Automotive display unit
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1. In an automobile having a passenger seating area and a ceiling, a ceiling-mounted automotive display unit comprising;
- a mounting frame structure embedded in the ceiling in the ceiling ill a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile;
a screen structure mounted on the mounting frame structure, the screen structure including a viewing surface selectively viewable by a passenger in the passenger seating area; and
a video control module mounted on the mounting frame structure in a location laterally spaced from the screen structure, the video control module being electrically connected to the screen structure to direct operation of the screen structure.
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A display unit is provided, the display unit including a housing configured for mounting to the ceiling of an automobile, and a screen mounted on the housing for pivot about a first axis between a stowed position wherein the screen is embedded in the ceiling and a deployed position wherein the screen projects from the housing to reveal a viewing surface of the screen. The screen also is pivotal about a second axis transverse to the first axis, promoting viewability of the screen.
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1. In an automobile having a passenger seating area and a ceiling, a ceiling-mounted automotive display unit comprising;
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a mounting frame structure embedded in the ceiling in the ceiling ill a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile; a screen structure mounted on the mounting frame structure, the screen structure including a viewing surface selectively viewable by a passenger in the passenger seating area; and a video control module mounted on the mounting frame structure in a location laterally spaced from the screen structure, the video control module being electrically connected to the screen structure to direct operation of the screen structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In an automobile having a passenger seating area and a ceiling, a ceiling-mounted automotive display unit comprising:
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a mounting frame structure mounted to the ceiling in a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile; and a screen structure hinged to the mounting frame structure for reversibly swaying in an upright plane which extends through the passenger seating area, the screen structure being configured to pivot about a hinge between a stowed position wherein the screen structure lies in a plane generally paralleling the mounting frame structure and a deployed position wherein the screen structure occupies a generally upright plane at an angle relative to the mounting frame structure with a disposition overhead-viewable by a passenger seated in the passenger seating area; and a video control module mounted on the mounting frame structure separately from the screen structure in laterally spaced relation to the screen structure, but electrically connected to the screen structure to direct operation of the screen structure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In an automobile having a passenger seating area and a generally planar ceiling, an above-seat-level, ceiling-mounted automotive display unit comprising:
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a generally planar mounting frame structure joined with the ceiling in a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile, the mounting frame structure being joined generally co-planarly with the ceiling and having a proximal portion closer to the passenger seating area and distal portion more remote from the passenger seating area; a generally planar screen structure hinged to the mounting frame structure adjacent the distal portion of the mounting frame structure for reversibly swaying in an upright plane, extending both through the mounting frame structure and the passenger seating area, the screen structure being hinged to the mounting frame structure via a hinge configured to provide for pivot of the screen structure between a stowed position wherein the screen structure lies in a plane generally paralleling the mounting frame structure and a deployed position wherein the screen structure occupies a generally upright plane which lies at an angle relative to the mounting frame structure with a disposition overhead-viewable by a passenger seated in the passenger seating area; and a video control module mounted on the mounting frame structure separately from the screen structure in laterally spaced relation to the screen structure such that the video control module and the screen structure extend in substantially the same horizontal plane when the screen structure is in the stowed position, the video control module being electrically connected to the screen structure to direct operation of the screen structure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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