Adaptive tachometer redline
US6961667B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07C7/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tachometer system is provided for a motor vehicle having an engine selected from a plurality of engines having unique maximum rated engine RPMs. The system has an RPM data signal and scale correction data. A microcontroller receives the RPM data signal and said scale correction data and generates a scaled tachometer signal therefrom in accordance with a computer program stored in a memory. A gauge drive circuit receives the scaled tachometer signal from the microcontroller. A tachometer gauge has a pointer driven by the gauge driver circuit. The computer program calculates the scaled tachometer signal according to a first scaling constant while the RPM data signal represents less than a predetermined RPM, and calculates the scaled tachometer signal according to a second scaling constant while the RPM data signal represents greater than the predetermined RPM. The second scaling constant is selected from a set of predetermined scaling constants according to the scale correction data.
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