Combating car crime through a consumer orientated anti-hacking security device

该项目的重点是通过“中继黑客”打击从汽车和汽车中盗窃汽车，即无钥匙进入/无钥匙启动车辆。这在英国已经成为一种普遍现象，就像在世界各地一样，现在是最常见的偷车方式。因为这种“便利功能”有严重的安全弱点，这使得汽车的遥控装置很容易扩大其范围，使用继电器黑客设备，允许汽车在没有遥控装置靠近车辆的情况下打开和启动。关键按钮保持开着并且24/7都处于活动状态，但实际上只需要不到1%的时间（每天5分钟）。将fob完全关闭使其无法被破解，因为它不能发送或接收信号。我们的目标市场是二手车市场，除了福特以外，其他制造商都没有解决这个问题，他们自己的汽车有解决方案。我们目前的解决方案是将一系列“套件”之一安装到密钥卡中，其中可以包括具有运动传感电路的柔性PCB （fPCB）和可选的外部磁覆盖开关。无钥匙进入钥匙的范围和类型的变化，即形状，内部空间和布局在所有品牌和车型的汽车有很大的不同。只有电池尺寸是一致的。目前的解决方案需要在钥匙链设计和建造方面受过培训的人。这个项目是重新设计一个“通用套件”，这样它就简化了，并基于纽扣电池的大小，使驾驶者更容易适应，而不需要任何特定的技术专长。我们在covid之前的策略是通过全国经销商进行销售，该经销商根据客户提供的fob，训练有素的过滤器可以选择合适的“工具包”，安装工具包并在客户在商店等待时进行测试。这个过程大约需要5分钟，与更换电池没有什么不同，他们已经在商店里做了。这克服了一个没有经验的买家所面临的选择和安装挑战。在疫情爆发后，作为一项全面的商业决策，我们的经销商在封锁最严重的时候退出了所有新的创新项目。如有需要，可提供证据。虽然我们的销售路线突然被切断了，但事后看来，这种强制性的直接向驾车者销售的改变将使我们有机会更好地控制我们的市场，提供更好的产品，更多的机会和改善的现金流。我们的新产品设计将通过实现以下目标来适应“通用装配”的技术挑战：*简单的选择*简化的安装*扩大了新“套件”将轻松适合的关键零件的范围（仅基于电池尺寸的通用装配）*降低了制造和零售成本*减少了使用的材料（PCB基板和塑料）尽管在重新配置技术方面进行了相当大的升级，但它仍然基于我们的“所有”核心组件所以我们对它的可行性很有信心。关键的创新在于其简单适合和减少组件和材料。

The project is focused on combating car theft from cars and of cars, that are keyless entry/keyless start vehicles by 'relay hacking'. This has become endemic in the UK, as it has across the world and is now the most common way to steal cars. Because this 'convenience feature' has critical security weaknesses which make the car's fob easy to extend their range using a relay hacking device which allows the car to be opened and started without having the fob in close proximity to the vehicle. Key fobs remain ON and active 24/7 but are actually only required less than 1% of the time (5 minutes/day). Switching the fob OFF completely renders it unhackable because it cannot transmit or receive a signal.Our target market is the used car sector which is not being addressed by manufacturers other than Ford who have a solution for their own vehicles.Our current solution is to install one of a range of 'Kits' into the key fob, which can include a flexible PCB (fPCB) with motion sensing circuitry and an optional external magnetic override switch. The scope and variation in types of keyless entry key fob, i.e. shape, internal space and layout are vastly different across all makes and models of car. Only the battery sizes are consistent. The current solution requires someone trained in key fob design and construction.This project is to redesign a 'universal kit' so it is simplified and based around the button battery size and made easier for the motorist to fit, without any specific technical expertise.Our pre-COVID strategy was to sell through a National distributor who, based on the customer's fob presented, trained fitters could select the appropriate 'Kit' , fit the kit and test it while the customer waited in the store. A process taking about 5 minutes and not dissimilar to changing a fob battery which they were already doing in store. This overcame the selection and installation challenges faced by an inexperienced buyer. Post-COVID, as an across the board business decision our distributor withdrew, at the height of the lockdown from all new innovation projects. Evidence is available if required.Although our route-to-market has been abruptly cut, with hindsight, this enforced change to selling direct to motorists will give us the opportunity to gain greater control over our market, a better product, greater opportunities and improved cash flow.Our new product design will accommodate the technical challenges of 'universal fitment' by achieving the following objectives:* Simple selection* Simplified installation* Widens the scope of key fobs that the new 'Kit' will fit easily (universal fitment based on Battery-size alone)* Reduces manufacturing and retail costs* Reduces Materials used (PCB Substrate and plastics)Although a fairly major upgrade in terms of reconfiguring the technology it is still based on our core components of the 'All Automatic' Kit, so we are quite confident about its feasibility. The key innovation lies in its simplicity to fit and reduction in components and materials.