Smart vehicle registration plate
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsNarayan Gehlot, Victor Lawrence
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Abstract
A smart vehicle registration plate for a vehicle have a computing unit configured to process vehicle related information, and a display, the display having one or more information display regions, for displaying the vehicle related information. The information display regions may be updateable by the computing unit as a function of changes to the vehicle related information.
Claims27
A smart vehicle registration plate adapted for visible mounting to a vehicle comprising:
- a computing unit having a first user interface arranged for access by a user of said vehicle and a second user interface arranged exclusively for access by a vehicle regulatory authority, said computing unit being configured to process vehicle related information;
- and
- a display having one or more information display regions for displaying said processed vehicle related information, said information display regions displaying said processed vehicle related information under the control of said computing unit so as to be visible from a vantage point external to the vehicle.
A method of displaying vehicle related information external to a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of
- processing vehicle related information by a computing device, said computing device having a first user interface arranged for access by a user of said vehicle and a second user interface arranged exclusively for access by a vehicle regulatory authority;
- and
- displaying said processed vehicle related information at a display device associated with said vehicle under the control of said computing unit.
A smart vehicle registration plate adapted for visible mounting to a vehicle comprising:
- a computing unit configured to process vehicle related information, said computer unit including a user interface disposed at said vehicle;
- and
- a display having one or more information display regions for displaying said processed vehicle related information, said information display regions displaying said processed vehicle related information under the control of said computing unit so as to be visible from a vantage point external to the vehicle;
- wherein said user interface is operative to provide dynamic control of at least a portion of said display regions for a user of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.