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Control device for a motor vehicle access or locating system and method

US12140661B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Reisinger · Regenstauf, DE
Maximilian Treindl · Wenzenbach, DE
Markus Doering · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2020
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07C2209/63
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed are a control device for a motor vehicle access or locating system and a method for operating a motor vehicle access or locating system, having the steps of: identifying a received signal that has travelled from a transmitter to a receiver of a control device along the strongest signal path, the peak path, as the peak path signal; determining the time of flight, ToF, of the peak path signal; determining a time interval, δ, of the time of flight of the peak path signal; determining a threshold value, T, for the reliability of a first path search depending on δ; carrying out the first path search at δ taking the threshold value into consideration.

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