Remote starting system for a vehicle
DCFirst Claim
1. A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor, said slave controller comprising:
- a) an antenna circuit input suitable for connection to an antenna circuit that is operative for picking up an RF signal;
b) a control module in communication with said input, said control module including;
i) a CPU;
ii) a storage medium storing program data for execution by said CPU;
iii) an output, said control module being responsive to an RF signal received from said antenna circuit containing a command to start the internal combustion engine to generate a command signal at said output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine, wherein the generation of the command signal is effected by execution of said program data by said CPU;
c) said control module being operative to establish an electrical pathway with an external entity via said antenna circuit input to update the program data in said storage medium.
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Abstract
A slave controller for a remote vehicle starting system. The slave controller is mounted in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor. The slave controller has an antenna circuit input for connection to an antenna circuit suitable for picking up an RF signal and an output. The slave controller also has a control module, coupled to the antenna circuit input. The control module is responsive to a signal transmitted through the antenna circuit input and originating from the antenna circuit to generate a command signal at the output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine. The control module is operative to establish a data communication with an external entity through the antenna circuit input to perform a maintenance procedure.
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100 Claims
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1. A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor, said slave controller comprising:
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a) an antenna circuit input suitable for connection to an antenna circuit that is operative for picking up an RF signal; b) a control module in communication with said input, said control module including; i) a CPU; ii) a storage medium storing program data for execution by said CPU; iii) an output, said control module being responsive to an RF signal received from said antenna circuit containing a command to start the internal combustion engine to generate a command signal at said output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine, wherein the generation of the command signal is effected by execution of said program data by said CPU; c) said control module being operative to establish an electrical pathway with an external entity via said antenna circuit input to update the program data in said storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor, said slave controller comprising:
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a) an antenna circuit input suitable for connection to an antenna circuit suitable for picking up an RF signal; b) a control module in communication with said input, said control module including; i) a CPU; ii) a storage medium storing program data for execution by said CPU; iii) an output, said control module being responsive to an RF signal received from said antenna circuit containing a command to start the internal combustion engine to perform an engine starting procedure, the engine starting procedure including generation by said control module of a command signal at said output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine; iv) said program data when executed by said CPU allowing the control module to record events associated with the vehicle and occurring during the engine starting procedure; v) said control module being operative to establish an electrical pathway with an external entity via said antenna circuit input to update the program data in said storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor, said slave controller comprising a control module, including:
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a) a CPU; b) a storage medium storing program data for execution by said CPU; c) an output, said control module being responsive to an RF signal containing a command to start the internal combustion engine to perform an engine starting procedure, the engine starting procedure including generation by said control module of a command signal at said output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine; d) said program data when executed by said CPU allowing the control module to write entries in said storage medium indicative of occurrence of events associated with the vehicle during the engine starting procedure; e) said control module operative to record data in said storage medium allowing distinguishing an order of occurrence of events corresponding to respective entries in said storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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63. A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor, said slave controller comprising a control module, including:
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a) a CPU; b) a storage medium storing program data for execution by said CPU; a) an output, said control module being responsive to an RF signal containing a command to start the internal combustion engine to perform an engine starting procedure, the engine starting procedure including generation by said control module of a command signal at said output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine; d) said program data when executed by said CPU allowing the control module to write entries in a list of entries in said storage medium, the entries indicative of occurrence of respective events associated with the vehicle during the engine starting procedure; e) said control module responsive to a command issued by an external device under instruction of a technician during a diagnostic procedure of said slave controller to write data in said storage medium, the data forming a break point in the list of entries, the break point being distinguishable from entries corresponding to events associated with the vehicle during the engine starting procedure. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. A slave controller for mounting in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor, wherein the vehicle has a plurality of electrical sub-systems, said slave controller comprising:
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a) a set of ports for electrical connection to a respective electrical sub-system of the plurality of electrical sub-systems; b) a control module including; i) a CPU; ii) a storage medium storing program data for execution by said CPU; iii) an output, said control module being responsive to an RF signal containing a command to start the internal combustion engine to generate a command signal at said output for directing the starter motor to crank the internal combustion engine, wherein the generation of the command signal is effected by execution of said program data by said CPU; iv) said control module being operative to establish an electrical pathway with an external entity via at least one of said set of ports to update the program data in said storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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