WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER WITH RECALL INDICATOR

• US 20120105195A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gentex Corporation
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Schultz, Steve G.
• Application Number:
  US12/915,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20120105195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.61
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/00 Fittings or systems for preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of vehicles locks for vehicles E05B77/00-E05B85/00

Abstract

The invention is a wireless control system and method for wireless control of a remote electronic system from a vehicle. A trainable transceiver is configured to receive a feedback signal from a remote electronic system indicating success or failure of a requested operation. The feedback signal, which may include status information, is stored in memory of the wireless control system for retrieval at a later period. In response to the retrieved feedback signal and status, the control system may recall that status information and/or reissue a wireless control signal to the remote electronic system.

Claims

1. A wireless control system for wireless control of a remote electronic system, comprising:

a trainable transceiver circuit configured to transmit a wireless control signal having control data to control the remote electronic system and to receive a wireless status signal including status data from the remote electronic system sent in response to the wireless control signal;

a control circuit coupled to the trainable transceiver circuit and configured to control transmission of the wireless control signal and receipt of the status signal through the trainable transceiver circuit; and

a memory to store the received wireless status signal.

2. The wireless control system of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is located within an interior of a vehicle.

3. The wireless control system of claim 2, wherein the wireless control system further comprises:

at least one user input, when activated, to control the control circuit to retrieve the status signal stored in the memory; and

at least one output device to output the status signal retrieved from the memory.

4. The wireless control system of claim 3, wherein, upon activation of the at least one user input, the output device outputs the status signal retrieved from the memory if the control circuit determines that a predetermined period has not elapsed.

5. The wireless control system of claim 4, wherein if the status data output indicates that the remote electronic system has failed to operate in accordance with the control data of the control signal, the control circuit reissues the control signal through the trainable transceiver circuit to the remote electronic system.

6. The wireless control system of claim 3, wherein the output device is one of a display screen, an icon, a mobile device, a vehicle in-dash display, and an audible feedback device when the status data is retrieved from memory.

7. The wireless control system of claim 6, wherein the icon illuminates in a plurality of respective colors, each color representative of associated status.

8. The wireless control system of claim 3, wherein the at least one user input is one of a button, switch, knob, dial, voice-actuated input control, mobile device, keyfob, touch screen, multi-controller selection device and wireless transmitter.

9. The wireless control system of claim 1, wherein the wireless status signal includes status data, which status data is stored for a predetermined period of time.

10. A wireless control method for wireless control of a remote electronic system, comprising:

transmitting a wireless control signal, from a trainable transceiver circuit, having control data to control the remote electronic system and to receive a wireless status signal including status data from the remote electronic system sent in response to the wireless control signal;

controlling transmission, using a control circuit coupled to the trainable transceiver circuit, of the wireless control signal and receiving the status signal through the trainable transceiver circuit; and

storing the received wireless status signal in a memory.

11. The wireless control method of claim 10, locating the control circuit within an interior of a vehicle.

12. The wireless control method of claim 11, wherein the wireless control system further comprises the method of:

activating at least one user input to control the control circuit to retrieve the status signal stored in the memory; and

outputting to at least one output device the status signal retrieved from the memory.

13. The wireless control method of claim 12, wherein, upon activating the at least one user input, the output device outputs the status signal retrieved from the memory if the control circuit determines that a predetermined period has not elapsed.

14. The wireless control method of claim 13, wherein if the status data output indicates that the remote electronic system has failed to operate in accordance with the control data of the control signal, the control circuit reissues the control signal through the trainable transceiver circuit to the remote electronic system.

15. The wireless control method of claim 12, wherein the output device is one of a display screen, an icon, a mobile device, a vehicle in-dash display, and an audible feedback device when the status data is retrieved from memory.

16. The wireless control method of claim 15, wherein the icon illuminates in a plurality of respective colors, each color representative of associated status.

17. The wireless control method of claim 12, wherein the at least one user input is one of a button, switch, knob, dial, voice-actuated input control, mobile device, keyfob, touch screen, multi-controller selection device and wireless transmitter.

18. The wireless control method of claim 10, wherein the wireless status signal includes status data, which status data is stored for a predetermined period of time.