Battery powered rear view mirror display and integrated trainable transceiver unit
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsSteven L. Geerlings, James E. Trainor, Carl L. Shearer, Thomas S. Wright
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Abstract
A trainable transceiver unit for mounting in a vehicle includes a transceiver circuit configured to reproduce the transmit control signals for operating a plurality of remote electronic devices, a user interface element, a battery configured to power the transceiver circuit and the user interface element, and a housing. The housing contains the transceiver circuit, the user interface element, and the battery and is integrated with a component of the vehicle.
Claims20
A transmission unit for mounting in a vehicle, the transmission unit comprising:
- a transmitter circuit configured to transmit control signals for operating a plurality of remote electronic devices;
- a user interface element;
- a battery configured to power the transmitter circuit and the user interface element;
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- a housing containing the transmitter circuit, the user interface element, and the battery, wherein the transmitter circuit is independent of the vehicle.
A discrete device configured to mount to a portion of a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a transmitter circuit configured to transmit control signals for operating a plurality of remote electronic devices;
- a user interface element;
- a battery configured to power the transmitter circuit and the user interface element;
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- a housing containing the transmitter circuit, the user interface element, and the battery, wherein the discrete device is configured to operate independent of the vehicle.
A transmitter assembly for comprising:
- a transmitter circuit configured to transmit control signals for operating a plurality of remote electronic devices;
- a memory configured to store the control signals;
- a user interface element;
- a battery configured to power the transmitter circuit and the user interface element;
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- a housing containing the transmitter circuit, the user interface element, and the battery, wherein the transmitter circuit is independent of the vehicle.
The transmitter assembly according to claim 20, wherein the self-sufficient operation insulates the operation of the discrete device from power line noise from a vehicle power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.