Data link connector (DLC) driven display
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1. An automotive device for displaying vehicle parameters that are transmitted via a vehicle data bus, comprising:
- one or more analog gauges, such that the gauges are additions to the existing gauges of a vehicle;
a connector that releasably and directly connects to the vehicle data bus;
a processor in circuit communication between the gauges and the connector; and
a mounting device secured to the gauges, wherein the mounting device is configured to facilitate securing the gauges to the vehicle.
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Abstract
An automotive device for displaying one or more vehicle parameters is provided. The vehicle parameters are retrieved from one or more computers that are on board a vehicle and are connected to the vehicle data bus. The automotive device includes a processor, a display and a connector. The connector releasably connects to a vehicle data bus allowing the processor to retrieve data from the vehicle data bus and output to the data to display one or more vehicle parameters.
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1. An automotive device for displaying vehicle parameters that are transmitted via a vehicle data bus, comprising:
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one or more analog gauges, such that the gauges are additions to the existing gauges of a vehicle; a connector that releasably and directly connects to the vehicle data bus; a processor in circuit communication between the gauges and the connector; and a mounting device secured to the gauges, wherein the mounting device is configured to facilitate securing the gauges to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device for installing additional instrumentation in a vehicle comprising:
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one or more analog gauges, such that the gauges are additions to the existing gauges of the vehicle; connection means for releasably and directly connecting to a vehicle data bus; means for placing a processing means in circuit communication between the gauges and the connection means; and mounting means for mounting the gauges in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for installing additional instrumentation in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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a. providing an automotive device, comprising; i. one or more analog gauges, such that the gauges are additions to the existing gauges of the vehicle; ii. a connector that releasably and directly connects to a vehicle on board diagnostic circuitry; iii. a communications circuit in circuit communication with the connector for establishing communications with the vehicle on board diagnostic circuitry; iv. a processor in circuit communication between the gauges and the communications circuit, the processor receiving vehicle data from the vehicle on board diagnostic circuitry via the communications circuit and causing the display gauges to show a display corresponding to the received vehicle data; and v. a mount for securing at least the gauges proximate an instrument cluster of the vehicle; b. mounting at least the gauges of the automotive device in view of a driver of the vehicle and outside of a factory installed instrument panel in the vehicle; and c. releasably and directly connecting the connector to the vehicle on board diagnostic circuitry, thereby placing the processor in circuit communication with the on board diagnostic circuitry via the communications circuit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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