Homebound/outbound feature for automotive applications
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorAdrian Madau
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Abstract
A homebound/outbound feature for automotive applications including home automation system (12), a home (14) and an automobile (16). The home automation system (12) having a homebound setting (18) and an outbound setting (20). A homebound control element (22) and an outbound control element (24) are positioned within the automobile (16) and are used to activate the homebound setting (18) and the outbound setting (20) respectively. A display element (26) positioned within the automobile (16) is used to apprise the homeowner of the status of the home automation system's (12) settings. This convenient, flexible and simplistic method of user interface improves the safety of the homeowner.
Claims20
A system of communication between a vehicle driver and the driver's home, comprising:
- an automobile;
- a home automation system having an outbound setting and a homebound setting, wherein said outbound setting comprises a first function of said home automation system to be implemented only upon said driver leaving said home, and wherein said homebound setting comprises a second function of said home automation system to be implemented only upon said driver arriving at said home;
- an outbound control element, positioned within said automobile, said outbound control element having an active setting and an inactive setting, when said outbound control element is in said activate setting, said outbound control element communicates with said home automation system to activate said outbound setting;
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- a homebound control element, positioned within said automobile, said homebound control element having an active setting and an inactive setting, when said homebound control element is in said activate setting, said homebound control element communicates with said home automation system to activate said homebound setting.
A system of communication between a vehicle driver and the driver's home, comprising:
- an automobile;
- a home automation system having a outbound setting and a homebound setting, said outbound setting comprised of outbound immediate functions and outbound range functions to be implemented only upon said driver leaving said home, said homebound setting comprised of homebound immediate functions and homebound range functions to be implemented only upon said driver arriving at said home;
- an outbound control element, positioned within said automobile, said outbound control element having an active setting and an inactive setting, when said outbound control element is in said activate setting, said outbound control element communicates with said home automation system to activate said outbound setting;
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- a homebound control element, positioned within said automobile, said homebound control element having an active setting and an inactive setting, when said homebound control element is in said activate setting, said homebound control element communicates with said home automation system to activate said homebound setting.
A method of communication between an automobile and a home automation system, comprising the steps of:
- activating an element within an automobile to indicate if the automobile is homebound or outbound;
- sending a signal to the home automation system from the automobile indicating said homebound or outbound status;
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- activating a setting in the home automation system, said setting being either a homebound setting or an outbound setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.