USE OF SMARTPHONES, POCKET SIZE COMPUTERS, TABLETS OR OTHER MOBILE PERSONAL COMPUTERS AS THE MAIN COMPUTER OF COMPUTERIZED VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A computerized vehicle, whereas the main computer of the vehicle is not a built in device and is a removable mobile computing device like a smartphone, a tablet computer or a pocket size or mobile computer, connected to the vehicle electric system through a wired or wireless interface and an intermediate module which translates the computing device data to the proper signals and electrical outputs for the vehicle subsystems, and the subsystem'"'"'s feedbacks to data in order to be understandable for the computing device.
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Abstract
This invention features a solution to use a pocket size pc, smartphone, or tablet or any other type of mobile personal computer as the main computer of a vehicle, in the highly computerized future vehicles. By connecting the smartphone/tablet/etc to the car interface, the phone/tablet/etc will become the brain of the machine, and acts as a vehicle computer system. By the use of the car manufacturer application software, or use of 3rd party application software, It can be programmed for controlling/replacing many of the vehicle subsystems and accessories.
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- 1. A computerized vehicle, whereas the main computer of the vehicle is not a built in device and is a removable mobile computing device like a smartphone, a tablet computer or a pocket size or mobile computer, connected to the vehicle electric system through a wired or wireless interface and an intermediate module which translates the computing device data to the proper signals and electrical outputs for the vehicle subsystems, and the subsystem'"'"'s feedbacks to data in order to be understandable for the computing device.
- 7. The computerized vehicle having a red light running alert system, whereas an application software uses the navigation system information in order to predict the next in rout intersections, connects to the police department using the internet connection of the device, gets the current status and live timing information of the next red lights, and considering the car location, orientation, current speed, driver behavior, and predicted speed, predicts if the vehicle is about to run the red light and makes visual and/or audible warnings through the vehicle displays, lights, and sound system.
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9. The red light avoidance system subject of claim 9, whereas the system can be turned off intentionally by the driver for an unlimited time or temporarily by a single gesture touch of the input devices in case that the driver feels that the system has made the wrong prediction.
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