EP1055789B1 - Control device for locking a vehicle - Google Patents

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EP1055789B1
EP1055789B1 EP20000401414 EP00401414A EP1055789B1 EP 1055789 B1 EP1055789 B1 EP 1055789B1 EP 20000401414 EP20000401414 EP 20000401414 EP 00401414 A EP00401414 A EP 00401414A EP 1055789 B1 EP1055789 B1 EP 1055789B1
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Xavier Baudard
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    • G07CTIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C9/00174Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00309Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
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    • G07C9/00174Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00309Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
    • G07C2009/00365Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks in combination with a wake-up circuit
    • G07C2009/00373Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks in combination with a wake-up circuit whereby the wake-up circuit is situated in the lock
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    • G07CTIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C2009/00753Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys
    • G07C2009/00769Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means
    • G07C2009/00793Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means by Hertzian waves
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    • G07C2209/63Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
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    • G07C2209/63Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
    • G07C2209/65Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle using means for sensing the user's hand

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  • the present invention relates to a device for motor vehicle locking control.
  • the vehicle is equipped with an Electronic Unit Management (UEG) connected to at least one antenna and the user is equipped with a device allowing the UEG to identify it, a device that because of this, it is called an "identifier".
  • a remote data exchange is established between the UEG and the identifier for control means for unlocking the opening parts of the vehicle, when the UEG has authenticated the identifier.
  • the vehicle can be equipped with a electric control located outside the body, i.e. exterior button on the door or an amount of its frame, either a contactor associated with the exterior handle of a door.
  • a electric control located outside the body, i.e. exterior button on the door or an amount of its frame, either a contactor associated with the exterior handle of a door.
  • the UEG When the car is locked and the user must be there penetrate, he presses the outside button (or the handle).
  • the UEG at by means of its antenna (s), interrogate in order to detect the presence or the absence of an identifier: if there is an identifier, the UEG sends a signal to the locks to unlock them; if the UEG does not detect the presence of an identifier, the vehicle remains locked.
  • This device is entirely satisfactory but poses, in some cases, a problem with locking the car.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a device for vehicle lock control, which locks the vehicle, even in the absence of an identifier.
  • the invention relates to a device for hands-free control of the locking of a vehicle fitted with a Electronic Management Unit connected to one or more antennas, as well that of a control accessible from outside the vehicle, characterized by the fact that, when the vehicle is unlocked, said command external is able to send, in response to a user action, a control signal to the Electronic Management Unit which proceeds, via at least one antenna at a first interrogation to check the presence or absence of an identifier outside and, if the presence no identifier was detected outside, the Electronic Unit de Gestion conducts a second query via at least one antenna to verify the presence or absence of an identifier to the interior of the vehicle; if no identifier is detected at inside, the UEG sends a signal to the door locks locking.
  • said external control is consisting of an external button on a side door or on a amount of door frame of the bodywork, or of a contactor associated with an exterior door handle.
  • This drawing includes a single figure schematically representing in top view of a motor vehicle equipped with the device according to the invention.
  • This figure shows a motor vehicle V which includes a main electronic management unit incorporating it a means of identification and connected to a plurality of antennas 2 to 5.
  • the antenna 2 is arranged inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle and has a coverage area that extends substantially throughout the cockpit.
  • the antennas 3 and 4 are outside the passenger compartment of the vehicle and located for example in the side door handles 6, 7.
  • the antenna 5 is also external to the passenger compartment and extends towards the rear of the vehicle, substantially at the tailgate 8.
  • the means of identification includes a low frequency transmitter and a radio frequency receiver, to exchange data with one or more identifiers.
  • the user when a person any, the user for example, not provided with an identifier, wishes to lock the vehicle, it activates a button external lock 9 (or similar), which sends a signal to the Unit Management electronics 1 which then proceeds via its antennas external 3 to 5, to a first interrogation to check the presence or the absence of an identifier outside and near the vehicle; if there is none, the UEG 1 carries out a second interrogation by its indoor antenna 2 to check the presence or absence of a identifier inside the vehicle; if no identifier is present is not revealed, the UEG sends to the door locks 6, 7 and the tailgate trunk 8 a locking signal.
  • a button external lock 9 or similar
  • the purpose of the second interrogation is to prevent the exterior lock button is inadvertently activated then that the user, with his identifier, is in the car.

Description

La présente invention est relative à un dispositif de commande de verrouillage d'un véhicule automobile.The present invention relates to a device for motor vehicle locking control.

Il est connu d'équiper les véhicules d'un dispositif électronique qui permet, par exemple, de le faire démarrer ou d'y accéder avec les mains libres, voir par exemple DE 197 20 765 A.It is known to equip vehicles with a device electronic which allows, for example, to start or start hands-free access, see for example DE 197 20 765 A.

