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Method and System for Improving the Safety of Driving While Communicating

  • US 20160323722A1
  • Filed: 05/16/2016
  • Published: 11/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A communications device for use with a vehicle to facilitate safe texting while driving, comprising:

  • a HUD projection system adapted for association with a vehicle to project text onto the windshield interior of a vehicle directly in front of a driver of the vehicle;

    a first hand unit attached to said steering wheel adjacent the left hand of the user, said first hand unit comprising a first alpha-numeric keyboard suitable for texting with the left thumb;

    a secondhand unit attached to said steering wheel adjacent the right hand of said user, said second hand unit comprising a second alpha-numeric keyboard suitable for texting with the right thumb wherein said first alpha-numeric keyboard includes some but not all of the letters of the alphabet and said second alpha-numeric keyboard includes at least those letters of the alphabet not on said first alpha-numeric keyboard, wherein said first keyboard and said second keyboard form a complete qwerty keyboard suitable for texting;

    a hand detecting sensor associated with the first hand unit and the second hand unit, said hand detecting sensor adapted to preclude text communications from being entered on either of said first hand unit or said second hand unit if a driver'"'"'s hands are not both contacting a steering wheel to which said communications device is attached;

    wherein when a driver'"'"'s left and right hands are in contact with the steering wheel in approximately 10 o'"'"'clock and 2 o'"'"'clock positions about the steering wheel, the driver is able to input text by using his/her respective thumbs, with the image of such texts being projected onto the HUD system such that text can be read by the driver while said driver'"'"'s view is maintained through the front windshield of the vehicle.

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