GB2163282A - Display apparatus for a vehicle - Google Patents

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GB2163282A
GB2163282A GB08518135A GB8518135A GB2163282A GB 2163282 A GB2163282 A GB 2163282A GB 08518135 A GB08518135 A GB 08518135A GB 8518135 A GB8518135 A GB 8518135A GB 2163282 A GB2163282 A GB 2163282A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
    • G01C21/26—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
    • G01C21/34—Route searching; Route guidance
    • G01C21/36—Input/output arrangements for on-board computers
    • G01C21/3626—Details of the output of route guidance instructions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/09—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
    • G08G1/0962—Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages
    • G08G1/0968—Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle
    • G08G1/0969—Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle having a display in the form of a map
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B29/00—Maps; Plans; Charts; Diagrams, e.g. route diagram
    • G09B29/10—Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids
    • G09B29/106—Map spot or coordinate position indicators; Map reading aids using electronic means

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Abstract

Display apparatus (2) for a vehicle, comprises a display panel (4), computer means (6), and D.C. power input means (8), the display apparatus (2) being such that information required by an occupant of the vehicle can be displayed on the display panel (4). The information may be a vehicle route or an address of a place. The apparatus may include a radio transceiver or telephone. A modulator/demodulator unit may be included to code and decode messages. A memory unit 10 is usually included and may be a cassette recorder, a disc drive, hard disc or a bubble memory device. <IMAGE>

