SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF INFORMATION USING A VEHICLE-MOUNT COMPUTER

• US 20150239348A1
• Filed: 05/08/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Chamberlin, James
• Granted Patent: US 9,616,749 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/1438 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/186 Displaying Information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/195 Blocking or enabling display functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/36 Input/output arrangements for on-board computers

Abstract

A system and method display information using a vehicle-mount computer. The system includes: (i) a computer touch screen for inputting and displaying information; (ii) a motion detector for detecting vehicle motion; and (iii) a vehicle-mount computer in communication with the computer touch screen and the motion detector. The vehicle-mount computer includes a central processing unit and memory. The vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to store information associated with user-selected information from the computer touch screen. Further, the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to receive vehicle-motion information from the motion detector. Moreover, the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to control the display of a zoomed view of the user-selected information on the computer touch screen in response to the motion detector'"'"'s detection of motion.

Claims

1. A method for displaying data using a vehicle-mount computer comprising:

selecting an area of a screen of the vehicle-mount computer;

after selecting the area on the screen, storing the selected area;

monitoring vehicle motion with a motion detector; and

after detecting vehicle motion, displaying information in the selected area on the screen when the vehicle is moving.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed information is navigation information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed information is delivery information.

4. A system for displaying information using a vehicle-mount computer, comprising:

a computer touch screen for inputting and displaying information;

a motion detector for detecting vehicle motion; and

a vehicle-mount computer in communication with the computer touch screen and the motion detector, the vehicle-mount computer including a central processing unit and memory;

wherein the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to store navigation information;

wherein the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to receive vehicle-motion information from the motion detector; and

wherein the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to control the display of the navigation information on the computer touch screen in response to the motion detector'"'"'s detection of motion.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the navigation information is within a user-selected area on the computer touch screen.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the user-selected area comprises a rectangle.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein in response to the motion detector'"'"'s detection of vehicle motion the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to control the display such that the aspect ratio of the user-selected area on the computer touch screen corresponds to the aspect ratio of the computer touch screen.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the configuration of the user-selected area is selected by a user on the computer touch screen.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the configuration of the user-selected area is predetermined by the vehicle-mount computer.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the vehicle-mount computer comprises a network interface.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the motion detector comprises an accelerometer, a gps locator, a gyroscope, and/or a compass.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein the central processing unit is configured to execute application programs.

13. The system of claim 4, wherein the user-selected information displayed on the computer touch screen covers at least about 50% of the display area of the computer touch screen.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein:

the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to store delivery information; and

the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to control the display of the delivery information on the computer touch screen in response to the motion detector'"'"'s detection of motion.

15. The system of claim 4, wherein the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit is configured to continually determine whether the vehicle is in motion.

16. The system of claim 4, wherein the vehicle-mount computer'"'"'s central processing unit displays the full amount of information from the computer touch screen if the motion detector indicates that the vehicle is not in motion.

17. A method for displaying information using a vehicle-mount computer, comprising:

selecting information to be displayed on a computer touch screen of the vehicle-mount computer;

monitoring vehicle motion with a motion detector; and

after detecting vehicle motion, displaying a zoomed view of the selected information on the computer touch screen display.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the selected information is within a user-selected area on the computer touch screen.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the aspect ratio of the zoomed view of the user-selected area on the computer touch screen corresponds to the aspect ratio of the computer touch screen.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the motion detector comprises an accelerometer, a gps locator, a gyroscope, and/or compass.