Patent ID: 6046686
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A speed measuring and display device comprising:speed measuring means for providing a signal indicative of an object's actual speed;means for providing a signal indicative of a threshold speed preset by a user;display means for exhibiting said signal indicative of said object's speed in a readable form, said display means having a first mode for exhibiting the object's speed in a first color in at least two numeric digits, and a second mode for exhibiting said object's speed in a second color in at least two numeric digits;means for driving said display means and including logic means for comparing the object's speed to said threshold speed, said comparing means providing a first speed mode to said measured speed upon the object's speed not being above said threshold speed and a second speed mode upon the object's speed being above said threshold speed, said driving means placing said display means in said first mode thereof upon receipt of said first speed mode from said comparing means or placing said display means in said second mode thereof upon receipt of said second speed mode from said comparing means.