US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 4 for "Method for identifying a vehicle key, computer-readable medium, system, and vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,464, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for identifying a vehicle key, computer-readable medium, system, and vehicle" was invented by Kilian Dettlaff (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identifying a vehicle key includes recognizing a person at least in part using a vehicle camera and detecting a position and a movement direction of the recognized person at least in part using the vehicle camera. The method also includes determining an antenna of the vehicle depending on the movement direction of the recognized person, and increasing a maximum transmission power of the deter...