordinate system of the vehicle; and according to the second coordinates, if it is determined that the key is in a functional area of the vehicle, executing a preset operation corresponding to the functional area. By means of the method, the problem of positioning being inaccurate in key positioning methods in the prior art is solved.

A vehicle including a rear closure, a detection unit and a notification unit is disclosed. The rear closure may move between a closed state and an open state. The detection unit may detect vehicle access device position in proximity to the vehicle. The notification unit may output visual and / or audible notifications. The vehicle may further include a processor that may determine that the vehicle access device has entered a predefined zone in proximity to a vehicle rear portion based on inputs from the detection unit. The processor may activate the notification unit to output notifications for a predefined time duration responsive to determining that the vehicle access device has entered the predefined zone. The processor may further determine a time duration the vehicle access device stays in the predefined zone. The processor may cause the rear closure to open when the time duration is greater than the predefined time duration.

The invention discloses a digital vehicle key positioning system and method and a related device, and belongs to the technical field of vehicle control. According to the method, a vehicle can receive position information sent by terminal equipment, and position information of a digital vehicle key relative to the vehicle is determined based on the position information of the terminal equipment and wireless signals collected by a plurality of short-distance wireless communication modules on the vehicle. Namely, the position information determined by the terminal equipment and the wireless signal acquired by the vehicle are fused to realize more accurate positioning of the digital vehicle key, so that the positioning error of the digital vehicle key is reduced, the positioning accuracy is improved, and the ping-pong problem of vehicle unlocking and locking and the consistency problem of unlocking and locking distances can be effectively solved.

The invention relates to a vehicle control method and device, electronic equipment, a storage medium and a vehicle, and the method comprises the steps: responding to monitoring that a risk monitoring switch of the vehicle is turned on, and controlling an image collection device and an inertial measurement unit of the vehicle to be turned on; acquiring multimedia data acquired by the image acquisition device and motion data acquired by the inertial measurement unit; based on the multimedia data, the motion data and a preset risk event triggering condition, determining a target risk event level currently satisfied by the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle to give an alarm based on a target alarm strategy corresponding to the target risk event level. By adopting the technical scheme, as only the image acquisition device and the inertial measurement unit are started to work, more energy consumption can be saved, so that the influence on the cruising ability of the vehicle is reduced, and the utilization rate of a user is favorably improved.

In a technique for determining a seating position of each of users in a vehicle based on wireless signals from mobile devices carried by the users, a controller identifies a position of a mobile device within a distance from a door outside the vehicle via communication between exterior communicators and the mobile devices. When receiving a signal of boarding, the controller determines whether the mobile device is present in the vehicle via communication between an interior communicator and the mobile device. When the mobile device is determined to be present in the vehicle, the controller determines that a seat corresponding to the position of the mobile device is a seating position of a user corresponding to the mobile device.

A system (1) has a vehicle (2) and a mobile device (3) to unlock the vehicle (2) and / or enable a function of the vehicle (2). The vehicle (2) has at least one first transceiver (A) that is designed to transmit and receive data wirelessly. The mobile device (3) has at least one second transceiver (B) that is designed to transmit and receive data wirelessly. The first transceiver (A) and the second transceiver (B) are designed to establish a wireless connection with one another as connection partners that enables data exchange. The first transceiver (A) is designed to check an environment of the vehicle (2) for available connection partners. The second transceiver (B) is designed to signal its availability as a connection partner.

A device provides through a Bluetooth connection with a primary anchor a Long Term Key (LTK) for use in a multi-anchor Bluetooth channel sounding (MABCS) process with the primary anchor and one or more secondary anchors, and the device then engages in the MABCS process. The MABCS process includes (a) sequentially at to each of multiple Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) channels (i) transmitting a ping message, (ii) receiving sequentially from each of the anchors of the plurality, responsive to the ping message, a respective pong message, and (iii) using phase shift as a basis to determine, respectively for each anchor, a phase shift on the BLE channel, and (b) determining the distance of the device respectively from each anchor based at least on the phase shifts determined for respectively for the anchor on at least a first one of the BLE channels and a second one of the BLE channels.

A method of vehicle accident response includes generating, by a mobile device located inside a vehicle, telematics data associated with operation of the vehicle, and transmitting, from the mobile device to one or more processors via wireless communication, the telematics data. The method also includes analyzing the telematics data to determine that an accident involving the vehicle has occurred, analyzing the telematics data to determine a likelihood of injury due to the accident, and generating a communication (i) based upon the telematics data and the likelihood of injury and (ii) in response to determining that the accident has occurred. The method further includes transmitting, to the mobile device, the communication.

A system is provided for implementing trajectory analysis entry controls. A trajectory analysis entry control system is implemented in a vehicle, and supports remote and automatic entry control functions for the vehicle. For example the system triggers various automatic entry controls functions, such as remotely unlocking doors and / or a trunk of a vehicle, by tracking and analyzing a user's trajectory of movement while they are approaching the vehicle. A system includes a user identification device to identify whether a user is authorized to access the vehicle, such as a driver. The system also includes a trajectory tracking device that determines a trajectory of the user with respect to the vehicle. As the user's trajectory is determined to be approaching the vehicle, the trajectory tracking device further determines which entry point of the vehicle the user is approaching and automatically engages an automatic unlocking of that access point of the vehicle.