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Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996

Filed:

Jun. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mitsuaki Matsuo, Hachioji, JP;

Yasuo Kuroki, Akishima, JP;

Takashi Kanzaki, Akishima, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62J / ; B60Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340432 ; 340459 ; 340461 ; 340438 ; 340456 ; 340601 ; 34087001 ; 364420 ;
Abstract

An electronic device for a vehicle detects the number of rotations of a wheel of a vehicle, calculates the distance covered by the vehicle, measures the atmospheric pressure to provide data on the atmospheric pressure, obtains a height corresponding to the measured atmospheric pressure from a height-atmospheric pressure conversion table stored in a RAM on the basis of the measured atmospheric pressure data, calculates an tilt of a road where the vehicle travels on the basis of the height and the measured covered distance, detects a gear corresponding to the calculated tilt from a gear change conversion table, drives a transmission to put the gear in the meshed state. In order to apply a barometer to a weather forecast, an actual height where the vehicle travels is calculated on the basis of data on a tilt of the road measured by an inclinometer attached to the vehicle and the calculated covered distance. A change in the atmospheric pressure due to weather is distinguished from that due to the height to predict weather. The inventive device sets a gear suitable for the road and provides weather prediction, thereby bringing about efficient safe cycling.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Matsuo, Mitsuaki. (1996). Electronic device for a vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 5497143). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5497143

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