Proximity-enabled machine control system
AssigneePhunware, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey M. White, Roger P. Ang
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Abstract
A proximity-enabled machine control system includes a user mobile device having a processor, a touch sensitive screen coupled to the processor, and non-transitory computer readable media with code segments executable on the processor for: (a) determining if the user mobile device is within a proximity zone of a machine; (b) displaying on the touch sensitive screen at least one machine control button for the machine; (c) detecting an activation of the at least one machine control button by the user; and (d) developing a machine control signal to control the machine.
Claims19
A proximity-enabled machine control system comprising:
- a user smartphone having a processor, a touch sensitive screen coupled to the processor, and non-transitory computer readable media with code segments executable on the processor for:
- (a) determining if the user smartphone is within a proximity zone of a machine;
- (b) displaying on the touch sensitive screen at least one machine control button for the machine;
- (c) detecting an activation of the at least one machine control button of the user smartphone;
- and
- (d) developing a machine control signal to control the machine.
A method for controlling a machine comprising:
- determining if a smartphone is within a proximity zone of a machine;
- displaying on the smartphone at least one machine control button for the machine;
- detecting an activation of the at least one machine control button;
- and
- developing a machine control signal to control the machine.
A non-transitory computer readable media including code segments executable on a processor comprising:
- code segments determining if a smartphone is within a proximity zone of a machine;
- code segments displaying on the smartphone at least one machine control button for the machine;
- code segments detecting an activation of the at least one machine control button by the user;
- and
- code segments developing a machine control signal to control the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.