Electronic control system using single receiver for different control modes
First Claim
1. An electronic control system comprising:
- a communication device carried by a user for transmitting a wireless signal;
a receiver for receiving the wireless signal from the communication device;
a transmitter for transmitting a wireless signal to the communication device;
a wireless control means for using the receiver to receive an operating signal transmitted from the communication device as the wireless signal to operate a specific device, the operating signal being generated by a manual operation of the communication device;
a smart control means for driving the transmitter to transmit a transmitter signal and using the receiver to receive a response signal from the communication device transmitted as the wireless signal in return to the transmitter signal, and automatically controlling the specific device in response to the response signal from the communication device; and
an arbitration means for granting a receiver usage privilege to one of the wireless control means and the smart control means, wherein the arbitration means supplies power to the receiver to operate the receiver if a receiver usage privilege acquisition instruction is output from either one of the wireless control means and the smart control means, assigns a receiver usage privilege to the wireless control means to enable the wireless control means to receive data if the receiver received the wireless signal, and assigns the receiver usage privilege to the smart control means if the receiver did not receive the wireless signal and the smart control means has output the usage privilege acquisition instruction.
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Abstract
In a remote vehicle door control, a single receiver is used for both a wireless control whereby a door lock actuator is controlled according to an operating command transmitted by a wireless signal in conjunction with user operation of a communication device carried by a user, and a smart control whereby the door lock actuator is controlled automatically after completing a two-way communication process with the communication device. An arbitration means is provided to determine to which one of the wireless control and the smart control the receiver is assigned. If the receiver receives a wireless signal from the communication device, use of the receiver is assigned to the wireless control.
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6 Claims
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1. An electronic control system comprising:
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a communication device carried by a user for transmitting a wireless signal;
a receiver for receiving the wireless signal from the communication device;
a transmitter for transmitting a wireless signal to the communication device;
a wireless control means for using the receiver to receive an operating signal transmitted from the communication device as the wireless signal to operate a specific device, the operating signal being generated by a manual operation of the communication device;
a smart control means for driving the transmitter to transmit a transmitter signal and using the receiver to receive a response signal from the communication device transmitted as the wireless signal in return to the transmitter signal, and automatically controlling the specific device in response to the response signal from the communication device; and
an arbitration means for granting a receiver usage privilege to one of the wireless control means and the smart control means, wherein the arbitration means supplies power to the receiver to operate the receiver if a receiver usage privilege acquisition instruction is output from either one of the wireless control means and the smart control means, assigns a receiver usage privilege to the wireless control means to enable the wireless control means to receive data if the receiver received the wireless signal, and assigns the receiver usage privilege to the smart control means if the receiver did not receive the wireless signal and the smart control means has output the usage privilege acquisition instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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