US 8,904,308 B2Granted

User-interactive display system for vehicle

AssigneeDonnelly Corporation

InventorsMark E. Kramer, Niall R. Lynam, David P. O'Connell, Vernon R. Nise

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Abstract

A user-interactive display system for a vehicle includes a portable hand-held device capable of being carried into and out of the vehicle and a display device viewable by the driver of the vehicle. The portable hand-held device is operable to communicate with a vehicle-based receiver, and the display device is operable to display a listing of choices in response to the communication. A user input of an interior rearview mirror assembly is actuatable by a user to select an item from the displayed listing of choices. The user-interactive display system is operable to at least one of (a) display at the display device data associated with the selected item in response to the user-selection of the selected item from the listing of choices and (b) audibly play at an audio device in the vehicle data associated with the selected item in response to the user-selection of the selected item from the listing of choices.

Claims43

Dependent claims

A user-interactive display system for a vehicle, said user-interactive display system comprising:

a portable hand-held device capable of being carried into and out of the vehicle;
wherein said portable hand-held device is operable to communicate with a vehicle-based receiver;
a display device viewable by the driver of the vehicle, wherein said display device is operable to display a listing of choices in response to said communication;
wherein said listing of choices displayed by said display device comprises at least one of (a) a listing of messages, (b) a listing of phone numbers, (c) a listing of emails and (d) a listing of titles or tracks;
an interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a user input, wherein said user input is actuatable by a user to select an item from said listing of choices displayed by said display device;
wherein said user-interactive display system is operable to at least one of (a) display at said display device data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices and (b) audibly play at an audio device in the vehicle data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices;
and
a text to voice converter operable to convert textual data associated with the selected item into a converted voice message.

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A user-interactive display system for a vehicle, said user-interactive display system comprising:

a portable hand-held device capable of being carried into and out of the vehicle;
wherein said portable hand-held device is operable to communicate with a vehicle-based receiver;
a display device viewable by the driver of the vehicle, wherein said display device is operable to display a listing of choices in response to said communication;
wherein said listing of choices displayed by said display device comprises at least one of (a) a listing of messages, (b) a listing of phone numbers, (c) a listing of emails and (d) a listing of titles or tracks;
an interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a user input, wherein said user input is actuatable by a user to select an item from said listing of choices displayed by said display device;
wherein said user-interactive display system is operable to at least one of (a) display at said display device data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices and (b) audibly play at an audio device in the vehicle data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices;
and
wherein said display device comprises a display screen and wherein said display screen comprises a multi-viewing display screen that is operable to display multiple images for viewing different images from different viewing angles.

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A user-interactive display system for a vehicle, said user-interactive display system comprising:

a portable hand-held device capable of being carried into and out of the vehicle;
wherein said portable hand-held device is operable to communicate with a vehicle-based receiver;
a display device viewable by the driver of the vehicle, wherein said display device is operable to display a listing of choices in response to said communication;
wherein said listing of choices displayed by said display device comprises at least one of (a) a listing of messages, (b) a listing of phone numbers, (c) a listing of emails and (d) a listing of titles or tracks;
an interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a user input, wherein said user input is actuatable by a user to select an item from said listing of choices displayed by said display device;
wherein said user-interactive display system is operable to at least one of (a) display at said display device data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices and (b) audibly play at an audio device in the vehicle data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices;
and
wherein said user input of said mirror assembly is actuatable to navigate a menu and wherein a user can navigate said menu to select an item from said listing of choices displayed by said display device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/097,576Filed 29 Apr 2011 · continuation
Priority: 27 Sep 2006
Published: US 2011/0202862 A118 Aug 2011
Granted: 2 Dec 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification64 codes

G06V 40/28
Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition: recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language
B60K 35/10
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle,…
B60K 35/22
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: display screens
B60K 35/23
Using visual output, e.g. blinking lights or matrix displays: head-up displays [HUD]

Family

Application60/847,502Us provisional application · filed 27 Sep 2006
Application60/850,700Us provisional application · filed 10 Oct 2006
Application60/879,619Us provisional application · filed 10 Jan 2007
Application60/900,282Us provisional application · filed 8 Feb 2007
Application60/901,514Us provisional application · filed 13 Feb 2007
Application60/902,280Us provisional application · filed 20 Feb 2007
Application60/896,134Us provisional application · filed 21 Mar 2007
Application11/861,904Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Sep 2007
US 2011/0202862 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Aug 2011
US 7,937,667 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2008/0077882 A1Published application
US 8,904,308 B2This patent

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