Sharing a key for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016019738-A1
Application number	US-201414557178-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 1, 2014
Priority date	Jul 17, 2014
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for sharing a key of a vehicle that electronically controls the vehicle includes: setting a control value limiting a use of the vehicle through a terminal of a user of the vehicle which includes the key of the vehicle, and transferring the key of the vehicle from the terminal of the user to a terminal of an additional user of the vehicle using short-distance communication.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for sharing a key of a vehicle that electronically controls the vehicle, the method comprising:
setting a control value limiting a use of the vehicle through a terminal of a user of the vehicle which includes the key of the vehicle; and transferring the key of the vehicle from the terminal of the user to a terminal of an additional user of the vehicle using short-distance communication.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the short-distance communication is a near field communication (NFC)-based communication technique in which the key of the vehicle is transferred to the terminal of the additional user by a direct tag between the terminals.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control value limiting the use of the vehicle limits at least one of: a usable period, a usable time, a usable region, and a usable range of the vehicle, the usable range relating to an opening or a closing of a door of the vehicle or an ignition of the vehicle.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the key of the vehicle electronically controls the vehicle through a tagging of an NFC tag included in the vehicle.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, by the terminal of the additional user, requesting the terminal of the user of the vehicle to change or update the control value limiting the use of the vehicle.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, in a case in which the use of the vehicle does not correspond to the control value limiting the use of the vehicle, informing, by the terminal of the additional user, the terminal of the user that the use of the vehicle does not correspond to the control value.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the terminal of the additional user informs the terminal of the user that the use of the vehicle does not correspond to the control value through mobile communication serving the terminals.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case in which the user remotely transfers information related to the use of the vehicle to the additional user, the information is periodically transferred to the additional user through mobile communication serving the terminals.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the additional user is one of at least one additional user, and in a case in which the additional user is one of a plurality of additional users, the control value is respectively set for each of the plurality of additional users or a same control value is set for all of the plurality of additional users.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal of the user and the terminal of the additional user include a dedicated application for sharing the key of the vehicle, and the control value is set or the key of the vehicle is transferred through the dedicated application.

11 . An apparatus for sharing a key of a vehicle that electronically controls the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a terminal of a user of the vehicle including the key of the vehicle and being configured to: set a control value limiting a use of the vehicle, and transfer the key of the vehicle from the terminal of the user to a terminal of an additional user of the vehicle using short-distance communication.

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for sharing a key of a vehicle that electronically controls the vehicle, the computer readable medium comprising:
program instructions that set a control value limiting a use of the vehicle through a terminal of a user of the vehicle which includes the key of the vehicle; and program instructions that transfer the key of the vehicle from the terminal of the user to a terminal of an additional user of the vehicle using short-distance communication.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dong Uk

Classifications

• G07C9/00182 Primary

  operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• G07C9/00174 Primary

  Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys (mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00) · CPC title

• G07C9/00817

  where the code of the lock can be programmed · CPC title

• G07C2009/00238

  the transmittted data signal containing a code which is changed · CPC title

• G07C2009/00825

  remotely by lines or wireless communication · CPC title