JPH01202548A - Information display device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the visibility from all seats in a car room by displaying the telephone information in front of the driver's seat or near a center console by a display control means in response to the identification signal from a hand free switch. CONSTITUTION:A telephone set is installed on a center console section to allow the normal talk, a hand free switch T7 and a keyboard T5 are provided on a handle wheel S to allow the so-called hand free talk. A display means 3 is provided on the center console section in a car, a multiple-display meter 2 is provided in front of the driver's seat. The information of the addressee number or the like is displayed on the display means 3 of the center console section during the normal talk. The multiple-display meter 2 is switched on for the information display during the hand free talk. The talk mode is identified, and the information display means is switched in response to the talk mode, the visibility and safety is increased.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The unpublished IJJ relates to a single-duty information display device, and more specifically, to selectively display telephone information, etc. of a car phone on multiple display means of a vehicle information display device. Regarding display.

[Prior art and its problems] Utility Model Application Publication No. 61-195661 regarding automobile telephone equipment
There is a technique disclosed in the publication. What is the technology disclosed in this publication?

- The purpose is to improve visibility and operability by calling up and displaying stored telephone information such as the telephone number of the other party on a display means installed on the dash panel surface.

However, when the display means is installed on the dash panel surface as described above, there is a problem in that visibility from the VK section seat and the passenger seat is poor, depending on the installation position.

In other words, when one display means is installed on the driver's seat side of the dash panel surface, visibility from the driver's seat is sufficient, but visibility from the rear seat and passenger seat is poor. Furthermore, when the display means is installed in the center of the dash panel surface, visibility from the rear seat and passenger seat is improved, but visibility from the driver's seat is reduced. in this case.

When driving, the driver has to divide his or her attention to check the display, which may pose a problem for safe driving.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned background. Its purpose is to provide.

[Structure of the Invention] In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective 0, the vehicle information display device according to the present invention is provided with a car phone having a hunt-free call mode in addition to the normal call operation mode, and a communication line of the other party on the line used by the car phone. A display device for displaying telephone information such as a telephone number, comprising a first display means in front of the driver's seat that can display the telephone information, and a second display near the center console that can also display the telephone information. means, an identification signal output means for outputting an identification signal corresponding to the operating mode of the mobile telephone, and when the identification signal of the identification signal output means indicates a hunt-free call mode, displaying the telephone information on the first display means; In other cases, the display control means displays the telephone information on the second display means.

With the above configuration, the above telephone information is displayed on the first display means of the first part of the transfer seat jj when making a hunt-free call, which is mainly used by the driver, and is displayed near the center console during other normal calls. displayed on the second display means. This makes it possible to improve visibility not only from the driver's seat but also from all seats in the vehicle interior.

[Embodiments of the Invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the vehicle information display device according to the present invention.
- It is a block diagram showing the overall configuration in an example. In the figure, T is a car phone, 1 is a display controller,
2 is a multi-display meter, 3 is a center display, a driving information processing section that organizes and centralizes various information necessary for 4-way driving and sends it to the display controller l, and 5 is an in-vehicle television device.

Further, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a schematic arrangement of the vehicle information display device shown in FIG. 1 in a vehicle interior.

In the figure, S is a steering wheel.

The car telephone T has a hands-free call mode in addition to the normal call operation mode, and the handset T2. which is used in the normal call mode. Keyboard T3 for normal call mode provided on handset T2; Microphone and speaker T4 for use in hunt-free call mode. Steering handle S
Keyboard T5. for hunt-free call mode provided in the center of the T5. A hook switch T6 is provided on a part of the holder of the telephone receiver T2 to identify the normal call mode, and a hunt-free switch F is provided on the steering wheel S to identify the hunt-free call mode. Each part of the memory T8 that stores word information such as '11' such as the telephone number of the other party is connected to the telephone control unit TI. The car phone T also has a wireless system, that is, a telephone reception system and a transmission system, which are not shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1, but are connected to the telephone control unit TI.

All operations of the car telephone T are controlled by the telephone control section TI. When the car phone T is activated, telephone information such as the telephone number of the other party is displayed on the telephone control unit TI.
is output to the display controller l. In addition, in conjunction with this, a display command or a display termination command for the telephone information is also output from the telephone control unit TI to the display controller 1.

In addition, the hands-free switch T7 is the display controller l.
When the mobile telephone T is set to the hunt-free call mode by pressing the hunt-free call/sochi T7, an identification signal to that effect is sent to the display controller l.

The multi-display meter 2 is installed on the dash panel surface in front of the 1M transfer seat, and the various information necessary for driving, such as driving speed, engine speed, and Word information such as various warnings is displayed.

The center display 3 is installed at the front of the center console, and is normally connected to the television device 5 via a display controller l.
etc. information will be displayed.

The display controller 1 is constituted by a so-called marker computer, and operates according to a predetermined control program. This display controller 1 distributes each display information inputted from each information medium of the car phone T, the driving information processing section 4, and the television device 5 to the multiple display meter 2 and the center display 3 based on a predetermined end light order. For example, while driving, the display information from the driving information processing section 4 is displayed on the multi-display meter 2 with the highest priority, and the display information is controlled by the display controller l. Display information from a television device 5 or the like is displayed on the display 3.

The dual-use information display device shown in FIG. 1 is configured so that the display controller 1 controls the display of each information from the information media of the car phone T, the driving information processing section 4, and the television device 5. The controller 1 may be configured to connect a large number of other information media and control their display.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart schematically showing a portion (subroutine) of the predetermined control block diagram of the display controller 1 that is related to display control of telephone information sent from the telephone system W section TI.

The control operation of the subroutine shown in the figure will now be explained.

This subroutine is activated by a telephone information display command sent from the telephone control unit TI.

The above-mentioned telephone information display command is issued from the telephone control unit T1 when the car phone T makes an outgoing call, that is, when the car phone T is trying to call the other party, and when it receives a call, that is, when the other party calls itself. It is output to the display controller l.

In addition, when making and receiving calls from the car phone T, the handset T2 is used.
is removed, the hook switch T6 is turned on, and the normal call mode is identified and the handset T2. When the keyboard T3 becomes active and the hand-free switch T7 is pressed and turned on, the hunt-free call mode is identified and the microphone & speaker T4. There are two modes of operation when keyboard T5 is activated.

When the subroutine shown in FIG. 3 is started, first, in process (2), it is determined whether the hands-free switch T7 is on or off. When the hunt-free switch T7 is on, the car phone T is in the hunt-free call mode, so the process proceeds to the next step after displaying the telephone information sent from the telephone control unit Tl on the multi-display meter 2. On the other hand, if the hunt-free switch T7 is off, the car phone T is in the normal call mode, so the process proceeds to process 2, after which the phone information sent from the phone control unit TI is displayed on the center display 3.
Proceed to the next process (2).

In the process), it is determined whether there is a command from the telephone control unit TI to terminate the display of telephone information. The command to end the display of telephone information is given at the time when the car phone T is making an outgoing call, at the time when transmission to call the other party using the phone number of the other party is started, and when a call is received, the line of the car phone T is sent to the other party. When the phone is connected to the telephone controller TI, it is sent to the display controller l. In any case, if the above-mentioned display termination command is issued, proceed to the first process (Q, and proceed to the corresponding JI!!
At (5), the display of the telephone information displayed on the multi-display meter 2 or the center display 3 is stopped and returned to the original display, and then the processing in this subroutine is ended.

On the other hand, if the above display termination command is not issued again, the process (
Return to step 1 and repeat the control operations up to step 1 described above.

Therefore, the 31st-! According to the subroutine shown in , telephone information such as the telephone number of the other party is displayed on the multi-display meter 2 when the car phone T enters the hunt-free call mode, and is displayed on the center display 3 when the car telephone T enters the normal call mode.

That is, according to such a configuration, telephone information is selectively displayed on the multi-display meter 2 or the center display 3 depending on the operating mode of the car telephone T. Selective display of this telephone information is available for hands-free calls, which are mainly used by the driver, on the multi-display meter 2 in the driver's seat corner.
Normal calls using the handset T2 are displayed on the center display 3 at the front of the center console, making it easy to see not only from the driver's seat but also from all seats in the cabin. It can improve the properties.

In addition, whereas conventionally only information related to driving was displayed on the display meter in front of the driver's seat, the vehicle information display device according to the present invention has a multiple display meter 2 as shown in FIG.
By employing this, it is possible to display not only driving information from the driving information processing section 4 but also information from a large number of information media such as the car telephone T, the television device 5, etc. Therefore, the amount of information displayed in one display can be greatly increased. Note that since the information displayed on the center display 3 is similarly controlled, it goes without saying that the amount of information can be increased.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the telephone information of the other party's telephone number 9 is displayed in the first part of the front part of the transfer seat when making a hunt-free call, which is mainly used by the driver. It is displayed on the display means, and during other normal calls, it is displayed on the second display means near the center console.

As a result, 21! It is important to improve visibility not only from the transmission but also from all seats in the vehicle.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] No. 1 I21 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration 41i in a preferred embodiment of the vehicle information display device according to the present invention, :J
Figure Sz is a perspective view showing the schematic arrangement of the vehicle information display device shown in No. 11A in a compartment, and Figure 3 is a view of the display controller l.
3 is a flowchart schematically showing a salaried routine related to display control of telephone information in FIG. T... Car phone T7... Hands free switch (discrimination 0 output means) l... Display controller (display control means) 2... Multiple display meter (first display means) 3... Center display window(
Second display means) Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A display device comprising a car phone having a hands-free call mode in addition to a normal call operation mode, and displaying telephone information such as the telephone number of the other party when using the car phone, the display device being capable of displaying the telephone information. a first display means at the front of the seat, a second display means near the center console which can similarly display the telephone information, and an identification signal output means for outputting an identification signal corresponding to the operating mode of the car telephone; and display control means for displaying the telephone information on the first display means when the identification signal of the identification signal output means indicates the hands-free call mode, and displaying the telephone information on the second display means in other cases. A vehicle information display device characterized by: