Integrated garage door opener for connected vehicle
A vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes integrated garage door opener electronics including one or more antennas, and a processor coupled to the integrated garage door opener electronics and in communication with a touch screen. The processor is configured to detect, at the one or more antennas, a garage door opener signal from a garage door opener transmitter, determine, based on the detected garage door opener signal, one or more characteristics of a respective garage door opener associated with the garage door opener transmitter, and in accordance with a determination that instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener are available, display, on the touch screen, the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener.
1. A vehicle comprising:
integrated garage door opener electronics including one or more antennas, wherein the integrated garage door opener electronics is programmed to operate the respective garage door opener; and
a processor coupled to the integrated garage door opener electronics and in communication with a touch screen, the processor configured to:
detect, at the one or more antennas, a garage door opener signal from a garage door opener transmitter;
determine, based on the detected garage door opener signal, one or more characteristics of the respective garage door opener associated with the garage door opener transmitter;
in accordance with a determination that instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener are available, display, on the touch screen, the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener;
determine whether the vehicle is in range to operate the respective garage door opener;
in accordance with a determination that the vehicle is in the range to operate the respective garage door opener, display, on the touch screen, a button for operating the respective garage door opener; and
in accordance with a determination that the vehicle is not in the range to operate the respective garage door opener, forgo displaying the button for operating the respective garage door opener.
2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the determination that the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener are available comprises automatically identifying, based on the determined one or more characteristics of the respective garage door opener, the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener.
3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display, on the touch screen, generic instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate a generic garage door opener in response to a determination that the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener are not available.
4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is mounted on an exterior of the vehicle.
5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is included in an electronic device, separate from the vehicle, that is in communication with the vehicle.
6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen is included in a charging station configured to charge the vehicle.
7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, from the respective garage door opener, one or more signals indicative of a state of the respective garage door opener; and
display, on the touch screen, a visual indication of the state of the respective garage door opener.
8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the state of the respective garage door opener comprises one or more of a garage door associated with the respective garage door opener being open, and the garage door being closed.
9. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the state of the respective garage door opener comprises one or more of an object interfering with closing of a garage door associated with the respective garage door opener, and no object interfering with the closing of the garage door.
10. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the integrated garage door opener electronics is programmed to operate the respective garage door opener and a second garage door opener, and the processor is further configured to:
receive, from the second garage door opener, one or more signals indicative of a state of the second garage door opener; and
display, on the touch screen, a visual indication of the state of the second garage door opener, independently of displaying the visual indication of the state of the respective garage door opener.
11. A vehicle comprising:
integrated garage door opener electronics including one or more antennas; and
a processor coupled to the integrated garage door opener electronics and in communication with a touch screen, the processor configured to:
detect, at the one or more antennas, a garage door opener signal from a garage door opener transmitter;
determine, based on the detected garage door opener signal, one or more characteristics of a respective garage door opener associated with the garage door opener transmitter; and
in accordance with a determination that instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener are available, display, on the touch screen, the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener;
receive, from the respective garage door opener, one or more signals indicative of information from one or more sensors in communication with the respective garage door opener; and
perform one or more autonomous driving operations using the one or more signals received from the respective garage door opener, the one or more autonomous driving operations comprising a self-parking operation.
12. A vehicle comprising:
integrated garage door opener electronics including one or more antennas; and
a processor coupled to the integrated garage door opener electronics and in communication with a touch screen, the processor configured to:
detect, at the one or more antennas, a garage door opener signal from a garage door opener transmitter;
determine, based on the detected garage door opener signal, one or more characteristics of a respective garage door opener associated with the garage door opener transmitter; and
in accordance with a determination that instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener are available, display, on the touch screen, the instructions for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the respective garage door opener;
wherein the integrated garage door opener electronics is not programmed to operate a second garage door opener, and the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the vehicle is in range to operate the second garage door opener;
in accordance with a determination that the vehicle is in the range to operate the second garage door opener, display, on the touch screen, a visual indication for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the second garage door opener; and
in accordance with a determination that the vehicle is not in the range to operate the second garage door opener, forgo displaying the visual indication for programming the integrated garage door opener electronics to operate the second garage door opener.