Entertainment system for playing communication media for an automobile

• US 5,722,069 A
• Filed: 05/26/1995
• Issued: 02/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Renaissance Group IP Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: National Auto Center, Inc. (CLST Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Donner, Irah H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): TIEU, BINH KIEN
• Application Number:
  US08/451,339
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/217-221, 379/67, 379/88, 379/93, 379/207, 455/89, 455/418, 455/422, 455/517, 455/425, 455/558, 455/566, 455/575, 455/33.1, 455/33.2, 348/12, 348/13, 348/14, 348/18, 348/19
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/13 Acoustic transducers and sound field adaptation in vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices includes an entertainment system for playing a first medium for first entertainment by outputting a first signal, and a mobile telephone receiving and playing a second medium by outputting a second signal. The system also includes a controller monitoring the first and second signals output from the entertainment system and the mobile telephone respectively, and outputting a control signal to control switching between the entertainment system and the mobile telephone and the first and second broadcast devices responsive to the first and second signals. A switch connects the entertainment system and the mobile telephone responsive to the control signal received from the controller. When the controller detects the first and second signals output from the entertainment system and the mobile telephone, the controller controls connections between the entertainment system and the mobile telephone.

Claims

1. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices, comprising:

an entertainment system for playing a first medium for first entertainment by outputting a first signal;

a mobile telephone receiving and playing a second medium by outputting a second signal;

controller means for monitoring the first and second signals output from said entertainment system and said mobile telephone respectively, and for outputting a control signal to control switching between said entertainment system and said mobile telephone and the first and second broadcast devices responsive to the first and second signals;

a switch, connected to said entertainment system to said mobile telephone and to said controller means, said switch connecting said entertainment system and said mobile telephone responsive to the control signal received from said controller means,

wherein when said controller means detects the first and second signals output from said entertainment system and said mobile telephone, said controller means controls said switch to connect said entertainment system to a first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle, and said switch connects said mobile telephone to a second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle for broadcasting the first and second media.

2. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes front speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes rear speakers in the vehicle.

3. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes rear speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes front speakers in the vehicle.

4. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes rear speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes front speakers and the rear speakers in the vehicle.

5. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes front speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes the front speakers and rear speakers in the vehicle.

6. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes first speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes second speakers in the vehicle.

7. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 6, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes first speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes second speakers in the vehicle.

8. An entertainment system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes at least one of front, side, and rear speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes the at least one of the front, side, and rear speakers in the vehicle.

9. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices, comprising:

an entertainment system for playing a first medium for first entertainment by outputting a first signal;

a mobile telephone receiving and playing a second medium by outputting a second signal;

a controller, responsively connected to said mobile telephone and said entertainment system, monitoring the first and second signals output from said entertainment system and said mobile telephone respectively, and outputting a control signal to control switching between said entertainment system and said mobile telephone and the first and second broadcast devices responsive to the first and second signals;

a switch, connected to said entertainment system to said mobile telephone and to said controller, said switch connecting said entertainment system and said mobile telephone responsive to the control signal received from said controller,

wherein when said controller detects the first and second signals output from said entertainment system and said mobile telephone, said controller controls connections between said entertainment system and said mobile telephone to a first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle, for selective broadcasting of at least one of the first and second media.

10. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 9, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes front speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes rear speakers in the vehicle.

11. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 9, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes rear speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes front speakers in the vehicle.

12. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 9, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes rear speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes front speakers and the rear speakers in the vehicle.

13. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 9, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes front speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes the front speakers and rear speakers in the vehicle.

14. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 9, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes first speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes second speakers in the vehicle.

15. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 14, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes first speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes second speakers in the vehicle.

16. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 9, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes at least one of front, side, and rear speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes the at least one of the front, side, and rear speakers in the vehicle.

17. A method for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices, an entertainment system playing a first medium for first entertainment by outputting a first signal, a mobile telephone receiving and playing a second medium by outputting a second signal, and a switch connected to said entertainment system to said mobile telephone and to said controller, comprising:

(a) monitoring the first and second signals output from said entertainment system and said mobile telephone respectively, and outputting a control signal to control switching between said entertainment system and said mobile telephone and the first and second broadcast devices responsive to the first and second signals;

(b) connecting said entertainment system and said mobile telephone responsive to the control signal received from said controller,

(c) detecting the first and second signals output from said entertainment system and said mobile telephone;

(d) controlling connections between said entertainment system and said mobile telephone to at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle when the first and second signals are detected, for selective broadcasting of at least one of the first and second media.

18. A method for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 17, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes front speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes the front speakers and rear speakers in the vehicle.

19. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 17, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes first speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes second speakers in the vehicle.

20. A system for a vehicle having first and second broadcast devices according to claim 19, wherein the first at least one of the first and second broadcast devices in the vehicle includes first speakers in the vehicle, and the second at least one of the first and second broadcast devices includes second speakers in the vehicle.