INFORMATION DEVICE FOR THE ADAPTED PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION IN A VEHICLE

• US 20110199230A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Stählin, Ulrich, Rieth, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,368,557 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/901
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element

Abstract

Information for a vehicle driver is transmitted to the vehicle by vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and is individually conditioned in the vehicle in line with the respective needs of the driver. The conditioned information is then presented visually and/or audibly.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. An information device for a vehicle, said information device comprising:

a communication unit in the vehicle for receiving information data from an external transmitter;

a control unit for individual presentation of the received information, which is adapted to suit an occupant of the vehicle or a position of the vehicle;

wherein the information corresponds to an emergency vehicle situated in a region around the vehicle or to a road sign situated in a region around the vehicle.

15. The information device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the transmitter is associated with an adjacent vehicle.

16. The information device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the transmitter is a static control center.

17. The information device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the presentation of the received information is adapted to suit a country or an area in which the vehicle is situated.

18. The information device as claimed in claim 17 further comprising:

a position-finding unit for determining the country or the area in which the vehicle is situated;

wherein the country or the area in which the vehicle is situated is determined by a satellite navigation system or an identification and association of a mobile radio network operator.

19. The information device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the presentation of the received information is adapted to suit a country or an area which the driver has selected.

20. The information device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the received information is presented audibly, visually or both audibly and visually.

21. The information device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the received information is presented as a realistic simulation of a sound signal produced by the emergency vehicle.

22. The use of an information device as claimed in claim 14 in a vehicle.

23. An information system for the individual presentation of received information, which is adapted to suit an occupant of a vehicle or a position of the vehicle, said information system comprising:

an information device as claimed in claim 14; and

a transmitter for transmitting information data to the communication unit in the vehicle.

24. A method for presenting received information that is adapted to suit an occupant of a vehicle or a position of the vehicle, said method comprising the following steps:

receiving information data from an external transmitter; and

presenting the received information by a control unit in a manner adapted to suit an occupant of the vehicle or a position of the vehicle;

wherein the information corresponds to an emergency vehicle situated in a region around the vehicle or to a road sign situated in the region around the vehicle.

25. A computer program product which, when executed on a processor, instructs the processor to perform the following steps:

reception of information data from an external transmitter;

presentation of the received information by a control unit in a manner adapted to suit an occupant of the vehicle or a position of the vehicle;

wherein the information corresponds to an emergency vehicle situated in a region around the vehicle or to a road sign situated in the region around the vehicle.

26. A computer-readable medium which stores a computer program product which, when executed on a processor, instructs the processor to perform the following steps:

reception of information data from an external transmitter;

presentation of the received information by a control unit in a manner adapted to suit an occupant of the vehicle or a position of the vehicle;

wherein the information corresponds to an emergency vehicle situated in a region around the vehicle or to a road sign situated in the region around the vehicle.