Pour cela, le véhicule est équipé d'une Unité Electronique de Gestion (UEG) reliée à au moins une antenne et l'utilisateur est muni d'un dispositif permettant à l'UEG de l'identifier, dispositif que l'on appelle à cause de cela un "identifiant". Dans un tel dispositif, un échange à distance de données s'établit entre l'UEG et l'identifiant pour commander des moyens de déverrouillage des ouvrants du véhicule, lorsque l'UEG a authentifié l'identifiant.For this, the vehicle is equipped with an Electronic Unit Management (UEG) connected to at least one antenna and the user is equipped with a device allowing the UEG to identify it, a device that because of this, it is called an "identifier". In such a device, a remote data exchange is established between the UEG and the identifier for control means for unlocking the opening parts of the vehicle, when the UEG has authenticated the identifier.

Pour le déverrouillage, le véhicule peut être équipé d'une commande électrique disposée à l'extérieur de la carrosserie, soit un bouton extérieur sur la portière ou un montant de son encadrement, soit un contacteur associé à la poignée extérieure d'une portière.For unlocking, the vehicle can be equipped with a electric control located outside the body, i.e. exterior button on the door or an amount of its frame, either a contactor associated with the exterior handle of a door.

Lorsque la voiture est verrouillée et que l'utilisateur doit y pénétrer, il appuie sur le bouton extérieur (ou la poignée). L'UEG, au moyen de sa ou ses antennes, interroge afin de détecter la présence ou l'absence d'un identifiant : s'il y a un identifiant, l'UEG envoie un signal aux serrures pour les déverrouiller ; si l'UEG ne détecte pas la présence d'un identifiant, le véhicule demeure verrouillé.When the car is locked and the user must be there penetrate, he presses the outside button (or the handle). The UEG, at by means of its antenna (s), interrogate in order to detect the presence or the absence of an identifier: if there is an identifier, the UEG sends a signal to the locks to unlock them; if the UEG does not detect the presence of an identifier, the vehicle remains locked.

Ce dispositif donne entièrement satisfaction mais pose, dans certains cas, un problème pour le verrouillage de la voiture.This device is entirely satisfactory but poses, in some cases, a problem with locking the car.

Il peut arriver que l'utilisateur soit sorti de sa voiture et se soit absenté sans l'avoir verrouillée ; puis désire revenir la verrouiller sans être obligé d'avoir sur lui la clé ou l'identifiant.It may happen that the user got out of his car and be absent without having locked it; then want to come back to lock it without having to carry the key or identifier.

L'invention a pour but de proposer un dispositif de commande de verrouillage d'un véhicule, qui permette de verrouiller le véhicule, même en l'absence d'identifiant.The object of the invention is to propose a device for vehicle lock control, which locks the vehicle, even in the absence of an identifier.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un dispositif de commande à mains libres du verrouillage d'un véhicule muni d'une Unité Electronique de Gestion relié à une ou plusieurs antennes, ainsi que d'une commande accessible de l'extérieur du véhicule, caractérisé par le fait que, lorsque le véhicule est déverrouillé, ladite commande extérieure est apte à envoyer, en réponse à une action d'un utilisateur, un signal de commande à l'Unité Electronique de Gestion qui procède, via au moins une antenne à une première interrogation pour vérifier la présence ou l'absence d'un identifiant à l'extérieur et, si la présence d'aucun identifiant n'a été détectée à l'extérieur, l'Unité Electronique de Gestion procède à une deuxième interrogation via au moins une antenne pour vérifier la présence ou l'absence d'un identifiant à l'intérieur du véhicule ; si aucune présence d'identifiant n'est détectée à l'intérieur, l'UEG envoie aux serrures des ouvrants un signal de verrouillage.To this end, the invention relates to a device for hands-free control of the locking of a vehicle fitted with a Electronic Management Unit connected to one or more antennas, as well that of a control accessible from outside the vehicle, characterized by the fact that, when the vehicle is unlocked, said command external is able to send, in response to a user action, a control signal to the Electronic Management Unit which proceeds, via at least one antenna at a first interrogation to check the presence or absence of an identifier outside and, if the presence no identifier was detected outside, the Electronic Unit de Gestion conducts a second query via at least one antenna to verify the presence or absence of an identifier to the interior of the vehicle; if no identifier is detected at inside, the UEG sends a signal to the door locks locking.

Avantageusement, ladite commande extérieure est constituée d'un bouton extérieur sur une portière latérale ou sur un montant d'encadrement de portière de la carrosserie, ou encore d'un contacteur associé à une poignée extérieure de portière.Advantageously, said external control is consisting of an external button on a side door or on a amount of door frame of the bodywork, or of a contactor associated with an exterior door handle.

