Control mechanism for use with a mobile device dock and systems and methods including the control mechanism
AssigneeNational Products, Inc.
InventorScott Anderson
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Abstract
A control system for a vehicle, device, or asset includes a dock for a mobile device; and a control mechanism coupled, or coupleable to, the dock and including a power input, a dock input, and a first output, wherein the control mechanism defines an second switch position and a first switch position, wherein the switching mechanism is in the first switch position when a power source is coupled to the power input and an enablement signal is received from the dock via the dock input, otherwise the switching mechanism is in the second switch position, wherein the first output is coupleable to the vehicle, device, or asset to allow operation of the vehicle, device, or asset only when the switching mechanism is in the first switch position.
Claims20
A control system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a dock for removably receiving a mobile device;
- and
- a control mechanism coupled, or coupleable to, the dock and comprising a power input, a dock input, and a first output, wherein the control mechanism defines a first switch position and a second switch position, wherein the control mechanism is in the first switch position when a power source is coupled to the power input and an enablement signal is received, via the dock input, from the mobile device physically received by the dock, otherwise the control mechanism is in the second switch position, wherein the first output is configured to couple to the vehicle to operate the vehicle only when the control mechanism is in the first switch position.
A control system for a vehicle, device, or asset, comprising:
- a dock for a mobile device;
- and
- a control mechanism coupled, or coupleable to, the dock and comprising a power input, a dock input, a first output, and a relay, wherein the control mechanism defines a first switch position and a second switch position, wherein the control mechanism is in the first switch position when a power source is coupled to the power input and an enablement signal is received from the mobile device via the dock input, otherwise the control mechanism is in the second switch position, wherein the first output is coupleable to the vehicle, device, or asset to allow operation of the vehicle, device, or asset only when the control mechanism is in the first switch position, wherein the relay comprises a plurality of pins, wherein the plurality of pins comprise a power input pin for the power input, a dock input pin for the dock input, a common pin, and a first output pin for the first output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.