Hand held car locator
AssigneeSiemens VDO Automotive Corporation
InventorsSusan Johnson, Tejas Desai
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Abstract
A car locator system includes a hand held locator which receives information with regard to the location of a vehicle and then stores that information for display on the hand held locator. The hand held locator could be a key fob having buttons to command operation to the vehicle. When a command signal is transmitted to the vehicle, the vehicle then transmits its position location to the hand held location for storage. In this way, an operator will be able to have an indication of the location of the vehicle. The vehicle can communicate with GPS satellites to determine its location, or may communicate with ground based local transmitters. The ground based local transmitters can be programmed to provide an indication of the location of the vehicle within a parking lot.
Claims15
A method of providing an indication of a location of a vehicle when parked comprising the steps of:
- (1) determining the location of a vehicle;
- (2) transmitting the location information to a hand held locator;
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- (3) storing said information in said hand held locator for later retrieval;
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- (4) displaying said actual location information on said hand held locator,
- wherein the hand held locator is a key fob for sending commands to the vehicle, and the transmission of the vehicle location to the hand held locator occurs when a signal is sent from the key fob to the vehicle.
A hand held locator comprising:
- a receiver for receiving location information with regard to the actual location of a vehicle;
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- a memory for storing said received actual location information, and a display for displaying said stored received actual location information,
- wherein said key fob includes a door lock button, and actuation of said button initiates the transmission of a vehicle location information to said key fob for storage.
A system for identifying the location of a vehicle comprising:
- a position transmitter for transmitting actual location information to a hand held locator with regard to the actual location of a vehicle;
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- a hand held locator for receiving said actual information, storing said actual location information, and for displaying said stored actual location information, wherein said position transmitter transmitting location to a hand held locator passively when an event occurs at said vehicle, wherein said event is the locking of the vehicle doors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.