Multiple frequency band communication system for vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsStuart C. Salter, Douglas Whiteman Smith, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Brendan F. Diamond
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a transceiver configured to support multiple frequency bands; a display; and a controller programmed to, responsive to detecting the vehicle is stolen, generate a message including a location of the vehicle, transmit the message to one or more external devices via the transceiver using the multiple frequency bands; generate a first notice; and output the first notice via the display.
Claims17
A vehicle, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to support multiple frequency bands;
- a display;
- and
- a controller programmed to, responsive to detecting the vehicle is stolen,
- generate a message including a location of the vehicle, an identification of the vehicle, and a vehicle fuel level or charge level,
- transmit the message to one or more external devices via the transceiver using the multiple frequency bands;
- generate a first notice;
- and
- output the first notice via the display;
- disregard one or more user inputs intended to turn off the first notice.
A method for a vehicle, comprising:
- responsive to detecting a vehicle is being operated by an unauthorized user, generating, via one or more controllers, a message including a vehicle identification;
- transmitting, via one or more transceivers, the message to one or more external devices via a plurality of wireless frequency bands;
- generating, via the one or more controllers, a first notice;
- and
- outputting, via a display, the first notice by ignoring a user input intended to turn off the display;
- outputting, via an interior speaker, the first notice;
- generating, via the one or more controllers, a second notice different from the first notice;
- outputting, via an exterior speaker, the second notice;
- and
- disregarding, via the one or more controllers, one or more user inputs intended to turn off the first or second notice.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions, when executed by one or more controllers of a vehicle, cause the vehicle to:
- responsive to detecting a vehicle is stolen, capture an image of a vehicle user;
- generate a message including a vehicle identification, a vehicle location, and the image;
- transmit the message to one or more external devices via multiple frequency bands;
- generate a first notice based on the vehicle location;
- output the first notice via an interior display;
- generate a second notice different from the first notice;
- and
- output the second notice via an exterior display;
- disregard one or more user inputs intended to turn off the first or second notice;
- responsive to detecting the vehicle exiting a first area and entering a second area, regenerate the first notice based on the vehicle location reflecting the second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.