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SPECIFICATION Display apparatus for a vehicle This invention relates to display apparatus for a vehicle. More especially, this invention relates to apparatus for displaying to an occupant of a vehicle information required by that occupant, for example a required vehicle route from one place to another, or an address of a place.
Vehicle drivers travelling in unfamiliar districts often require a map to determine their route and position. The maps are not always convenient to unfold in the vehicle and, moreover, they soon get torn throuqh wear.
Vehicle drivers also have a need to be in contact with person remote from the vehicle.
Radio vehicle telephones are known but often the vehicle driver has difficulty in remembering what he has been told on the telephone.
For example, whilst the driver in driving the vehicle, he cannot easily write down information that he receives, and he may find it difficult to remember what he has been told since he is concentrating on driving.
It is an aim of the present invention to provide vehicle display apparatus that obviates or reduces the above problems.
Accordingly, this invention provides display apparatus for a vehicle, which display apparatus comprises a display panel, computer means, and d.c. power input means, the display apparatus being such that information required by an occupant of the vehicle can be displayed on the display panel.
In a first embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus is used to display a required vehicle route from one place to another. The display can give road names in the order in which they have to be travelled, and the display can also give the location of the roads relative to other roads.
In the first embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus will usually include a memory device for storing data.
In the first embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus may also include a radio transceiver. Thus an occupant of the vehicle such as the driver may converse with persons remote from the vehicle.
In a second embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus is used to display data such for example as an address of a place.
In the second embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus will usually include a modulator/ demodulator unit, and a radio transceiver. The modulator/demodulator unit may be used to code and decode messages received and transmitted via the radio transceiver.
In a third embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus is used to display both a required vehicle route from one place to another and data such for example as an address of a place.
In the third embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus will usually include a memory device for storing data, a modulator/demodulator unit, and a radio transceiver.
In a fourth embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus is a modified form of the second embodiment of the invention and it includes the modulator/demodulator unit, and, in place of the radio transceiver, a telephone.
In a fifth embodiment of the invention, the display apparatus is again a modified form of the second embodiment of the invention and it includes the modulator/ demodulator unit, the telephone, and one or more earphones.
The display panel is preferably a liquid crystal display panel. The display panel may be flat or curved.
The display apparatus of the invention may include a power source. The power source may be any type of d.c. battery. Usually the battery will be a 1 2 volt battery.
The invention also provides a vehicle when provided with the display apparatus.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows first display apparatus, the display apparatus being suitable for displaying a required vehicle route from one place to another; Figure 2 shows second display apparatus which is a modification of the display apparatus shown in Figure 1; Figure 3 shows third display apparatus, the display apparatus being suitable for displaying data such as the address of a place; Figure 4 shows fourth display apparatus which is a combination of the display apparatus shown in Figures 1 and 3; Figure 5 shows fifth display apparatus which is a modification of the apparatus shown in Figure 3; and Figure 6 shows sixth display apparatus which is a modification of the apparatus shown in Figure 3.
Referring to Figure 1, there is shown display apparatus 2 for a vehicle (not shown).
The display apparatus 2 comprises a display panel in the form of a television screen 4, computer means in the form of a microprocessor unit 6, a battery 8, and a memory 10.
The battery 8 supplies d.c. power to the microprocessor unit 6 and the memory 10 via d.c. power input terminals on the microprocessor unit 6 and the memory 10, as shown schematically in Figure 1.
In use, a driver of a vehicle wishing to go from one place to another needs only to key both of these places into the display apparatus 2 via a keyboard (not shown). The screen 4 will then display the required road names in the order that they have to be travelled. The road names will be stored in the memory 10 and they will be output from the memory 10 in the correct sequence consequent upon appropriate command signals from the microprocessor unit 6. The memory 10 may be a cassette recorder, a disc drive device, a hard disc or a bubble memory device.
It is envisaged that various memory maps can be sold. For example, the memory maps may contain in detail road names of local areas or in less detail road names of larger areas. All a vehicle driver would have to do would be to purchase an appropriate memory map and insert it into the display apparatus 2.
The microprocessor unit 6 will be provided with an appropriate programme to process the data on the memory map and to output from the memory 10 the desired list of road names for display on the screen 4.
Referring now to Figure 2, there is shown the display apparatus of Figure 1 with the addition of a radio transceiver 1 2. The radio transceiver 12 enables the driver or another occupant of the vehicle to converse with persons remote from the vehicle. Thus, the driver of a van or a minicab driver for example can always be in contact with his base for up-todate instructions.
Referring now to Figure 3, there is shown display apparatus 14 for displaying data such for example as an address of a place. The display apparatus 14 includes the screen 4, the mocroprocessor unit 6 and the battery 8 of Figure 1. In addition, it includes a modulator/ demodulator unit 1 6 and a radio transceiver 1 8. The modulator/demodulator unit 16 can be used to code and decode messages received and transmitted via the radio transceiver 18.
In use of the display apparatus 14, a driver of the vehicle can be given information such as an address that he has to retain. This information will be heard by the driver via the radio transceiver 1 8 but it will also be shown and retained as desired on the screen 4. The screen 4 can be cleared by the driver as required.
Referring now to Figure 4, there is shown display apparatus 20 which is a combination of the display apparatus 2 of Figure 1 and the display apparatus 14 of Figure 3. It will thus be appreciated that the apparatus 20 can be used to display both a required vehicle route from one place to another and data such for example as an address of a place.
Referring now to Figure 5, the display apparatus 22 therein shown is a modification of the display apparatus 14 as shown in Figure 3. More specifically, the radio transceiver of Figure 3 has been replaced by a telephone 24. Telephone messages can thus be received, decoded, and displayed on the screen 4. Telephone picture messages can also be received and displayed on the screen 4.
Referring now to Figure 6, there is shown display apparatus 26 which is also a modification of the display apparatus 14 shown in Figure 3. In Figure 6, all the parts in Figure 5 are present, plus three earphones 28. The earphones 28 enable several persons to use the same telephone line simultaneously. The parts 6, 16, 24 may be produced as one unit.
It is to be appreciated that the embodiments of the invention described above have been given by way of example only and that modifications may be effected. Thus, for example, the screen 4 could be a liquid crystal display or a light emitting diode display. Also, the screen 4 could display an entire map with the indicated route instead of just the road names. Further, the screen 4 could display the road names of an alternative route, or an entire map with an alternative route, in the event that the first displayed route should be unavailable, for example due to heavy traffic or an accident.

