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Automotive driving instruction system

US4500868A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Filing dateNov 24, 1981
Grant dateFeb 19, 1985
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60K35/26
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automotive driving instruction system which comprises a plurality of sensors including a vehicle speed sensor etc. mounted at various parts of the automobile, a computer for reading the outputs of the sensors for calculating the driving conditions of the automobile, and a replaceable external memory unit. The computer calculates a plurality of values representing the driving conditions of the automobile on the basis of the outputs of the sensors, and controls to generate an alarm when any of the values thus calculated becomes to corresponding one of a plurality of predetermined values. Also, the accumulated value of the alarms and the respective accumulated values of the alarms for each of causes of alarming are stored in the external memory unit. At the end of a driving, the external memory unit is demounted, so that any habits of the driver is determined from the data stored in the external memory unit to contribute to the correction thereof.

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