Integrated message display system for a vehicle

US6289332A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Freightliner LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul M. Menig · Tigard, US
• Richard Anthony Bishel · Beaverton, US
• Goetz Renner · Eßlingen, DE
• Nicolae Ghitea, Jr. · Tigard, US
• Chris Kirn · Portland, US
• Jared A. Powell · Portland, US
• Peter Charles Brandt · Lake Oswego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99931
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An integrated message system for a vehicle provides an extendable, prioritized message scheme. Using this scheme, the message system acts as a centralized message provider for variety of alerts and operating data originating throughout the vehicle. The message system defines a hierarchy of message levels, each having a unique output protocol. The protocol defines attributes associated with messages at a particular level such as textual or graphical message, an auditory alert, as well as the scheme for playing these messages and alerts. The system integrates a variety of subsystems that conventionally have separate driver interfaces such as a collision warning system and an adaptive cruise control system.