Patent ID: 6624741
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B60R,G07C

Abstract:
A vehicle locking system, comprising:a locking unit for a movable vehicle part that can be moved between an opened and a closed position and which, in the opened position, provides access to an adjoining vehicle interior area, and blocks such access in the closed position; a user transportable authentication element, said locking unit being reversible between an unlocked state, in which it releases the opening of the movable vehicle part, and a locked state in which it blocks the opening of the movable vehicle part, when the authentication element is carried alone on the user side; and authentication element detection devices which determine whether an authentication element is situated in the vehicle interior area to which access is controlled by the movable vehicle part; wherein the authentication element detection devices control the locking unit for the movable vehicle part into its unlocked position and trigger an automatic opening of the movable vehicle part when they detect an authentication element in the vehicle interior area adjoining the movable vehicle part; and wherein a query function of the authentication element detection devices as to whether an authentication element is situated in the vehicle interior area adjoining the movable vehicle part can be temporarily deactivated by the vehicle user.