Patent Document ID: 20080015771
Application ID: 11778127
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An arrangement for displaying and transferring information between a vehicle and at least one transmitter separate from the vehicle, each of the at least one transmitter transmitting radio frequency wireless signals containing location information about the transmitter and possible information of interest for operation of the vehicle other than the location information, comprising: an antenna mounted on the vehicle and capable of receiving radio frequency wireless signals emitted by each of the at least one transmitter and containing information; a location determining device for determining the location of the vehicle; a display arranged on the vehicle in a position to be viewable by an occupant of the vehicle, said display being arranged to display a representation of the vehicle and representations of other objects in the vicinity of the vehicle in relation to the vehicle; and a processor coupled to said antenna, said location determining device and said display and arranged to: perform location-based filtering of the wireless signals received by said antenna to determine whether any received wireless signals contain information of interest for operation of the vehicle, extract the information of interest from the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest, and display the location of the transmitter of the received wireless signals determined to contain information of interest or the information of interest from the transmitter.