Entertainment system on-board a vehicle for visualizing on a display real-time vehicle data
First Claim
1. A system on-board a vehicle for visualizing real-time vehicle data provided by an on-board vehicle computer comprising:
- means for acquiring data from the vehicle computer representing at least one parameter of vehicle operation;
a display mountable on-board said vehicle; and
means for visualizing images on said display having one or more three-dimensional graphical elements which change in one or more characteristics responsive to changes in said acquired data in which said acquiring means provides real-time updates in said data to said visualizing means.
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Abstract
An entertainment system is provided on-board a vehicle for visualizing real-time vehicle data on a display mountable on-board the vehicle. The system has a visualization computer system for acquiring real-time data from the on-board vehicle computer representing one or more parameters of vehicle operation, and visualizing entertaining images on the display having graphics with one or more characteristics updated in real-time in accordance with such real-time data. The parameters of vehicle operation may represent those available from the vehicle computer via an On-Board Diagnostic port of the vehicle, e.g., vehicle speed, engine RPM, or air intake temperature. The graphics can represent two or three dimensional geometric object(s) or a graphical model, and the characteristics updated may represent one or more of speed of movement, shape, size, or color of such objects, or elements of the model, and as such, images of these graphics are distinctly different from typical dashboard instrumentation for operating a vehicle.
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39 Claims
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1. A system on-board a vehicle for visualizing real-time vehicle data provided by an on-board vehicle computer comprising:
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means for acquiring data from the vehicle computer representing at least one parameter of vehicle operation;
a display mountable on-board said vehicle; and
means for visualizing images on said display having one or more three-dimensional graphical elements which change in one or more characteristics responsive to changes in said acquired data in which said acquiring means provides real-time updates in said data to said visualizing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 35, 36, 37)
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24. A method on-board a vehicle for visualizing real-time vehicle data provided by an on-board vehicle computer comprising the steps of:
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acquiring data from the vehicle computer representing at least one parameter of vehicle operation;
mounting a display on-board said vehicle; and
visualizing images on said display having graphics with one or more changing three-dimensional characteristics updated in real-time in accordance with changes in said acquired data in which said acquiring step is carried out in real-time to update in said data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 38, 39)
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26. A system on-board a vehicle for visualizing real-time vehicle data comprising:
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means for acquiring data from one of more sensors in said vehicle representing at least one parameter of vehicle operation;
a display mountable on-board said vehicle; and
means for visualizing images on said display having one or more three-dimensional graphical elements which change in one or more characteristics responsive to changes in said acquired data in which said acquiring means provides real-time updates in said data to said visualizing means. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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- 29. An apparatus for on-board attachment to a vehicle computer, said apparatus comprising a computer system, separate from said vehicle computer, coupled to said vehicle computer for acquiring data from the vehicle computer representing at least one parameter of vehicle operation, and producing images having graphics with at least one or more three-dimensional characteristics updated in real-time in accordance with said acquired data.
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31. A system on-board a vehicle for visualizing real-time vehicle data, wherein said vehicle has an on-board vehicle computer, said system comprising:
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at least one display mountable on-board said vehicle; and
a computer system separate from the on-board vehicle computer having means for acquiring data representing at least one parameter of vehicle operation and means for visualizing images on said display having graphics with at least one changing three-dimensional characteristic updated in real-time in accordance with changes in said acquired data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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