Car A/V playback device

• US 20040105002A1
• Filed: 12/03/2002
• Published: 06/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sam Hsieh, Sunset Bank & Savings, Tsang-Yuan Liu, Wen-Shiung Chen
• Original Assignee: Sunset Bank & Savings
• Inventors: Hsieh, Sam, Chen, Wen-Shiung, Liu, Tsang-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US10/307,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20040105002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums

Abstract

A car A/V playback device includes at least a signal-processing unit for compressing and storing input A/V signals as well as decompressing and reproducing stored A/V signals; a data-access unit allowing the signal-processing unit to do real-time access of signals stored therein; and a control unit for controlling modes in which the signal-processing unit and the data-access unit process signals. The car A/V playback device can be connected to a personal computer or a cable television to download a large quantity of musical works existed in the form of MP3 or CD, television programs, and pictures stored on VCD and DVD for storage on the device and direct playback on a car without the need of mounting VCD and DVD players on the car.

Claims

1. A car A/V playback device, comprising at least:

a signal-processing unit capable of compressing and storing A/V signals input thereto, and decompressing and outputting A/V signals stored therein for playback;

a data-access unit allowing said signal-processing unit to do real-time access of signals stored on said data-access unit; and

a control unit for controlling modes in which said signal-processing unit and said data-access unit processing A/V signals;

whereby said car A/V playback device can be connected to other multimedia facilities to download and store A/V data and to reproduce stored A/V data directly on a car.

2. The car A/V playback device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal-processing unit includes an A/V input, an A/V output, and a USB port for electrically connecting to external peripherals to input and store as well as to output and reproduce A/V signals.

3. The car A/V playback device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data-access unit is a high-capacity hard disk internally divided into a music, a picture, and a driver zone.

4. The car A/V playback device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device includes a front panel on which a plurality of function keys are provided for a user to operate and thereby select a stored musical work or picture for playback.

5. The car A/V playback device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device includes a front panel on which an infrared receiver is provided for a user to control said device with an infrared remote controller in selecting a stored musical work or picture for playback.