Patent ID: 8077011
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B60R,G07C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for automatically initiating a plurality of vehicle functions, the apparatus comprising: a mobile unit; first means for detecting whether the mobile unit is within a first zone; a controller disposed within the vehicle, the controller initiating a first vehicle function when the first detecting means detects the mobile unit within the first zone; second means for detecting whether the mobile unit is within a second zone after the first detecting means detects whether the mobile unit is within the first zone, the first and second zones being outside a vehicle, the first zone encompassing the second zone, the first and second detecting means being disposed within the vehicle; the controller initiating a second vehicle function when the second detecting means detects the mobile unit in the second zone; wherein the controller terminates the first vehicle function if the detecting means does not detect the mobile unit within the second zone within a specified period of time.