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Vehicle antenna control system and method

  • US 9,882,272 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2016
  • Issued: 01/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system for raising and lowering a vehicle antenna, the control system comprising:

  • a location-determining receiver for generating a vehicle location data;

    an antenna;

    an antenna motor for raising and lowering the antenna;

    a control unit which receives the vehicle location data, the control unit comparing the vehicle location data to stored or received geofencing information defining a geofenced area, the control unit causing the antenna motor to raise the antenna when the vehicle location indicated by the vehicle location data is inside the geofenced area, and the control unit causing the antenna motor to lower the antenna when the vehicle location indicated by the vehicle location data is outside the geofenced area.

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