ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,312, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to VOXX INTERNATIONAL Corp. (Hauppauge, N.Y.).
"Multi-sensor passive keyless functionality" was invented by Aravind Warrier (Dorval, Canada), Sylvain Jalbert (St Lazare, Canada) and Robert Andre Lacroix (Lachine, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In selected examples, a vehicle control system (VCS) includes Bluetooth beacons and an app running on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or a key fob equipped with movement sensors and a Bluetooth(R) transceiver. Passive keyless entry capability of the system uses received signal strength indications (RSSIs) together with movement-related indicatio...