Integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle

• US 20060158351A1
• Filed: 12/24/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Horng-Ming Lee, Horng-Wen Lee
• Original Assignee: Horng-Ming Lee, Horng-Wen Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Horng-Ming, Lee, Horng-Wen
• Application Number:
  US11/317,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20060158351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/995.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0962 having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages

Abstract

An integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle comprises an information display unit,. a character memory and a memory card. The information display unit is installed in the rear view mirror housing, in the surface of the rear view mirror housing is formed a slot for insertion of the memory card. After insertion of the memory card, the information display unit will read the character code or symbol code in the memory card, and-the shape of character corresponding to the code will be read by the character memory and will finally be displayed on the information display unit on the rear view mirror. The integrated driving information displaying device can facilitate the driver'"'"'s drive and reduce the cost for installation of other equipments.

Claims

1. An integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle comprising:

a rear view mirror housing defined with a slot;

a memory card stored with character codes or symbol codes and inserted in the slot of the rear view mirror housing;

an information display uriit including a controller and a display screen, installed in the rear view mirror housing, the controller of the information display unit is connected to the memory card, the character codes or symbol codes in the memory card are read by the controller and then displayed on the display screen; and

a character memory stored with shapes corresponding to the character codes or symbol codes, connected to the controller of the information display unit, the controller reads the shapes corresponding to the character codes or symbol codes in the character memory, and then the display screen of the information display unit displays the shapes corresponding to the character codes or symbol codes.

2. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the character memory is installed in the rear view mirror housing.

3. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the character memory is installed in the memory card.

4. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the memory card takes the forms of compact flash, memory stick, multimedia card, smart media, secured digital card, XD picture card, micro drive card or the combination of at least the above two forms.

5. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein displaying dots on the display screen of the information display unit are arranged in the form of dot matrix.

6. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display screen of the information display unit is a liquid crystal display or an organic light emitting diode display.

7. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information display unit further includes another information receiver, after a controller of an information display unit of this another information receiver receives the characters or symbols in the information receiver and reads the shapes of the shapes corresponding to the character codes or symbol codes in the character memory, the information will be displayed on the display screen.

8. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information receiver is a bluetooh receiver using bluetooh protocol.

9. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information receiver receives digital information from ground radio station or satellite.

10. The integrated driving information displaying device for a vehicle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information receiver is connected to a magnetic wave signal of a tire pressure monitoring device and serves to receive the magnetic wave signal.