Electronic device based vehicle performance instrument, system, and method
AssigneeRideZeit LLC
InventorsMark Stephen Schumacher, Michael Peter Schumacher, Jane Mitchel Schumacher
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Abstract
A performance instrument for a vehicle wherein an electronic device receives one or more operational quantities from internal sensors and/or external sensors and represents the one or more operational quantities as an analog clock face so that each clock hand is a function of one of the one or more operational quantities. The analog clock face representation provides at-a-glance apparency of the operational quantities for a user of the vehicle.
Claims14
An electronic device for a vehicle, the electronic device comprising:
- a display device;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- displaying, via the display device, a clock face including a plurality of clock hands;
- detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to one or more operational quantities of the vehicle;
- in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to the one or more operational quantities of the vehicle, displaying, via the display device, each of plurality of clock-like hands as a function of a different operational quantity of the one or more operational quantities, respectively, wherein the plurality of clock-like hands is displayed sharing an axis, and wherein the plurality of clock-like hands includes a first clock hand, a second clock hand, and a third clock hand;
- and
- a complication module operatively associated with the electronic device, wherein the complication module selectively sets a mapping of the one or more operational quantities to the plurality of clock hands.
A method of displaying one or more operational quantities of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- at an electronic device with a display device:
- displaying, via the display device, a clock face including a plurality of clock hands;
- detecting a sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to one or more operational quantities of the vehicle;
- in response to detecting the sequence of one or more inputs corresponding to one or more operational quantities of the vehicle, displaying, via the display device, each clock hand as a function of a different operational quantity of the one or more operational quantities, respectively;
- displaying, via the display device, an axis along the clock face, wherein the plurality of clock hands is displayed sharing said axis, wherein the plurality of clock hands includes a first clock hand, a second clock hand, and a third clock hand;
- and;
- providing a complication module operatively associated with the electronic device, wherein the complication module selectively sets a mapping of the one or more operational quantities to the plurality of clock hands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.