Method for displaying information

• US 9,286,740 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Kamps, Rolf, Mller, Ulrich, Van Den Boom, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad
• Assistant Examiner(s): BELETE, BERHANU D
• Application Number:
  US12/747,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134835A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,658 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/329, 340/5.2, 340/5.21, 340/5.28, 340/5.3, 340/5.31, 340/5.33, 340/5.54, 340/5.61, 340/5.64, 340/5.72, 455/422.1, 455524-525, 455/450, 455/464, 455/509, 701/2, 701/70
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for displaying information, using a mobile identification provider (10) and an independent display unit (20), wherein said mobile identification provider (10) serves for an activation of a security system, said mobile identification provider (10) has an electronic unit (11), and said electronic unit (11) is used for data communication (30) with a vehicle-side part, vehicle-side information is transmitted from the vehicle-side part to the electronic unit (11) via the data communication (30), said vehicle-side information is stored in a data memory (12), said electronic unit (11) communicates with the independent display unit (20) via a communication connection (40), and said vehicle-side information is transmitted to said independent display unit (20) via said communication connection (40) and displayed thereon.

Claims

1. A method for displaying vehicle information, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile identification transmitter, the vehicle information via a data communication from a vehicle; and

transmitting, by an electronic unit of the mobile identification transmitter, the vehicle information via a communication connection to an independent display unit to cause the display of the vehicle information on the independent display unit, the transmitting comprises;

receiving a triggering command via an activation element of the mobile identification transmitter,

sending, by the mobile identification transmitter, a query sequence to a plurality of display units in response to the triggering command, wherein the independent display unit is one of the plurality of display units, and

selecting, by the mobile identification transmitter, the independent display unit from the plurality of display units via a priority list in response to the receiving of a plurality of sequence,

receiving, by the mobile identification transmitter, a response sequence from the independent display unit, the response sequence identifying information to establish the communication connection between the mobile identification transmitter and the independent display unit, the response sequence identifying a transmission format for the vehicle information,

transmitting, by the mobile identification transmitter, the vehicle information to the independent display unit,

wherein the independent display unit selects a first transmission format as the transmission format and transmits the first transmission format in the response sequence to the mobile identification transmitter,

wherein the mobile identification transmitter adapts the vehicle information to the first transmission format.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the vehicle information in a data memory of the mobile identification transmitter.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the transmitting of the vehicle information further comprises:

receiving, by the mobile identification transmitter, the plurality of sequences, each sequence corresponding to one of the plurality of display units, and

transmitting, by the mobile identification transmitter, the vehicle information to the independent display unit in response to the selecting of the independent display unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the vehicle information further comprises:

receiving, by the mobile identification transmitter, the query sequence from the independent display, and

sending, by the mobile identification transmitter, the response sequence to the independent display unit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the display of the vehicle information on the independent display unit further comprises:

displaying a state of the vehicle in accordance with the vehicle information, wherein the state comprises a mileage of the vehicle, a tank content, a maintenance interval or a content of an error memory.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the vehicle information via the data communication further comprises:

receiving, by the mobile identification transmitter, a variety of vehicle information via the data communication to the electronic unit of the mobile identification transmitter from a plurality of vehicle parts, and

transmitting different information from the variety of vehicle information via the communication connection based on a type of independent display unit.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the independent display unit processes the vehicle information to compare the vehicle information with a reference value, the reference value comprising a reference interval,

wherein the independent display unit displays a warning signal when the vehicle information is outside of the reference interval.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile identification transmitter, an information sequence from the independent display unit; and

transmitting, by the mobile identification transmitter, the information sequence to a data processing system of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information sequence causes the processing of the vehicle information in the data processing system of the vehicle before receipt by the mobile identification transmitter.

10. A non-transitory computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform the method according to claim 1.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information is stored in a data memory of the mobile identification transmitter, and the vehicle information is transmitted via the communication connection from the data memory of the mobile identification transmitter to the independent display unit.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission of the transmission format by the independent display unit to the mobile identification transmitter causes the electronic unit of the mobile identification transmitter to adapt the vehicle information to enable the independent display unit can receive and display this vehicle information.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information is information occurring in the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle information is stored in the mobile identification transmitter,

wherein, in response to the vehicle information being stored, the vehicle information is transmitted by the mobile identification transmitter to the independent display unit, and

wherein the independent display unit is not part of the mobile identification transmitter.

