Download Integrated message display system for a vehicle

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TABLE 3A
TABLE 3B
Auditory Coding
Tone Pattern
5
P
Number
Tone Warning
No. Description
0
side
Tone
Be-
Fre-
tween
quency
of
Visual
Tones Coding
0f
Tones
Length
(msec)
Tones
(msec)
3
100
14
skt?nonary
7
200
O
2
2 sec‘. following distance 80, 80
1600 display
3
Proximity Alert
64, 64, so, 64, 64 igg, 400, 0, 800,
4
Volume Change
48
600
5
- Download Success
. Accident
300, 100, 300
450, 0, 450
300
250
14
hinge/1 _
Center plus
1 Sec.
Following
DANGER
AHEAD
Distance
600
15
200
70
6
Fa?ur?
1800/ Medium
' NO Duvet ID_
1200 triangle in
' Download Fall
D. t
1S ance
M
' Accident
Reconstruction
Creep Alarm
Center plus
essage
DANGER
Freeze Failure
25
- ID Read Fail
AHEAD
3
3 Sec.
2
200
140
1800, 600
Reconstruction
Freeze Con?rmation
' Built-in Self-Test
20
Following
.
(in HZ)
2000, right dash
mang e m
Message
4
Frequency of Tones
.
(in msec)
1
1O
object ahead
2 Sec.
.
' Side Sensor Alert
96, 96, 32, 96, 96 2000, 2400, O,
' ID Read Pass
2400, 2000
1 sec. following distance 80, 80, 80, 80
1800, 600, 1800,
0 16“
Slow moving
2
pause)
.
No. Description
1400, red LED in
detection
1
(Bold = active,
Non-bold =
ause
' Low Voltage
1800/ Small
Following
Distance
1200 triangle in
Message
Center plus
30
DANGER
_
AHEAD
_
_
_
_
Table 4 provides a more detailed description of an inte
gration of features of the collision warning system into the
message center (M.C.) and dash display.
TABLE 4
Integrated Format
Display
Feature
Auditory
Visual
Control/Sensing Unit
Power-On
Drivers Card Status
None
light on switch illuminates when
system is on (M.C. NOTE if card
Rocker switch
Volume Control
1 short tone for each change
increment (at the new
M.C. display
Rocker switch (default setting = 3A
RADAR VOL 75%
maximum volume)
is not inserted)
volume level)
(displayed for 7 seconds after
each change)
Speaker
Range
all auditory output
1 short tone for each V10
control/accident
second change in range
recorder
setting
n/a
M.C. display:
MAX RADAR RANGE 2.5
SECONDS
adjusted by volume control
Rocker switch dash or steering
wheel (default setting at maXimum
range)
(gives current maXimum range
setting based on following
System failure
Adjustments in
distance)
M.C. tones for warning
TELLTALE: RADAR FAIL (red)
operation)
n/a
n/a
Message Center is automatically
110116
very small triangle on default
object detected within 350 feet
Lighting
Vehicle detection
System check sensor (performed
every 15 seconds during normal
M.C. message:
WARNING RADAR SYSTEM
FAILURE
dimmed
screen of MC. and/or detect
indicator light
1“ stage
See tone No. 3, Table 3A
DANGER AHEAD
3 second sensor
small triangle
distance alert
(?gure below)
2nd stage
See tone No. 2, Table 3A
DANGER AHEAD
2 second sensor
medium triangle
distance alert
(?gure below)
3Id stage
See tone No. 1, Table 3A
DANGER AHEAD
1 second sensor