A vehicle control method applied to a smart car key includes receiving a connection request sent by a mobile terminal, establishing a communication connection with the mobile terminal in response to the connection request, receiving identity information and authorization request information sent by the mobile terminal, determining whether the identity information is correct, and in response that the identity information is correct, sending pairing information to the mobile terminal in response to the authorization request information and sending the identity information to a vehicle to be controlled. The mobile terminal controls the vehicle through the pairing information and the identity information to perform at least one operation.

An information processing apparatus which controls locking and unlocking of a vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: in a case where there is an unlocking request from a first mobile terminal located outside the vehicle, receiving a first electronic key from the first mobile terminal to perform first authentication and unlocking the vehicle on condition that the first authentication is successful; and in a case where the first mobile terminal is located inside the vehicle, and there is an unlocking request from a second mobile terminal located outside the vehicle, receiving a second electronic key from the second mobile terminal to perform second authentication, receiving the first electronic key from the first mobile terminal located inside the vehicle to perform third authentication, and unlocking the vehicle on condition that both the second authentication and the third authentication are successful.

The present disclosure causes security at the time of transferring a vehicle to be improved, in a vehicle system using an electronic key. The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle configured to perform authentication for a mobile apparatus based on an electronic key acquired from the mobile apparatus. Use situations of the electronic keys issued to the two or more mobile apparatuses are acquired; and the authentication performed for any of the two or more mobile apparatuses is invalidated when the use situations satisfy predetermined conditions.

A method and system for detecting an accident of a vehicle, the method including: receiving a movement dataset collected at least at one of a location sensor and a motion sensor arranged within the vehicle, during a time period of movement of the vehicle, extracting a set of movement features associated with at least one of a position, a velocity, and an acceleration characterizing the movement of the vehicle during the time period, detecting a vehicular accident event from processing the set of movement features with an accident detection model, and in response to detecting the vehicular accident event, automatically initiating an accident response action.

The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for authenticating an electronic device. An operating method of a target device according to an embodiment includes generating a random value based on whether an electronic device is within a certain distance from the target device, transmitting, to the electronic device, first information including the generated random value and identification information of the target device, and receiving, from the electronic device, first authentication information obtained based on the first information, encrypting the received first authentication information and a target device key, transmitting the encrypted target device key and the encrypted first authentication information to a server, and receiving, from the server, second authentication information obtained based on the first authentication information, and determining whether to open or close a door based on a comparison between the second authentication information and the random value.

The present invention is directed to a method for preventing a relay attack between a mobile phone and a starting device of an automobile, which allows to prevent stealing a vehicle. According to the invention, very specific movement profiles of an authorized driver or user are recognized and thereby it is prevented that an unauthorized user starts the vehicle and then steals it, in various application scenarios. This is based, among other things, on the underlying hardware components' sensor technology used. Further, the invention relates to an analogously arranged system arrangement and to a computer program product with control commands which implement the method or operate the system arrangement.

Methods and devices are provided for allowing a mobile device (e.g., a key fob or a consumer electronic device, such as a mobile phone, watch, or other wearable device) to interact with a vehicle such that a location of the mobile device can be determined by the vehicle, thereby enabling certain functionality of the vehicle. A device may include both RF antenna(s) and magnetic antenna(s) for determining a location of a mobile device relative to the vehicle. Such a hybrid approach can provide various advantages. Existing magnetic coils on a mobile device (e.g., for charging or communication) may be re-used for distance measurements that are supplemented by the RF measurements. Any device antenna may provide measurements to a machine learning model that determines a region in which the mobile device resides, based on training measurements in the regions.

A vehicle authentication system and a vehicle authentication method based on BLE and fingerprint are provided. The vehicle authentication system includes an audio/video/navigation/telematics (AVNT) smart interconnection device, a driver-side door handle fingerprint identification device, a vehicle starting button fingerprint identification device, a fingerprint authentication controller, and a central control processor.

A vehicle is equipped with a docking station for a driver's smart device. The smart device displays engine related and other information to the driver while operating the vehicle. The smart device provides a supplementary screen to the screen installed in the vehicle at manufacture, or acts as an alternative to having a screen installed at manufacture. The docked smart device replaces one or more of the instruments normally present in a vehicle dashboard or motorcycle instrument cluster. The smart device also controls operation of the vehicle.

A vehicle having at least one vehicle access secured by a first lock and at least one secure area secured by a second lock. The vehicle may also have a receiver configured to receive a command from a remote computing system to unlock the vehicle access or the secure area.