Indicator for vehicles
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1. An indicating system for presenting a plurality of parameters relating to motor vehicle operation, comprising:
- first means having at least two signal generators each providing a signal derived from a corresponding sensor responsive to a discrete physical condition relating to said motor vehicle operation;
second means comprising a display capable of indicating the values of said parameters;
third means for controlling said second means to present said parameters seriatim in a predetermined order in response to at least one initiating signal;
fourth means responsive to the values of said parameters from said first means for initiating a cycle of said third means whenever a predetermined amount of change in value of any of said parameters occurs, said fourth means also including means for manual initiation of a cycle of said third means;
and fifth means comprising circuits for recognizing a value of at least one of said parameters which is outside of a predetermined range indicating a fault and for correspondingly initiating a priority presentation of said parameter corresponding to said fault.
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Abstract
An electronic display indicator system for automotive vehicles wherein a single visual display unit is utilized to display the outputs of a plurality of sensing devices. The indicator system is manually activated to display the outputs of the sensor devices in sequence. Any given sensor device output is automatically displayed when the output thereof exceeds a predetermined value.
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1. An indicating system for presenting a plurality of parameters relating to motor vehicle operation, comprising:
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first means having at least two signal generators each providing a signal derived from a corresponding sensor responsive to a discrete physical condition relating to said motor vehicle operation; second means comprising a display capable of indicating the values of said parameters; third means for controlling said second means to present said parameters seriatim in a predetermined order in response to at least one initiating signal; fourth means responsive to the values of said parameters from said first means for initiating a cycle of said third means whenever a predetermined amount of change in value of any of said parameters occurs, said fourth means also including means for manual initiation of a cycle of said third means; and fifth means comprising circuits for recognizing a value of at least one of said parameters which is outside of a predetermined range indicating a fault and for correspondingly initiating a priority presentation of said parameter corresponding to said fault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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