Digital Car Key Module Has 5x Precision of Earlier Devices, Says LG Innotek
LG Innotek developed a digital car key module that uses ultra-wideband wireless LAN spectrum to enable vehicle owners to unlock car doors or start the engine using a smartphone, said the tech subsidiary Monday. Owners need not carry a physical…
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key and the smartphone must be inside the vehicle to drive it, reducing the risk of car theft, it said. Previous Bluetooth based digital car key modules had “low location detection precision” and were prone to hacking, it said. A proprietary LG Innotek algorithm increases security and can detect the location of a smartphone five times more precisely than existing key modules, it said. “LG Innotek plans to actively make inroads into the market for next-generation communication components,” and will promote the device to automotive OEMs in the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea, it said. Strategic Analytics projects nearly 30 million vehicles globally will have digital key capabilities in 2025, compared with 6.3 million in 2020, said LG Innotek. Owners of the Galaxy S21 Ultra and S21+ will be able to use their phones to unlock compatible car doors via ultra-wideband, Samsung announced Jan. 14 (see 2101140065).