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US 12,668,200 B2Granted
Managing recreational vehicles and accessories
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsJoshua T. Weed, Aidan B. Shaughnessy, Brian D. Krosschell
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Abstract
A vehicle is electrically connected to one or more accessories. The vehicle includes at least one controller that may be configured to identify the accessory based on accessory identification information. The controller may also be configured to provide one or more commands to control an operation of the accessory.
Claims22
An accessory controller for a recreational vehicle, the accessory controller comprising:
- a connector to operably couple the accessory controller with a lighting accessory of the recreational vehicle;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the accessory controller to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
- obtaining vehicle state information for the recreational vehicle, the vehicle state information comprising at least one of vehicle speed information or steering information;
- generating, based on the vehicle state information, an instruction to control the lighting accessory;
- and
- controlling, via the connector, the lighting accessory according to the generated instruction.
5 more elements
A vehicle, comprising:
- a plurality of ground engaging members;
- a frame supported by the plurality of ground engaging members;
- and
- an accessory controller supported by the frame, the accessory controller comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the accessory controller to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
- obtaining, via a network of the vehicle, vehicle state information comprising at least one of vehicle speed information or steering information;
- generating, based on the vehicle state information, an instruction to control a lighting accessory of the vehicle;
- and
- controlling the lighting accessory according to the generated instruction.
8 more elements
A method for controlling a removable lighting accessory of a recreational vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining vehicle state information for the recreational vehicle, the vehicle state information comprising at least one of vehicle speed information or steering information;
- generating, based on the vehicle state information, an instruction to control the removable lighting accessory;
- and
- controlling the removable lighting accessory according to the generated instruction.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.