Device location determination by a vehicle

摘要

A device location determination includes authenticating a device within range of a vehicle via a node in a vehicle. The vehicle includes a first peripheral device and a second peripheral device that is disposed at a location on the vehicle that is different than the first peripheral device. The peripheral devices are coupled to an antenna of the node. The device location determination also includes receiving from the device a first signal strength value associated with a first signal of the first peripheral device, a second signal strength value associated with a second signal of the second peripheral device, and a third signal strength value associated with a third signal transmitted by the node. The device location determination also includes determining a location of the device from the signal strength values and performing a remote function with respect to the vehicle.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a node embedded in a vehicle, the node including a computer processor and an antenna; a first peripheral device disposed at a first location on the vehicle; a second peripheral device disposed at a second location on the vehicle that is different than the first location, the first peripheral device and the second peripheral device communicatively coupled to the node, and each of the first peripheral device and the second peripheral device includes an antenna; an application executable by the computer processor, the application configured to implement a method, the method including:
authenticating a device within wireless communicative range of the vehicle;receiving, from the device, a first signal strength indicator value associated with a first signal transmitted by the first peripheral device, a second signal strength indicator value associated with a second signal transmitted by the second peripheral device, and a third signal strength indicator value associated with a third signal transmitted by the antenna of the node, each of the first, second, and third signal strength indicator values indicating a strength of respective first, second, and third signals;determining a location of the device from the first, second, and third signal strength indicator values using a triangulation algorithm; andperforming a remote function with respect to the vehicle upon determining that results of the triangulation algorithm meet a threshold value.