US 11,722,866 B2
Apparatus for controlling a vehicle using low power communication and method thereof
Won Ho Shin, Seoul (KR); Dong Hee Han, Seoul (KR); Hee Jun Lee, Seoul (KR); Dong Youl Lee, Seoul (KR); Jae Am Seo, Seongnam-si (KR); and Sun Woo Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/839,810.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0167080 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0185495 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/33 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04W 80/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/44 (2018.02) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/33 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01); H04W 80/12 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a connectivity control unit (CCU) to internetwork with a server through a wireless network to provide a connected car service in a vehicle start OFF state; and
an integrated body unit (IBU) to perform low power communication with another vehicle to control the CCU,
wherein the CCU further comprises:
a connected car service device configured to:
perform the connected car service depending on a vehicle state, wherein the vehicle state includes a sleep state and a shutdown state,
collect vehicle position information,
transmit the vehicle position information to the server before entering the shutdown state, and
encrypt a smart key value in response to a request of the server and transmit the encrypted smart key to the server.