Pour mieux faire comprendre l'objet de l'invention, on va en décrire maintenant, à titre d'exemple purement illustratif et non limitatif, un mode de réalisation représenté sur le dessin annexé. Ce dessin comporte une figure unique représentant schématiquement en vue de dessus un véhicule automobile équipé du dispositif selon l'invention.To better understand the object of the invention, we will describe it now, as a purely illustrative example and not limiting, an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing. This drawing includes a single figure schematically representing in top view of a motor vehicle equipped with the device according to the invention.

Sur cette figure, on a représenté un véhicule automobile V qui comporte une unité électronique de gestion principale l incorporant un moyen d'identification et reliée à une pluralité d'antennes 2 à 5. L'antenne 2 est agencée à l'intérieur de l'habitacle du véhicule et présente une zone de couverture qui s'étend sensiblement dans tout l'habitacle. Les antennes 3 et 4 sont extérieures à l'habitacle du véhicule et situées par exemple, dans les poignées de portières latérales 6, 7. L'antenne 5 est également extérieure à l'habitacle et s'étend vers l'arrière du véhicule, sensiblement au niveau du hayon de coffre 8. Le moyen d'identification comporte un émetteur en basse fréquence et un récepteur en radiofréquence, pour permettre d'échanger les données avec un ou plusieurs identifiants.This figure shows a motor vehicle V which includes a main electronic management unit incorporating it a means of identification and connected to a plurality of antennas 2 to 5. The antenna 2 is arranged inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle and has a coverage area that extends substantially throughout the cockpit. The antennas 3 and 4 are outside the passenger compartment of the vehicle and located for example in the side door handles 6, 7. The antenna 5 is also external to the passenger compartment and extends towards the rear of the vehicle, substantially at the tailgate 8. The means of identification includes a low frequency transmitter and a radio frequency receiver, to exchange data with one or more identifiers.

Selon la présente invention, lorsqu'une personne quelconque, l'utilisateur par exemple, non munie d'un identifiant, désire provoquer le verrouillage du véhicule, elle actionne un bouton de verrouillage extérieur 9 (ou analogue), ce qui envoie un signal à l'Unité Electronique de gestion 1 qui procède alors, par ses antennes extérieures 3 à 5, à une première interrogation pour vérifier la présence ou l'absence d'un identifiant à l'extérieur et à proximité du véhicule ; s'il n'y en a pas, l'UEG 1 procède à une deuxième interrogation par son antenne intérieure 2 pour vérifier la présence ou l'absence d'un identifiant à l'intérieur du véhicule ; si aucune présence d'identifiant n'est révélée, l'UEG envoie aux serrures des portières 6, 7 et du hayon de coffre 8 un signal de verrouillage.According to the present invention, when a person any, the user for example, not provided with an identifier, wishes to lock the vehicle, it activates a button external lock 9 (or similar), which sends a signal to the Unit Management electronics 1 which then proceeds via its antennas external 3 to 5, to a first interrogation to check the presence or the absence of an identifier outside and near the vehicle; if there is none, the UEG 1 carries out a second interrogation by its indoor antenna 2 to check the presence or absence of a identifier inside the vehicle; if no identifier is present is not revealed, the UEG sends to the door locks 6, 7 and the tailgate trunk 8 a locking signal.

La deuxième interrogation a pour but d'éviter que le bouton de verrouillage extérieur ne soit actionné par inadvertance alors que l'utilisateur, muni de son identifiant, se trouve dans la voiture.The purpose of the second interrogation is to prevent the exterior lock button is inadvertently activated then that the user, with his identifier, is in the car.

Bien que l'invention ait été décrite en liaison avec plusieurs variantes de réalisation particulières, il est bien évident qu'elle n'y est nullement limitée et qu'elle comprend tous les équivalents techniques des moyens décrits ainsi que leurs combinaisons, si celles-ci entrent dans le cadre de l'inventionAlthough the invention has been described in conjunction with several particular embodiments, it is obvious that it is not there in no way limited and that it includes all technical equivalents means described as well as their combinations, if these enter in the context of the invention

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  1. Hands-free control device for the locking of a vehicle (V) provided with an Electronic Management Unit (1) connected to one or more antennae (2-5), as well as a control (9) accessible from outside the vehicle, characterised by the fact that, when the vehicle is unlocked, the said external control (9) is able, in response to an action by a user, to send a control signal to the Electronic Management Unit which, via at least one antenna (3), proceeds with a first interrogation in order to verify the presence or absence of an identifier outside and, if the presence of no identifier has been detected outside, the Electronic Management Unit (1) proceeds with a second interrogation via at least one antenna (2) in order to verify the presence or absence of an identifier inside the vehicle; if no presence of an identifier is detected inside, the EMU (1) sends a locking signal to the locks of the doors (6-8).
  2. Device according to Claim 1, characterised by the fact that the said external control (9) consists of an external button on the side door (6, 7) or on a bodywork door frame upright, or a contactor associated with an external door handle.
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