Bracelet with clock and remote key fob

• US 10,464,526 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2017
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brenden Alexander Pooley, Christopher Minuche, Matthew Kenyon Hiatt
• Original Assignee: Brenden Alexander Pooley, Christopher Minuche, Matthew Kenyon Hiatt
• Inventors: Hiatt, Matthew Kenyon, Minuche, Christopher, Pooley, Brenden Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Testardi, David A
• Application Number:
  US15/657,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20170327081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/209 Remote starting of engine
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0807 Remote means
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2300/302 using data communication
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 10/02 the power supply being a radioactive or photovoltaic source
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0278 using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00507 keyless data carrier having more than one function
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00968 shape of the data carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 : carried in a hand or on fingers

Abstract

A fashionable bracelet operates as a remote car key fob and a clock. The bracelet provides multiple buttons allowing a user to operate the bracelet to control access to the vehicle coupled to the bracelet. The bracelet receives voice commands to operate the vehicle. Moreover, the bracelet incorporates a GPS subsystem for auto-piloting the vehicle to the location of the user. The bracelet further incorporates multiple LEDs to provide operational feedback to the user. The clock can be turned on and off using one of the buttons. The wireless key fob functions and the clock are controlled by a microcontroller disposed within the bracelet. The bracelet includes a battery to provide power to various components of the bracelet. The battery is operatively coupled to a solar panel. The bracelet is conveniently and securely attached to the wrist of the user.

Claims

1. A bracelet for controlling access to a vehicle, said bracelet comprising:

i. a body adapted to wrap around a wrist of a user and having an outside surface, two side surfaces and an inside surface;

ii. a microcontroller disposed within said body;

iii. a transceiver disposed within said body for communicating with a vehicle and operatively coupled to said microcontroller;

iv. a locking button operatively coupled to said microcontroller, disposed within said body and exposed in said outside surface for locking and unlocking said vehicle;

v. a lighting device operatively coupled to said microcontroller and disposed within said body and beneath and around said locking button;

vi. a set of vehicle control buttons operatively coupled to said microcontroller, disposed within said body and exposed in said side surfaces for controlling access to said vehicle;

vii. a timing device operatively coupled to said microcontroller and including a display, said timing device disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller for displaying a time on said display, said display exposed in said outside surface; and

viii. a computer program running on said microcontroller, wherein said computer program is adapted to send commands to said vehicle over said transceiver, said commands generated in response to operations of said locking button and said set of vehicle control buttons, wherein;

1) pressing said locking button causes said vehicle to be locked and said lighting device to be turned on in a first color when said vehicle is unlocked; and

2) pressing said locking button twice within a predetermined amount of time causes said vehicle to be unlocked and said lighting device to be turned on in a second color when said vehicle is locked.

2. The bracelet of claim 1, wherein said first color is red and said second color is green.

3. The bracelet of claim 1 wherein holding down said locking button for a predetermined amount of time causes said vehicle to be started and said lighting device to flash.

4. The bracelet of claim 1 wherein said lighting device is turned on in color when said vehicle is on and said bracelet is away from said vehicle over a predetermined distance.

5. The bracelet of claim 1 further comprising a vibrator, wherein said vibrator is turned on and said lighting device flashes when said vehicle has been turned on for a predetermined amount of time and not moved yet.

6. The bracelet of claim 1 wherein said set of vehicle control buttons includes a trunk button wherein holding down said trunk button causes said vehicle to open a trunk of said vehicle and said vibrator is turned on when said trunk has been open over a predetermined amount of time.

7. The bracelet of claim 1 comprising a first time button and a second time button operatively coupled to said microcontroller, disposed within said body and exposed on said two side surfaces respectively, wherein said first time button is adapted to be used to adjust an hour portion of said time, said second time button is adapted to be used to adjust a minute portion of said time, and pressing said first time button and said second time button at a same time causes a backlight of said timing device to be turned on.

8. The bracelet of claim 1 further comprising a first time button and a second time button operatively coupled to said microcontroller, disposed within said body and exposed on said two side surfaces respectively, wherein said first time button is adapted to be used to adjust an hour portion of said time, said second time button is adapted to be used to adjust a minute portion of said time, and pressing said first time button and said second time button at a same time and holding down said first time button and said second time button over a predetermined amount of time cause said display to be turned off.