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VEHICLE DATA COMMUNICATION MODULE HAVING CHARGING PORT

  • US 20140050331A1
  • Filed: 08/19/2013
  • Published: 02/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A vehicle data communication module, the module constituting a vehicle data communication system together with a display main body installed in a vehicl and an audio device configured to receive a signal from the main body and output the signal as an audible sound, and transmitting data output from removable memory connected to the module to the main body, wherein:

  • the vehicle data communication module is arranged to be spaced apart from the main body and is provided with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port formed in a portion thereof, the vehicle data communication module comprising;

    a data transmission unit provided with a Secure Digital (SD) port formed on a side of the USB port and designed to allow USB memory and an SD card to be detachable from the data transmission unit; and

    a charging unit provided with a charging port formed in a portion of the module and designed to be capable of charging a mobile device,wherein the charging unit includes a charging port, to which a mobile device to be charged or a medium for providing an exclusive charging program only for a corresponding device is connected, a first interface unit for generating a signal depending on a connection to the charging port, a microcomputer for recognizing the signal as a ‘

    charging’

    signal or a ‘

    download’

    signal and operating such that charging power is supplied or a charging program is downloaded from the medium, and a power unit for providing charging power required to charge the device from power of the vehicle depending on an operation of the microcomputer, andwherein the data transmission unit and the charging unit are processed to be integrated into a single module box or a single casing and are mounted in the vehicle, with the respective ports exposed to outside of the module.

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