TRAVEL-DIRECTING DEVICE

• US 3,596,010 A
• Filed: 07/28/1967
• Issued: 07/27/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1967
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harry C. Patterson
• Original Assignee: Harry C. Patterson
• Inventors: Patterson, Harry C.
• Application Number:
  US04/656,803
• Time in Patent Office: 1,460 Days
• US Class Current: 360/12
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/265 constructional aspects of navigation devices, e.g. housings, mountings, displays G01C21/3688 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3629 Guidance using speech or audio output, e.g. text-to-speech text to speech systems per se G10L13/00

Abstract

An automotive vehicle equipped with a tape playback device modified so that continuous movement of the tape is stopped after each message portion recorded thereon. Travel-directing information instructs the vehicle driver to position a selector switch assembly for controlling operation of the tape playback device to resume message playback either on demand, by actuating a pushbutton request switch, or by signals produced at predetermined distances travelled.

Claims

1. A travel-directing system for a moving vehicle having mileage indicating odometer wheels comprising a recorded messagereproducing device having a record medium and a motor energized for continuous advancement of the record medium, motor control means responsive to signal pulses applied thereto for intermittently energizing said motor, said record medium having position responsive signal means cooperating with the motor control means for deenergizing the motor and stopping movement of the record medium upon completion of discrete message portions recorded on the record medium, said motor control means including a feeler switch connecting the motor to a source of current, said position-responsive signal means including means responsive to movement of the record medium for holding the switch closed and relay means responsive to said signal pulses for closing the switch when opened, said record medium being engaged with the feeler switch to hold the same closed, said signal means further comprising a formation in the record medium into which the switch drops to open the same thereby to deenergize the motor and stop movement of the record medium.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said demand signal means comprises a pushbutton request switch interconnected between said source of current and the motor control means.

3. The combination of claim 1 including distance-signalling means mounted in operative relation to the odometer wheels for producing said signal pulses at intervals of distance travelled by the vehicle, and signal-selecting means operatively connected to the demand signal means and the distance-signalling means for transmitting the signal pulses to the motor control means on demand of the operator or at selected intervals of distance travelled.

4. The combination of claim 3 wherein said demand signal means comprises a pushbutton request switch interconnected between said source of current and the motor control means.

5. The combination of claim 4 wherein said distance-signalling means includes, switching elements mounted on said odometer wheels and contacts operatively mounted adjacent said odometer wheels to be intermittently bridged by the switching elements.

6. A travel-directing system for a moving vehicle having mileage-indicating odometer wheels comprising recorded message-reproducing device having a record medium and a motor energized for continuous advancement of the record medium, motor control means responsive to signal pulses applied thereto for intermittently energizing said motor, said record medium having position-responsive signal means cooperating with the motor control means for deenergizing the motor and stopping movement of the record medium upon completion of discrete message portions recorded on the record medium, demand signal means operatively connected to the motor control means for selectively producing said signal pulses to energize the motor and release the record medium, distance-signalling means mounted in operative relation to the odometer wheels for producing said signal pulses at intervals of distance travelled by the vehicle, and signal-selecting means operatively connected to the demand signal means and the distance-signalling means for transmitting the signal pulses to the motor control means on demand of the operator or at selected intervals of distance travelled, said motor control means including a feeler switch connecting the motor to a source of current, means responsive to movement of the record medium for holding the switch closed, and relay means responsive to said signal pulses for closing the switch when opened by the signAl means on a record medium, said demand signal means comprising a pushbutton request switch interconnected between said source of current and the motor control means and said distance-signalling means including switching elements mounted on said odometer wheels, contacts operatively mounted adjacent said odometer wheels to be intermittently bridged by the switching elements, an adjusting wheel mounting a pair of said contacts, and a control rod drivingly connected to the adjusting wheel for angularly positioning the contacts relative to the odometer wheels.