Selective transmission of commands associated with a single transceiver channel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10510244-B2
Application number	US-201815888830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2018
Priority date	Feb 6, 2017
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of selectively transmitting commands associated with a single channel. A trainable transceiver may include a channel, an electronic display, and a container element. The channel may be trained to control one or more functions of the remote device. The electronic display may display one or more container elements. The container element of the electronic display may include a first soft key and a second soft key. The container element may be associated with the channel. The first soft key may control a first function of the remote device. The second soft key may control a second function of the remote device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A trainable transceiver for selectively transmitting commands associated with a single channel, comprising:
a channel configured to be trained to control one or more functions of a remote device;
an electronic display configured to display one or more container elements;
a container element of the electronic display comprising a first soft key and a second soft key, wherein the container element is associated with the channel, wherein the first soft key is configured to control a first function of the remote device, and wherein the second soft key is configured to control a second function of the remote device; and
an interface module configured to set the channel to control the first function and the second function based on the determination that the first message characteristic of the first message to control the first function of the remote device is similar to the second message characteristic of the second message to control the second function of the remote device;
wherein the first and second message characteristics include at least one of a time duration, a binary code, and encryption information.

2. The trainable transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising:
a comparator module configured to determine that a first message characteristic of a first message to control the first function of the remote device is similar to a second message characteristic of a second message to control the second function of the remote device.

3. The trainable transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising:
a training module configured to receive, from an original transmitter, a first message associated with the first function and a second message associated with the second function; and
a comparator module configured to:
parse the first message to identify a first binary code;
parse the second message to identify a second binary code; and
determine that a difference between the first binary code and the second binary code is less than a threshold.

4. The trainable transceiver of claim 1 , further comprising a second channel configured to control the one or more functions of the remote device; and further comprising an interface module configured to set the second function from the second channel to the first channel.

5. The trainable transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the electronic display is further configured to display a prompt for associating at least one of the first function and the second function to the container element.

6. The trainable transceiver of claim 1 , the container element of the electronic display is further configured to display a prompt for selecting the first function or the second function to assign to the container element.

7. The trainable transceiver of claim 1 , wherein the electronic display is further configured to display a prompt to start training of the first channel of the trainable transceiver;
wherein the container element initially further comprises a third soft key; and further comprising an interface module configured to:
identify the first function and the second function of the remote device; and

remove the third soft key, responsive to the identification of the first function and the second function of the remote device.

8. A method of selectively transmitting commands associated with a single channel, comprising:
training, by a trainable transceiver, using a first message from an original transmitter, a first channel of the trainable transceiver to a first function of a remote device, the first channel corresponding to a first container element on the trainable transceiver;
training, by the trainable transceiver, using a second message from the original transmitter, a second channel of the trainable transceiver to a second function of the remote device, the second channel corresponding to a second container element on the trainable transceiver, the second container element different from the first container element;
determining, by an interface module of the trainable transceiver, that a first message characteristic of the first message is similar to a second message characteristic of the second message; and
setting, by the trainable transceiver, the first function and the second function to the first channel, responsive to determining that the first message characteristic of the first message is similar to the second message characteristic of the second message;
wherein the first and second message characteristics include at least one of a time duration, a binary code, and encryption information.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
training, by the trainable transceiver, the second channel of the trainable transceiver to a third function of the remote device;
determining, by the trainable transceiver, that the second message characteristic of the second function is dissimilar to a third message characteristic of the third function; and
setting, by the trainable transceiver, the third function to the second channel.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein detecting that the first message characteristic of the first message is similar to the second message characteristic of the second message further comprises:
receiving, from the original transmitter, a single control signal including the first message and the second message; and
parsing the single signal to identify a first binary code followed by a second binary code, the first binary code corresponding to the first message, the secondary binary code corresponding to the second message.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein detecting that the first message characteristic of the first message is similar to the second message characteristic of the second message further comprises:
receiving, from the original transmitter, the first message associated with the first function and the second message associated with the second function;
parsing the first message to identify a first binary code;
parsing the second message to identify a second binary code; and
determining that a difference between the first binary code and the second binary code is less than a threshold.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying, by the trainable transceiver on a display, a prompt to associate the first command and the second command onto the first channel.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying, by the trainable transceiver on a display, a prompt for the first channel to select the first function or the second function, subsequent to setting the first function and the second function to the first channel.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising displaying, by the trainable transceiver on a display, a prompt for naming the first function and the second function for display on the first container element.

15. A method of selectively transmitting commands associated with a single channel, comprising:
identifying, by a trainable transceiver, a first channel of the trainable transceiver as set to transmit a first message for a first function of a remote device, the first channel corresponding to a first container element on the trainable transceiver;
training, by the trainable transceiver, using a second message from an original transmitter, the first channel of the trainable transceiver to a second function of the remote device;
determining, by the trainable transceiver, that the first channel is trained to the first function;
detecting, by the trainable transceiver, that a first message characteristic of the first message is similar to a second message characteristic of the second message, responsive to determining that the first channel is trained t

Assignees

• Gentex Corp

Inventors

• Witkowski Todd R
• Klaver Thomas D
• Harrelson Kelly S
• Willard Ii Steven L
• Key Kevin J

Classifications

• G07C2009/00865

  remotely by wireless communication · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title

• G07C9/00896

  specially adapted for particular uses · CPC title

• G08C2201/91

  Remote control based on location and proximity · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title