CPC B60R 25/23 (2013.01) [B60R 25/04 (2013.01); B60R 25/1001 (2013.01); F02N 11/087 (2013.01); F02N 11/0862 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A driving authentication system for a vehicle, comprising:
a dongle interfaced with a battery of the vehicle and operates to modulate discharge current from the battery with an input code;
a data store storing one or more authentication codes for the vehicle; and
an authenticator configured to receive a discharge current from the battery and operates to demodulate the input code from the discharge current, wherein the authenticator compares the input code to the one or more authentication codes and, in response to the input code matching one of the one or more authentication codes, controls power capacity of the battery.
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