Jaguar Cars Limited

Bl Technology Limited

Malcolm Williams

Richard Dennis Shelton

Martin John Herbert

Peter W Barbour

Paul Mulvanny

Carmichael Mackie

A situational feature suppression system,for a vehicle including at least one in-car incidental feature means,The suppression system,comprises at least one driving condition measuring unit,coupled to a control unit,for receiving signals from the or each driving condition measuring unit,and interpreting the signals to assess whether a relevant condition exists. The control unit,is also coupled to the incidental feature means,The system operates such that on identification of a relevant condition, the control unit,operates to suppress the incidental feature means

Situational feature suppression system

A head up display system for a motor vehicle includes a sensor, display means for forming a video image from the signals received from the sensor and a projection system for projecting the video image onto the windscreen of the vehicle, the projection system including a mirror for deflecting the optical path of the projected image, said mirror being located directly in front of a driver of the vehicle at a level outside the normal field of view of the driver through the windscreen, the mirror being arranged; in a head up display mode, to direct the projected image onto the windscreen; and in a non-head up display mode, to permit direct viewing of the video image at a level outside the normal field of view of the driver through the windscreen.

Head up displays for motor vehicles

A method of determining the state of charge of a motor vehicle battery 1 in which a stabilization load 2 is applied to the battery 1 after the engine is switched off to accelerate the stabilization of the charge distribution within the battery 1. The stabilization load 2 is applied until the terminal voltage of the battery 1 reaches a level corresponding to a predicted value of the state of charge of the battery 1. After a pre-determined delay of 8 hours or less, the terminal voltage of the battery 1 is measured and the state of charge derived therefrom.

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Malcolm Williams