# US 10,121,372 B2 · Method and system for displaying speed information

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- Number: US 10,121,372 B2
- Document ID: US10121372B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/563,719
- Filed: 2016-04-18
- Published: 2018-07-19
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-18
- Assignees: Rit Innovations, LLC
- Applicants: Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoj Otvetstvennostyu “Rit Innovacii”
- Inventors: Ivan Anatolevich Klabukov; Aleksei Anatolevich Ostanin; Mihail Vladimirovich Sannikov
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121372B2

## CPC

- G08G 1/09626: {where the origin of the information is within the own vehicle, e.g. a local storage device, digital map}
- G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)}
- G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
- G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control}
- G08G 1/096758: {where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information}
- G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station}
- H04L 67/75: Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
- H04W 4/027: {using movement velocity, acceleration information}
- H04W 4/48: for in-vehicle communication
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A system for displaying speed information for a vehicle includes a speed measuring device configured to obtain an actual current speed, a display for displaying speed information to an operator, and a controller. The controller acquires a geographical location, obtains road data including a posted speed limit for the geographical location, and causes displaying a first graphical feature indicating the posted speed limit and a second graphical feature indicating the actual current speed. For example, the first graphical feature is in the form of a ring, while the second graphical feature is a circle centered within the first graphical feature. A size of the second graphical feature corresponds to the actual current speed and dynamically changes with the change of the actual current speed. Thus, the size of second graphical feature increases with the increase of actual current speed and decreases with the decrease of actual current speed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for displaying speed information, the method comprising:
acquiring a current geographical location of a portable electronic device or a vehicle;
obtaining road data for the current geographical location of the portable electronic device or the vehicle, wherein the road data includes a posted speed limit;
displaying a first graphical feature indicating the posted speed limit, wherein the first graphical feature includes a circular graphical feature;
determining an actual current speed of the portable electronic device or the vehicle;
displaying a second graphical feature indicating the actual current speed of the portable electronic device or the vehicle, wherein the second graphical feature has a size that corresponds to the actual current speed, wherein the second graphical feature is centered within the circular graphical feature such that the second graphical feature is located substantially inside the circular graphical feature, wherein the size of the second graphical feature substantially reaches a size of the circular graphical feature when the actual current speed is about the posted speed limit;
increasing the size of the second graphical feature with an increase of the actual current speed; and
decreasing the size of the second graphical feature with a decrease of the actual current speed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising increasing the size of the second graphical feature greater than the size of the circular graphical feature when the actual current speed increases and is greater than the posted speed limit.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the second graphical feature is of a first color, and further comprising displaying the second graphical feature of a second color when the actual current speed reaches the posted speed limit, wherein the second color differs from the first color.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a first symbol indicating the posted speed limit, wherein the first symbol provides a numerical value of the posted speed limit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a second symbol indicating the actual current speed, wherein the second symbol provides a numerical value of the actual current speed.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a third graphical feature indicating a road type, wherein the road type is retrieved from the road data.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
providing a graphical user interface to enable an operator to set a tolerance value associated with the posted speed limit; and increasing the posted speed limit by the tolerance value.

### Claim 8

An in-vehicle system for displaying speed information, the system comprising:
a speed measuring device configured to measure an actual current speed of a vehicle;
a display for displaying speed information to an operator of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to:
acquire a current geographical location of the vehicle;
obtain road data for the current geographical location of the portable
electronic device or the vehicle, wherein the road data includes a posted speed limit;
cause the display to display a first graphical feature indicating the posted speed limit, wherein the first graphical feature includes a circular graphical feature;
cause the display to display a second graphical feature indicating the actual current speed of the portable electronic device or the vehicle, wherein the second graphical feature has a size that corresponds to the actual current speed, wherein the second graphical feature is centered within the circular graphical feature such that the second graphical feature is located substantially inside the circular graphical feature, wherein the size of the second graphical feature substantially reaches a size of the circular graphical feature when the actual current speed is about the posted speed limit;
increase the size of the second graphical feature with the increase of the actual current speed; and
decrease the size of the second graphical feature with the decrease of the actual current speed.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to acquire the current geographical location from a navigation system.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to acquire the current geographical location from a portable electronic device.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to obtain the road data for the current geographical location from a server and a memory associated with the controller.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to increase the size of the second graphical feature greater than the size of the circular graphical feature when the actual current speed increases and is greater than the posted speed limit.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:
cause the display to display a first symbol indicating the posted speed limit, wherein the first symbol provides a numerical value of the posted speed limit; and cause the display to display a second symbol indicating the actual current speed, wherein the second symbol provides a numerical value of the actual current speed.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to display a third graphical feature indicating a road type, wherein the road type is retrieved from the road data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, further comprising a user interface to enable the operator of the vehicle to set a tolerance value associated with the posted speed limit, wherein the controller is further configured to increase the posted speed limit by the tolerance value.

### Claim 16

A non-transitory processor-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a method for displaying speed information, the method comprising:
acquiring a current geographical location of a portable electronic device or a vehicle;
obtaining road data for the current geographical location of the portable electronic device or the vehicle, wherein the road data includes a posted speed limit;
displaying a first graphical feature indicating the posted speed limit, wherein the first graphical feature includes a circular graphical feature;
determining an actual current speed of the portable electronic device or the vehicle;
displaying a second graphical feature indicating the actual current speed of the portable electronic device or the vehicle, wherein the second graphical feature has a size that corresponds to the actual current speed, wherein the second graphical feature is centered within the circular graphical feature such that the second graphical feature is located substantially inside the circular graphical feature, wherein the size of the second graphical feature substantially reaches a size of the circular graphical feature when the actual current speed is about the posted speed limit;
increasing the size of the second graphical feature with the increase of the actual current speed; and
decreasing the size of the second graphical feature with the decrease of the actual current speed.