Overview
Modern authorization solution from the specialist
Digital key management, opening, closing and starting the car via smartphone app – Huf has been offering this as a retrofit solution since 2014. For original equipment vehicles, Huf extends these basic functions to include a number of comfort features such as hands-free access and, thanks to various extras that can be added via smartphone app (Functions on Demand), enables car manufacturers to enter new business fields.
Product variety
Innovative driving authorization system
Electronic control unit
Easy integration into existing vehicle architectures, compact design, AUTOSAR-compliant architecture
NFC technology
Access possible via smartphone, key and NFC card
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Phone as a Key - Innovative driving authorization system
UWB Satellites
Ultra Wide Band technology for exact positioning – even inside the car
BLE Satellites
Bluetooth Low Energy for data communication and localization
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Phone as a Key - Innovative driving authorization system
Seamless integration
Software Development Kit (SDK) for efficient integration of new features into existing smartphone apps
High security
encrypted BLE data transmission
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Phone as a Key - Innovative driving authorization system
Modern technologies
Car keys with various optional communication and localization technologies (UWB, BLE, NFC, LF)
Timeless
Impressive design, a very good feel and more durable than a smartphone
Product details
The key to new business fields
Car manufacturers place very special demands on authorization and vehicle access. After all, the vehicle experience begins with this first encounter. Huf offers top products and impressive moments based on a comprehensive understanding of the system. With our Phone as a Key system, we provide car manufacturers with a complete package for modern vehicle access – and in addition the chance to pursue completely new business models based on the demand for functions.
- Systems understanding from the specialist: For 100 years, Huf has been dealing with the question of how drivers can get into their vehicles particularly comfortably and safely. We have the know-how – not only for Phone as a Key, but for holistic vehicle access
- Everything from a single source: Huf offers the entire system, including software and hardware components, right down to the interface for smartphone apps
- Individually adaptable: Thanks to an intelligent modular system, numerous components can be adapted and custom assembled according to customer requirements
- High level of integration: The entire system from Huf is developed and manufactured according to the high quality standards of the automotive industry that apply worldwide
- Precise: The location systems integrated by Huf (BLE, UWB) achieve a very high degree of accuracy, both outside and inside the vehicle
- Unique customer experience: With the Huf Phone as a Key system, access to the vehicle is completely passive. The system automatically recognizes the smartphone and unlocks the car door
- Digital key management: Share the digital key with friends and family thanks to secure transmission
- New business areas: One system, so many possibilities. The car owner can add additional functions to his car via smartphone. The new functions are already part of the Huf Phone as a Key system and thus offer additional sources of income for the car manufacturer
Milestones
We have paved the way
As a specialist for secure car access and authorization Huf has significantly influenced the development towards the digital key with numerous milestones.
Remote access starts with Huf
In 1989, Huf became the first automotive supplier worldwide to produce an infrared key. The Mercedes SL (R129) was the first car that car drivers could open and close from a distance at the push of a button.
Passive access
With door handles from Huf, drivers can enter the vehicle without actively using the key for the first time ever. Car manufacturers have sold this revolutionary technology with illustrious names such as Keyless-Go (Mercedes) or Comfort Access (BMW). Huf was the first automotive supplier to introduce NFC technology into the door handle.
Digital key
As a specialist for vehicle access and authorization, Huf recognized the trend towards digital keys early on. As early as 2014, Huf founded the subsidiary Huf Secure Mobile and now offers digital key management for car rental companies and car sharing providers.
Huf actively involved in development
Huf is a permanent member of the industry-wide working groups FiRa and Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC). Together with representatives of automotive manufacturers and suppliers as well as chip and smartphone manufacturers, Huf is working on worldwide digital key standards.
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