Expansion apparatus for a vehicle display device

• US 20060184699A1
• Filed: 02/16/2005
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kai-Cheng Huang
• Original Assignee: Kai-Cheng Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Kai-Cheng
• Application Number:
  US11/058,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20060184699A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0028 Ceiling, e.g. roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position

Abstract

An expansion apparatus for a vehicle display device aims to upgrade and expand the function of a car ceiling display device without changing the original video and audio playing system. The expansion apparatus includes a body which houses a built-in multimedia processing equipment. The body has one side fastened to the car top and another side coupled with the original car ceiling display device. The multimedia processing equipment includes a signal switch to enable users to select video and audio signals from the original video and audio playing system or the newly added multimedia processing equipment thereby to achieve the object of functional expansion.

Claims

1. An expansion apparatus for a vehicle display device to be coupled with a car ceiling display device, comprising:

a body which has one side fastened to a car top and another side coupled with the car ceiling display device; and

a multimedia processing equipment which is fastened to the body through a fastening device and connected to the car ceiling display device.

2. The expansion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the expansion apparatus for a vehicle display device has a signal switch to allow the car ceiling display device to be selected from connecting to an original video and audio playing system and independently performing multimedia processing through the multimedia processing equipment.

3. The expansion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multimedia processing equipment is an optical disk playing device.

4. The expansion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multimedia processing equipment includes a card reader to read data of a memory card.

5. The expansion apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multimedia processing equipment includes a hard disk to access data of the hard disk.