Information Transfer Arrangement and Method for Vehicles
First Claim
1. An arrangement for displaying and transferring information between a vehicle and at least one transmitter separate from the vehicle, each of the at least one transmitter transmitting radio frequency wireless signals containing location information about the transmitter and possible information of interest for operation of the vehicle other than the location information, comprising:
- an antenna mounted on the vehicle and capable of receiving radio frequency wireless signals emitted by each of the at least one transmitter and containing information;
a location determining device for determining the location of the vehicle;
a display arranged on the vehicle in a position to be viewable by an occupant of the vehicle, said display being arranged to display a representation of the vehicle and representations of other objects in the vicinity of the vehicle in relation to the vehicle; and
a processor coupled to said antenna, said location determining device and said display and arranged to;
perform location-based filtering of the wireless signals received by said antenna to determine whether any received wireless signals contain information of interest for operation of the vehicle, extract the information of interest from the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest, and display the location of the transmitter of the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest or the information of interest from the transmitter.
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Abstract
An arrangement and method for displaying and transferring information between a vehicle and at least one transmitter separate from the vehicle includes an antenna mounted on the vehicle for receiving RF wireless signals emitted by each transmitter, a location determining device for determining the vehicle'"'"'s location, a display arranged on the vehicle in a position to be viewable by a vehicle occupant and to display representations of the vehicle and other objects in the vicinity of the vehicle, and a processor coupled to the antenna, location determining device and display. The processor performs location-based filtering of signals received by the antenna to determine whether any contain information of interest for vehicular operation, extracts the information of interest from the signals determined to contain information of interest, and displays the location of the transmitter of the signals determined to contain information of interest or the information of interest from the transmitter.
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39 Claims
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1. An arrangement for displaying and transferring information between a vehicle and at least one transmitter separate from the vehicle, each of the at least one transmitter transmitting radio frequency wireless signals containing location information about the transmitter and possible information of interest for operation of the vehicle other than the location information, comprising:
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an antenna mounted on the vehicle and capable of receiving radio frequency wireless signals emitted by each of the at least one transmitter and containing information;
a location determining device for determining the location of the vehicle;
a display arranged on the vehicle in a position to be viewable by an occupant of the vehicle, said display being arranged to display a representation of the vehicle and representations of other objects in the vicinity of the vehicle in relation to the vehicle; and
a processor coupled to said antenna, said location determining device and said display and arranged to;
perform location-based filtering of the wireless signals received by said antenna to determine whether any received wireless signals contain information of interest for operation of the vehicle, extract the information of interest from the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest, and display the location of the transmitter of the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest or the information of interest from the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for displaying and transferring information between a vehicle and at least one transmitter separate from the vehicle, each of the at least one transmitter transmitting radio frequency wireless signals containing location information about the transmitter and possible information of interest for operation of the vehicle other than the location information, comprising:
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arranging an antenna on the vehicle capable of receiving radio frequency wireless signals emitted by each of the at least one transmitter and containing information;
determining the location of the vehicle;
receiving wireless signals transmitted by the at least one transmitter via the antenna;
performing location-based filtering of the wireless signals received by the antenna to determine whether any received wireless signals contain information of interest for operation of the vehicle;
extracting the information of interest from the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest;
displaying a representation of the location of the vehicle on a display arranged on the vehicle in a position to be viewable by an occupant of the vehicle; and
displaying a representation of the location of the transmitter of the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest or the information of interest on the display. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for transferring information from transmitters to a moving vehicle, comprising:
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determining the location of the vehicle;
transmitting a signal from each transmitter containing its location and additional information;
arranging an antenna on the vehicle;
receiving the signals from the transmitters via the antenna;
performing location-based filtering of the signals received by the antenna to determine whether any transmitters are situated within a pre-determined area relative to the vehicle;
extracting the information from signals received from transmitters within the pre-determined area relative to the vehicle;
displaying a representation of the location of the vehicle on a display arranged on the vehicle in a position to be viewable by an occupant of the vehicle; and
displaying on the display a representation of the location of the transmitter of the received signals determined to be within a pre-determined area relative to the vehicle or the additional information being transmitted by the transmitter of the received signals determined to be within a pre-determined area relative to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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Specification