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Control method, device and system for a vehicle

  • US 9,630,590 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2015
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control device for a powered vehicle comprising:

  • a communications unit operable to receive vehicle control signals from a remote computer, anda control unit coupled to the communications unit, to a fuel pump of the vehicle and to an ignition system of the vehicle, the control unit comprising;

    fuel pump switching means operable to activate and deactivate the fuel pump of the vehicle such that movement of the vehicle is controlled by a plurality of digital commands to incrementally slow the vehicle in a stepwise manner in response to a vehicle control signal received by the communications unit, andan ignition system switching means operable to control the supply of power to the ignition system to activate and deactivate the ignition system such that the vehicle is immobilised and mobilised in response to a vehicle control signal from the remote computer, andvehicle position tracking means operable to capture real time location data for the vehicle and to transmit the location data to the remote computer to display a current location of the vehicle.

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