Mobile video-audio switching system

• US 20030020840A1
• Filed: 07/30/2001
• Published: 01/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Claudio R. Laraia, William A. Hays
• Original Assignee: Claudio R. Laraia, William A. Hays
• Inventors: Laraia, Claudio R., Hays, William A.
• Application Number:
  US09/919,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20030020840A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/837
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/268 Signal distribution or switching

Abstract

A mobile video-audio switching system mounted in a motor vehicle powered by the vehicle'"'"'s 12V DC battery. A mobile video-audio switch(MVAS) device is mounted in the motor vehicle and it has four different video-audio input devices electrically connected thereto and four liquid crystal display(LCD) screens are also mounted in the motor vehicle. Four separate wireless remote control transmitters send individual signals to the MVAS device directing that signals from any of the different video-audio input devices be sent to any of the individual LCD screens. Individuals viewing the respective LCD screens can receive an audio input through a headset that they may wear or they may receive the audio signals through the radio and speaker system already installed in the motor vehicle.

Claims

1. A mobile video-audio switching system comprising:

a motor vehicle;

a D.C. power source mounted in said motor vehicle;

a mobile video-audio switch (MVAS) device mounted in said motor vehicle;

said MVAS device comprising;

a) an integrated circuit (IC) mounted on a printed circuit board;

said IC having a plurality of input jacks, each for receiving an electrical wire connection from a separator video/audio input device;

b) a micro controller electronically connected to said IC;

c) a receiver electronically connected to said micro controller for receiving wireless signals from a plurality of wireless remote control transmitters;

a plurality of different video-audio input devices electrically connected to said respective input jacks of said MVAS device;

a plurality of liquid crystal display (LCD) screens in said vehicle; and

a plurality of wireless remote control transmitters each having means for sending separate signals to said receiver in said MVAS device directing that a video signal from one of said video-audio input devices be sent to each of said respective LCD screens.

2. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 1 wherein there are at least four different video-audio input devices electrically connected to at least four input jacks of said MVAS device.

3. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 2 wherein there are at least four LCD screens in said vehicle.

4. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 3 wherein one of said video-audio input devices is a DVD player.

5. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 3 wherein one of said video-audio input devices is a VCR player.

6. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 3 wherein one of said video-audio input devices is a computer game console.

7. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 3 wherein one of said video-audio input devices is a rear view camera.

8. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 2 wherein said MVAS has a master buss for said video-audio input devices.

9. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 2 wherein there are at least four wireless remote control transmitters.

10. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 1 wherein each of said LCD screens have a receiver for receiving video signals from said MVAS device.

11. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 1 wherein said MVAS device has means for electrically transmitting audio signals from each of said video-audio input devices to each of said LCD screens.

12. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of headsets and said MVAS device has wireless means for transmitting audio signals from each of said video-audio input devices to each of said respective headsets.

13. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a radio with a vehicle speaker system mounted in said motor vehicle and said MVAS device has means for transmitting audio signals from each of said video-audio input devices to said radio and said vehicle speaker system.

14. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 1 wherein said wireless remote control transmitters have a D.C. battery power source connected to a micro controller.

15. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 14 wherein each of said wireless remote control transmitters has a plurality of control buttons electronically connected to said micro controller.

16. A mobile video-audio switching system as recited in claim 15 wherein one of said control buttons is a scroll up button, one of said control buttons is a scroll down button and one of said control buttons is a select button.