Patent ID: 6717287
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B60K,G01C

Abstract:
An input/output device for mounting in a vehicle having a driver seat and a passenger seat, comprising:a housing; an input device; an output device for displaying information to one or more occupants of said vehicle, the output device being adapted to move between first and second positions, the first position being such that information displayed on the output device is within the zone of vision of an occupant of said driver seat, the second position being such that information displayed on the output device is not within the zone of vision of an occupant of said driver seat; an electrical circuit terminating in first and second electrical contacts, the circuit being complete when the first electrical contact is in electrical communication with the second electrical contact the first electrical contact disposed on the output device such that the electrical circuit is complete when the output device is in the second position; and electronics adapted to disable the input device when the output device is not in the second position.