Digital Vehicle Key Sensing for Hands-Free Vehicle Access Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current digital vehicle key solutions require users to perform numerous operations, leading to poor user experience and inefficient use of mobile terminal devices.

Innovation Solution

A method for operating a vehicle using a mobile terminal that determines senseless operation information, including quantity, location, and trajectory information of digital vehicle keys to control vehicle functions without user intervention, enhancing authentication and user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If digital vehicle key functions are integrated into mobile terminal devices using NFC, Bluetooth and UWB technologies, then vehicle access and control capabilities are improved, but the number of operations required by users increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevehicle access and control capabilitiesVSAvoidnumber of user operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables the vehicle to automatically detect mobile terminals with digital vehicle keys in proximity and autonomously determine user identity and intent based on detection data, eliminating the need for users to manually operate the vehicle key application. The vehicle performs self-service authentication and control operations without requiring user initiation or confirmation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-establishes digital vehicle keys in mobile terminals before the user reaches the vehicle. The vehicle continuously monitors for nearby mobile terminals and prepares authentication in advance, so that when a user approaches, the vehicle is already ready to authenticate and execute control operations without requiring the user to perform any preliminary actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If multiple specific operations are required in the vehicle key application, then security and control precision are improved, but user experience deteriorates due to complex操作流程

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity and control precisionVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The vehicle autonomously determines user identity, location, and intent based on detection data from mobile terminals, and automatically executes appropriate control operations. This eliminates the need for users to navigate through multiple application menus and confirmation screens, while the system maintains security through automated authentication and authorization checks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously receives detection data from mobile terminals, analyzes user intent based on this feedback, and dynamically adjusts control operations. The vehicle monitors user actions and environmental conditions, using this feedback to automatically determine the most appropriate operation without requiring explicit user commands for each action.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Measurement precision

If the vehicle continuously monitors mobile terminals and processes detection data, then user intent recognition is improved, but energy consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser intent recognition accuracyVSAvoidvehicle energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of continuous monitoring, the vehicle performs detection and data processing at periodic intervals or triggered by specific events such as when a mobile terminal enters a predetermined distance range. This reduces energy consumption while maintaining accurate user intent recognition by checking at meaningful moments rather than continuously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The monitoring intensity and processing frequency are dynamically adjusted based on current conditions such as vehicle state, number of nearby mobile terminals, and environmental factors. The system increases monitoring precision when needed (e.g., when users are approaching or interacting with the vehicle) and reduces it during normal operation to conserve energy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250214532A1Method for operating vehicle
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 BEIJING BOE TECH DEV CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed are a method for operating a vehicle, and a corresponding vehicle, mobile terminal, system, computer program product, and electronic device. The method comprises: establishing a communication connection between a vehicle and at least one mobile terminal; determining contactless operation information corresponding to at least one digital vehicle key in the at least one mobile terminal, wherein the contactless operation information comprises one or more of quantity information, position information, and trajectory information; and on the basis of the contactless operation information corresponding to the at least one digital vehicle key, controlling the vehicle to execute a corresponding operation.