Control system for a vehicle having a multifunctional button for a remote controller

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
An electrical control system for an automotive vehicle having electrically operated door locks each with a locked mode, an unlocked mode and an antitheft mode, said system comprising: a control unit on said vehicle connected to said door locks for operating same; a remote controller for said system in wireless communication cation with said control unit and having at least one multifunction button issuing different control signals for switching said door locks into both said locked mode and said antitheft mode in response to different actuation sequences of said multifunction button; circuitry including a timing element in at least one of said control unit and said remote controller for switching all of said door locks upon an initial actuation of said pushbutton with said door locks in said unlocked mode into said locked mode and simultaneously establishing a time window t.
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1 with said timing element, and upon a subsequent actuation of said pushbutton within said time window switching all of said door locks into said antitheft mode; at least one electrically operated window additional unit in the form of a window or a sliding sunroof on the vehicle connected to said control unit and activated by an actuation of said multifunction pushbutton within said time window t.
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1 to close said additional unit; and at least one electrically operated indicator on the vehicle connected to said control unit and activated by an actuation of said multifunction pushbutton within said time window t.
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The electrical control system defined in claim 1 wherein the locked mode and the operation of said timing element are effected by initial actuation of said multifunction pushbutton for a time interval of at least t.
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The electrical control system defined in claim 1, further comprising a theft warning unit connected to said control unit and activated by an actuation of said multifunction pushbutton within said time window t.
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The electrical control system defined in claim 1 wherein said indicator is light element operated by said control unit and provided on an exterior door handle of the vehicle