Information communicating apparatus for vehicles

• US 6,657,557 B1
• Filed: 05/08/2002
• Issued: 12/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Te Hsin Hsu
• Original Assignee: Te Hsin Hsu
• Inventors: Hsu, Te Hsin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/143,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20030210160A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 340/988, 340/989, 340/426.1, 340/426.12, 340/426.13, 340/426.15, 340/426.18, 340/426.19, 340/426.2, 340/426.21, 340/426.22, 340/825.36, 340/825.37, 340/825.38, 455/569, 455/95, 455/99, 455/575, 455/550, 455/558, 455/460, 455/422, 455/427, 455/456, 455/457
• US Class Current: 340/988
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968

Abstract

A information communicating device includes a GSM device coupled to a communication interface unit, an input/output interface unit and an anti-theft device coupled to the GSM device, an LP coupled to the GSM device and the communication interface unit for communicating with selected customer service centers, a NAVI and a satellite positioning unit coupled to the LP and the GSM device, for sending information to the LP and the GSM device. The vehicle drivers may receive useful information from the customer service center and to act precisely according to the received information.

Claims

1. A information communicating apparatus comprising:

a communication interface unit including a data can bus and a command can bus,

a global system for mobile communication (GSM) device coupled to said data can bus and said command can bus of said communication interface unit respectively,

an input/output interface unit coupled to said GSM device,

an anti-theft device coupled to said GSM device,

a location processor (LP) coupled to said GSM device and said data can bus and said command can bus of said communication interface unit, for communicating with selected customer service centers, and for obtaining information from the selected customer service centers,

a satellite navigation unit (NAVI) coupled to said data can bus and said location processor (LP) and said GSM device, for sending information to said LP and said GSM device,

a satellite positioning unit coupled to said LP and said GSM device, for sending information to said LP and said GSM device,

a card reader/writer coupled to said data can bus and said command can bus of said communication interface unit, for receiving and sending out the information to and from said communication interface unit,

a warning device coupled to said command can bus of said communication interface unit, for sending out warning information,

a remote control or pager receiver device coupled between said communication interface unit and said GSM device for controlling said GSM device, and

a computerized monitoring device coupled to said data can bus and said command can bus of said communication interface unit, for monitoring and checking the information sending into and out of said communication interface unit.

2. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said GSM device includes a GSM module, a data/voice module, a recording module, and a data or information receiving module provided therein.

3. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input/output interface unit includes at least one antenna, a microphone, a radio, a displayer, a intelligent transportation system switch, an ear piece, an air bag actuating device, at least one hand set, and a mobile phone interface coupled to said GSM device, and a personal virtual assistant device coupled to said GSM device.

4. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said at least one antenna is a general purposes radar (GPS) antenna.

5. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said at least one antenna is a GSM antenna.

6. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said at least one antenna is a radio frequency antenna.

7. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said satellite navigation unit (NAVI) includes a processor device coupled to said data can bus for receiving the information sending out from the selected customer service centers.

8. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 7 further comprising a code transforming device coupled between said processor device of said satellite navigation unit and said data can bus for receiving the information sending out from the selected customer service centers.

9. The information communicating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said processor device of said satellite navigation unit is coupled to said LP and said GSM device, for sending the information to said LP and said GSM device.