Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle information display and method
- Patent Title (中): 车辆信息显示和方法
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Application No.: US12054822Application Date: 2008-03-25
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Publication No.: US07898405B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Stephen Richard Burke , Angela L. Watson , David Leslie Watson , Michael Scott Lerman , Ryan J. Skaff
- Applicant: Stephen Richard Burke , Angela L. Watson , David Leslie Watson , Michael Scott Lerman , Ryan J. Skaff
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: B60Q1/00
- IPC: B60Q1/00

Abstract:
An information display for a vehicle includes an indicator arrangement having a visual display configured to provide driver demand information to a vehicle driver. The visual display includes a dynamic target range for operating the vehicle, which includes a first boundary and a second boundary indicating a driver demand that would cause the engine to start. A control system includes at least one controller, and is configured to receive at least one input related to current operating conditions of the vehicle and to provide at least one output to the indicator arrangement to position the target range on the visual display and to indicate to the driver a current level of driver demand. In this way, the visual display indicates to the driver the current level of driver demand relative to the position of the target range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090243827A1 VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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