Ford Patent Filed For Vehicle Access Card With Display

October 19, 2023 1:51 pm

Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for a vehicle access card with a display, Ford Authority has learned.

The patent was filed on April 13^th, 2022, published on October 19^th, 2023, and assigned serial number 0334279.

The Ford Authority Take

In recent months, more than one Ford patent has been filed that aims to reinvent the way we access/operate motor vehicles, including ideas for a session unique access token for vehicles, a window based keyless entry system, biometrics in place of traditional keys, advanced key fobs, a folding backup key, and a remote keyless entry system using NFC key cards. Now, this newly filed Ford patent keeps that trend going by introducing an idea for a vehicle access card with a display built into it.

The concept of vehicle access cards is nothing new, as Tesla has been using them as a backup key of sorts for years, but in the case of this patent, Ford is aiming to make those items a bit more useful. Rather than just being used to access a vehicle or start it, these cards would utilize a built-in display to show all kinds of things – including what vehicle they belong to, a vehicle’s status, maintenance reminders, lock status, and even whether a rental vehicle is active or not.

The card would receive this information via a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which is already quite common – some airlines even use these types of devices to track luggage, in fact. It’s an interesting idea for sure, and one that may wind up becoming the default, go-to key option for Blue Oval models in the future.

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By Brett Foote

Brett's lost track of all the Fords he's owned over the years and how much he's spent modifying them, but his current money pits include an S550 Mustang and 13th gen F-150.