CONFIGURABLE DASH DISPLAY BASED ON DETECTED LOCATION AND PREFERENCES
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Abstract
A vehicle control system can determine a location of the vehicle and evaluate laws and rules of the location to determine if changes to an instrument display are required. The vehicle control system can automatically configure the instrument display for the location. The vehicle control system can image and translate traffic signs in the location. The vehicle control system can also determine if the location is associated with an interruption of a communication network, identify an alternate communication network, and automatically transfer to the alternate communication network. An alert may be generated by the vehicle control system that includes information related to traffic rules, languages, and communication networks of the location that are different than a previous location of the vehicle.
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39 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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displaying, by a microprocessor executable dash configuration module, an instrument display of a vehicle in a first configuration while the vehicle is in a first geographical area, wherein the instrument display comprises one or more instruments that indicate a state of the vehicle; determining, by a microprocessor executable traffic law module, that a second configuration of the instrument display is required in a second geographical area, the first and second configurations being different; determining, by the microprocessor executable dash configuration module, that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area; presenting, by a microprocessor executable alert module and in response to determining that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area, an alert configured to notify a user of the vehicle that the second configuration is required while the vehicle is in the second geographical area; and displaying, by the microprocessor executable dash configuration module and in response to determining that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area, the instrument display in the second configuration. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A tangible and non-transient computer readable medium including microprocessor executable instructions that, when executed, perform at least the following functions:
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displaying, by a microprocessor executable dash configuration module, an instrument display of a vehicle in a first configuration while the vehicle is in a first geographical area, wherein the instrument display comprises one or more instruments that indicate a state of the vehicle; determining, by a microprocessor executable traffic law module, that a second configuration of the instrument display is required in a second geographical area, the first and second configurations being different; determining, by the microprocessor executable dash configuration module, that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area; presenting, by a microprocessor executable alert module and in response to determining that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area, an alert configured to notify a user of the vehicle that the second configuration is required while the vehicle is in the second geographical area; and displaying, by the microprocessor executable dash configuration module and in response to determining that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area, the instrument display in the second configuration. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A vehicle control system of a vehicle, comprising:
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a memory; and a microprocessor in communication with the memory, the microprocessor operable to; display an instrument display of the vehicle in a first configuration while the vehicle is in a first geographical area, wherein the instrument display comprises one or more instruments that indicate a state of the vehicle; determine that a second configuration of the instrument display is required in a second geographical area based on one or more traffic laws and vehicle regulations for the second geographical area, the first and second configurations being different; determine that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area; present, in response to determining that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area, an alert configured to notify a user of the vehicle that the second configuration is required while the vehicle is in the second geographical area; and display, in response to determining that the vehicle has entered, or is about to enter, the second geographical area, the instrument display in the second configuration.
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Specification