Method and system for immobilizing a motor vehicle.
FR3139101B1Active Publication Date: 2025-08-29STELLANTIS AUTO SAS
View PDF 0 Cites 0 Cited by
Patent Information
- Application Number
- FR2022008557
- Authority / Receiving Office
- FR · FR
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2022-08-26
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-29
- Estimated Expiration
- 2042-08-26
AI Technical Summary
Technical Problem
Existing motor vehicle immobilizer systems are expensive, do not authenticate occasional drivers, and lack safeguards for authentication failures, while relying on dedicated equipment like antennas.
Method used
A method and system using a vehicle's existing telematic control unit and mobile devices for authentication, allowing occasional drivers and storing authentication failures, without dedicated antennas, by exchanging signals via cellular networks or Wi-Fi to control vehicle start requests.
Benefits of technology
Provides cost-effective, secure, and user-friendly vehicle immobilization with authentication of occasional drivers and failure safeguards, utilizing existing vehicle components for communication.
✦ Generated by Eureka AI based on patent content.
Smart Images
Figure 00000015_0000 
Figure 00000015_0001 
Figure 00000016_0000
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and system for immobilizing a motorized vehicle (10). In order for the vehicle to start, it is necessary for the vehicle to be authenticated by a device (3) removed from the vehicle (10) and for a request to start the vehicle to be accepted by an owner of the vehicle via a mobile device associated with it. Figure for abstract: Figure 1
Need to check novelty before this filing date? Find Prior Art