# US 2014/0152469 A1 · Vehicle speed advisor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152469 A1 - Document ID: US20140152469A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,120 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. - Applicants: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. - Inventors: Farid Dergal Davito - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152469A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/0962: having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages - G08G 1/09626: {where the origin of the information is within the own vehicle, e.g. a local storage device, digital map} - G08G 1/0967: Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits (transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968) - 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}) ## Abstract A vehicle speed advisor system that provides an indication of the local speed limit to the driver in order to warn the driver when the local speed limit has been exceeded. The system detects the actual GPS position and obtains the allowed local speed limit of that position in a USB or flash memory, which is then displayed using a speed limit indicator in the scale of the speedometer of the instrument cluster in one mode of operation when the speed limit has not been reached, or in a second mode of operation when the speed limit has been reached or surpassed. The driver does not have to look at the street to see the allowed driving speed because the instrument cluster always provides an indication of the local speed limit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: a vehicle speed advisor system, including: a controller; a communication device in electrical communication with the controller; a memory device in electrical communication with the controller; and a device for indicating speed of a vehicle, the device for indicating vehicle speed in communication with the controller; wherein the communication device provides location information regarding location of the vehicle to the controller, and the controller receives information regarding local speed limits from the memory device based on the location information, and the controller sends the local speed limit to the device for indicating speed of a vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a speed limit indicator, wherein the local speed limit is displayed by the speed limit indicator on the device for indicating the speed of a vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, the speed limit indicator further comprising two modes of operation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, the first mode of operation further comprising a first type of display when the vehicle is traveling below the local speed limit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, the second mode of operation further comprising a second type of display when the vehicle is travelling at or above the local speed limit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication device is a global positioning system (GPS) module. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second communication device for obtaining information regarding local speed limits. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, the second communication device further comprising a WiFi communication device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory device is one from the group consisting of a flash memory device, an SD card, a USB external memory, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, the device for indicating speed of a vehicle further comprising a speedometer. ### Claim 11 A method for providing an indication of the local speed limit in a vehicle, comprising the steps of: providing a controller; providing a device for indicating the speed of a vehicle; providing a speed limit indicator for use with the device for indicating the speed of a vehicle; providing a global positioning system (GPS) module in communication with the controller; providing a memory device in communication with the controller, the memory device having a data base with a plurality of local speed limits; using the GPS module to obtain the location of the vehicle, such that the controller may read the location of the vehicle from the GPS module; using the controller to communicate with the memory device to obtain one of the plurality of local speed limits based on the location of the vehicle obtained by the GPS module; and using the speed limit indicator to present one of the plurality of local speed limits on the device for indicating speed of a vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of providing the device for indicating the speed of a vehicle to be a speedometer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of providing the memory device to be one selected from the group consisting of a flash memory device, a USB external memory, an SD card, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of providing the speed limit indicator to have a first mode of operation when the vehicle is travelling below the local speed limit, and a second mode of operation when the vehicle is travelling at or above the local speed limit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of providing a WiFi communication device for providing information regarding local speed limits. ### Claim 16 A vehicle speed advisor system, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) module for detecting the location of a vehicle; a controller in electrical communication with the GPS module; a speedometer in electrical communication with the controller; a speed limit indicator in electrical communication with the controller; wherein the controller receives location information from the GPS module, and commands the speed limit indicator to display the local speed limit on the speedometer based on the location of the vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vehicle speed advisor system of claim 16, further comprising: an interface in electrical communication with the controller; and an external memory device in electrical communication with the interface; wherein the controller retrieves the local speed limit from the external memory device through the interface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vehicle speed advisor system of claim 17, the interface further comprising a USB interface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The vehicle speed advisor system of claim 17, the external memory device further comprising one from the group consisting of a microSD card, an SD card, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The vehicle speed advisor system of claim 16, the speed limit indicator further comprising a first mode of operation when the vehicle is travelling below the local speed limit, and a second mode of operation when the vehicle is travelling at or above the local speed limit. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The vehicle speed advisor system of claim 16, further comprising: a WiFi communication device for receiving information regarding local speed limits; and a flash memory device operable for storing the information regarding local speed limits received by the WiFi communication device.