Vehicle-based control of a movable barrier operator

A vehicle comprising:

• a memory for storing a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) error value and data identifying an initial GNSS distance between a garage reference point of the garage and a parked location of the vehicle within a geo-fenced area that includes a garage;
• a processor operatively connected to the memory, the processor configured to:
• identify a maximum GNSS distance and a minimum GNSS distance using the GNSS error value and the initial GNSS distance;
• and
• disable an automatic close operation of a garage door operator in response to:
• the maximum GNSS distance being greater than or equal to a default maximum value of a travel distance requirement,
• the minimum GNSS distance being less than or equal to a first value calculated using the default maximum value of the travel distance requirement, a dimension of the garage, and a closing offset distance, and
• a second value being less than a default minimum value of the travel distance requirement, the second value calculated using the minimum GNSS distance, the dimension of the garage, and the closing offset distance.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause performance of operations comprising:

• tracking a travel distance of a vehicle from a parked location within a geo-fenced area that includes a garage toward a second location;
• determining a travel direction of the vehicle relative to a garage reference point of the garage and the parked location of the vehicle, wherein determining the travel direction of the vehicle includes:
• identifying a straight-line path and a straight-line distance between the parked location and the garage reference point;
• tracking an angle between a driving direction of the vehicle and the straight-line path while tracking the travel distance;
• identifying a plurality of distance values between a plurality of positions of the vehicle and the garage reference point as the vehicle moves from the parked location toward a second location using values of the angle and corresponding values of the travel distance;
• and
• identifying the travel direction to be toward the garage when an average of the plurality of distance values is less than the straight-line distance;
• disabling an automatic close operation of a garage door operator of the garage based at least in part upon the travel direction being determined to be toward the garage reference point;
• and
• facilitating the automatic close operation based at least in part upon the travel direction not being toward the garage reference point and the travel distance satisfying a travel distance requirement.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause performance of operations comprising:

• identifying an initial global navigation satellite system (GNSS) distance between a garage reference point of a garage and a parked location of a vehicle within a geo-fenced area that includes the garage;
• identifying a maximum GNSS distance and a minimum GNSS distance using a GNSS error value and the initial GNSS distance;
• and
• disabling an automatic close operation of a garage door operator for the garage in response to:
• the maximum GNSS distance being greater than or equal to a default maximum value of a travel distance requirement,
• the minimum GNSS distance being less than or equal to a first value calculated using the default maximum value of the travel distance requirement, a dimension of the garage, and a closing offset distance, and
• a second value being less than a default minimum value of the travel distance requirement, the second value calculated using the minimum GNSS distance, the dimension of the garage, and the closing offset distance.