Hybrid receiver provided with adaptive front and back terminals

• US 20090098849A1
• Filed: 08/15/2006
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Original Assignee: Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Inventors: Thomas, Robert, Schwarz, Christian, Sautter, Wolfgang, Adam, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US11/990,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20090098849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/345
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02

Abstract

The invention relates to a receiver device for the mobile reception of high-frequency signals of different services in motor vehicles comprising at least one receiver unit for receiving and processing country specific services and a communications unit for connecting the receiver device to the motor vehicle communications bus.

Claims

1. A receiver for the mobile reception of high-frequency signals from various services in vehicles wherein the receiver has at least one receiving unit for receiving and processing country-specific services as well as a communication unit for connecting the receiver to a communication bus of the vehicle, the receiving unit and the communication unit being connected together in an exchangeable manner for the purpose of transferring signals.

2. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein the receiving unit is set up for receiving and processing at least one service that is transmitted and received via analog or digital high-frequency signals and, for this purpose, has at least one antenna, at least one tuner, and at least one decoder for processing signals it receives.

3. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein the communication unit has means for adapting the topology of the communication unit to the topology of the communication bus of the vehicle by a change to the hardware or the software.

4. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein the receiver unit and the communication unit are physically separate from one another and the electrical and electronic components for performing the functions of each unit are mounted on a respective single circuit board and interfaces are provided for connecting the receiving unit and the communication unit to one another and connecting the communication unit to the communication bus of the vehicle.

5. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein one of the communication unit and the receiving unit has a network component for its own power and for supplying power to the other of the receiving unit and the communication unit.

6. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein the communication unit has at least one processing unit for audio, video, or data signals.

7. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein the communication unit has at least one diagnostic unit for monitoring the function of the receiving unit or the function of the communication bus of the vehicle.

8. The receiver according to claim 1 wherein the connection between the communication unit and the communication bus of the vehicle is set up for conducting a software update initiating from a central controller of the vehicle.

9. The receiver according to claim 8 wherein the communication unit has a separate interface to which the controller may be connected for conducting a software update.