A small, self-contained, inexpensive, vehicle maintenance system has a vehicle unit that stores and retrieves maintenance information about a vehicle. The vehicle unit mounts on the inside of a vehicle's windshield and employs a solar panel to power it. The vehicle unit stores the vehicle maintenance information in an internal nonvolatile memory. The vehicle unit employs standard wireless technology to communicate with external computing devices such as a smart phone or tablet. The vehicle unit employs open architecture to allow various mechanics to access the stored maintenance information of the vehicle and various other information such as the type of oil being used, the past history and replacement part numbers. The vehicle unit also may receive information from the external computing device to store current information and add it to the maintenance history. The vehicle unit may also employ sensors and a communication device that can notify the driver when the vehicle has entered and exited maintenance bay.


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    Title :

    AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION BEACON


    Additional title:

    BALISE D'INFORMATION AUTOMOBILE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-02-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion



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