Title:
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNIVERSAL INPUT/OUTPUT FOR VEHICLE CONTROL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2009/017887
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle are provided. The system includes a controller configured to generate output signals using input signals received from a plurality of different types of input devices wherein the controller is configured to operate at a predetermined logic level and a universal input module corresponding to each type of the plurality of different types of input devices. The universal input module is configured to receive an input signal from an associated input device of one of the different types, determine an operating range of the input device corresponding to one of the different types of input devices, and transmit an output to the controller at the predetermined logic level wherein the output corresponds to the received input scaled to the determined operating range.
Inventors:
MOLLET SAMUEL ROBERT (US)
MITCHELL MICHAEL SCOTT (US)
MITCHELL MICHAEL SCOTT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2008/066916
Publication Date:
April 21, 2011
Filing Date:
June 13, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GEN ELECTRIC
MOLLET SAMUEL ROBERT (US)
MITCHELL MICHAEL SCOTT (US)
MOLLET SAMUEL ROBERT (US)
MITCHELL MICHAEL SCOTT (US)
International Classes:
B60L50/15; G05B23/02; G06F1/26; G11C16/12; H01R13/66; H01R31/06; H02M3/02
Foreign References:
| US20070068273A1 | 2007-03-29 | |||
| US20020118571A1 | 2002-08-29 | |||
| US20020174796A1 | 2002-11-28 | |||
| US20060214510A1 | 2006-09-28 | |||
| US6459175B1 | 2002-10-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KRAMER, John, A. et al. (Global Patent Operation187 Danbury Road, Suite 20, Wilton CT, US)
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