Advanced remote operation system

Abstract

A remote vehicle operation system has a control unit in communication with at least one subsystem of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a transmitter communicates with the control unit and transmits feedback signals to a portable receiver carried by the operator. One such subsystem may be a climate control subsystem. A communication unit communicates with the climate control subsystem and transmits a feedback signal when the subsystem meets a predetermined condition. The communication unit may have a transmitter in communication with the control unit. This embodiment may thus be a climate control subsystem in a vehicle and a control unit in communication with the subsystem.

1 . A remote vehicle operation system comprising: 
 an environment conditioning subsystem in a vehicle; and    a communication unit in communication with said environmental conditioning subsystem, said communication unit for transmitting a signal beyond said vehicle when said environmental conditioning subsystem meets a predetermined condition, said environmental conditioning subsystem comprising at least one of an air conditioner and a heating unit.    
   
   
       2 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  wherein said communication unit is a car horn.  
   
   
       3 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  wherein said communication unit is at least one vehicle light.  
   
   
       4 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  wherein said communication unit is at least one transmitter and at least one receiver.  
   
   
       5 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 4  wherein said at least one receiver is portable.  
   
   
       6 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 5  wherein said at least one receiver is a phone.  
   
   
       7 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  including at least one sensor in communication with said communication unit for sensing said predetermined condition.  
   
   
       8 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  wherein said predetermined condition relates to temperature reaching a desirable temperature within said vehicle.  
   
   
       9 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  wherein said predetermined condition relates to time.  
   
   
       10 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 1  including a control unit in communication with said communication unit and at least one motorized port in communication with said control unit wherein said control unit controls movement of said motorized port based on said predetermined condition.  
   
   
       11 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 10  wherein said control unit compares a desired temperature to an interior temperature, and opens said motorized port if the interior temperature is higher than the desired temperature.  
   
   
       12 . A remote vehicle operation system comprising: 
 a remote transmitter;    a vehicle receiver for communication with said remote transmitter;    a control unit for communication with said vehicle receiver; and    a vehicle environment conditioning system controllable by said control unit and said remote transmitter.    
   
   
       13 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 12  wherein said vehicle environment conditioning system comprises at least one of an air conditioning unit and a heating unit.  
   
   
       14 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 12  wherein a setting of said environment conditioning system is controllable through said remote transmitter.  
   
   
       15 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 14  wherein said setting is at least one of a temperature setting and a blower setting.  
   
   
       16 . The remote vehicle operation system of  claim 12  including a remote receiver and a vehicle transmitter, said vehicle transmitter for communication with said remote receiver.  
   
   
       17 . A method of controlling a vehicle environment conditioning system comprising the steps of: 
 A) transmitting a first signal to a vehicle environment conditioning system on a vehicle;    B) receiving the first signal; and    C) controlling the vehicle environment conditioning system based on the first signal.    
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the first signal relates to a setting of the environment conditioning system.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein the setting is at least one of a temperature setting and a blower setting.  
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 17  including the step of transmitting a second signal from the vehicle, the second signal relating to the vehicle environment conditioning system.