14. A system for displaying vehicle information, comprising:

a mobile identification transmitter configured to receive the vehicle information via a data communication from a vehicle; and

an electronic unit of the mobile identification transmitter configured to transmit the vehicle information via a communication connection to an independent display unit to cause the display of the vehicle information on the independent display unit,

wherein with respect to the transmission of the vehicle information, the mobile identification transmitter is configured to;

receive a triggering command via an activation element of the mobile identification transmitter,

send a query sequence to a plurality of display units in response to the triggering command, wherein the independent display unit is one of the plurality of display units, and

select the independent display unit from the plurality of display units via a priority list in response to a receipt of a plurality of sequences,

receive a response sequence from the independent display unit, wherein the response sequence identifies information to establish the communication connection between the mobile identification transmitter and the independent display unit, wherein the response sequence identifies a transmission format for the vehicle information,

transmitting, by the mobile identification transmitter, the vehicle information to the independent display unit,

wherein the independent display unit selects a first transmission format as the transmission format and transmits the first transmission format in the response sequence to the mobile identification transmitter,

wherein the mobile identification transmitter adapts the vehicle information to the first transmission format.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein a data memory of the mobile identification transmitter is configured to store the vehicle information.

16. The system of claim 14,

wherein with respect to the transmission of the vehicle information, the mobile identification transmitter is configured to:

receive the plurality of sequences, wherein each sequence corresponds to one of the plurality of display units, and

select a display unit from the plurality of display units via a priority list in response to the receipt of the plurality of sequences, and

transmit the vehicle information to the display unit in response to the selection of the display unit.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein with respect to the transmission of the vehicle information, the mobile identification transmitter is configured to:

receive the query sequence from the independent display, and

send the response sequence to the independent display unit.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the display of the vehicle information on the independent display unit comprises a display of a state of the vehicle in accordance with the vehicle information, wherein the state comprises a mileage of the vehicle, a tank content, a maintenance interval or a content of an error memory.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein with respect to the receipt of the vehicle information via the data communication from the vehicle, the mobile identification transmitter is configured to:

receive, at an electronic unit of the mobile identification transmitter, a variety of vehicle information via the data communication from a plurality of vehicle parts, and

transmit different information from the variety of vehicle information via the communication connection based on a type of independent display unit.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the independent display unit is configured to

process the vehicle information to compare the vehicle information with a reference value, the reference value comprising a reference interval, and

display a warning signal when the vehicle information is outside of the reference interval.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the mobile identification transmitter is further configured to:

receive an information sequence from the independent display unit; and

transmit the information sequence to a data processing system of the vehicle.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the information sequence causes the processing of the vehicle information in the data processing system of the vehicle before receipt by the mobile identification transmitter.

23. A mobile identification transmitter for a security system, comprising an electronic unit and a data memory, configured to:

receive the vehicle information via a data communication from a vehicle; and

transmit, via the electronic unit, the vehicle information via a communication connection to an independent display unit to cause the display of the vehicle information on the independent display unit,

wherein with respect to the transmission of the vehicle information, the mobile identification transmitter is configured to;

receive a triggering command via an activation element of the mobile identification transmitter,

send a query sequence to a plurality of display units in response to the triggering command, wherein the independent display unit is one of the plurality of display units, and

select the independent display unit from the plurality of display units via a priority list in response to a receipt of a plurality of sequences,

receive a response sequence from the independent display unit, wherein the response sequence identifies information to establish the communication connection between the mobile identification transmitter and the independent display unit, wherein the response sequence identifies a transmission format for the vehicle information,

transmitting, by the mobile identification transmitter, the vehicle information to the independent display unit,

wherein the independent display unit selects a first transmission format as the transmission format and transmits the first transmission format in the response sequence to the mobile identification transmitter,

wherein the mobile identification transmitter adapts the vehicle information to the first transmission format.