Patent ID: 8669857

Claim:
A system for aiding a user when travelling in a vehicle with a portable and a handheld electronic device, the system comprising: a camera separate from the handheld electronic device that detects an object located outside the vehicle and spaced from the vehicle and that detects a condition regarding movement of the vehicle with respect to the object outside the vehicle, the camera supported in the vehicle for travel with the vehicle; a communication system that allows the vehicle to communicate a signal to the handheld electronic device, the signal relating to the condition detected by the camera; and an output device included on the handheld electronic device, the output device operable to output an alarm based on the signal communicated from the vehicle to the handheld electronic device; wherein the object detected by the camera is a speed limit indicator; the condition detected by the camera is a change in a speed limit in a zone in which the vehicle is traveling; and the alarm outputted by the output device is a notification of the change in the speed limit.