Abstract:
A displaying apparatus for a vehicle in which a displaying device, for displaying various items such as a vehicle speed, an engine speed or the like, is disposed on the rear surface side of a semitransparent reflecting member arranged with an attitude oriented toward a driver's eye and a reflecting mirror is disposed at the position located opposite to the displaying device while the reflecting member is interposed therebetween so that virtual images appearing on the reflecting surface of the semitransparent reflecting member are visually recognized by a driver through a front glass. The reflecting member or reflecting mirror has wavelength selectivity which allows high reflectance only within the wavelength range defined for a color of displaying light emitted from a displaying device. Alternatively, the front glass has wavelength selectivity which allows high transmittance only within the wavelength range defined for the color of the displaying light emitted from the displaying device.
Abstract:
The cross coil type meter has a magnet rotor and a stopper plate inside a coil bobbin. The magnet rotor is driven by a combined magnetic field produced by a cross coil wound on the coil bobbin. A pointer on a dial plate is attached to the magnet rotor's shaft so that it can indicate the magnitude of a measured quantity. The stopper plate engages with the magnet rotor to stop the pointer at a zero position on the dial plate. But when due to some assembly errors the stop position of the pointer and the zero position on the dial plate do not agree, the position of engagement between the magnet rotor and the stopper plate can be adjusted by manipulating the stopper plate from outside until the two positions agree. The stopper plate also has spring pieces formed either around the inner or outer circumference thereof to give a constant contacting resistance between the stopper plate and the coil bobbin, so that the rotating torque of the stopper plate is kept constant, making the position adjustment of the stopper plate smooth and reliable.
Abstract:
In a speed detecting apparatus of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine whose rotational output is derived through a transmission, the apparatus comprises a circuit for calculating the gear ratio set in the transmission on the basis of the engine speed and a signal roughly indicative of the vehicle speed and a calculating circuit responsive to the result of the calculation in the circuit and the engine speed at each instant for calculating the speed of the vehicle at each instant. Thus, it is possible to accurately detect the vehicle speed at each instant in a short detection period.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted electronic display gauge board in which a part of a substrate constituting a display device is extended so that a microcomputer and a display drive circuit driven by information given by the microcomputer, and a terminal for outputting an instruction from the microcomputer and another terminal for inputting information by serial data transfer in accordance with the instruction.
Abstract:
A running data display unit (1) for a bicycle calculates running data such as running speed, running distance, average speed, maximum speed etc. of a bicycle, based on pulse signals from a revolution detecting portion (3). This calculation is performed by a microcomputer incorporated in the display unit. The running data obtained by the calculation are displayed in a digital form on a liquid crystal display panel (15). The liquid crystal panel (15) also makes display of a pulse mark (26). The display of the pulse mark (26) turns on and off alternately at the rise of the pulse applied normally from the revolution detecting portion (3). As a result, by the display of the pulse mark (26), the rider of the bicycle can ascertain normal operation of the display unit (1), particularly normal operation of the revolution detecting portion (3). W
Abstract:
A running data display unit (1) for a bicycle calculates running data such as running speed, running distance, average speed, maximum speed etc. of a bicycle, based on pulse signals from a revolution detecting portion (3). This calculation is performed by a microcomputer incorporated in the display unit. The running data obtained by the calculation are displayed in a digital form on a liquid crystal display panel (15). If the running data displayed on the panel (15) is the running distance, the running distance is represented as a numerical value including five figures at maximum. The running distance not attaining 1000 km (or miles) is represented down to two decimal places and when the running distance attains 1000 km (or miles), the manners of display is automatically by the microcomputer (30) changed so that display is made down to only the decimal place.
Abstract:
The optimum shift position indicating device of a vehicle comprising: a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a running speed of the vehicle; an engine rotation sensor for detecting a rotational speed of an engine; an engine load sensor for detecting an engine load; an operational circuit in which a driving power at present is calculated from an engine torque obtainable from the engine rotational speed and the engine load, subsequently, required engine torques at respective shift positions are calculated from the driving power, further, fuel consumption rates at the respective shift positions are obtained from the engine rotational speeds and the required engine torques at the respective shift positions, and information on the optimum shift position where the best fuel consumption rate is obtainable is outputted; and shift position indicating elements for indicating an output from said operational circuit; and capable of giving a driver the information on the optimum shift position where the best fuel consumption rate is obtainable during running condition at present.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to an electric type speed meter which comprises a pulse generating means for generating a pulse signal corresponding to a vehicle speed. A control circuit means counts the number of output pulses of the pulse generating means during predetermined time intervals and discriminates between a positive and negative difference between the number of pulses counted during a predetermined time interval and the number of pulses counted in a preceding time interval. The control circuit means generates a pulse signal corresponding to the difference therebetween. A pulse motor driving circuit applies the output of the control circuit means to a pulse motor for controlling the pulse motor in either a forward or reverse direction. An indicator means is operable in response to the pulse motor for indicating a speed corresponding to the speed thereof.
Abstract:
An apparatus measures and indicates the speeds of a vehicle at the beginning and end of braking of the vehicle by counting as many vehicle speed representative pulse signals as indicative of the speed per hour of the vehicle which are gated during the time that the desired number of clock pulses are counted in response to the beginning and end of braking of the vehicle, respectively.
Abstract:
A variometer for an aerodyne. The variometer has at least one dial conventionally graduated to represent speed, a needle indicating on said graduation the instantaneous vertical speed. The variometer also has an indicator which is representative of the potential vertical speed, and can move around the dial so that the position of the indicator with respect to the needle indicates instantaneously the acceleration on the trajectory of the aircraft.