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US 9,961,188 B2Granted
Vehicle to device communication over wired audio connection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorJoey Ray Grover
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Abstract
A vehicle computing system comprising a vehicle auxiliary port and at least one controller. The controller configured to communicate with a nomadic device via a wired connection established between the vehicle auxiliary port and a nomadic device auxiliary port. The controller further configured to transmit data to the nomadic device over the wired auxiliary port connection. The data including one or more control commands for the nomadic device.
Claims20
A vehicle computing system comprising:
- a vehicle headphone jack;
- and
- at least one controller configured to:
- communicate with a nomadic device via a wired headphone jack connection established between the vehicle headphone jack and a nomadic device headphone jack;
- and
- transmit packetized data to the nomadic device over the wired headphone jack connection, the data including one or more control commands for the nomadic device.
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A mobile device comprising:
- at least one controller configured to:
- communicate with a vehicle computing system (VCS) via a wired headphone jack connection;
- receive an application activation command as packetized data from the VCS over the wired headphone jack connection;
- and
- activate the mobile application responsive to the activation command.
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An auxiliary port adapter comprising:
- an upper terminal, configured to receive a connector including a left input stereo terminal, a right input stereo terminal, and a microphone input terminal;
- and
- a lower terminal, including a left output stereo terminal, a right output stereo terminal, and a microphone output terminal, wherein the adapter is configured to:
- receive a packetized control signal interleaved with raw audio over the right input stereo terminal or the left input stereo terminal, via the upper terminal and pass the signal to the microphone output terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.