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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2018
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Steven L. Geerlings, Holland, MI (US);
Todd R. Witkowski, Zeeland, MI (US);
Thomas S. Wright, Holland, MI (US);
Marc A. Smeyers, Zeeland, MI (US);
Jonathan E. Dorst, Holland, MI (US);
Douglas C. Papay, Zeeland, MI (US);
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for installation in a vehicle and for controlling a remote device including a trainable transceiver, a camera, an output device, and a control circuit coupled to the trainable transceiver and the camera. The control circuit is configured to use data received from the camera to determine if the vehicle is well positioned within a garage, and the control circuit is configured to provide an indication that the vehicle is well positioned using the output device in response to determining that the vehicle is well positioned within a garage.