Patent ID: 6911898

Claim:
A system for automatically opening and closing a garage door, comprising: a vehicle controller for controlling an operation of a vehicle and detecting vehicle information comprising an engine operation state; a vehicle communication module mounted on the vehicle, said vehicle module being provided with an input port through which said vehicle information is input and containing an indicator that the vehicle is a registered vehicle; a garage communication module having an output port, said garage module performing wireless communication with the vehicle module; a garage controller generating a garage door opening/closing control signal using data input from said output port of said garage module according to whether the vehicle is registered or not wherein said garage controller generates the garage door opening/closing control signal according to an operating state of the vehicle that enters or exits a garage if the vehicle is registered; and a garage door opening/closing device actuated by the garage door opening/closing control signal input from said garage controller, wherein said garage controller analyzes engine information input from said garage communication module and provides the garage door opening control signal to the garage door opening/closing device if an engine of the vehicle operates.