5766results 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

An embodiment intrusion detection system for detecting intrusions in an in-vehicle network includes a message queue module configured to store network messages collected from the in-vehicle network in a message queue, a memory configured to securely store a ruleset comprising a set of detection rules used in a plurality of detection techniques, a rule engine configured to apply the plurality of detection techniques to the collected network messages to detect security events and configured to determine a severity score and a reliability score for each detected security event, and an interface manager configured to transmit detection reports to a remote backend server in response to detection of the security events.

Embodiments herein relate to a vehicle immobilization system is having a detection unit operable to detect a level of an intoxicant in a user, a control system to receive a signal from the detection unit indicating a level of intoxicant in the user, and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit signals. The system further includes a wireless relay system configured to be disposed in an engine compartment of the vehicle and having a wireless receiver configured to receive the signals from the wireless transmitter. Other embodiments are also included herein.

A system for notifying emergency services of a vehicular crash may (i) receive sensor data of a vehicular crash from at least one mobile device associated with a user; (ii) generate a scenario model of the vehicular crash based upon the received sensor data; (iii) store the scenario model; and / or (iv) transmit a message to one or more emergency services based upon the scenario model. As a result, the speed and accuracy of deploying emergency services to the vehicular crash location is increased. The system may also utilize vehicle occupant positional data, and internal and external sensor data to detect potential imminent vehicle collisions, take corrective actions, automatically engage autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle features, and / or generate virtual reconstructions of the vehicle collision.

To monitor the state of a vehicle without being affected by the ambient environment such as in the nighttime.SOLUTION: A detector comprises: an acquisition unit that, on the basis of a reflected wave that is reflected on an object moving in the cabin from a transmitted wave transmitted toward the inside of a cabin of a vehicle, acquires time-series data of a point group indicating one or more detection points representing the position of the object moving in the cabin; an operation unit that analyzes the behavior of the point group moving with the lapse of time on the basis of the time-series data of the point group; and a determination unit that determines whether the object enters or exits from the cabin on the basis of the behavior of the point group.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion configured to mount at a vehicle door. A handle portion includes a grasping portion and is movable relative to the base portion between a recessed position, where the grasping portion is recessed at the base portion, and a deployed position, where the grasping portion protrudes outward to be graspable by the user. A deployment mechanism is operable to move the handle portion between the recessed and deployed positions. A control module, based on a user input, actuates a latch mechanism to unlock the vehicle door. The deployment mechanism, responsive to the control module unlocking the vehicle door, moves the handle portion from the recessed position to the deployed position. With the handle portion in the deployed position and the vehicle door unlocked, the handle portion is graspable by the user to open the vehicle door.

In various examples, infrared image data may be used to detect a subcutaneous characteristic(s) (e.g., a palm vein topology) of a person (e.g., a person requesting entry to a vehicle, a vehicle occupant) and authenticate the user based on the detected subcutaneous characteristic(s). For example, infrared image data representing one or more acquired subcutaneous characteristics (e.g., a topology of veins and / or other blood vessels in a region of the authenticating user's palm, hand, neck, forearm, face, fingertip, eye, etc.) may be generated. Hand and / or palm detection may be applied to detect a region depicting the user's hand or palm, and that region (or some subset thereof) may be segmented to generate a representation of an acquired vein topology. The acquired vein topology may be compared with one or more reference vein topologies stored in a database to determine whether the acquired vein topology matches one of the reference vein topologies.

The invention relates to a method for activating a function of a motor vehicle by means of an activation device comprising at least four ultra-wide-band communication external antenna modules and an ultra-high-frequency communication module, from an item of “hands-free” portable access equipment (SD) carried by a user, comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer, the activation of the function being triggered by detection of the presence of the user in a predetermined zone around the vehicle, and depending on an authentication result, the method comprising the following steps:s) determining an initial position of the item of access equipment with respect to the vehicle,t) measuring the values from the gyroscope, from the magnetometer and from the accelerometer,u) obtaining a value of the probability of the intention to activate a vehicle function,v) comparing the probability value with at least one predetermined threshold,w) transmitting, at ultra-high frequency from said item of equipment to said vehicle, a request to place the external antenna modules in partial or full ultra-wide-band communication operation, depending on the result of said comparison,x) activating the vehicle function, depending on an estimate of the distance between said item of equipment and the vehicle made by said external antenna modules thus activated in the ultra-wide band.

The invention provides an electric vehicle power battery pack and BMS controller anti-theft authentication method, and relates to the technical field of new energy electric vehicles, a power battery pack, a battery management system (BMS), an anti-theft monitoring chip, a mobile terminal and a remote monitoring platform are included, multi-level verification ensures that the battery pack only works on an authorized vehicle through local and cloud dual encryption, and the safety of the battery pack is ensured. Even if a certain link is cracked, the binding information, the use history and the battery replacement record of the battery pack cannot be recorded by bypassing the overall authentication and the block chain technology, a non-tampering distributed account book is formed, the blank of data credibility under the battery replacement and leasing scenes is filled, the security of the anti-theft system is improved to a brand new height, and the safety of the anti-theft system is improved. A transparent and standardized solution is provided for battery management in the new energy automobile industry, safety supervision of echelon utilization of the power battery after decommissioning is promoted, and the property loss risk of automobile owners and automobile enterprises is greatly reduced.

A retrofitted bus featuring a progressive floor elevation system that gradually increases the height of modular flooring sections from front to rear, creating additional underfloor storage space and improving passenger visibility. The bus incorporates elevated passenger seating assemblies with rigid support structures and adjustable footrests for enhanced comfort and accessibility. The retrofitted stowage space may include insulation, climate control, and video monitoring systems. An engine safety cover, constructed from fire-resistant, thermally insulating, and structurally reinforced materials, integrates an extinguishing system for fire suppression. A swing-down egress mechanism at the rear of the bus serves as a structural component during normal operation and converts to an evacuation slide or stairs during emergencies.

Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.

A vehicle control device has a vehicle body, a locking unit, an electronic signal transmission unit mounted on the vehicle body, and an electronic portable device in wireless communication with the electronic signal transmission unit. The electronic signal transmission unit detects a location of the electronic portable device with respect to the vehicle body. The electronic controller has a computer readable medium storing a threshold detection range between the electronic portable device and the vehicle body. The electronic controller is programmed to control the locking unit to be in the unlock permissible state when the electronic portable device is determined to be within the threshold detection range. The electronic controller is further programmed to automatically update the threshold detection range to a customized detection range upon determining that the locking unit is in an unintentional unlock permissible state.

The invention provides a keyless entry system calibration method and apparatus, an electronic device and a medium. The method comprises the steps of determining a first region and a second region according to a to-be-calibrated function of a target antenna, a first field intensity threshold and a second field intensity threshold; the first field intensity threshold value is greater than the second field intensity threshold value; the second area comprises the first area; based on the position of the key in the expansion area, determining a first field intensity measurement value and a second field intensity measurement value corresponding to the position; the first field intensity measurement value is the field intensity measurement value of the key relative to the target antenna, and the second field intensity measurement value is the field intensity measurement value of the key relative to at least one other antenna on the vehicle; the expansion area is an area which is in the second area and is not in the first area; determining a judgment rule set according to the to-be-calibrated function; and determining a target field intensity threshold value corresponding to the to-be-calibrated function according to the judgment rule set, the first field intensity measurement value and the second field intensity measurement value.