Vehicle information display apparatus

• US 6,859,149 B1
• Filed: 01/05/1998
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Mitsugi, Tatsuy, Gomita, Kei, Ohta, Masako
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TOAN NGOC
• Application Number:
  US09/002,927
• Time in Patent Office: 2,605 Days
• Field of Search: 340/990, 340/991, 340/992, 340/993, 340/995.1, 340/988, 340/989, 340/995.13, 340/995.12, 340/995.17
• US Class Current: 340/990
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map

Abstract

A vehicle information display device has a vehicle information receiving means for receiving a vehicle information, a present position detecting means for detecting the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle, and a display means which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiving means receives a vehicle information based on image data, the vehicle information based on image data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed by means of characters or a present position indicating mark on a displayed map.

Claims

1. A vehicle information display apparatus which comprises:

a vehicle information receiving means for receiving vehicle information indicating a condition other than vehicle position, said vehicle information receiving means operable to receive said vehicle information in the form of image data, character data, and link data,

a present position detecting means for detecting the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle,

a display means for displaying information, and

a control means which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiving means receives a vehicle information in the form of image data, the vehicle information in the form of image data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed in the form of characters or a present position indicating mark on a displayed map;

wherein plural kinds of vehicle information are received by different vehicle information receiving means; and

wherein the different vehicle information receiving means are an FM multiplex signal receiver, a radiowave beacon receiver and an optical beacon receiver.

2. A vehicle information display apparatus which comprises:

a vehicle information receiving means for receiving vehicle information indicating a condition other than vehicle position, said vehicle information receiving means operable to receive said vehicle information in the form of image data, character data, and link data,

a present position detecting means for detecting the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle,

a display means for displaying information, and

a control means which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiving means receives a vehicle information in the form of image data, the vehicle information in the form of image data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed in the form of characters or a present position indicating mark on a displayed map;

wherein the display means which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiving means receives a vehicle information based on image data, the vehicle information based on image data is displayed on a part of a display region and a map is displayed on another part of the display region, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle detected by the present position detecting means is displayed on the map;

wherein plural kinds of vehicle information are received by different vehicle information receiving means; and

wherein the different vehicle information receiving means are an FM multiplex signal receiver, a radiowave beacon receiver and an optical beacon receiver.

3. A vehicle information display device which comprises:

a vehicle information receiving means for receiving vehicle information indicating a condition other than vehicle position information, said vehicle information receiving means operable to receive said vehicle information in the form of image data, character data, and link data,

a present position detecting means for detecting the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle,

a display means for displaying information, and

a control means which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiving means receives a vehicle information in the form of character data, the vehicle information in the form of character data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed in the form of characters;

wherein plural kinds of vehicle information are received by different vehicle information receiving means; and

wherein the different vehicle information receiving means are an FM amplifier signal receiver, a radiowave beacon receiver and an optical beacon receiver.

4. A vehicle guidance apparatus comprising:

a vehicle information receiver operable to receive status information indicating a condition other than vehicle position said vehicle information receiver operable to receive said status information in the form of image data, character data, and link data, and,

a present position detector operable to detect the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle

wherein the guidance apparatus is operable to output to the driver positional and guidance information as well as status information indicating a condition other than the vehicle'"'"'s position or guidance, and wherein the form of the received status information is used by said guidance apparatus to determine the form of the positional, guidance, and status information that is output to the driver.

5. The vehicle guidance apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the status information is a traffic status.

6. The vehicle guidance apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the status information is an indication as to whether there is a traffic accident.

7. The vehicle guidance apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the status information is an indication as to whether a road is closed.

8. The vehicle guidance apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the status information is status information transmitted on a different carrier than position and guidance information.

9. The vehicle guidance apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the status information is transmitted by FM multiplex broadcasting.

10. The vehicle guidance apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the status information is transmitted by mobile telephone.

11. A vehicle information display apparatus which comprises:

a vehicle information receiver that receives vehicle information indicating a condition other than vehicle position, said vehicle information receiver receives said vehicle information in the form of image data,

a present position detector that detects the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle,

a display that displays information, and

a controller which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiver receives a vehicle information in the form of image data, the vehicle information in the form of image data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed in the form of characters or a present position indicating mark on a displayed map;

wherein plural kinds of vehicle information are received by different vehicle information receivers; and

wherein the different vehicle information receiver are an FM multiplex signal receiver, a radiowave beacon receiver and an optical beacon receiver.

12. A vehicle information display apparatus which comprises:

a vehicle information receiver that receives vehicle information indicating a condition other than vehicle position, said vehicle information receiver receives said vehicle information in the form of image data,

a present position detector that detects the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle,

a display that displays information, and

a controller which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiver receives a vehicle information in the form of image data, the vehicle information in the form of image data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed in the form of characters or a present position indicating mark on a displayed map;

wherein the display which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiver receives a vehicle information based on image data, the vehicle information based on image data is displayed on a part of a display region and a map is displayed on another part of the display region, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle detected by the present position detector is displayed on the map;

wherein plural kinds of vehicle information are received by different vehicle information receiver; and

wherein the different vehicle information receiver are an FM multiplex signal receiver, a radiowave beacon receiver and an optical beacon receiver.

13. A vehicle information display device which comprises:

a vehicle information receiver that receives vehicle information indicating a condition other than vehicle position information, said vehicle information receiver operable to receive said vehicle information in the form of character data,

a present position detector that detects the present position of a driver'"'"'s own vehicle,

a display that displays information, and

a controller which is so adapted that when the vehicle information receiver receives a vehicle information in the form of character data, the vehicle information in the form of character data is displayed, and the present position of the driver'"'"'s own vehicle is displayed in the form of characters;

wherein plural kinds of vehicle information are received by different vehicle information receivers; and

wherein the different vehicle information receiver are an FM multiplex signal receiver, a radiowave beacon receiver and an optical beacon receiver.