Vehicle Bluetooth Key Authentication for Automatic Secure Pairing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current Bluetooth key systems require manual intervention to connect with vehicles, leading to a poor user experience due to limitations in automatic connection technology.

Innovation Solution

A method involving a Bluetooth master module in the vehicle that performs authentication and connection with a Bluetooth key using preset key information, generates and encrypts random codes, and broadcasts signals for bidirectional authentication, enabling automatic connection when the mobile terminal enters a preset distance range.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If automatic connection technology is used, then connection convenience is improved, but many Bluetooth key products cannot realize this function and require manual operation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection convenienceVSAvoidcompatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the connection process into two independent modules: a Bluetooth master module in the vehicle and a Bluetooth slave module in the key. This segmentation allows each module to have specialized functions, enabling automatic connection while maintaining broad compatibility across different Bluetooth key products.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The Bluetooth connection system is designed to work with various types of Bluetooth keys through universal communication protocols. The master and slave module architecture provides multi-functionality, supporting both automatic connection scenarios and manual connection fallback options across different device types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If manual operation is required to connect Bluetooth key, then connection reliability is improved through user control, but user experience deteriorates due to additional steps

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection reliabilityVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the master-slave module architecture and presetting connection parameters before actual connection is needed. When the key approaches the vehicle, the automatic connection process can immediately execute without requiring user configuration, thus maintaining reliability while improving convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The Bluetooth connection system enables self-service automatic connection where the master and slave modules autonomously complete the pairing process without user intervention. The system independently handles authentication, connection establishment, and module activation, eliminating manual steps while maintaining connection reliability through built-in verification mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Speed

If automatic connection is implemented, then connection speed is improved, but system complexity increases due to additional authentication mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection speedVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts the authentication and connection logic into separate, independent master and slave modules. This extraction simplifies the overall system architecture by localizing complexity within each module while maintaining simple interaction between them, enabling fast automatic connection without excessive system-wide complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial authentication mechanisms focused on the critical connection establishment phase. Rather than implementing comprehensive security checks at every stage, the system applies targeted authentication where most needed during automatic connection, achieving fast connection speed while managing system complexity through selective security measures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12005861B2Method for connecting bluetooth key to vehicle, vehicle bluetooth system, and bluetooth key
Publication Date: 2024.06.11 GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for connecting a Bluetooth key to a vehicle, a vehicle Bluetooth system, and a Bluetooth key, comprises: when a mobile terminal enters a preset distance range of a vehicle, a Bluetooth master module of the vehicle performs authentication and connection with a Bluetooth key of the mobile terminal according to preset key information (S11); after the Bluetooth master module is successfully connected to the Bluetooth key, the Bluetooth master module generates an original random code and encrypts the original random code to obtain an encrypted random code (S12); the Bluetooth master module sends the original random code to a Bluetooth slave module, and sends the encrypted random code to the Bluetooth key (S13); and the Bluetooth slave module and the Bluetooth key perform bidirectional authentication according to the encrypted random code and the original random code, and when bidirectional authentication succeeds, the connection is established (S14).