Vehicular wireless transmission control assembly

• US 20030141964A1
• Filed: 01/28/2003
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Exon Science, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Exon Science, Inc.
• Inventors: Hsiao, Shun-Hsiang, Chen, Kuei-Hung, Su, Wen-Wei
• Application Number:
  US10/352,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20030141964A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0315 using multiplexing techniques multiplexing for transmission of signals G08C15/00; multiplexing for electrical communication in general H04J

Abstract

A wireless transmission control assembly for used with a vehicular monitoring device and a vehicular status indicator is disclosed. The assembly includes a sensing device in communication with the vehicular status indicator, asserting a control signal in response to an enabled operation of the vehicular status indicator; a wireless signal transmitter in communication with the sensing device, transforming the control signal into a wireless transmission control signal, and outputting the wireless transmission control signal; a wireless signal receiver receiving and recovering the wireless transmission control signal into the control signal; and a control device in communication with the wireless signal receiver and the vehicular monitoring device, having the vehicular monitoring device perform a view-range adjusting operation in response to the control signal.

Claims

1. A wireless transmission control assembly for used with a vehicular monitoring device and a vehicular status indicator, comprising:

a sensing device in communication with said vehicular status indicator, asserting a control signal in response to an enabled operation of said vehicular status indicator;

a wireless signal transmitter in communication with said sensing device, transforming said control signal into a wireless transmission control signal, and outputting said wireless transmission control signal;

a wireless signal receiver receiving and recovering said wireless transmission control signal into said control signal; and

a control device in communication with said wireless signal receiver and said vehicular monitoring device, having said vehicular monitoring device perform a view-range adjusting operation in response to said control signal.

2. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said sensing device and said wireless signal transmitter are disposed adjacent to said vehicular status indicator.

3. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 2 wherein said vehicular status indicator is a turning-direction indicator light.

4. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 3 wherein said sensing device and said wireless signal transmitter are disposed in the trunk of a vehicle.

5. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 2 wherein said vehicular status indicator is a member selected from a group consisting of an indicator-light switch, an electronic compass, a global positioning system (GPS), a telematics system, an attitude indicator, a vehicle stability control system, and a yaw sensor.

6. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said wireless signal receiver and said control device are disposed adjacent to said vehicular monitoring device.

7. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said vehicular monitoring device includes a rearview mirror.

8. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said vehicular monitoring device includes a camera.

9. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said vehicular monitoring device includes a display.

10. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said view-range adjusting operation of said vehicular monitoring device is a rotating operation.

11. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 10 wherein said vehicular monitoring device is rotated from an initial position toward a working position in response to the assertion of said control signal, and rotated back to said initial position in response to the suspension of said control signal.

12. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said view-range adjusting operation of said vehicular monitoring device is disabled when two different control signals are received by said control device at the same time.

13. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said view-range adjusting operation of said vehicular monitoring device is a zooming operation.

14. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said wireless signal transmitter is in communication with said sensing device via a vehicular digital bus, and said control device is in communication with said wireless signal receiver via said vehicular digital bus.

15. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 14 wherein said vehicular digital bus is a controller area network (CAN) bus or a vehicle area network (VAN) bus.

16. The wireless transmission control assembly according to claim 1 wherein said view-range adjusting operation of said vehicular monitoring device is performed at a rate correlating to a driving speed of the vehicle.