Smart Key Emulation for Vehicles

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for permitting a person to keylessly start a vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the person to possess a smart key.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
sensing a machine-sensible item that is proximate to a vehicle to generate data indicative of the proximate item; comparing the generated data with an authorization record for the vehicle; and in response to the comparing indicating that a user associated with the item is authorized to access the vehicle, emulating a smart key for the vehicle to permit the user to keylessly start the vehicle without requiring the user to possess a smart key for the vehicle.