Method for performing automatic opening of a vehicle or a payment process, and associated apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016125675-A1
Application number	US-201414893156-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 19, 2014
Priority date	May 23, 2013
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Receiving a first signal or a first message and taking the receipt of the first signal or of the first message as a basis for producing a second signal or a second message for a driver of a vehicle.

First claim

1 - 18 . (canceled)

19 . A method for performing an automatic contactless process, comprising:
performing the automatic contactless process when a termination signal is not transmitted within a predetermined time after transmission of a signal for a person involved in the process, and not carrying out the automatic contactless process when the person transmits the termination signal within the predetermined time.

20 . A method for performing automatic opening or enabling of a vehicle, comprising
receiving a first signal to perform the opening or the enabling of the vehicle; transmitting a second signal for a driver of the vehicle based on the reception of the first signal; checking whether a termination signal is received within a predetermined time, the termination signal indicating that the opening or the enabling of the vehicle is meant to be terminated; performing either the opening or the enabling of the vehicle when the termination signal has not been received; and not performing the opening or the enabling of the vehicle when the termination signal has been received.

21 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the predetermined time is selected from the group consisting of from 1 second to 10 seconds, from 1 to 2 seconds, and from 1 to 3 seconds.

22 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the first signal contains a datum for which a receiver of the first signal produces a response datum.

23 . The method as claimed in claim 22 , wherein the response datum establishes an identity of the receiver of the first signal.

24 . The method as claimed in claim 20 ,
wherein the second signal is selected from the group consisting of a sound signal, a vibration signal, and a light signal, and wherein the transmitting sends the second signal a telephone or to a watch.

25 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , further comprising performing a plausibility check including checking whether at least one condition in a predefined match for the vehicle and an apparatus exists for the opening or the enabling of the vehicle.

26 . The method as claimed in claim 25 ,
wherein the performing of the plausibility check occurs before the transmitting of the second signal is performed, wherein the second signal is transmitted if the plausibility check is negative, and wherein the second signal is not transmitted if the plausibility check is positive.

27 . The method as claimed in claim 25 , wherein the plausibility check is performed after the second signal is transmitted.

28 . The method as claimed in claim 25 , further comprising:
measuring a first surroundings datum in or on the vehicle, measuring a second surroundings datum in an apparatus for performing the method, and using the first surroundings datum and the second surroundings datum for the plausibility check.

29 . The method as claimed in claim 28 ,
wherein the first surroundings datum is measured at a distance of less than three meters from the vehicle, and wherein the first surroundings datum is selected from the group consisting of a location datum, a temperature datum, and an air pressure datum.

30 . The method as claimed in claim 29 , wherein measuring of the first surroundings data includes measuring the location datum using a system selected from the group consisting of a satellite system, a mobile radio network, and a wireless local area network.

31 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the performing of the plausibility check occurs when the termination signal is not received.

32 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein no recording of signal propagation times and no recording of message transmission times occurs in the opening or the enabling of the vehicle.

33 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the first signal is a first message.

34 . The method as claimed in claim 33 , wherein the second signal is a second message.

35 . The method as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the termination signal is a termination message.

36 . An apparatus for performing automatic opening or enabling of a vehicle, comprising:
a receiver receiving a first signal to perform the opening or the enabling of the vehicle; a transmitter transmitting a second signal for a driver of the vehicle based on the reception of the first signal; a controller checking whether a termination signal is received within a predetermined time, the termination signal indicating that the opening or the enabling of the vehicle is meant to be terminated; and the controller performing either the opening or the enabling of the vehicle when the termination signal has not been received; and the controller preventing the opening or the enabling of the vehicle when the termination signal has been received.

37 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 36 , wherein the predetermined time is selected from the group consisting of from 1 second to 10 seconds, from 1 to 2 seconds, and from 1 to 3 seconds, and
wherein the first signal contains a datum for which a receiver of the first signal produces a response datum.

38 . The apparatus as claimed in claim 37 , wherein the transmitter transmits the response datum as part of a challenge/response method establishing an identity of the receiver of the first signal.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Ziller Andreas

Classifications

• G07C9/20 Primary

  involving the use of a pass · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

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

• G07C2009/00555

  comprising means to detect or avoid relay attacks · CPC title

• G07C2009/00769

  with data transmission performed by wireless means · CPC title

• G07C2009/00325

  and the lock having only one limited data transmission range · CPC title