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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
David Lieberman, Independence, MN (US);
Robert Turgeon, Plymouth, MN (US);
Byron Tietjen, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Greg Gardella, Independence, MN (US);
David Lieberman, Independence, MN (US);
Robert Turgeon, Plymouth, MN (US);
Byron Tietjen, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Greg Gardella, Independence, MN (US);
Nordic Capital Partners, LLC, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A vehicular interface may include an electromechanical interface between a handheld electronic device and subsystems on a vehicular bus or network. In selected embodiments the interface may operate in a 'master mode' when a handheld device, such as a tablet computer or smart-phone, is not inserted therein. In this mode the interface may serve as a master controller and accesses and controls various subsystems on a vehicle (such as engine control subsystems, media controllers, navigation systems, sensors and transducers) as a master controller. In one embodiment, when a tablet device is inserted into the interface, the interface may automatically switch to 'slave mode' in which it acts as an adapter or interface between the tablet device and the vehicular subsystems. In this mode of operation the user's exclusive interface is through the tablet computer and the tablet computer serves as the master controller for the system.