Advanced remote operation system
AssigneeSiemens VDO Automotive Corporation
InventorAllan Losey
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Abstract
A remote vehicle operation system has a control unit in communication with at least one subsystem of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a transmitter communicates with the control unit and transmits feedback signals to a portable receiver carried by the operator. One such subsystem may be a climate control subsystem. A communication unit communicates with the climate control subsystem and transmits a feedback signal when the subsystem meets a predetermined condition. The communication unit may have a transmitter in communication with the control unit. This embodiment may thus be a climate control subsystem in a vehicle and a control unit in communication with the subsystem.
Claims10
A remote vehicle operation system comprising:
- a control unit in communication with a vehicle climate control system and at least one other subsystem of a vehicle;
- a vehicle transmitter/receiver for communication with said control unit;
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- a remote transmitter/receiver for communication with said vehicle transmitter/receiver, said remote transmitter/receiver for sending a signal to said vehicle transmitter/receiver to control said vehicle climate control system and said at least one other subsystem, said control unit for sending a feedback signal about said vehicle climate control system and said at least one other subsystem.
A method of remote control of a vehicle operation system comprising the steps of:
- (1) transmitting a command to a vehicle subsystem from an operator control;
- (2) receiving the command at the vehicle;
- (3) directing the vehicle subsystem based on the command;
- (4) assessing data relating to the vehicle subsystem;
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- (5) transmitting feedback based on the data to the operator wherein said command is a remote ignition signal, and step (3) includes starting the vehicle and a vehicle climate control, and step (4) includes the step of comparing a desired cab temperature to an actual cab temperature, and sending said feedback when the two are within a range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.