| US 7,489,235 B2 | ||
| Motor vehicle operation information providing system | ||
| Noboru Maesono, Tokyo (Japan); Yasumichi Hagimori, Kanagawa (Japan); and Tsutomu Kitagawa, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Isuzu Motors Limited, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/519,746 PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/09586 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 29, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/012166, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 05, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-222193 (JP), filed on Jul. 30, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0246079 A1, Nov. 03, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60Q 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—438 [340/439; 701/35; 701/24] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A driving information providing system for collecting data for the analysis of driving information about a vehicle driven
by an operator, comprising:
a vehicle controller that receives detection signals carrying information about vehicle operation and operating signals from
the operator, the vehicle controller generating control signals for controlling the vehicle;
a predetermined data storage for storing predetermined data selected from data appearing in the vehicle controller;
a removable memory; and
a data collection controller that receives the predetermined data from the predetermined data storage, the data collection
controller including at least a code entry section for entering desired data in code, and a download section having a download
button for downloading data entered in code and data in the predetermined data storage into the removable memory when the
download button is actuated, the removable memory being connectable to and detachable from the data collection controller,
wherein the removable memory in which data is downloaded is collected and provided for the analysis of driving information,
and
wherein the data that is entered in code in the code entry section includes a driver code that distinguishes the operator
of the vehicle from other vehicle operators.
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