US 12,358,466 B2
Method and device for using a valet parking service
Adem Ceylan, Munich (DE); and Alaa Mourad, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,407.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 133 955.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198961 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC B60R 25/241 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60W 30/06 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60R 2325/205 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2556/40 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a navigation device of the motor vehicle, the navigation device being operatively configured to:
determine that a valet parking service is available at a destination of a route of the motor vehicle;
in response to the determination, cause a sending of a digital key for an access system of the motor vehicle to the valet parking service;
ascertain one or more restrictions on the digital key, wherein the one or more restrictions include:
a restriction in relation to a period of time for which the digital key is able to be used by the access system; or
a restriction in relation to one or more vehicle functions of the motor vehicle that are able to be controlled by the digital key; and
cause the sending of a digital key that has the one or more restrictions to the valet parking service;
wherein the one or more vehicle functions are controlled based on at least one of a distance between the device and the motor vehicle and a position of the device relative to the motor vehicle, and based on a control command that is sent from the device to the motor vehicle over a communication connection.