VEHICULAR PROJECTION SYSTEM

• US 20180037118A1
• Filed: 10/24/2016
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Original Assignee: Primax Electronics Limited
• Inventors: Huang, Chien-Chang, Tseng, Ying-Che
• Granted Patent: US 9,950,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/166 Navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/186 Displaying information according to relevancy
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/334 Projection means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/215 characterised by the combination of multiple visual outputs, e.g. combined instruments with analogue meters and additional displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/23 Head-up displays [HUD] optical aspects of head-up displays G02B27/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• 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: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/365 Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/01 Head-up displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0101 characterised by optical features G02B27/0172 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A vehicular projection system includes plural information collectors, a time-division multiplexing device and a projection mechanism. The plural information collectors are used for outputting driving information. The time-division multiplexing device includes plural wireless transmission modules. The time-division multiplexing device determines the transmitting sequence of plural information collectors according to the receiving sequence of wireless transmission requests from the plural information collectors. Moreover, the time-division multiplexing device determines the suitable wireless transmission modules according to the file properties of the driving information and the wireless transmission capabilities of the plural information collectors. Since the plural information collectors can simultaneously transmit driving information to the time-division multiplexing device through different wireless transmission modules, the wireless transmission efficiency is enhanced.

Claims

1. A vehicular projection system for a vehicle, the vehicular projection system comprising:

a first information collector issuing a first driving information and a first wireless transmission request corresponding to the first driving information;

a second information collector issuing a second driving information and a second wireless transmission request corresponding to the second driving information;

a time-division multiplexing device wirelessly connected with the first information collector and the second information collector, and determining a wireless transmission method of at least one of the first driving information and the second driving information according to a result of detecting the first wireless transmission request and the second wireless transmission request, wherein after the first driving information and the second driving information are received, the time-division multiplexing device generates a layout image according to the first driving information and the second driving information and outputs the layout image; and

a projection mechanism wirelessly connected with the time-division multiplexing device, and projecting the layout image onto a glass plate of the vehicle, wherein the layout image contains the first driving information and the second driving information.

2. The vehicular projection system according to claim 1, wherein the time-division multiplexing device comprises:

a first storage element temporarily storing the first driving information and the second driving information;

a first wireless transmission module connected with the first storage element, and receiving the first driving information or the second driving information according to a first wireless transmission technology;

a second wireless transmission module connected with the first storage element, and receiving the second driving information according to a second wireless transmission technology; and

a control unit connected with the first storage element, the first wireless transmission module and the second wireless transmission module, wherein the control unit determines the wireless transmission method of the at least one of the first driving information and the second driving information according to a receiving sequence of the first wireless transmission request and the second wireless transmission request, a file property of the first driving information corresponding to the first wireless transmission request, a file property of the second driving information corresponding to the second wireless transmission request, a wireless transmission capability information corresponding to the first wireless transmission request and a wireless transmission capability information corresponding to the second wireless transmission request.

3. The vehicular projection system according to claim 2, wherein when the control unit detects that at least one of the first wireless transmission request and the second wireless transmission request is received, the control unit judges a number of the received wireless transmission request, wherein if the number of the received wireless transmission request is 1, the control unit assigns an ideal wireless transmission type according to the file property corresponding to the first wireless transmission request or the file property corresponding to the second wireless transmission request, wherein if the number of the received wireless transmission request is larger than 1, the control unit determines a transmitting sequence of the first wireless transmission request and the second wireless transmission request according to the receiving sequence of the first wireless transmission request and the second wireless transmission request, and the control unit assigns ideal wireless transmission types according to the file property corresponding to the first wireless transmission request and the file property corresponding to the second wireless transmission request.

4. The vehicular projection system according to claim 3, wherein the file property corresponding to the first wireless transmission request is a file type of the first driving information, and the file property corresponding to the second wireless transmission request is a file type of the second driving information, wherein if a default file type is an image type, a Wi-Fi wireless transmission module is the ideal wireless transmission type assigned by the control unit, wherein if the default file type is a text type, a Bluetooth wireless transmission module is the ideal wireless transmission type assigned by the control unit.

5. The vehicular projection system according to claim 3, wherein after the ideal wireless transmission type is assigned, the control unit assigns a real wireless transmission type according to the wireless transmission capability corresponding to the at least one of the first wireless transmission request and the second wireless transmission request, and the control unit notifies at least one of the first information collector and the second information collector to perform wireless transmission.

6. The vehicular projection system according to claim 5, wherein after the at least one of the first driving information and the second driving information is received by the time-division multiplexing device, the control unit judges whether the first driving information or the second driving information having the highest order in the transmitting sequence is completely transmitted, wherein if the first driving information or the second driving information is completely transmitted, the control unit judges whether a wireless transmission type of the driving information with a second highest order in the transmitting sequence has to be changed.

7. The vehicular projection system according to claim 2, wherein the first information collector comprises:

a display device, wherein a driving status information of the vehicle is shown on the display device;

an image pickup device located near the display device, and acquiring an image corresponding to the driving status information; and

a third wireless transmission module connected with the image pickup device and wirelessly connected with the first wireless transmission module, wherein the third wireless transmission module issues the first wireless transmission request and the first driving information to the first wireless transmission module according to the first wireless transmission technology, wherein the first driving information is the image corresponding to the driving status information.

8. The vehicular projection system according to claim 7, wherein the display device is a driving dashboard of the vehicle, and the driving status information contains a driving speed, a cabinet temperature, a gearshift status and a gasoline capacity of the vehicle.

9. The vehicular projection system according to claim 2, wherein the second information collector comprises:

a navigation module acquiring a navigation information;

a fourth wireless transmission module connected with the navigation module and wirelessly connected with the first wireless transmission module, wherein the fourth wireless transmission module issues the second wireless transmission request and the second driving information to the first wireless transmission module according to the first wireless transmission technology; and

a fifth wireless transmission module connected with the navigation module and wirelessly connected with the second wireless transmission module, wherein the fifth wireless transmission module issues the second wireless transmission request and the second driving information to the second wireless transmission module according to the second wireless transmission technology, wherein the second driving information is the navigation information.

10. The vehicular projection system according to claim 9, wherein the first wireless transmission module and the fourth wireless transmission module are Wi-Fi wireless transmission module, and the second wireless transmission module and the fifth wireless transmission module are Bluetooth wireless transmission module.

11. The vehicular projection system according to claim 1, wherein the projection mechanism comprises:

a sixth wireless transmission module wirelessly connected with the time-division multiplexing device, and receiving the layout image;

a second storage element connected with the sixth wireless transmission module, and storing the layout image; and

a projection module connected with the second storage element, and projecting the layout image onto the glass plate of the vehicle.