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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Jens Erik Sorensen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jens Ole Sorensen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Jens Erik Sorensen, San Diego, CA (US);
Jens Ole Sorensen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A control system causes arrangements of automobile components, such as the driver's seat, the steering wheel and one or more mirrors, to be adjusted to a plurality of different memorized preferred component arrangements in response to unique component-arrangement signals respectively received from a plurality of remote control devices. The unique component-arrangement signals are transmitted by the remote control devices together with an unlock-request signal that causes a keyless-entry system to unlock one or more doors of the automobile. The control system responds to a lock-request signal that causes the keyless-entry system to lock the doors by causing the driver's seat to be adjusted to a locked position that cannot be utilized for driving the automobile. A distance measuring system separately measures the distance over which the automobile is driven while respectively in at least some of the plurality of preferred component arrangements. The control system can also remotely turn on a personal computer and send a memorized login password thereto.