Garage automatic open or close linked to vehicle gearshift
First Claim
1. A vehicular garage door operating assembly comprising:
- an electronic control unit;
a receiver cooperative with the electronic control unit and a vehicular position determining system such that a first signal corresponding to a spatial position of a vehicle incorporating the assembly is conveyed to the electronic control unit through the receiver;
a garage door remote control cooperative with the electronic control unit such that a control logic contained within at least one of the garage door remote control and the electronic control unit is configured to obtain a second signal corresponding to a status indication of a signally-connected garage door and selectively generate an instruction signal for opening or closing of such a garage door; and
a gear status indicator cooperative with a vehicular gear selector to provide a third signal corresponding to a shift in gears to the garage door remote control, wherein the assembly is configured such that upon receipt of the first, second and third signals and subsequent processing by the control logic, the garage door remote control selectively transmits the instruction signal for opening or closing such a garage door.
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Abstract
A vehicular garage door operating assembly, a vehicle and a method of opening or closing a garage door. The assembly includes an electronic control unit, a receiver, a garage door remote control, and a gear status indicator. Upon receipt of at least a signal pertaining to a spatial position of the vehicle, a signal pertaining to a positional status of the garage door and a signal indicating that a change in vehicular gear selection, the garage door remote control selectively transmits an instruction signal for automatic opening or closing the garage door without manual intervention by the driver. In this way, when an egress maneuver by the vehicle relative to the garage is being initiated such as by a shift in gears, this is detected along with whether the vehicle is situated within the garage and whether the garage door is closed, the garage door may be automatically moved to an open position to permit egress of the vehicle from the garage. In one exemplary form, the garage door can be made to automatically open when the vehicle is situated within a garage and the vehicular gear selection is changed from PARK to REVERSE once the vehicle has been started.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicular garage door operating assembly comprising:
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an electronic control unit; a receiver cooperative with the electronic control unit and a vehicular position determining system such that a first signal corresponding to a spatial position of a vehicle incorporating the assembly is conveyed to the electronic control unit through the receiver; a garage door remote control cooperative with the electronic control unit such that a control logic contained within at least one of the garage door remote control and the electronic control unit is configured to obtain a second signal corresponding to a status indication of a signally-connected garage door and selectively generate an instruction signal for opening or closing of such a garage door; and a gear status indicator cooperative with a vehicular gear selector to provide a third signal corresponding to a shift in gears to the garage door remote control, wherein the assembly is configured such that upon receipt of the first, second and third signals and subsequent processing by the control logic, the garage door remote control selectively transmits the instruction signal for opening or closing such a garage door. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle comprising:
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a platform comprising a wheeled chassis, a motive power unit secured to the platform and propulsively cooperative therewith, a passenger compartment, a guidance apparatus cooperative with the wheeled chassis and a transmission with a gear selector to provide operational control thereof; and a garage door operating assembly comprising; an electronic control unit; a receiver cooperative with the electronic control unit and a vehicular position determining system such that a first signal corresponding to a spatial position of the vehicle is conveyed to the electronic control unit through the receiver; a garage door remote control cooperative with the electronic control unit such that a control logic contained within at least one of the garage door remote control and the electronic control unit is configured to obtain a second signal corresponding to a status indication of a signally-connected garage door; and a gear status indicator cooperative with the vehicular gear selector to provide a third signal corresponding to a shift in gears to the garage door remote control, wherein the assembly is configured such that upon receipt of the first, second and third signals and subsequent processing by the control logic, the garage door remote control selectively transmits the instruction signal for opening such a garage door. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of automatically operating a garage door from a vehicle, the method comprising:
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detecting, through a vehicular wireless receiver, a first signal corresponding to a spatial position of the vehicle relative to a garage to which the garage door is movably secured, the signal emanating from a vehicular position determining system; detecting, with the garage door remote control, a second signal corresponding to a status indication of whether the garage door is open or closed; detecting, with a vehicular gear status indicator, a third signal corresponding to whether a shift in a transmission setting of the vehicle has been performed; processing, through a vehicular electronic control unit that includes a control logic, the first, second and third signals to determine if all criteria associated with such signals to open the garage door are met, the criteria comprising (a) having the first signal indicate that the spatial position of the vehicle is within such a garage, (b) having the second signal indicate that the garage door is closed and (c) having the third signal indicate that a shift in gears has taken place; and using a garage door remote control that is coupled to the electronic control unit to send an instruction signal to a garage door opener for the opening the garage door once all the criteria are met. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification