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US 11,919,390 · App. 17/293,732 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

In-vehicle transmission device and mobile terminal, and loadage information display system including same

Inventor: Yousuke Shimomura (Fujisawa, JP)
Assignee: NSK LTD.
B60K35/00G01G19/12H04W4/48H04W4/80B60K35/28B60K35/80B60K35/85B60K2360/167B60K2360/573B60K2360/5911
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Patent No.
US 11,919,390
App. No.
17/293,732
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a mobile communication unit for communicating with an in-vehicle signal-sending device, an input operation unit for inputting data, a computational processing unit for performing computational processing, a display unit for displaying a screen, a storage unit for storing screen display information, and a mobile control unit for controlling the display unit. The computational processing unit has a function for calculating a loadage deviation based on vehicle specifications and vehicle loadage information contained in a sensor signal from the mobile communication unit, the storage unit has a function for presetting the vehicle specifications, the loadage deviation, and the screen display information prepared to display the vehicle specifications and the loadage deviation on the display unit screen, and the mobile control unit has a function for causing the display unit to display at least the vehicle specifications and the loadage information based on the screen display information.

Claims (30)

1. An in-vehicle signal-sending device for communicating with a mobile terminal, the in-vehicle signal-sending device comprising:

a sensor signal collecting unit connected to a plurality of sensors for collecting a sensor signal that represents vehicle loadage information in a vicinity of each wheel of the vehicle;

an in-vehicle processor having a function of sending the sensor signal to the mobile terminal in response to a request from the mobile terminal; and

a display for displaying a loading status of the vehicle loadage information in an analog format with a pointer-type instrument image and a loadage in a digital format with a numerical value such that the loading status in the analog format and the loadage in the digital format are simultaneously displayed in a same screen.

2. The in-vehicle signal-sending device according to claim 1 , wherein communications between the in-vehicle signal-sending device and the mobile terminal are short-range communications.

3. A mobile terminal for communicating with an in-vehicle signal-sending device, the mobile terminal comprising:

an arithmetic processor for performing calculation processing;

a display for displaying on a screen thereof; and

a memory for storing screen display information,

the arithmetic processor having a function of calculating loading deviation based on vehicle specifications and vehicle loadage information represented by a sensor signal, and

the memory having a function of presetting the vehicle specifications, the loading deviation, and screen display information to be used to display the vehicle specifications and the loading deviation on the screen of the display,

wherein the display displays at least the vehicle specifications and the vehicle loadage information based on the screen display information, and

the display displays a loading status of the vehicle loadage information in an analog format with a pointer-type instrument image and displays a loadage in a digital format with a numerical value such that the loading status in the analog format and the loadage in the digital format are simultaneously displayed in a same screen.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein communications between the in-vehicle signal-sending device and the mobile terminal are short-range communications.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein a sampling rate of the sensor signal is between 0.5 Hz and 10 Hz.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the memory stores a record of a loading status during traveling of the vehicle.

7. A loadage information display system comprising:

an in-vehicle signal-sending device; and

a mobile terminal communicating with the in-vehicle signal-sending device,

the in-vehicle signal-sending device including:

a sensor signal unit connected to a plurality of sensors for collecting a sensor signal that represents vehicle loadage information in a vicinity of each wheel of the vehicle; and

an in-vehicle processor for sending the sensor signal to the mobile terminal in response to a request from the mobile terminal,

the mobile terminal including:

an arithmetic processor for performing calculation processing;

a display for displaying on a screen thereof; and

a memory for storing screen display information,

the arithmetic processor having a function of calculating loading deviation based on vehicle specifications and the vehicle loadage information represented by the sensor signal,

the memory having a function of presetting the vehicle specifications, the loading deviation, and screen display information to be used to display the vehicle specifications and the loading deviation on the screen of the display,

wherein the display displays at least the vehicle specifications and the loadage information based on the screen display information, and

the display displays a loading status of the vehicle loadage information in an analog format with a pointer-type instrument image and displays a loadage in a digital format with a numerical value such that the loading status in the analog format and the loadage in the digital format are simultaneously displayed in a same screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2021
From: SHIMOMURA, YOUSUKE
To: NSK LTD.
Reel/Frame 056232/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-214035 · Nov 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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