One aspect of the present invention is a vehicle state monitoring device including: a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit a state signal providing a notification of a vehicle state; a power generator fixed to the vehicle body, and comprising a vibration power generation element configured to perform vibration power generation by vibration from the vehicle body; and a controller configured to start up the transmission unit when power generated by the vibration power generation is supplied from the power generator, and configured to wirelessly transmit the state signal to the transmission unit.

This disclosure relates to a method and system for exchanging data between users of a vehicle, including a main user equipped with a first personal electronic device and a secondary user equipped with a second personal electronic device. The method includes a preparatory phase and a transmission phase, which comprise the following steps: the application installed on the first personal electronic device sends data to a remote server including the second email address of the secondary user and instructions for the transfer of information regarding the vehicle; the remote server sends data to an information cloud including the mobile identifier assigned to the application installed on the second device and information regarding the vehicle, and the cloud sends information regarding the vehicle to the application installed on the second personal electronic device.

A vehicle door handle circuit coupled to a vehicle control unit includes a transmission antenna circuit, a control circuit and an actuation sensor via which the door handle circuit receives DC voltage for supplying the control circuit or AC voltage for controlling the antenna circuit. The antenna circuit includes a series oscillating circuit with an inductor and a capacitor. A series circuit including a first capacitor and a first rectifier is connected between two contacts and in parallel with the antenna circuit allows part of the AC voltage signal to be used for the voltage supply of the control circuit. A second rectifier connects one of the two contacts to the series circuit. A third rectifier is also provided in order to feed DC voltage to the vehicle control unit.

A communication system includes: a vehicle-mounted device; and a mobile device. The vehicle-mounted device includes: a vehicle side transmission device that transmits a request signal; a vehicle side receiver that receives an operation signal, transmitted from a mobile device side operation unit of the mobile device, and a response signal; and a vehicle side reception control device that controls the vehicle side receiver to receive the operation signal as a first channel signal, and to receive the response signal as a second channel signal. The mobile device includes: the mobile device side operation unit; a mobile device side reception device; and a mobile device side transmission device that transmits the operation signal as the first channel signal, and transmits the response signal as the second channel signal.

An anti-theft system for a working machine, includes a communication device disposed on the working machine, the communication device having a first communicator, a mobile terminal having a storage to store authentication information, and a second communicator, and a control device disposed on the working machine, the control device having an authentication processor to execute an authentication processing that determines whether to provide a permission of driving a driving portion of the working machine based on the authentication information. The first communicator sends a beacon to the mobile terminal before the authentication processing of the authentication processor is executed. The second communicator sends the authentication information to the communication device after receiving the beacon, the authentication information being stored by the storage. The authentication processor executes the authentication processing, based on the authentication information received, after the communication device receives the authentication information.

A moving body setting apparatus can receive an operation terminal ID transmitted from an operation terminal holding the operation terminal ID, and includes: a storage unit storing first information associating the operation terminal ID of the operation terminal with a user ID of a moving body, and second information associating the user ID with setting information of equipment included in the moving body; a user selection unit that selects a user of the moving body, based on a user operation, or based on the operation terminal ID received from the operation terminal, and the first information; a moving body setting unit that acquires, from the second information, setting information of the equipment associated with a user ID of a user selected by the user selection unit, and sets the equipment based on the acquired setting information; and an update unit that updates, when switching of user is performed by the user selection unit based on the user operation, a user ID associated with the operation terminal ID received from the operation terminal in the first information, with a user ID of a user after the switching.

A vehicular apparatus is configured to authenticate a user of a vehicle. In response to authenticating the user, a user management table, which manages an association between the user and a permitted or prohibited operation of the user for each vehicle scene, is referred to, and the permitted or prohibited operation of the user authenticated is specified to provide a specified result. An application corresponding to the permitted or prohibited operation of the user is notified of the specified result to manage the operation of the user.

A vehicle may include: an autonomous vehicle sensor configured to detect an object located around the vehicle; an ultra wide band (UWB) module configured to receive a UWB signal transmitted from a digital key; and a controller configured to be electrically connected to the UWB module. The controller is configured to obtain sensor-based positioning information of the object located around the vehicle based on sensor data obtained by the autonomous vehicle sensor, obtain UWB-based positioning information of the digital key based on the UWB signal received in the UWB module, determine a position of the digital key based on the sensor-based positioning information of the object and the UWB-based positioning information of the digital key, and control the vehicle based on the determined position of the digital key.

One aspect of the present invention is a vehicle state monitoring device including: a transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit a state signal providing a notification of a vehicle state; a power generator fixed to the vehicle body, and comprising a vibration power generation element configured to perform vibration power generation by vibration from the vehicle body; and a controller configured to start up the transmission unit when power generated by the vibration power generation is supplied from the power generator, and configured to wirelessly transmit the state signal to the transmission unit.

A system and method for a single use device for customer vehicle key programming. The device takes the form of a so-called dongle that plugs into the vehicle OBD. The customer uses an application on a smartphone to communicate with the vehicle through the dongle on one end and with the system servers on the other.