IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20130300554A1
• Filed: 07/25/2012
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Achal Worldwide Enterprises AG
• Original Assignee: ITCiCo Spain, S.L.
• Inventors: Braden, Jude
• Granted Patent: US 8,816,837 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/441
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09675 where a selection from the received information takes place in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station

Abstract

An in-vehicle information display system including a GPS receiver that determines the location of a vehicle, and a user interface for communicating information received over a wireless communication network. The information received over the wireless communications network is communicated to a user interface depending on the velocity of the vehicle. Further, the content of the information received over the wireless communications network and communicated to the user depends on the velocity of the vehicle. The system makes use of a head-up display so that content information is only directed to the user. A method communicates information over a wireless communications network to a vehicle.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle information display system, comprising:

a GPS receiver, for determining the location and/or the velocity of a vehicle,

a communication unit for receiving information over a wireless communication network, and

a user interface for communicating information received over the wireless communication network,

wherein

the information received over the wireless communication network is communicated to a user interface depending on the velocity of the vehicle.

2. The information system according to claim 1, further comprising

a message server that is adapted to communicate the information over the wireless communication network to the vehicle and/or the user interface.

3. The information system according to claim 2, wherein

the message server comprises a filter unit for selecting the information sent over the wireless communication network depending on the location of the vehicle and/or the velocity of the vehicle and/or preferences of the user.

4. The information system according to claim 1, wherein

the message server is a cloud server.

5. The information system according to claim 1, wherein

the message server is adapted to receive from at least one client computer messages, to store the messages and to derive the information communicated over the wireless communication network from at least one of the messages.

6. The information system according to claim 5, wherein

the messages comprise point of interest messages and/or traffic flow disruption messages and/or emergency type messages from police agencies and/or social media messages and/or healthcare messages and/or synchronised diary and appointments messages and/or news messages and/or advertisements.

7. The information system according to claim 5, wherein

the message server is adapted to receive and store filter criteria, including a location, a region, a gender of a person, a time and/or a velocity, in particular in combination with the messages for the client computer.

8. The information system according to claim 1, wherein

the velocity of the vehicle is determined by the GPS receiver in the vehicle and/or by an on-board speed sensor using an on-board computer.

9. The information system according to claim 8, wherein

the on-board computer is adapted to communicate the velocity of the vehicle and/or the location of the vehicle to a message server.

10. The information system according to claim 1, wherein

the on-board computer is adapted to communicate the velocity and/or location of the vehicle in predefined time intervals.

11. The information system according to claim 1, wherein

the content of the information is predetermined or provided in substantially real-time and communicated to the user depending on the velocity of the vehicle.

12. The information system according to claim 1, wherein

the user interface comprises a Head-Up-Display and/or audio output and/or smartphone device.

13. A method for communicating information over wireless communication network to a vehicle, by an information system according to claim 1, comprising the steps:

inputting messages;

inputting filter criteria for the messages;

storing the messages and the filter criteria;

receiving data, including a velocity and/or a location of a vehicle;

selecting at least one message based on the velocity and/or location;

transmitting information in accordance with the selected message to the vehicle.

14. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for a computer system, the instructions being adapted to cause the computer system to perform the method of claim 13.