ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,373, issued on May 5, was assigned to VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE (Creteil, France).
"Initiating UWB communication between vehicle system and portable identifier" was invented by Herve Farine (Creteil, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for using a vehicle system that has stored a portable identifier is proposed. The system and the identifier are configured to communicate using a UWB communication protocol within a first perimeter around the vehicle and to communicate using a BLE communication protocol within a second perimeter that includes the first perimeter. The method comprises, while a user carrying the ident...