Control device and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11974125-B2
Application number	US-202117240314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2021
Priority date	Jun 5, 2020
Publication date	Apr 30, 2024
Grant date	Apr 30, 2024

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a control device and control method that make it possible to perform an inter-device authentication process more certainly and improve security.Provided is a control device including: a control section configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device. The control section performs control in such a manner that authentication information is changed for each process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once, the authentication information being information to be used for the authentication process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device, comprising:
a processor configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device,
wherein the processor performs the control in such a manner that authentication information is changed for each process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once, the authentication information being information to be used for the authentication process,
the authentication information is encrypted information,
in a case where the processor is notified of execution of a process group in which the authentication process is repeated a designated number of times, the processor changes the authentication information in such a manner that the authentication information becomes different from the authentication information used for the process group executed before the notification,
signals transmitted or received in the authentication process include a trigger signal that notifies of a start of the authentication process, a request signal that is returned and requests a response in a case where the trigger signal is received, and a response signal that is returned and responds to the request in the case where the request signal is received,
the processor executes the process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once by using different authentication information for the trigger signal, the request signal, and the response signal, and
the processor changes the authentication information to be used for each of the signals each time the process group is executed.

2. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor changes the authentication information for each process group, the authentication information being included in each of the signals to be transmitted or received in the authentication process.

3. The control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein each of the signals uses different authentication information.

4. The control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein each of the signals uses same authentication information.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the authentication process, the processor performs ranging authentication for measuring a distance between the communication device and the control device,
the trigger signal is a ranging trigger signal that notifies of start of the ranging authentication,
the request signal is a ranging request signal that requests a response to calculate the distance, and
the response signal is a ranging response signal that makes a response in a case where the ranging request signal is received.

6. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor acquires a representative value of results of the authentication process repeated more than once in one process group, and performs final authentication on a basis of representative values related to the process group that is repeated more than once.

7. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the control device in installed in a mobile object, and
the communication device is carried by a user of the mobile object.

8. The control device according to claim 7 , comprising:
one or more communication sections configured to perform wireless communication with the communication device; and
the processor.

9. The control device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the control device
controls one or more mobile-object-mounted communication devices, each of which is installed in the mobile object and performs wireless communication with the communication device, and
controls transmission/reception of a signal to/from the communication device via the one or more mobile-object-mounted communication devices.

10. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the communication device is installed in a mobile object, and
the control device is carried by a user of the mobile object.

11. The control device according to claim 10 , wherein
the communication device includes
a plurality of communication sections configured to perform wireless communication with the control device, and
the processor, and

the control device transmits or receives signals to be used for the authentication process, to or from the plurality of communication sections.

12. A control method for execution by a processor, the control method comprising:
controlling an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device,
wherein authentication information is changed for each process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once, the authentication information being information to be used for the authentication process,
the authentication information is encrypted information,
in a case where the processor is notified of execution of a process group in which the authentication process is repeated a designated number of times, the processor changes the authentication information in such a manner that the authentication information becomes different from the authentication information used for the process group executed before the notification,
signals transmitted or received in the authentication process include a trigger signal that notifies of a start of the authentication process, a request signal that is returned and requests a response in a case where the trigger signal is received, and a response signal that is returned and responds to the request in the case where the request signal is received,
the processor executes the process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once by using different authentication information for the trigger signal, the request signal, and the response signal, and
the processor changes the authentication information to be used for each of the signals each time the process group is executed.

13. A control device, comprising:
a processor configured to control an authentication process of performing a process related to device authentication together with at least one communication device on a basis of information included in a signal received through wireless communication with the communication device,
wherein the processor performs the control in such a manner that authentication information is changed for each process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once, the authentication information being information to be used for the authentication process,
the authentication information is encrypted information,
in a case where the processor is notified of execution of a process group in which the authentication process is repeated a designated number of times, the processor changes the authentication information in such a manner that the authentication information becomes different from the authentication information used for the process group executed before the notification,
signals transmitted or received in the authentication process include a trigger signal that notifies of a start of the authentication process, a request signal that is returned and requests a response in a case where the trigger signal is received, and a response signal that is returned and responds to the request in the case where the request signal is received,
the processor executes the process group in which the authentication process is repeated more than once by usin

Assignees

• Tokai Rika Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohashi Yosuke
• Furuta Masateru
• Kono Yuki
• Nitta Shigenori

Classifications

• H04W12/06 Primary

  Authentication · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• H04W12/03

  Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption · CPC title

• B60R25/04

  operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor · CPC title

• B60R25/24

  using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user · CPC title