Claims (15)

1. Display apparatus for a vehicle, which display apparatus comprises a display panel, computer means, and d.c. power input means, the display apparatus being such that information required by an occupant of the vehicle can be displayed on the display panel.
2. Display apparatus according to claim 1 and which is constructed to display a required vehicle route from one place to another.
3. Display apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 in which the display apparatus includes a memory device for storing data.
4. Display apparatus according to claim 3 and including a radio transceiver.
5. Display apparatus according to claim 1 and which is constructed to display an address of a place.
6. Display apparatus according to claim 5 and including a modulator/demodulator unit, and a radio transceiver.
7. Display apparatus according to claim 1 which is constructed to display both a required vehicle route from one place to another and an address of a place.
8. Display apparatus according to claim 7 and including a memory device for storing data, a modulator/ demodulator unit, and a radio transceiver.
9. Display apparatus according to claim 5 and including a modulator/demodulator unit, and a telephone.
10. Apparatus according to claim 5 and including a modulator/demodulator unit, a telephone, and one or more earphones.
11. Display apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims in which the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
1 2. Display apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims and including a power source.
1 3. Display apparatus according to claim 1 2 in which the power source is a d.c.battery.
14. Display apparatus for a vehicle, substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
15. A vehicle when provided with display apparatus as claimed in any one of claim 1 to 14.
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GB2175428A (en) * 1985-05-15 1986-11-26 John Malcolm Bradley A signalling system for a vehicle
EP0261433A2 (en) * 1986-09-20 1988-03-30 Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH (HR B1220) Vehicle information device
EP0333330A1 (en) * 1988-02-18 1989-09-20 Gec-Marconi Limited Information distribution system
FR2637430A1 (en) * 1988-10-04 1990-04-06 Portenseigne Radiotechnique Car radio allowing the display of prerecorded data
GB2232287A (en) * 1989-05-23 1990-12-05 Philip Salmon Vaughan Display apparatus
EP0636863A1 (en) * 1993-07-27 1995-02-01 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Navigation system
GB2366396A (en) * 2000-03-21 2002-03-06 Anthony Robert Gooch Route planning unit
GB2379270A (en) * 2001-09-01 2003-03-05 At & T Lab Cambridge Ltd Vehicle navigation system
WO2004053767A1 (en) * 2002-12-06 2004-06-24 Tellsyn Co., Ltd System for collecting vehicle data and diagnosticating the vehicle using usb hard drive

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US4086632A (en) * 1976-09-27 1978-04-25 The Boeing Company Area navigation system including a map display unit for establishing and modifying navigation routes
GB2040532A (en) * 1979-01-19 1980-08-28 Vdo Schindling A Device for Displaying Time- dependent Operation Parameters of a Motor Vehicle
GB2079453A (en) * 1980-07-01 1982-01-20 Wootton Harold John Route selection and guidance apparatus and method
GB2098374A (en) * 1981-05-08 1982-11-17 Bode & Co Geb Indicator system for public means of transport
GB2142460A (en) * 1983-06-13 1985-01-16 Hitachi Ltd Vehicle-mounted electronic display gauge board

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GB2175428A (en) * 1985-05-15 1986-11-26 John Malcolm Bradley A signalling system for a vehicle
EP0261433A2 (en) * 1986-09-20 1988-03-30 Mannesmann Kienzle GmbH (HR B1220) Vehicle information device
EP0261433A3 (en) * 1986-09-20 1989-11-02 Mannesmann Kienzle Gmbh Vehicle information device
EP0333330A1 (en) * 1988-02-18 1989-09-20 Gec-Marconi Limited Information distribution system
FR2637430A1 (en) * 1988-10-04 1990-04-06 Portenseigne Radiotechnique Car radio allowing the display of prerecorded data
GB2232287A (en) * 1989-05-23 1990-12-05 Philip Salmon Vaughan Display apparatus
EP0636863A1 (en) * 1993-07-27 1995-02-01 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Navigation system
US5587911A (en) * 1993-07-27 1996-12-24 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. Navigation system with selective intersection display
GB2366396A (en) * 2000-03-21 2002-03-06 Anthony Robert Gooch Route planning unit
GB2379270A (en) * 2001-09-01 2003-03-05 At & T Lab Cambridge Ltd Vehicle navigation system
US6708108B2 (en) 2001-09-01 2004-03-16 At&T Corp. Vehicle navigation system
GB2379270B (en) * 2001-09-01 2004-11-24 At & T Lab Cambridge Ltd Vehicle navigation system
WO2004053767A1 (en) * 2002-12-06 2004-06-24 Tellsyn Co., Ltd System for collecting vehicle data and diagnosticating the vehicle using usb hard drive

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