System for controlling information received in a moving vehicle

• US 20020141600A1
• Filed: 03/29/2001
• Published: 10/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Siwinski, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US09/821,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20020141600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/86
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/148 Instrument input by voice
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/148 Input by voice
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0373 Voice control in general G10L
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/21 Voice
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention

Abstract

A system for controlling information received in a moving vehicle comprises a sensor for sensing if the vehicle is in motion; a processor electrically connected to the sensor for receiving motion data from the sensor, and for directing operations of the vehicle; an electronic component within the vehicle which delivers information to a user of the electronic component, wherein the information being either delivered or received is either disabled or modified by the processor according to the motion data received from the sensor.

Claims

1. A system for controlling information received in or transmitted from a moving vehicle comprising:

(a) a sensor for sensing if the vehicle is in motion;

(b) a processor electrically connected to the sensor for receiving motion data from the sensor, and for directing operations of the vehicle; and

(c) an electronic component within the vehicle which delivers information to a user of the electronic component, wherein the information being either delivered or received is either disabled or modified by the processor according to the motion data received from the sensor.

2. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a display electrically connected to the electronic component which said display is disabled according to the motion data received from the sensor.

3. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a display electrically connected to the electronic component which information being displayed by the display is either substituted, reduced, or modified according to the motion data received from the sensor.

4. The system as in claim 1 further comprising an audio output component having audio output which audio output being delivered by the audio output component is either disabled, substituted, reduced, or modified according to the motion data received from the sensor.

5. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a touch-sensitive input device having user input received by the touch-sensitive input device wherein the touch-sensitive device is disabled, or information received from the touch-sensitive device is either substituted, reduced, or modified according to the motion data received from the sensor.

6. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a voice input device having user input received by the voice input device wherein the voice-input device is disabled, or information received from the voice-input device is either substituted, reduced, or modified according to the motion data received from the sensor.

7. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a mechanically activated input device having user input received by the mechanical device, wherein the mechanical device is disabled, or input received from the mechanical device is either substituted, reduced, or modified according to the motion data received from the sensor.

8. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a connection to a data network having data received from or supplied to the data network, wherein the connection to the data network is disabled, or the received or supplied data is either substituted, reduced, or modified according to the motion data received from the sensor.

9. The system as in claim 1 wherein the electrical component is either portable or integrally attached to the vehicle.