System and method for one-way remote activation with adaptive protocol

• US 9,262,878 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Ghabra, Riad, King, Ronald O., Nantz, John S., Tang, Tom Q., Luo, Yi
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Samson, Sara
• Application Number:
  US11/536,200
• Time in Patent Office: 3,428 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00198 the keyless data carrier having more than one limited data transmission ranges
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00206 the keyless data carrier being hand operated
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00261 the keyless data carrier having more than one function
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00357 and the lock having more than one limited data transmission ranges
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00174 Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys mechanical locks with electric permutation E05B49/00; arrangements for sensing or reading record carriers G06K7/00; electronic switching H03K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0008 arrangements for allowing a transmitter or receiver to use more than one type of modulation negotiating modulation type for two-way transmission paths H04L5/1453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A system and method for remote activation of a device includes, in one embodiment, transmitting a command signal according to one of a first transmission protocol and a second transmission protocol, and selecting the first transmission protocol for use in transmitting the command signal when a selected command is of a first type, and selecting the second transmission protocol for use in transmitting the command signal when a selected command is of a second.

Claims

1. A system for remote activation of a device, the system comprising:

a remote unit comprising

a user interface for selecting a remote activation command,

a transmitter for transmitting a remote activation command signal according to one of a first transmission protocol and a second transmission protocol, wherein a difference between the first and second transmission protocols comprises partition of the command signal, and

a controller for selecting the first transmission protocol for use in transmitting a remote activation command signal when a user selected remote activation command is of a first type, and selecting the second transmission protocol for use in transmitting a remote activation command signal when a user selected remote activation command is of a second type, wherein the first type of command comprises a command identified by the controller as having a first latency assigned thereto for effectuating the command, and the second type of command comprises a command identified by the controller as having a second latency assigned thereto for effectuating the command, the second latency less than the first latency.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first transmission protocol comprises a first data rate and the second transmission protocol comprises a second data rate different from the first data rate.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first transmission protocol comprises a first data rate and partition of the command signal, and wherein the second transmission protocol comprises a second data rate greater than the first data rate.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the first type of command comprises a vehicle engine start command.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the second type of command comprises a vehicle door unlock command.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the first transmission protocol comprises a first modulation scheme and the second transmission protocol comprises a second modulation scheme different than the first modulation scheme.

7. The system of claim 3 wherein partition of the command signal comprises dividing the command signal into a plurality of packets, each packet for transmission by the transmitter.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising a device unit, the device unit comprising:

a receiver for receiving the plurality of packets transmitted by the transmitter when the first transmission protocol is selected, and receiving the command signal transmitted by the transmitter when the second transmission protocol is selected; and

a controller for assembling the plurality of packets into the command signal when the first transmission protocol is selected.

9. A system for remote activation of a device, the system comprising:

a remote unit comprising;

a user interface for selecting a remote activation command,

a transmitter for transmitting a remote activation command signal according to one of a first transmission protocol and a second transmission protocol, wherein a difference between the first and second transmission protocols comprises partition of the command signal into a plurality of packets, and

a controller for selecting the first transmission protocol for use in transmitting a remote activation command signal when a user selected remote activation command is of a first type, and selecting the second transmission protocol for use in transmitting a remote activation command signal when a user selected remote activation command is of a second type, wherein the first type of remote activation command comprises a command identified by the controller as having a first latency assigned thereto for effectuating the command, and the second type of remote activation command comprises a command identified by the controller as having a second latency assigned thereto for effectuating the command, the second latency less than the first latency; and

a device unit comprising;

a receiver for receiving the remote activation command signal transmitted by the remote unit.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the first type of command comprises a vehicle engine start command.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the second type of command comprises a vehicle door unlock command.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the first transmission protocol comprises a first modulation scheme and the second transmission protocol comprises a second modulation scheme different than the first modulation scheme.

13. A method for remote activation of a device, the method comprising:

selecting a first transmission protocol for use in transmitting a remote activation command signal when a user selected remote activation command is of a first type;

selecting a second transmission protocol for use in transmitting a remote activation command signal when a user selected remote activation command is of a second type; and

transmitting a remote activation command signal according to the selected one of the first transmission protocol and the second transmission protocol, wherein a difference between the first and second transmission protocols comprises partition of the command signal;

wherein the first type of command comprises a command having a first latency assigned thereto for effectuating the command, and the second type of command comprises a command having a second latency assigned thereto for effectuating the commend, the second latency less than the first latency.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the first transmission protocol comprises a first data rate and partition of the command signal, and wherein the second transmission protocol comprises a second data rate greater than the first data rate.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the first type of command comprises a vehicle engine start command.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the second type of command comprises a vehicle door unlock command.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein partition of the command signal comprises dividing the command signal into a plurality of packets, each packet for transmission by the transmitter.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving the plurality of packets transmitted when the first transmission protocol is selected;

receiving the command signal transmitted when the second transmission protocol is selected; and

assembling the plurality of packets into the command signal when the first transmission protocol is selected.