Wireless Trainable Transceiver Device With Integrated Interface And GPS Modules
First Claim
1. A wireless control system in a vehicle having an instrument panel or mirror, a center counsel and a vehicle position determination device, for wireless control of a remote electronic system, said wireless control system comprising:
- a display located within at least one of the instrument panel, the mirror and the center counsel;
a transmitter module configured to transmit a wireless control signal having control data which will control the remote electronic system;
an interface module in communication with the vehicle position determination device and wherein said interface module receives current geographic position data; and
a control module in communication with said display, said interface module, and said transmitter module, and wherein said control module receives geographic position data from said interface module and wherein said control module upon determining that the current geographic position data is within a specified range of a preprogrammed geographic position communicates a prompt to said display relating to the preprogrammed geographic location.
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Abstract
A trainable transceiver having an integrated interface connections with various vehicle modules for use with various remote electronic devices and a method of programming and using the same. The wireless trainable transceiver is in a vehicle with an integrated interface allowing connection to a human to machine interface and vehicle position determination device, such a navigation system and compass and the wireless trainable transceiver has the ability to change functions associated with preset buttons on the trainable transceiver, depending upon the location of the vehicle.
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18 Claims
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1. A wireless control system in a vehicle having an instrument panel or mirror, a center counsel and a vehicle position determination device, for wireless control of a remote electronic system, said wireless control system comprising:
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a display located within at least one of the instrument panel, the mirror and the center counsel; a transmitter module configured to transmit a wireless control signal having control data which will control the remote electronic system; an interface module in communication with the vehicle position determination device and wherein said interface module receives current geographic position data; and a control module in communication with said display, said interface module, and said transmitter module, and wherein said control module receives geographic position data from said interface module and wherein said control module upon determining that the current geographic position data is within a specified range of a preprogrammed geographic position communicates a prompt to said display relating to the preprogrammed geographic location.
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2. A method of training and using a wireless control system located in a vehicle having an instrument panel, a center counsel and a vehicle position determination device, the wireless control system having a control module, an interface module and a transmitter module, said method comprising the steps of:
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programming the wireless control system with a specific function and wherein the function has a programmed geographic location tag obtained from the vehicle position determination device; providing a current vehicle geographic position from the vehicle position determination device to the control panel via the interface module; determining if the current vehicle geographic position is within a specified distance of the programmed geographic location tag; providing an output from the control panel to the display upon determining that the current vehicle geographic position is within a specified distance of the programmed geographic location tag during said step of determining if the current vehicle geographic position is within a specified distance of the programmed geographic location tag; and displaying the output from the control module on the display. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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