Programmable vehicle gauge apparatus, system, and method
First Claim
1. A programmable vehicle gauge comprising:
- a controller comprising a data extractor comprising data extraction software defining a user modifiable data extraction configuration, the data extractor configured to extract data from a digital sensor signal based on the data extraction configuration, the controller configured to generate, based on the digital sensor signal, output device control signals in accordance with a user modifiable processing configuration; and
an output device for presenting information based on the digital sensor signal in response to the output device control signals.
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Abstract
A programmable vehicle gauge generates and presents display information in accordance with a user modifiable gauge processing configuration. In the exemplary embodiment, data from one or more digital sensor systems is extracted from a digital sensor signal in accordance with a user modifiable data extraction configuration, the extracted data is processed in accordance with a user modifiable display information generation configuration to generate the display information and a user modifiable presentation configuration defines how the display information is presented through an output device. In accordance with the user modifiable presentation configuration, a controller generates control signals to activate visual display devices in a particular format to present the display information generated from the extracted data.
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45 Claims
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1. A programmable vehicle gauge comprising:
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a controller comprising a data extractor comprising data extraction software defining a user modifiable data extraction configuration, the data extractor configured to extract data from a digital sensor signal based on the data extraction configuration, the controller configured to generate, based on the digital sensor signal, output device control signals in accordance with a user modifiable processing configuration; and an output device for presenting information based on the digital sensor signal in response to the output device control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of processing digital signals received from a sensor within a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital sensor signal comprising data measured by a sensor; extracting data from the digital sensor signal in accordance with a user modifiable data extraction configuration and generating control signals to control a visual output device in accordance with the data and a user modifiable processing configuration. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A vehicle gauge system comprising:
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a plurality of sensor systems connected by a data bus, each sensor system comprising a sensor and a data processor configured to convert analog data captured by the sensor into a digital sensor signal; a programmable vehicle gauge connected the bus and configured to extract the data from the data bus in accordance with a user modifiable data extraction configuration and to present display information based on the data from at least one of the sensor systems in accordance with a user modifiable gauge processing configuration. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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