B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – K
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
K
B60K 37/00 (2006.01) B60K 37/06 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2350910
A reconfigurable dashboard system for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The dashboard system, which controls and monitors various hardware and equipment in a vehicle, comprises a supervisory processor for controlling the entire dashboard system, a virtual device panel for displaying a plurality of virtual devices and/or instruments, a haptic device for interfacing with the virtual devices on the virtual device panel, an audio device for identifying the active virtual control, a control/indicator library to allow the user to layout their own custom dashboard, external memory for layout and library storage, and an intelligent real-time interface for interfacing to the sensors and actuators which are dedicated to the plurality of automobile hardware and equipment. The intelligent real time interface i;s comprised of a processor/microcontroller block, an amplifier array for amplifying the control signal issued by the processor/microcontroller block, a vehicle subsystem interface to connect the dashboard system to the vehicle subsystem, and a safety/failsafe system to monitor the health of the dashboard system and to override controls when necessary. The dashboard system further includes a wired/wireless modem and a communication network to link the dashboard system to the outside world, an electronic control unit (ECU) interface to interface to a vehicle's ECU, and a peripheral interface to accommodate a plurality of peripheral devices.
Tuer Kevin
Wang David W.l.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Handshake Interactive Technologies Inc
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