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US 6,624,611 B2Granted
Sensing vehicle battery charging and/or engine block heating to trigger pre-heating of a mobile electronic device
AssigneeTaw Security Concepts, Inc.
InventorCharles Bruno Kirmuss
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus that includes temperature-sensitive functional means for performing pre-configured functionality (such as video recording), mounting means for mounting the apparatus to a motor vehicle, and heating means for heating the functional means. Detection means detects at least one of: whether an automobile battery in the automobile is being charged and whether an engine block in the automobile is being heated. Control means controls the heating means and initiates a heating process upon detection by the detection means.
Claims13
An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a temperature-sensitive electronic device;
- (b) mounting means for mounting said temperature-sensitive electronic device in a motor vehicle;
- (c) heating means for heating said temperature-sensitive electronic device;
- (d) detection means for detecting at least one of:
- whether an automobile battery within said automobile is being charged, or whether an engine block within said automobile is being heated;
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- (e) control means for controlling said heating means, wherein said control means initiates a heating process of heating temperature-sensitive electronic device upon a detection by said detection means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.