Rearview mirror having a music player module

• US 20060247812A1
• Filed: 06/02/2005
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TUNG THIH Enterprise Company Limited
• Original Assignee: TUNG THIH Enterprise Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Shin-Chung
• Application Number:
  US11/142,267
• Publication Number:
  US 20060247812A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1276 with radio receivers, loud-speakers or buzzers

Abstract

A rearview mirror used inside a car is disclosed to include a casing, which defines an accommodating chamber, a data storage device, which has stored therein MP3 music files, and a music player module, which is received in the accommodating chamber of the casing, having a digital music decoder electrically connectable to the data storage device for fetching storage MP3 music files and decoding fetched MP3 music files, and a Frequency Modulation (FM) transmitter electrically connected to the digital music decoder for wirelessly send out the decoded MP3 music files.

Claims

1. A rearview mirror comprising:

a casing, said casing having an accommodating chamber;

a data storage device, said data storage device having stored therein at least one digital music file; and

a music player module received in the accommodating chamber of said casing, said music player module comprising a digital music decoder electrically connectable to said data storage device for fetching said at least one digital music file from said data storage device and decoding said at least one digital music file, and a Frequency Modulation (FM) transmitter electrically connected to said digital music decoder and adapted to wirelessly send out the at least one digital music file decoded by said digital music decoder.

2. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing comprises two sliding grooves arranged in parallel at two sides of said accommodating chamber;

said music player module comprises a housing insertable into said accommodating chamber, said housing having two sliding rails disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof corresponding to said two sliding grooves of said casing.

3. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing further comprises a retaining element disposed inside said accommodating chamber;

said music player module comprises a housing insertable into said accommodating chamber, said housing further having a retaining unit correspondingly connectable to the retaining element of said casing.

4. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one digital music file comprises a MP3 music file.

5. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, wherein said music player module further comprises an input connecter;

said data storage device is a portable data storage device of Mass Storage Class, having an output connecter connectable to the input connecter of said music player module.

6. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 5, wherein the input connecter of said music player module and the output connecter of said data storage device are Universal Series Bus (USB) connection connecters.

7. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control circuit board mounted inside said casing, said control circuit board comprising a second connecter electrically connected to a first connecter of said music player module.

8. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, wherein said Frequency Modulation (FM) transmitter is capable to transmitting full frequency range of Frequency Modulation (FM) carrier signal.

9. The rearview mirror as claimed in claim 1, which is installed in a motor vehicle having a Frequency Modulation (FM) radio for receiving the decoded digital music file transmitted by said Frequency Modulation (FM) transmitter, and at least one speaker;

said Frequency Modulation (FM) radio electrically connected to said at least one speaker for controlling said at least one speaker to output the received decoded digital music file.