DEVICE FOR FITTING A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE

• US 20100250063A1
• Filed: 09/01/2008
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Original Assignee: Renault Sas (Renault)
• Inventors: Ortis-Chartier, Murielle, Korzin, Stephane
• Granted Patent: US 8,594,885 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1023 Media gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling

Abstract

An adapter device for fitting in a vehicle between a vehicle computer and a computer of a second element integrated in the vehicle for exchanging information between the above. The device includes a first vehicle interface connected to a dedicated vehicle line and a second vehicle interface, connected to a vehicle network and a first second element interface connected to a second element network and a second second element interface connected to a dedicated second element line.

Claims

1. An adaptation device intended to be fitted in a vehicle between a computer of the vehicle and a computer of a second element integrated into said vehicle so as to exchange information between themselves, comprising:

a first vehicle interface means connected to a dedicated wire of the vehicle and a second vehicle interface means connected to a network of the vehicle, and

a first second-element interface means connected to a network of the second element and a second second-element interface means connected to a dedicated wire of the second element.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a conversion means for converting an information format of the vehicle into an information format of the second element and vice versa, and an information storage means for storing information emitted by the computer of the vehicle and the computer of the second element.

3. A method implemented by the device as claimed in claim 1, comprising a step in the course of which a format of information flowing over a network of the vehicle is translated, by way of an information format conversion means, into a format of information flowing over a dedicated wire of the second element and vice versa.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a step in the course of which a format of information flowing over a network of the vehicle is translated, by way of an information format conversion means, into a format of information flowing over a network of the second element, and vice versa.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a step in the course of which a format of information flowing over a dedicated wire of the vehicle is translated, by way of an information conversion means, into a format of information flowing over a dedicated wire of the second element, and vice versa.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first and the second multimedia and/or vehicle interface means are modified during the integration of a multimedia system into a vehicle.

7. A motor vehicle comprising:

a vehicle computer able to receive and to transmit information of said vehicle,

a multimedia system,

a multimedia computer able to receive and to transmit information of said multimedia system,

a device as claimed in claim 1 forming a gateway between the vehicle computer and the multimedia computer.

8. The use of one or more adaptation devices as claimed in claim 1 for integrating a multimedia system into a vehicle.