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US 9,311,762 B2Granted
Vehicle control system
OwnerMatthew Howard Godleyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mobile communication system having a safe driving system central micro-processor which interfaces with a vehicle's controller area network or CAN BUS network and communicates between multiple transceiver micro controllers and their respective and discrete modules to remotely monitor a vehicle's operation and remotely execute commands to the vehicle.
Claims18
A vehicle control system for monitoring and executing a control command remotely comprising:
- a vehicle having a CAN BUS communications network;
- a safe driving system central microprocessor operatively connected to said CAN BUS communication network, and to a Global Positioning System and to an accelerometer;
- a tolerance comparator microprocessor coupled to said safe driving system central microprocessor and having a library of user defined acceptable limits of vehicle operation, said tolerance comparator microprocessor being coupled to a speed limit determining means for determining the speed limit at the location of said vehicle to thereby determine a safe driving speed for said vehicle;
- a transceiver for communicating data from said safe driving system central microprocessor;
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- a remote wireless communication device for receiving data transmitted from said transceiver, said wireless communication device having an applet for remotely executing a control command to said safe driving system central microprocessor for remotely controlling the operation of said vehicle responsive to data received from said safe driving system central microprocessor;
- whereby a vehicle's operation can be monitored and a vehicle control command executed remotely from a wireless communication device.
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A method of remotely monitoring and executing control commands in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- attaching a safe driving system central microprocessor to a CAN BUS communication network of a vehicle, and to a Global Positioning System and to an accelerometer;
- coupling a tolerance comparator microprocessor to said safe driving system microprocessor, said tolerance comparator microprocessor having a library of user defined acceptable limits of vehicle operation;
- continuously measuring the speed of said vehicle having said attached safe driving system central microprocessor;
- continuously monitoring the speed limit of the vehicle having the safe driving system central processor at the vehicle's location;
- determining when a vehicle's speed exceeds a tolerance set by the tolerance comparator microprocessor from the library of user defined acceptable limits of vehicle operation;
- transmitting a vehicle's speed exceeding a set tolerance to a remote wireless communication device;
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- transmitting a vehicle control command from said remote wireless communication device to said central processor;
- whereby a vehicle's operation can be monitored and a control command executed remotely from a wireless communication device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.