METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING AUTOMOTIVE KEY FOB, PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE

摘要

A method for locating a desired device by a position detection module residing on a portable computing device. The method includes: receiving, by the position detection module, a communication signal over a communication link from the a desired device; correlating, by the position detection module, a position of the desired device with respect to the portable computing device, wherein the correlating is based in part of a characteristic of the communication signal; and outputting, by the position detection module, a signal detection alert, wherein the signal detection alert indicates a location from which the communication signal originated. The desired device may be a vehicle or a vehicular key fob.