US Patent:
20040222899, Nov 11, 2004
Inventors:
Grigory Yezersky - Farmington Hills MI, US
Gerald Cilibraise - Livonia MI, US
Stephen Buckley - Novi MI, US
Nashat Abdel Jalil - Auburn Hills MI, US
International Classification:
G08C019/00
Abstract:
A remote control system for a vehicle. The system has a fob with a microphone for receiving audible commands and a radio frequency transmitter for transmitting the commands at a radio frequency via a fob antenna. A receiver for positioning in the vehicle has an antenna for receiving the commands at the radio frequency, a demodulator for recovering the commands, a processor for decoding the recovered commands according to vehicle configuration information, and a network interface for controlling a vehicle system in accordance with the recovered commands and the vehicle configuration information.