Electronically programmable gauge
First Claim
1. A monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of functions and conditions, said monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of sensors each producing a sensor signal in response to sensing of one of a function and condition;
a control device coupled to said plurality of sensors and producing a control signal responsive to each of said sensor signals, said control signal including sensor data information and sensor identity information identifying each of said plurality of sensors;
a plurality of display modules each being programmable and each being coupled to said control device; and
a plurality of module overlays with one of said plurality of module overlays being coupled to each of said plurality of display modules, each of said plurality of module overlays having module identification means communicating with the display module on which said overlay is coupled to program said display module to be responsive to said control signal when said sensor identity information in said control signal corresponds to said module identification means to cause said display module to display said sensor data information in said control signal.
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Abstract
A monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of functions and conditions on a plurality of gauges or display modules. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of sensors (10) each producing a sensor signal in response to sensing of one of a function and a condition; a control device (12) coupled to the plurality of sensors and producing a control signal responsive to each of the sensor signals, the control signal including sensor data information and associate sensor identity information identifying one of the plurality of sensors (10); a plurality of display modules (20) each being programmable and each being coupled to the control device (12); and a plurality of module overlays (58) with one of the plurality of module overlays (58) being coupled to each of the plurality of display modules (20). Each of the plurality of module overlays (58) has module identification means (22) communicating with the display module (20) on which it is mounted to program the display module (20) to be responsive to the control signal when the sensor identity information in the control signal corresponds to the module identification means (22) to cause the display module (20) to display the associated sensor data information.
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16 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of functions and conditions, said monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors each producing a sensor signal in response to sensing of one of a function and condition; a control device coupled to said plurality of sensors and producing a control signal responsive to each of said sensor signals, said control signal including sensor data information and sensor identity information identifying each of said plurality of sensors; a plurality of display modules each being programmable and each being coupled to said control device; and a plurality of module overlays with one of said plurality of module overlays being coupled to each of said plurality of display modules, each of said plurality of module overlays having module identification means communicating with the display module on which said overlay is coupled to program said display module to be responsive to said control signal when said sensor identity information in said control signal corresponds to said module identification means to cause said display module to display said sensor data information in said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A monitoring system for monitoring functions and conditions of a vehicle, said monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors each producing a sensor signal in response to sensing of one of a function and condition; a control device coupled to said plurality of sensors and producing a common control signal responsive to each of said sensor signals, said control signal including sensor data information and sensor identity information identifying each of said plurality of sensors; a plurality of programmable display modules each being coupled to said control device through a single common data bus transmitting the common control signal to a plurality of discrete sites for communication therewith; and a plurality of identification devices each corresponding to one of said plurality of sensors and each being coupled to one of said plurality of display modules, and said identification devices communicating with the corresponding display module to program the coupled display module to be responsive to said sensor identity information in said control signal produced by the corresponding one of said plurality of sensors to cause the coupled display module to display the corresponding sensor data information in said control signal at any one of said plurality of discrete sites. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A gauge for displaying any one of a plurality of types of sensor data information contained in a sensor signal having sensor identity information associated with said sensor data information, said gauge comprising:
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a display module being programmable and being formed for coupling to said plurality of sensors; and a module overlay being coupled to said display module and having module identification means communicating with said display module to program said display module to be responsive to said sensor identity information in a sensor signal to cause said display module and module overlay to display said sensor data information associated with said sensor identity information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for monitoring a plurality of functions and conditions, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of sensors each producing a sensor signal in response to sensing of one of a function and a condition; producing a control signal in response to each of the sensor signals, said control signal including sensor data information and associated sensor identity information identifying said sensor from which said sensor data information was generated; transmitting said control signal to a plurality of display modules each being programmable and each having one of a plurality of module overlays coupled thereto having module identification means programming said display module to be responsive to said sensor identity information in said control signal corresponding to said module identification information; and displaying said sensor data information associated with said sensor identity information on said display module. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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