Device for indication of operational and computed values
First Claim
1. A device for processing operational data for vehicles having a multiposition ignition lock means, comprisingsensing means to pick up the operational data,data processing means for receiving said sensed operational data,means receiving processed data for display of said data,a switch means for switching an indicator on or off when threshold values are exceeded or the value goes below the threshold in accordance with at least one of ignition lock means positions OFF, PARK, TRIP, and START and the operational states of the vehicle, andmeans for storage and clearing of values of a specific sequence of ignition lock means actuations.
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Abstract
An on board vehicular data processing system samples vehicular operating parameters such as fuel level, distance travel, etc. The system calculates values of other parameters such as range and travel time. Under control of the position of the ignition key, which assumes positions representative of modes of operation, OFF, PARK, TRIP, START, the system displays indications of a limited number of sensed and calculated parameters, the particular indications being those which are most useful for the instant mode of operation represented by the position of the ignition key. After a trip, system parameters may be stored for future reference by a predetermined sequencing of the ignition key position. Such storage may be cleared by a second sequencing of the ignition key positions. Parameter reference values may be stored as maximum or minimum and present values for a parameter may be compared with the maximum or minimum and an alarm indication given, acoustical or optical.
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1. A device for processing operational data for vehicles having a multiposition ignition lock means, comprising
sensing means to pick up the operational data, data processing means for receiving said sensed operational data, means receiving processed data for display of said data, a switch means for switching an indicator on or off when threshold values are exceeded or the value goes below the threshold in accordance with at least one of ignition lock means positions OFF, PARK, TRIP, and START and the operational states of the vehicle, and means for storage and clearing of values of a specific sequence of ignition lock means actuations.
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5. In an on-board data processing system for a vehicle,
said system having a switch capable of location in a plurality of positions, the method of advancing said switch through a first series of at least two of said switch positions, sensing values of a first set of sensed parameters under control of the positioning of said switch, processing at least a first subset of said first set of sensed parameters to derive values of a second set of parameters different from said first set of sensed parameters, and indicating values of at least a second subset of said first and second sets of parameters.
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13. In an on-board data processing system for a vehicle,
a multiposition switch, means for sensing values of a first set of sensed parameters under control of the positioning of said switch, means for processing at least a first subset of said first set of sensed parameters to derive values of a second set of parameters different from said first set of sensed parameters, and means for indicating values of at least a second subset of said first and second sets of parameters.
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