Bracelet with clock and remote key fob

• US 9,744,943 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brenden Alexander Pooley, Christopher Minuche, Matthew Kenyon Hiatt
• Original Assignee: Brenden Alexander Pooley, Christopher Minuche, Matthew Kenyon Hiatt
• Inventors: Hiatt, Matthew Kenyon, Minuche, Christopher, Pooley, Brenden Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Badii, Behrang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Testardi, David
• Application Number:
  US14/867,214
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/04 operating on the propulsion system, e.g. engine or drive motor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/209 Remote starting of engine
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/0807 Remote means
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 2300/302 using data communication
• CPC Class Codes: G04C 10/02 the power supply being a radioactive or photovoltaic source
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 17/08 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/00 Visual time or date indication means
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0278 using satellite positioning signals, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00507 keyless data carrier having more than one function
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00968 shape of the data carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00182 operated with unidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00944 Details of construction or manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 : carried in a hand or on fingers

Abstract

A fashionable bracelet operates as a remote car key fob and a clock. The bracelet provides multiple buttons allowing a user to operate the bracelet to control access to the vehicle coupled to the bracelet. The bracelet receives voice commands to operate the vehicle. Moreover, the bracelet incorporates a GPS subsystem for auto-piloting the vehicle to the location of the user. The bracelet further incorporates multiple LEDs to provide operational feedback to the user. The clock can be turned on and off using one of the buttons. The wireless key fob functions and the clock are controlled by a microcontroller disposed within the bracelet. The bracelet includes a battery to provide power to various components of the bracelet. The battery is operatively coupled to a solar panel. The bracelet is conveniently and securely attached to the wrist of the user.

Claims

1. A bracelet comprising:

i. a body adapted to wrap around a wrist of a user;

ii. a microcontroller disposed within said body;

iii. a transceiver disposed within said body for communicating with a vehicle and operatively coupled to said microcontroller;

iv. a set of buttons disposed within said body for controlling access to said vehicle, wherein said set of buttons includes an auto-start button, a lock door button, an unlock door button and an open trunk button, wherein each button within said set of buttons is operatively coupled to said microcontroller, and wherein pressing each button within said set of button causes a corresponding vehicle operation command sent to said vehicle over said transceiver;

v. a clock disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller for providing a time;

vi. a timing device including a display, said timing device disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller for displaying said time, and wherein said timing device and said set of buttons are in a single linear arrangement along a circular perimeter of said body; and

vii. a computer program running on said microcontroller, wherein said computer program is adapted to send commands corresponding to said set of buttons to said vehicle over said transceiver.

2. The bracelet of claim 1 further comprising a set of colored LEDs corresponding to said set of buttons, wherein said set of LEDs is disposed within said body and operatively operated to said microcontroller, and wherein a LED within said set of LEDs is turned on when the corresponding button within said set of buttons is pressed.

3. The bracelet of claim 1 further comprising a Global Positioning System (“

GPS”

) subsystem providing physical location of said bracelet, and an autopilot button disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller, wherein;

i) said computer program sends said physical location to said vehicle; and

ii) pressing of said autopilot button causes said computer program to send an autopilot command to said vehicle, wherein said vehicle self-drives to said physical location in response to said autopilot command.

4. The bracelet of claim 3, wherein said set of buttons includes said autopilot button.

5. The bracelet of claim 3 further comprising a microphone device disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller, wherein said computer program:

i) retrieves voice input data captured by said microphone;

ii) performs voice recognition on said voice input data;

iii) determines that a name of said bracelet is recognized from said voice input data;

iv) determines that a vehicle operation command is recognized from said voice input data; and

v) sends said vehicle operation command to said vehicle over said transceiver.

6. The bracelet of claim 5, wherein said set of buttons includes said autopilot button.

7. The bracelet of claim 1 further comprising:

i) a back light disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller; and

ii) a backlight button disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller, wherein pressing said backlight button causes said back light turned on to make said display lightened up.

8. The bracelet of claim 1 further comprising a vibrator disposed within said body and operatively coupled to said microcontroller, wherein said vibrator is triggered by a system event.

9. The bracelet of claim 1, wherein said transceiver is a radio frequency transceiver.

10. The bracelet of claim 1, wherein said body is made of elastic material.