Temperature display system for vehicle

• US 6,650,237 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2001
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Koji, Kano, Koji, Yamada, Katsuhisa, Shimamura, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Toan Ngoc
• Application Number:
  US09/820,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20010043147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 340/449, 340/438, 340/501, 340/517, 340/584, 340/588, 340/589, 340/691.6, 702/99, 702/85, 702/130, 702/136, 702/142, 374/100, 374/101, 374/132, 374/133, 374/141
• US Class Current: 340/449
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/20 Compensating for effects of temperature changes other than those to be measured, e.g. changes in ambient temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 7/42 Circuits effecting compensation of thermal inertia; Circuits for predicting the stationary value of a temperature

Abstract

The display accuracy of an outside air temperature detected by a temperature sensor is to be enhanced. A CPU generates a signal for displaying an outside air temperature on a display panel P wherein the temperature is detected by an outside air temperature sensor. At this time, temperature information Tr is detected by the sensor and is corrected taking into account the vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor and an engine temperature detected by an engine temperature sensor. The CPU has a memory member for storing a correction function corresponding to the vehicle speed or the engine temperature and makes the above correction on the basis of a correction function corresponding to the vehicle speed or the engine temperature.

Claims

1. A temperature display system for a vehicle for displaying an outside air temperature on the basis of outside air temperature information detected by an outside air detecting means and vehicle speed information detected by a vehicle speed detecting means, said temperature display system comprising:

a memory means for storing a variable correction function depended on said vehicle speed information;

a correction operation means for outputting temperature display data obtained by correcting said outside air temperature information with use of said correction function; and

a display means for displaying temperature on the basis of said temperature display data.

2. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said outside air temperature information is detected by a temperature sensor mounted relative to the exterior portion of the vehicle.

3. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the temperature sensor is mounted in an air duct that receives an air current during operation of the vehicle.

4. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the temperature sensor is a thermistor with a resistance value that varies according to the temperature.

5. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 4, and further including an interface for converting resistance value information outputted from the temperature sensor into a voltage signal, and a converter for receiving said voltage signal to a digital signal for inputting into central processing unit.

6. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 5, wherein said vehicle speed detecting means includes a speed sensor operatively mounted relative to a transmission output shaft for outputting a pulse signal responsive to the vehicle speed, said pulse signal responsive to the vehicle speed being inputted into said central processing unit.

7. A temperature display system for a vehicle for displaying an outside air temperature on the basis of outside air temperature information detected by an outside air detecting means and engine temperature information detected by an engine temperature detecting means, said temperature display system comprising:

a memory means for storing a variable correction function depended on said engine temperature information;

a correction operation means which outputs temperature display data obtained by correcting said outside air temperature information with use of said correction function; and

a display means which displays temperature on the basis of said temperature display data.

8. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein said outside air temperature information is detected by a temperature sensor mounted relative to the exterior portion of the vehicle.

9. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the temperature sensor is mounted in an air duct that receives an air current during operation of the vehicle.

10. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the temperature sensor is a thermistor with a resistance value that varies according to the temperature.

11. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 10, and further including an interface for converting resistance value information outputted from the temperature sensor into a voltage signal, and a converter for receiving said voltage signal to a digital signal for inputting into central processing unit.

12. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 11, further comprising a vehicle speed detecting means including a speed sensor operatively mounted relative to a transmission output shaft for outputting a pulse signal responsive to the vehicle speed, said pulse signal responsive to the vehicle speed being inputted into said central processing unit.

13. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the engine temperature detecting means includes a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the engine and generating an output signal.

14. The temperature display system for a vehicle according to claim 13, and further including an interface for receiving the output signal from the engine temperature detecting means and converting the signal to a voltage signal that is further converted to a digital signal that is inputted into a central processing unit.