APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE INTERFERING WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
First Claim
1. An apparatus operable to disable operation of wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one active antenna element;
a drive circuit coupled to drive the at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to movement of a vehicle above a defined threshold, and at sufficient power to interfere with communication between the wireless communications device and a destination device; and
a disabling circuit to selectively disable the drive circuit while the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold.
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Abstract
An apparatus operable to disable operation of wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, includes a drive circuit coupled to at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to movement of a vehicle above a defined threshold. The drive circuit being selectively disabled while the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold. The interference may take the form of a bare carrier wave, or may take the form of noise, and is transmitted at sufficient power to interfere with communication between the wireless communications device and a destination device.
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74 Claims
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1. An apparatus operable to disable operation of wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one active antenna element; a drive circuit coupled to drive the at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to movement of a vehicle above a defined threshold, and at sufficient power to interfere with communication between the wireless communications device and a destination device; and a disabling circuit to selectively disable the drive circuit while the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method to disable operation of wireless communications devices within vehicles, the method comprising:
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determining whether a vehicle is moving above a defined threshold; driving at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to a determination that the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold; and selectively disabling the driving of the at least one active antenna element to stop the interference while the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An apparatus operable to disable operation of wireless communications devices, for use within a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one active antenna element; drive means for driving the at least one active antenna element to produce interference within at least one wireless communications band of frequencies in response to movement of a vehicle above a defined threshold, and at sufficient power to interfere with communication between the wireless communications device and a destination device; and disabling means for selectively disabling the drive means while the vehicle is moving above the defined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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