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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
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, and a control circuit coupled to the trainable transceiver and the camera. The control circuit is configured to use the camera to identify the remote device by comparing information received via the camera to information stored in memory, and the control circuit is configured to automatically transmit an activation signal formatted to control the remote device in response to identifying the remote device.