REMOTE VEHICLE OPERATING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A remote vehicle operating system comprising:
- a vehicle including a vehicle exterior body, an onboard terminal and at least one onboard device operatively connected to the onboard terminal; and
a portable hand held electronic terminal including a miniature vehicle shaped casing corresponding in general appearance to the vehicle exterior body of the vehicle, but reduced in size with respect to the vehicle exterior body of the vehicle,the portable hand held electronic terminal further including a transmitter disposed in the miniature vehicle shaped casing that communicates with the onboard terminal of the vehicle to transmit a command to the onboard device.
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Abstract
A remote vehicle operating system is provided that basically comprises a vehicle and a portable hand held electronic terminal for remotely operating the vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle exterior body, an onboard terminal and at least one onboard device operatively connected to the onboard terminal. The portable hand held electronic terminal includes a miniature vehicle shaped casing with a transmitter that communicates with the onboard terminal of the vehicle to transmit a command to the onboard device. In accordance with one aspect, an operating element is disposed on the casing in a position of the casing such that touching a miniature vehicle component corresponding to the vehicle component of the vehicle results in the operation of the vehicle component. In accordance with one aspect, the miniature vehicle shaped casing corresponds in general appearance to the vehicle exterior body of the vehicle.
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36 Claims
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1. A remote vehicle operating system comprising:
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a vehicle including a vehicle exterior body, an onboard terminal and at least one onboard device operatively connected to the onboard terminal; and a portable hand held electronic terminal including a miniature vehicle shaped casing corresponding in general appearance to the vehicle exterior body of the vehicle, but reduced in size with respect to the vehicle exterior body of the vehicle, the portable hand held electronic terminal further including a transmitter disposed in the miniature vehicle shaped casing that communicates with the onboard terminal of the vehicle to transmit a command to the onboard device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25)
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14. A remote vehicle operating system comprising:
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a vehicle including a vehicle exterior body, an onboard terminal and at least one onboard device operatively connected to the onboard terminal to perform a selected operation of a vehicle component; and a portable hand held electronic terminal including a miniature vehicle shaped casing, the portable hand held electronic terminal further including a transmitter disposed in the miniature vehicle shaped casing that communicates with the onboard terminal of the vehicle to transmit a command to the onboard device, the portable hand held electronic terminal further including an operating element disposed in a position of the miniature vehicle shaped casing such that touching a miniature vehicle component corresponding to the vehicle component of the vehicle results in the operation of the vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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26. A portable hand held electronic terminal comprising:
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a miniature vehicle shaped casing; a transmitter disposed in the miniature vehicle shaped casing that communicates with a onboard terminal of a vehicle to transmit a command to an onboard device; and an operating element disposed in a position of the miniature vehicle shaped casing such that touching a miniature vehicle component corresponding to a vehicle component of the vehicle results in operation of the vehicle component. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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Specification
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Current AssigneeNissan North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
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Original AssigneeNissan Technical Center North America Incorporated (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
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InventorsThunes, Owen
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Application NumberUS12/198,371Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current340/5.640CPC Class CodesB60R 25/209 Remote starting of engineB60R 25/24 using electronic identifier...G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian wavesG07C 2009/00984 fobG07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional...
