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US 9,948,766 B2Granted
Anti-distracted driver system
AssigneeLivingston Enterprises LLC
InventorsAntony Livingston, Christopher M. Macheca
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Abstract
A system to control turning on an engine of a vehicle includes a relay and a detect circuit. The detect circuit is configured to detect a client device and, upon detection of a client device, to assert a signal indicating that a client device has been detected. Responsive to detection of the client device, the detect circuit generates a signal to cause the relay to close upon activation of a starter control in the vehicle to thereby cause current to flow to a starter motor in the vehicle.
Claims10
A system, comprising:
- an interrupt device including a processor, a relay and a storage device, wherein the relay is for connection between a starter control and a starter solenoid for a starter motor of a vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to control the relay to interrupt or allow current to the solenoid, and wherein the storage device is configured to store a valid mobile communication device identifier (ID);
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- a mobile communication device detector mountable in an closeable enclosure within the vehicle and including a detect circuit configured to detect electrical communication to a mobile communication device, to read a mobile communication device ID from the mobile communication device, and to transmit the mobile communication device ID to the interrupt device;
- wherein the processor of the interrupt device is configured to compare the mobile communication device ID received from the mobile communication device detector to the valid mobile communication device ID;
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- wherein, when the mobile communication device ID received from the mobile communication device detector matches the valid mobile communication device ID, the processor of the interrupt device is configured to assert a first signal to the relay to cause the relay to change state to allow current to flow to the solenoid to thereby cause the starter motor to start an engine.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- an interrupt device including a processor, a relay and a storage device, wherein the relay is connected between a starter control and a starter solenoid for a starter motor, wherein the processor is configured to control the relay to interrupt or allow current to the solenoid, and wherein the storage device is configured to store a valid mobile communication device identifier (ID);
- a closeable enclosure:
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- a mobile communication device detector mounted in the closeable enclosure within the vehicle and including a detect circuit configured to detect electrical communication to a mobile communication device, to read a mobile communication device ID from the mobile communication device, and to transmit the mobile communication device ID to the interrupt device;
- wherein the processor of the interrupt device is configured to compare the mobile communication device ID received from the mobile communication device detector to the valid mobile communication device ID;
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- wherein, when the mobile communication device ID received from the mobile communication device detector matches the valid mobile communication device ID, the processor of the interrupt device is configured to assert a first signal to the relay to cause the relay to change state to allow current to flow to the solenoid to thereby cause the starter motor to start an engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.