Data acquisition and display system for motor vehicles

A data acquisition and display system for displaying operator configurable information within a motor vehicle comprising:

• a display module constructed and arranged to be secured within the interior of said motor vehicle, said display module including;
• a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, said GPS receiver in electrical communication with said display computer for determining a location of the GPS device as a function of the GPS signals;
• at least one vehicle connection port in electrical communication with said display computer;
• a data link connector extending between said vehicle connection port and at least one on-board computer positioned within said motor vehicle for bi-directional electrical communication of data relating to said motor vehicle;
• a display computer in electrical communication with a display monitor, said display monitor simultaneously displaying at least two operator configured visual images relating to data received from said GPS receiver and said at least one on-board computer, the position of each of said at least two operator configured visual images on said display monitor being repositionable relative to other operator configured images on said display monitor based on operator configuration:
• said display computer including software constructed and arranged for operator configuration of said display computer regarding the delivery of instructions to said display monitor for display of said at least two operator configurable visual images relating to said data received on said display monitor.

A data acquisition and display system for displaying operator configurable information within a motor vehicle comprising:

• a display module constructed and arranged to be secured within the interior of said motor vehicle, said display module including a display computer and a display monitor in electrical communication with each other, said display module including at least one vehicle connection port in electrical connection with said display computer, a data link connector extending between said vehicle connection port and at least one on-board computer positioned within said motor vehicle for bi-directional electrical communication of data relating to said motor vehicle, a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, said GPS receiver in electrical communication with said display computer for determining a location of the GPS receiver as a function of the GPS signals, said display module includes a physical computer readable memory carrier constructed and arranged for storage of data received from said on-board computer pertaining to said at least one on-board computer and from said GPS receiver, said data being selectively recalled and displayed simultaneously on said display monitor based on time stamps of said data, said display computer including software constructed and arranged for configuration of said display computer regarding the delivery of instructions to said display monitor for simultaneous display at least two configured visual images relating to data received from said on-board computer and from said GPS receiver on said display monitor.