Ford Motor Company, Michigan, United States
Research Article
Adding Bluetooth Capabilities to the Vehicle Key Fob
Author(s): Ziad AlHihi*
While working to deliver an app that send commands to the vehicle, I noticed it will not function properly when the phone battery dies. I thought to have the other regular key
as alternative solution but the customers did not like to carry the bulky keys. I did some research and came up with a credit card form factor with the same functionalities of
a regular key. I added value of Bluetooth chip that connects to the app. I also realized some customers own multiple vehicles and I added a memory chip to save the key
learning of up to four vehicles. From the app we can decide what the active profile is.
A system includes a mobile device and a fob, each having a short-range wireless transceiver. The mobile device is programmed to transmit a message to the fob indicating
a fob action using the mobile device transceiver. The fob is programmed to, using the fob transceive.. Read More»
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