INTEGRATED VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said vehicle rearview mirror system comprising:
- a power interface configured to receive power from a vehicle power source;
an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element and a control unit, said control unit configured to communicate with one or more vehicle-mounted components;
a wireless communication system configured to transmit a toll-based information packet to the electronic toll collection system in response to a command from said control unit, wherein said toll-based information packet provides a basis for authorizing access to a toll area associated with the electronic toll collection system; and
a display controller configured to provide visual feedback to a vehicle operator indicative of a toll-pass account associated with the toll-based information packet.
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Abstract
A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle having communication capabilities for communicating with at least one of a building-automation device and an electronic toll collection system. The vehicle rearview mirror system may include a wireless communication system configured to communicate with a building-based communication system or a transceiver system of the electronic toll collection system, or both.
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28 Claims
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1. A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said vehicle rearview mirror system comprising:
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a power interface configured to receive power from a vehicle power source; an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element and a control unit, said control unit configured to communicate with one or more vehicle-mounted components; a wireless communication system configured to transmit a toll-based information packet to the electronic toll collection system in response to a command from said control unit, wherein said toll-based information packet provides a basis for authorizing access to a toll area associated with the electronic toll collection system; and a display controller configured to provide visual feedback to a vehicle operator indicative of a toll-pass account associated with the toll-based information packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle communication system for a vehicle, said vehicle communication system comprising:
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a power interface configured to receive power from a vehicle power source; a wireless communication system configured to communicate information to one or more remote devices, said one or more remote devices including at least one toll collection receiver of an electronic toll collection system; an electronic-toll controller operably coupled to the power interface and the wireless communication system, the electronic-toll controller configured to communicate identification information via the wireless communication system to the toll collection receiver; and wherein said electronic-toll controller is configured to receive mobile device information, via the wireless communication system, from one or more mobile devices located within the vehicle, wherein said mobile device information relates to a toll-collection account managed by the electronic toll collection system, wherein based on user input, said electronic-toll controller generates said identification information as a function of said mobile device information from a selected mobile device from among the one or more mobile devices, whereby the vehicle communication system enables user selection of the selected mobile device for authorizing access to a toll area associated with the electronic toll collection system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of communicating between a vehicle and one or more remote devices, said method comprising:
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supplying power from the vehicle to a wireless communication system of the vehicle; receiving mobile device information from a plurality of mobile devices located within the vehicle, wherein the mobile device information relates to a toll-collection account managed by an electronic toll collection system; selecting one of the plurality of mobile devices for requesting authorized access to a toll area associated with the electronic toll collection system; receiving, via the wireless communication system, an interrogation signal from an electronic toll collection system; and based on the interrogation signal, transmitting an electronic-toll information packet from the wireless communication system to the electronic toll collection system, wherein the electronic-toll information packet includes information relating to identification of the toll-collection account associated with the selected mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle, said vehicle rearview mirror system comprising:
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a power interface configured to receive power from a vehicle power source; an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element and a control unit, said control unit configured to communicate with one or more vehicle-mounted components; a wireless communication system configured to communicate with a toll transceiver system of an electronic toll collection system, said wireless communication system being operably coupled to said control unit and said power interface, said wireless communication system configured to monitor external communications to the electronic toll collection system; said wireless communication system configured to transmit a toll-based information packet to the electronic toll collection system in response to a command from said control unit, wherein said toll-based information packet provides a basis for authorizing access to a toll area associated with the electronic toll collection system; and a controller operably coupled to said wireless communication system, said controller configured to generate a user notification based on the external communications being indicative of a separate device transmitting communication to at least one of building-based communication system and the electronic toll collection system, wherein said user notification indicates that the vehicle rear view mirror system is capable of communicating with the electronic toll collection system. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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