Vehicle Parking Authenticator for Remote Access Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote park-assist systems lack effective authentication mechanisms to prevent unauthorized mobile devices from initiating remote parking of vehicles, potentially leading to unsafe or unauthorized vehicle control.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a parking authenticator within vehicles that presents an image to the user, receives an audio or textual identification via a mobile device, and authenticates the device by matching it with pre-designated images and identifications stored in a database, ensuring only authorized devices can initiate remote parking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote park-assist functionality is enabled without authentication, then ease of operation is improved, but security and reliability deteriorate due to unauthorized access risks
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication actions before enabling remote park-assist functionality. The parking authenticator verifies the mobile device's authorization status in advance by comparing device identifiers against stored authentication data, ensuring that only authenticated devices can initiate remote parking operations. This preliminary verification prevents unauthorized access while maintaining ease of operation for legitimate users.
2Reliability
If authentication mechanisms are implemented, then security and reliability are improved, but device complexity increases due to additional authentication components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a parking authenticator as an intermediary component that mediates between the mobile device and the remote park-assist system. This authenticator acts as a security gateway, verifying device authorization through comparison of device identifiers against stored authentication data. By placing this intermediary layer, the system achieves enhanced security without significantly increasing the complexity of the core remote parking functionality, as the authenticator operates as a separate modular component.
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AI summary
Method and apparatus are disclosed for remote park-assist authentication for vehicles. An example vehicle includes an autonomy unit to control motive functions for remote parking, a communication module to receive a signal for remote parking from a mobile device, and a parking authenticator. The parking authenticator is to present an image upon receiving the signal and receive, via the communication module, an audio identification from the mobile device. Also, the parking authenticator is to authenticate the mobile device to initiate remote parking in response to determining the audio identification corresponds to the image.