Patent ID: 11891016
Assignee: VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 4:
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
sensing an indication that the authorized mobile device is sufficiently far from the vehicle to lock the vehicle;
locking the vehicle; and
configuring the SPCM from the second configuration to the first configuration to stop providing electrical power to the smartkey and thereby disable operation of the smartkey-enabled features;
wherein:
the VCS performs the step of sensing based on strength of a received radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted by the authorized mobile device to the VCS, so that the indication that the authorized mobile device is sufficiently far from the vehicle is present when no RF communication link can be established with the authorized mobile device; and
the steps of locking and configuring the SPCM from the second configuration to the first configuration are performed in response to the indication.