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US 2006/0149442 A1Published application
Vehicle integrated radio remote control
AssigneeInternational Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
InventorsPatrick Delaney, Colin Casey
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Abstract
Radio remote control over a motor vehicle and particularly of auxiliary systems installed on the vehicle is effected through an onboard controller which is integrated with the vehicle's controller area network. This arrangement increases flexibility of the system for handling different systems, and potentially more than one unrelated system.
Claims14
A control system for a motor vehicle comprising:
- a portable unit for generating messages responsive to operator inputs and transmitting the messages within a radio signal;
- a receiver installed on the motor vehicle for receiving the radio signal from the portable unit and for recovering the messages;
- a data network installed on the motor vehicle connected to the receiver with the receiver being further adapted to pass the messages to the data network;
- a plurality of controllers connected to the data network for receiving the messages with at least a first controller being programmed to respond thereto.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a motor vehicle;
- a motor vehicle control system including first and second controller area networks and a programmable electrical system controller connected to both the first and second controller area networks;
- a plurality of system controllers connected to the first controller area network including an engine controller and a transmission controller;
- a plurality of auxiliary modules connected to the second controller area network including a radio remote receiver module;
- a radio remote control unit having a user interface for transmitting control signals for receipt by the radio remote receiver module;
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- means for the placing the control messages on the second controller area network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.