Dialing device for a cell phone used in a vehicle

• US 20050136982A1
• Filed: 12/17/2003
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shih-Hsiung Li
• Original Assignee: Shih-Hsiung Li
• Inventors: Li, Shih-Hsiung
• Application Number:
  US10/736,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20050136982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/564
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241

Abstract

A dialing device is used in company with a cell phone in a vehicle, wherein the driver writes down on a handwriting device a name or a number of a person to be telephoned. After a control unit identifies the written data, the control unit actuates a miniature projector to project an image on a windshield. Therefore, by directly reviewing the windshield, the car driver can easily check whether the name or the number to be dialed is correct without stopping looking at the road ahead.

Claims

1. A dialing device for a cell phone used in a vehicle, the dialing device comprising:

a handwriting device receiving handwritten data;

a control unit, which identifies the most similar words to the handwritten data and outputs a video signal;

a miniature image projector, which is connected to the control unit and projects an image based on the video signal from the control unit on a windshield of the vehicle to display a telephone number; and

a dialing apparatus, wherein the control unit connects to the cell phone through the dialing apparatus, when the telephone number displayed on said image is confirmed, the dialing apparatus starts to dial the confirmed telephone number.

2. The dialing device of claim 1, wherein the image projected on the windshield is composed of several regions that include:

a written text display region, which displays the handwritten data received by the handwriting device;

a confirmation region, which displays the most similar words recognized by the control unit; and

a plurality of function keys including a “

confirmed”

, “

delete”

, “

dial”

, “

switch” and

“

store”

.

3. The dialing device of claim 2, the control unit further connects to a connecting interface to which a personal digital assistance (PDA) or a notebook computer is connected.

4. The dialing device of claim 3, wherein when the “

switch”

function key on the image is actuated, the projected image on the windshield is switched to a display screen as shown on the PDA or the notebook computer.

5. The dialing device of claim 4, wherein said connecting interface is a wire-connected type interface.

6. The dialing device of claim 5, wherein said connecting interface is a USB port.

7. The dialing device of claim 5, wherein said connecting interface is an RS232 port.

8. The dialing device of claim 4, wherein said connecting interface is a wireless transmission interface.

9. The dialing device of claim 8, wherein said connecting interface is an infrared port.

10. The dialing device of claim 1, wherein the handwriting device is a touch panel.

11. The dialing device of claim 1, wherein the handwriting device is a handwriting panel.