REARVIEW ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING HANDS-FREE TELEPHONE COMPONENTS
First Claim
1. A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a mirror housing for attaching to the vehicle, said mirror housing having a top, bottom, and rear surface;
a mirror disposed in said mirror housing and having a front surface;
a first microphone subassembly located on the top surface of said mirror housing; and
a second microphone subassembly located on the bottom surface of said mirror housing.
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Abstract
The rearview assembly of the present invention may include any one or more of the following: a housing for attaching to the vehicle, the housing may define an interior space that is acoustically separated into at least two chambers; a first speaker that may be located in a first one of the at least two chambers of the interior space of the housing; a first microphone subassembly located on the top surface of the housing; a second microphone subassembly located on the bottom surface of the housing; a display positioned in the housing; an audio/data transceiver for transmitting and receiving audio and data signals to/from a portable device; and a control circuit for determining whether a portable device having a predetermined identification code is within the range of the audio/data transceiver, and for exchanging data with the portable device through the audio/data transceiver.
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25 Claims
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1. A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising:
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a mirror housing for attaching to the vehicle, said mirror housing having a top, bottom, and rear surface;
a mirror disposed in said mirror housing and having a front surface;
a first microphone subassembly located on the top surface of said mirror housing; and
a second microphone subassembly located on the bottom surface of said mirror housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A vehicle rearview assembly for providing an image of a scene to the rear of the driver of the vehicle, said rearview assembly comprising:
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a mounting structure for mounting to the vehicle;
an audio/data transceiver for transmitting and receiving audio and data signals to/from a portable telephone;
a hands-free microphone associated with said mounting structure for providing an audio signal to said audio/data transceiver; and
a control circuit coupled to said audio/data transceiver, said control circuit determines whether a portable telephone having a predetermined identification code is within the range of said audio/data transceiver and exchanges data with the portable telephone through said audio/data transceiver causing the portable telephone to disable its microphone, wherein said control circuit enables speech to be picked up by said hands-free microphone and transmitted to the portable telephone through said audio/data transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A rearview assembly for a vehicle comprising:
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a housing for attachment to the vehicle;
a display positioned in said housing;
an audio/data transceiver associated with said housing for receiving wireless audio and data signals from a device proximate the vehicle; and
a controller positioned in said housing and coupled to said display and said audio/data transceiver, said controller controls said display to indicate the presence of a wireless connection to a device proximate the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A vehicle rearview assembly for providing an image of a scene to the rear of the driver of the vehicle, said rearview assembly comprising:
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a mounting structure for mounting to the vehicle;
an audio/data transceiver associated with said mounting structure for transmitting and receiving wireless audio and data signals to/from a portable device having a similar audio/data transceiver; and
a control circuit coupled to said audio/data transceiver, said control circuit being operative in a pairing mode and an operational mode, during the pairing mode, said control circuit searches for, discovers and acquires a unique identification code of a portable device with which said audio/data transceiver is to be paired, during the operational mode, said control circuit determines whether a portable device having the unique identification code is within the range of said audio/data transceiver and exchanges data with the portable device through said audio/data transceiver, also during the operational mode, said control circuit prevents the exchange of certain data with detected portable devices that are not paired with said audio/data transceiver.
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22. A vehicle rearview assembly for providing an image of a scene to the rear of the driver of the vehicle, said rearview assembly comprising:
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a mounting structure for mounting to the vehicle;
an audio/data transceiver for transmitting and receiving audio and data signals to/from a portable telephone;
a hands-free microphone associated with the mounting structure for providing an audio signal to said audio/data transceiver; and
a control circuit coupled to the audio/data transceiver, said control circuit determines whether portable telephones having predetermined identification codes are within the range of the audio/data transceiver, said control circuit being configured to establish a priority amongst the portable telephones for use of said hands-free microphone, said control circuit exchanges data with the portable telephones through said audio/data transceiver causing the portable telephone with the highest priority to disable its microphone, wherein said control circuit enables speech to be picked up by said hands-free microphone and transmitted to the portable telephone with the highest priority through said audio/data transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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