Multiple RPM indicating tachometer for motor vehicles

A method for displaying engine characteristics, the method comprising:

• receiving a gear information from an interface coupled to an engine of an operating motor vehicle, the gear information corresponding to only one of a plurality of gears numbered from 1 to N, where N is an integer greater than 1, the gear information corresponding to the gear number used by the operating motor vehicle at a present time of receiving the gear information;
• converting the gear information into a gear display format;
• displaying a gear indication based upon the gear display format on a display, the gear indication being selected from 1 to N based upon the gear information being used by the operating motor vehicle;
• revolving the gear indication about an axis;
• and
• repeating the steps of displaying and revolving for other gears whereupon a first gear indication and a second gear indication are displayed simultaneously where the first gear indication and the second gear indication are among the 1 to N.

An instrumentation system for a motor vehicle, the instrumentation system comprising one or more memories, the one or more memories including:

• a code directed to receiving a gear information from an interface coupled to an engine of an operating motor vehicle, the gear information corresponding to only one of a plurality of gears numbered from 1 to N, where N is an integer greater than 1, the gear information corresponding to the gear number used by the operating motor vehicle at a present time of receiving the gear information;
• a code directed to converting the gear information into a gear display format;
• and
• a code directed to displaying a gear indication based upon the gear display format, the gear indication being selected from 1 to N based upon the gear information being used by the operating motor vehicle;
• and
• a code directed to repeating the steps of receiving, converting, and displaying for other gears numbered from 1 to N.

A method for displaying engine characteristics within an interior portion of motor vehicles, the method comprising:

• receiving a first gear information from an interface coupled to an engine of an operating motor vehicle, the first gear information corresponding to only one of a plurality of gears numbered from 1 to N, where N is an integer greater than 1, the first gear information corresponding to the first gear number being engaged by an operating motor vehicle at a present time of receiving the first gear information;
• converting the first gear information into a gear display format;
• displaying a first gear indication based upon the first gear information on a first portion of a display, the first gear indication being selected from 1 to N based upon the first gear information being used by the operating motor vehicle, where N is an integer greater than 1;
• and
• moving the first gear indication from the first portion of the display to a second portion of the display whereupon the first portion of the display appears in front of the second portion of the display in a multi-dimensional graphical format while replacing the first portion of the display with a second gear indication corresponding to a second gear number being engaged while disengaging the first gear number, the second gear number being among the 1 to N but not the first gear number.

A system within an interior portion of motor vehicles for displaying engine characteristics, the system including one or more memories, the one or more memories comprising:

• a code directed to receiving a first gear information from an interface coupled to an engine of an operating motor vehicle, the first gear information corresponding to only one of a plurality of gears numbered from 1 to N, where N is an integer greater than 1, the first gear information corresponding to the first gear number being engaged by an operating motor vehicle at a present time of receiving the first gear information;
• a code directed to converting the first gear information into a gear display format;
• a code directed to displaying a first gear indication based upon the first gear information on a first portion of a display, the first gear indication being selected from 1 to N based upon the first gear information being used by the operating motor vehicle, where N is an integer greater than 1;
• and
• a code directed to moving the first gear indication from the first portion of the display to a second portion of the display whereupon the first portion of the display appears in front of the second portion of the display in a multi-dimensional graphical format while replacing the first portion of the display with a second gear indication corresponding to a second gear number being engaged while disengaging the first gear number, the second gear number being among the 1 to N but not the first gear number.