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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2006
Applicants:

Riad Ghabra, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Ronald O. King, Brownstown, MI (US);

John S. Nantz, Brighton, MI (US);

Tom Q. Tang, Novi, MI (US);

Yi Luo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Inventors:

Riad Ghabra, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);

Ronald O. King, Brownstown, MI (US);

John S. Nantz, Brighton, MI (US);

Tom Q. Tang, Novi, MI (US);

Yi Luo, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Assignee:

Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G08C 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for remote activation of a device includes, in one embodiment, receiving a signal indicative of a range from the device, comparing the range to a threshold, selecting a first transmission protocol when the range exceeds the threshold, selecting a second transmission protocol when the range fails to exceed the threshold, and transmitting a command signal according to the selected first or second transmission protocol.


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