Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
340500620 | Including manual switching means | 12 |
20080309457 | POWER-SAVE FOR PASSIVE AND TWO-WAY TRANSMITTERS - A remote control transmitter configured to operate with a vehicle controller. The transmitter is operable in an active mode and a passive mode and/or in the alternative embodiment the transmitter is operable as a one-way or a two-way transmitter. The transmitter is configured to switch from one mode, such as the passive or two-way mode, to the other mode, such as active or one-way mode, in response to at least one of a user activated signal or a battery threshold signal. | 12-18-2008 |
20090015373 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURE KEYLESS ENTRY FOR VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT - The technology described herein provides a keyless entry system and associated method for fleet vehicle management. Secure keyless entry is provided to a user for a vehicle in the fleet vehicle management environment without the user having possession of a vehicle key or a vehicle key fob to gain entry to the vehicle. Additionally, in various embodiments, this technology provides a personalized, programmable access device carried by a user desiring access to a particular locked vehicle in a fleet vehicle management environment, an access control device configured to access electronically an on-board vehicle keyless entry system, and an access chip module electronically attached to the access control device and configured to activate the on-board vehicle keyless entry system and thereby unlock the particular locked vehicle. Furthermore, this technology provides a system with local management, reporting, audit trails, wireless connectivity to each access control device, and self-testing. | 01-15-2009 |
20090096575 | Vehicle remote access and control apparatus and communications gateway - A remote access control and communication gateway for a vehicle includes a vehicle function control mounted on the vehicle and having a receiver and/or transmitter for communicating with a transmitter and/or a receiver carried in a portable key fob. The transmitter generates a signal in response to a user initiated and/or a vehicle initiated and/or a passive distance threshold signal related to a particular vehicle function. A communication gateway is formed between the fob and a user consumer device to establish wireless local area network communication between the fob and the consumer device, such as cell phones, PDA's, personal computers, and home security systems, to enable the vehicle owner to access vehicle status information, command remote engine start or stop, and control vehicle access via the consumer device while maintaining the vehicle proprietary remote keyless entry access control system security. | 04-16-2009 |
20090096576 | Fault tolerant vehicle communication and control apparatus - Medium-range and global network information and control for a vehicle is achieved with a portable wireless key fob, a user-provided nomadic device, and a vehicle-installed telematics unit including a medium-range RF transceiver and a wireless network transceiver. The fob includes a medium-range RF transceiver for bi-directional communication with the telematics unit, and a short-range wireless transceiver for bi-directional communication with the nomadic device. The fob communicates with the telematics unit in a conventional manner, and also relays information between the telematics unit and the nomadic device. If a communication initiated via the fob cannot be completed because the fob is out of range, the communication is sent to the nomadic device for network transmission to the telematics unit. If a communication initiated via the nomadic device cannot be completed due to inadequate signal reception, the communication is sent to the fob for RF transmission to the telematics unit. | 04-16-2009 |
20090108989 | Personal access arrangement for a vehicle - Disclosed is a system ( | 04-30-2009 |
20110018684 | REMOTE KEYLESS IGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A keyless ignition module includes an actuator, antenna and control apparatus. The actuator has a front surface including a periphery extending therearound. The antenna is disposed rearward to at least some portion of the front surface and does not extend beyond the periphery of the front surface. The control apparatus includes a switch and is coupled to the antenna. The actuator being is slidably engagable with the switch such that movement of the actuator actuates the switch. The actuation of the switch causes the transmission of a control signal from the control apparatus to a vehicle controller. | 01-27-2011 |
20110074542 | Monitoring and control system and monitoring and control device - A remote monitoring and control system includes a monitoring and control device operated to control loads; and a load control device for controlling the loads based on the operation of the monitoring and control device. The monitoring and control device includes: a display unit for displaying an operation screen including operation keys for controlling corresponding loads; an input receiving unit for receiving an input through the displayed operation keys; a reading unit for reading out a user ID; a storage unit for storing load-identifying information identifying loads and control information having control contents of the loads; and a determining unit for searching the storage unit if a user ID is read out, and determining the load-identifying information and the control information which correspond to the user ID, and the load control device controls the loads identified based on the load-identifying information, depending on the control contents of the control information. | 03-31-2011 |
20120062361 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A wireless communication system for a vehicle has a portable device that transmits a wireless signal and a vehicle-mounted device that receives the wireless signal from the portable device. Each time a switch in the portable device is turned on, the portable device updates a portable device rolling code and transmits a wireless signal including the portable device rolling code. The vehicle-mounted device receives the wireless signal through a receiver and authenticates the portable device through comparison between the portable device rolling code included in the wireless signal and the vehicle rolling code. The vehicle-mounted device locks or unlocks the vehicle door if the portable device is authenticated. When the wireless signal is received through the receiver after the most recent locking or unlocking of the vehicle door has been carried out using the mechanical key, the vehicle-mounted device locks or unlocks the vehicle door if the switch is turned on for n (n is an integral number greater than or equal to 2) times or more. | 03-15-2012 |
20120075063 | ENGINE STARTING/STOPPING SWITCH DEVICE - An engine starting/stopping switch device is provided that includes a switch unit that switches over switching modes in response to linear movement of a movable member, a push button that is linked to the movable member so as to drive the movable member in response to a pushing operation, and a coil antenna that outputs transponder drive radio waves for generating an electromotive force in a transponder built into a portable device, wherein the coil antenna ( | 03-29-2012 |
20130033360 | ADAPTIVE SPEED PAY AUTOMOTIVE MODULE - A communication device is disclosed. The communication device has a first assembly including a controller, a first communication element, and a speed pay communication element. The controller is configured to use the first communication element to control an operation of a user-operated assembly. The communication device also has a second assembly including an electronics element configured to operate with a speed pay system. The second assembly is removably attachable to the first assembly. The controller, the speed pay communication element, and the electronics element are configured to operate with the speed pay system when the first assembly and the second assembly are attached to each other. The operation of the communication device with the speed pay system is disabled when the first assembly and the second assembly are detached from each other. | 02-07-2013 |
20130328663 | GARAGE DOOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A universal system and method for controlling existing garage doors via existing garage door openers. The system includes a module operable both manually and automatically to control the existing garage door, Wifi communication circuitry to receive instructions wirelessly from a remote, circuitry for automatic and remote control of the garage door and circuitry for pushing garage door status information. | 12-12-2013 |
20140240091 | VEHICLE INTEGRATION OF BLE NODES TO ENABLE PASSIVE ENTRY AND PASSIVE START FEATURES - A system and method for employing BLE nodes in a PEPS system to determine whether a FOB is within or outside of a vehicle. The method includes interrogating the FOB using a signal transmitted by a BLE device on the vehicle to determine whether the FOB is in a predetermined vicinity of the vehicle and receiving a Bluetooth signal at the BLE device that is transmitted by the FOB if the FOB is in the vicinity of the vehicle. The method also included determining a transmit power of the Bluetooth signal transmitted by the FOB and determining a receive power of the Bluetooth signal transmitted by the FOB and received by the BLE device. The method uses the transmit power and the receive power in a comparison process to determine whether the FOB is inside or outside of the vehicle. | 08-28-2014 |