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Granted Patent B2
US 9,126,483 · App. 14/070,711 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Vehicular display system

Inventors: Koji Aoki (Wako, JP); Yoshimitsu Ishida (Wako, JP); Masaru Nakayama (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60K35/00B60K37/02B60Q1/54B60R1/12
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Patent No.
US 9,126,483
App. No.
14/070,711
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular display system includes a vehicle on-board unit having a vehicular display part, and a mobile device having a mobile display part. The vehicular display part is fixedly mounted on a vehicle and configured to display vehicular information including at least a vehicle speed. The mobile display part is configured to display the vehicular information including the vehicle speed when the mobile device is set in position between a driver of the vehicle and the vehicular display part.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicular display system comprising:

a vehicle on-board unit having a vehicular display part; and

a mobile device having a mobile display part,

wherein the vehicular display part is fixedly mounted on a vehicle and configured to display vehicular information including at least a vehicle speed,

wherein the mobile display part is configured to display the vehicular information when the mobile device is set in position between a driver of the vehicle and the vehicular display part,

wherein the mobile display part displays the vehicular information and mobile information concurrently, the mobile information being produced independently by the mobile device,

wherein the mobile display part has a display screen split into two of upper and lower regions, the upper region of the display screen displaying the vehicular information, and the lower region of the display screen displaying the mobile information,

wherein the vehicle display system further includes a holder disposed between the vehicular display part and a steering wheel of the vehicle, wherein the holder has a recess receptive of a lower portion of the mobile device from above, and when the mobile device is set in the holder, the mobile device has an upper part projecting upwardly beyond an upper end of the steering wheel, and

wherein when the mobile device is set in the holder, the vehicular display part is turned off.

2. The vehicular display system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle on-board unit and the mobile device are connected wirelessly, and the mobile device receives the vehicular information from the vehicle on-board unit by wireless.

3. The vehicular display system of claim 2 , wherein the vehicle on-board unit sends the vehicular information to the mobile device by wireless, and the mobile device includes an application which enables the mobile device to receive the vehicular information by wireless and display the received vehicular information on the mobile display part.

4. The vehicular display system of claim 2 , wherein the vehicular display part has a display screen operable by an operating part provided at a predetermined position in the vehicle, and wherein the mobile device receives by wireless from the vehicle on-board unit operation information of the operating part, and the display screen of the mobile display part being operable by the received operation information.

5. The vehicular display system of claim 4 , wherein the operating part and the vehicle on-board unit are connected via an automotive communication network, and the vehicle on-board unit receives the operation information via the automotive communication network and sends the received operation information to the mobile device by wireless.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2013
From: AOKI, KOJI; ISHIDA, YOSHIMITSU; NAKAYAMA, MASARU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031568/0812 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-245999 · Nov 8, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140062688A1 · Mar 6, 2014