Vehicle information display apparatus

• US 20040249527A1
• Filed: 04/07/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blitz
• Original Assignee: Blitz
• Inventors: Tomita, Yuji, Sunaba, Takashi, Morozumi, Akio
• Application Number:
  US10/819,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20040249527A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/002 giving both analog and numerical indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 7/02 Indicating value of two or more variables simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

An improved vehicle information display apparatus made capable of notifying vehicle information, such as a vehicle speed, an engine revolution speed or water temperature to a user instantly and continuously with a high accuracy. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit for continuously obtaining vehicle information by joining a joint connector to a vehicle diagnosing connector provided in a vehicle, a unit for processing the vehicle information obtained by the obtaining unit, and a unit for notifying the information processed by the processing unit to the user instantly and continuously. This enables the vehicle information, such as a vehicle speed, an engine revolution speed or a water temperature to be notified to the user instantly and continuously with a high accuracy.

Claims

1. Avehicle information display apparatus comprising:

a unit for obtaining vehicle information continuously by joining a joint connector to a vehicle diagnosing connector provided in a vehicle,

a unit for processing the vehicle information obtained by the obtaining unit, and

a unit for notifying the information, which is processed by the processing unit, instantly and continuously to a user.

2. Avehicle information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the obtaining unit is adapted to obtain the vehicle information outputted to a K line of the vehicle diagnosing connector, or CAN.

3. Avehicle information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the processing unit is provided with a storage unit adapted to store the vehicle information and processed information therein.

4. Avehicle information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the notification unit is an image frame display unit and/or a unit for giving a warning sound.

5. A vehicle information display apparatus according to claim 4, Wherein the information displayed on the image frame is any one kind or not smaller than two kinds of pieces of information out of a vehicle speed, an engine revolution speed, a water temperature, ignition time, injection starting time of an injector, a suction air temperature, an air flow voltage, a boost, a 02 sensor voltage, a 02 sensor voltage rear, an air/fuel ratio correction factor, a battery voltage, a throttle sensor voltage, WGV 1, WGV 2 or a trouble diagnosing code.

6. A vehicle information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

a cigar plug is connected to a cigar socket provided in the vehicle, a voltage supplied to the cigar socket being detected, whereby the ON-OFF of a power source is controlled.

7. A vehicle information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the apparatus renders it possible to automatically set a manufacturing company of the vehicle or the kind of the vehicle.