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    Continental's smart device based access and start solution.

    CoSmA allows the driver to access and start the vehicle by using a digital key on a smart device. Offering a completely new user experience, this system meets the demands of the mobile society with a new level of comfort, security and new mobility functionalities.

    CoSmA - secure and convenient.

    Ultra-wideband technology for keyless vehicle access

    Continental is a pioneer of the car access system integration:
    We digitalize the access experience for a maximum driver convenience. With our new access systems based on Ultra-Wideband, we enable a handsfree smartphone access with the same level of convenience as with state-of-the-art keys.
      
    Digital Access Solution CoSmA Explained
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    Ultra-Wideband

    The New Key Generation

    • Hands-free access and start
    • High performance relay attack defense
    • Enhanced smart device localization via UWB
    • Precise proximity determination to support secure access and start authentication
    • Virtual Key Management
    • Enabler for Digital Key Sharing and user centric functions e.g. remote parking (Complete UWB eco-system)
    • ​Full system solution expertise including Connected Car Consortium compliance in all access technologies

    Technical Solution

    Precise localization is key

    • Short-range, high-bandwidth communication based on UWB technology
    • Centimeter-precise location (ToF/ Time-Of-Flight) of smart device and secure distance measurement
    • Real-time precise positioning calculation (inside / outside vehicle fulfilling Thatcham)
    • Advanced algorithm to detect inside-outside location of smartphone
    • UWB/ Bluetooth® Low Energy transceivers inside and outside of vehicle
    • NFC as backup solution
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    Child Presence Detection

    Child Presence Detection using Ultra-Wideband

    Expanding Digital Access Technology by live-saving feature

    Child-Presence-Detection function identifies children left-behind inside the vehicle and triggers a warning

    • System based on innovative ultra-wideband technology with sensing features  
    • Interoperability of Continental’s Digital Access Technology (CoSmA) and integrated Child-Presence-Detection
    • Child-Presence-Detection enables vehicle manufacturers to meet future safety targets

    Continental supplies CoSmA system

    With Continental’s smart device-based access solution (CoSmA for short), we offer an access system that turns mobile devices such as smartphones or smartwatches into car keys. The system consists of a central control unit, transceivers featuring ultra-wideband radio technology and intelligent software.
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    Key Management for Truck, Bus & Off Highway vehicle

    The Continental smartphone-based access solution "CoSmA@CV" does not require a physical key and therefore propels the access and engine start system of trucks, Buses and/or Off Highway vehicles into the digital age.

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    BMW Group Supplier Innovation Award 2022 - SIA on Thursday 16 November 2022 at BMW Welt in Munich. (Photo by Daniel Kopatsch)

    BMW Group Supplier Innovation Award 2022

    Winner in category digitalization

    Continental’s Digital Access Solution CoSmA UWB is the first system to use ultra-wideband radio to offer drivers completely new functions related to vehicle access via smartphone. Continental's CoSmA transceiver is already in use in the BMW iX and provides drivers with a digital user experience even before they get into the vehicle.

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    Our Reference

    Continental technology in the BMW iX creates innovative user experience

    Continental’s Transceivers with ultra-wideband radio technology provide an essential building block for keyless access to the vehicle via smartphone. In the iX, BMW and Continental bring the standard for hands-free vehicle access developed in the cross-industry Car Connectivity Consortium to the road for the first time.

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    PACE Innovation Partnership Award

    PACE Innovation Partnership Award 2022

    Collaboration on the digital access solution technology CoSmA

    CoSmA smart device-based access allows drivers to access and start their vehicle by using digital key on their smartphone. The hands-free access is the first available ultra-wideband based solution on the market today, setting the standard for vehicle access technology.

    German Innovation Award Ultra-Wideband

    German Innovation Award 2021

    Maximum access convenience and improved theft protection

    CoSmA is awarded as 'Gold' winner for the German Innovation Award 2021. The annual prize honors product innovations that are forward-looking and characterized by user-centered development that makes daily life more convenient. CoSmA is a pioneering digital access solution that continues to enhance and innovate the user experience in vehicles of the digital age.

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