Digital Vehicle Key Authentication With Trajectory Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Digital vehicle keys face security risks, allowing unauthorized access and potential property loss when the mobile terminal is lost, and additional hardware enhancements like fingerprint or face recognition increase costs.

Innovation Solution

Implement dual security authentication for digital vehicle keys, using authentication information from mobile terminals to ensure secure vehicle operations, including multiple authentication conditions and trajectory-based verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If digital vehicle key authentication is implemented using only mobile terminal connection, then ease of operation is improved, but security is worsened due to unauthorized access risks when device is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidsecurity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication process is segmented into multiple independent verification stages: first verifying the mobile terminal connection, then separately verifying trajectory conditions, and finally combining both results. This segmentation allows each verification layer to focus on specific security aspects without compromising operational convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The trajectory verification serves as an intermediary layer between the mobile terminal connection and the final authentication decision. By introducing this intermediate verification mechanism, the system can assess whether the mobile device has followed a reasonable path to the vehicle, adding security without directly impacting the ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If additional hardware authentication methods like fingerprint or face recognition are added, then security is improved, but device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces physical hardware authentication mechanisms (fingerprint sensors, face recognition cameras) with a software-based trajectory verification system. By substituting mechanical/hardware verification with computational analysis of movement patterns, the system achieves enhanced security without increasing device complexity or requiring additional hardware components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system utilizes data already being collected by the mobile terminal (location information, movement trajectory) to perform authentication. Instead of requiring additional hardware inputs, the system makes the authentication decision based on self-generated data from the mobile device's normal operation, avoiding the need for extra hardware while maintaining security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If trajectory verification is added to authentication process, then security is improved, but measurement precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoidmeasurement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system does not require perfect or excessive precision in trajectory measurement. Instead, it uses partial trajectory information (basic movement path from location data) to make authentication decisions. The verification accepts approximate trajectory patterns rather than demanding exact precision, thereby improving security without imposing unrealistic measurement precision requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20260027991A1Vehicle security authentication method
Publication Date: 2026.01.29 BEIJING BOE TECH DEV CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed are a vehicle security authentication method, and a corresponding vehicle, mobile terminal, system, computer program product and electronic device. The vehicle corresponds to at least one digital vehicle key, and the at least one digital vehicle key is provided on at least one mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving a connection request from the at least one mobile terminal; obtaining authentication information of the at least one digital vehicle key on the at least one mobile terminal; and performing an operation corresponding to the at least one digital vehicle key when the authentication information of the at least one digital vehicle key satisfies a security authentication condition, wherein the security authentication condition includes a first authentication condition and a second authentication condition.