Patent ID: 8447365

Claim:
A vehicle communication system for use by a driver in transmitting messages and receiving messages, both the transmitting and receiving being done in text form and in voice form, the system comprising, in combination: a vehicle having a dashboard and a roof and a windshield between the dashboard and the roof, the windshield having a top adjacent to the roof and a bottom adjacent to the dashboard, the top and bottom being separated by a height, the vehicle also having a driver area with a steering wheel; a transceiver including a transmitter adapted to transmit digital data for both text messages and voice messages, the transceiver including a receiver adapted to receive digital data for both text messages and voice messages; a voice activated wireless electronic device with a keyboard and a screen, preferably adapted to use Bluetooth protocol, the electronic device being built into the dashboard and adapted to receive and transmit digital data in both text form and voice form; a voice assembly including a speaker and a microphone, the speaker being mounted in the roof adjacent to the windshield above the driver area, the microphone being mounted in the dashboard in proximity to the driver area; a text assembly including a projector mounted in the dashboard and adapted to create a heads-up display on the windshield of text from the digital data received and transmitted by the voice activated wireless device, the display having a lower extent adjacent to the dashboard, the display having an upper extent below a mid-point of the windshield, the display and the windshield both having a height with the height of the display being between 10 percent and 20 percent of the height of the windshield, the text assembly also including a joystick in the driver area within a convenient reach of a driver, the joystick adapted to allow the driver to manipulate data on both the screen of the electronic device and the display; a central processing unit operatively coupling the transceiver, electronic device, speaker, microphone and projector for transmitting and receiving messages in text form and in voice form; a remote telecommunication device chosen from the class of telecommunication devices including cell phones, telephones, computers, and like devices; intermediate devices including satellites and towers to facilitate data transmission between the remote telecommunication device and the transceiver; and wherein the system is adapted to be programmed through the keyboard of the electronic device.