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US 10,311,665 B2Granted
System and method for training a transmitter
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorTodd R. Witkowski
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Abstract
A remote device configured to control operation of a remote electronic device, such as a garage door opener, is provided. A transmitter circuit may be configured to receive and transmit communications directed to the remote electronic device. The communications may include data arranged according to a plurality of the control packet formats, and communications to the remote electronic device may include data transmitted according to the plurality of control packet formats.
Claims20
A remote device configured to control operation of a remote electronic device, said remote device comprising:
- a memory configured to store a plurality of communication parameters pertaining to controlling operation of the remote electronic device, each of said communication parameters corresponding to a control packet format;
- a transmitter circuit configured to receive and transmit communications directed to the remote electronic device, said communications received by said transmitter circuit including a data packet arranged according to a plurality of the control packet formats;
- a trainable controller operably coupled to said memory and said transmitter circuit, said trainable controller configured to operate in a training mode in which said transmitter circuit receives a training data packet, wherein said training data packet includes data arranged according to a first control packet format and a second control packet format;
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- said trainable controller configured to determine one or more communication parameters for at least one of said first and second control packet formats based on said data provided in said training data packet, said trainable controller configured to operate in an operative mode in which said trainable controller directs said transmitter circuit to communicate an operative data packet arranged according to at least one of said first control packet format and said second control packet format and based on said one or more communication parameters.
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A method of operating a remote electronic device, said method comprising:
- operating in a training mode in which the remote electronic device wirelessly receives a training data packet, the training data packet including data arranged according to a first control packet format and a second control packet format;
- determining a plurality of communication parameters based on the training data packet, the plurality of communication parameters corresponding to at least one of the first control packet format and the second control packet format;
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- operating in an operative mode in which the remote electronic device wirelessly transmits an operative data packet, the operative data packet including an equipment command for operation of the remote electronic device, wherein the operative data packet transmitted wirelessly includes data based on at least one of the plurality of communication parameters and arranged according to at least one of the first control packet format and the second control packet format.
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A vehicle for communicating a command to a remote electronic device, said vehicle comprising:
- a transmitter circuit configured to receive and transmit communications directed to the remote electronic device, said communications received by said transmitter circuit including a data packet arranged according to a plurality of control packet formats;
- a trainable controller operably coupled to said transmitter circuit, said trainable controller configured to operate in a training mode in which said transmitter circuit receives a training data packet, wherein said training data packet includes data arranged according to a first control packet format and a second control packet format;
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- said trainable controller configured to determine one or more communication parameters, based on said data provided in said training data packet, for at least one of said first and second control packet formats, said trainable controller configured to operate in an operative mode in which said trainable controller directs said transmitter circuit to communicate an operative data packet arranged according to at least one of said first and second control packet formats and based on the one or more communication parameters, said data communicated from said transmitter circuit including a command instruction corresponding to the command for the remote electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.