VEHICULAR DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER USER INTERFACE

• US 20100229207A1
• Filed: 03/09/2009
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Harman International Industries Incorporated (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Eckhardt, Adam, Furge, Kenneth C.
• Application Number:
  US12/400,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20100229207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/75
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/62 for transportation systems, e.g. in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/60 characterised in that the receiver comprises more than one tuner
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of a recorder that is part of a vehicle entertainment system (VES) for recording audio programming and accessing recorded audio programming, where external controls for the recorder may be located on the steering wheel of the vehicle, allowing a driver to safely configure the VES for recording audio programming and accessing the recorded audio programming.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a recorder that is part a vehicle entertainment system (VES), comprising:

selecting an audio source that is a component of the VES;

selecting an audio program;

activating the recorder from an external control that communicates with the VES; and

recording the audio program with the recorder.

2. The method of claim 1, where activating the recorder from the external control, includes selecting a record button located on a vehicle steering wheel.

3. The method of claim 2, where activating the recorder from the external control, further includes, activating the recorder at a previously set time in response to a real time clock time being the same as the previously set time.

4. The method of claim 3, where activating the recorder at the previously set time, further includes setting a time for the recorder to activate with a scrolling device located on the vehicle steering wheel.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the scrolling device is one or more scroll buttons.

6. The method of claim 1, where selecting the audio source further includes selecting a tuner.

7. The method of claim 6, where selecting a tuner, further includes selecting a tuner from a plurality of tuners.

8. The method of claim 7, where selecting the tuner from the plurality of tuners further includes activating a select-tuner button located on the vehicle steering wheel.

9. A vehicle entertainment system (VES), comprising:

a first tuner;

a recorder;

a plurality of external controls;

a controller coupled to the first tuner, the recorder, and the external controls, where the recorder is placed in a record mode to record audio programming from the first tuner in response to at least one external control from the plurality of external controls being activated.

10. The VES of claim 9, where the plurality of external controls are located on a vehicle steering wheel.

11. The VES of claim 9, where the at least one external control is a button.

12. The VES of claim 9, where the recorder is placed in the record mode to record the audio programming at a predetermined time in the future.

13. The VES of claim 12, where the audio programming is recorded when the controller determines that the predetermined time is indicated by a real time clock (RTC).

14. The VES of claim 12, where the recording of audio programming, includes, a second tuner being selected to provide the audio programming at the predetermined time.

15. The VES of claim 14, where the second tuner is selected by a select-tuner button located in the plurality of external controls located on the vehicle steering wheel.

16. A computer-readable media with instructions, that when executed by a controller performs a method for controlling a recorder that is part a vehicle entertainment system (VES), the method comprising:

selecting an audio source that is a component of the VES;

selecting an audio program;

activating the recorder from an external control that communicates with the VES; and

recording the audio program with the recorder.

17. The computer-readable media of claim 16, where activating the recorder from the external control, includes selecting a record button located on a vehicle steering wheel.

18. The computer-readable media of claim 17, where activating the recorder from the external control, further includes, activating the recorder at a previously set time in response to a real time clock (RTC) time being the same as the previously set time.

19. The computer-readable media of claim 18, where activating the recorder at the previously set time, further includes setting a time for the recorder to activate with a scroll button located on the vehicle steering wheel.

20. The computer readable media of claim 16, where selecting the audio source further includes selecting a tuner.

21. The computer-readable media of claim 20, where selecting a tuner, further includes selecting a tuner from a plurality of tuners.

22. The computer-readable media of claim 21, where selecting the tuner from the plurality of tuners further includes activating a select-tuner button located on the vehicle steering wheel.