On-vehicle audio video control device

• US 6,845,308 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2002
• Issued: 01/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company), Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Wataru, Yasuhara, Toshiyuki, Kobata, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Gary
• Application Number:
  US10/244,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20030060954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/36, 381/86, 307/9.1, 307/10.1
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/20 for coupling gramophone pick-up, recorder output, or microphone to receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/205 with control bus for exchanging commands between units

Abstract

An on-vehicle audio video control device is provided, which selects a plurality of audio video equipments with a front controller and a real controller, allowing it to select a same source or respective different sources at a front seat and a rear seat. Herein, if an AM/FM switch is selected with a CD changer by the front controller after the rear controller switches to FM1, it is determined whether the rear controller is in radio mode or not. If the rear controller is in radio mode, the front controller is switched to FM1, following FM1 mode on the rear side.

Claims

1. An on-vehicle audio video control device, comprising:

a plurality of sources;

a front controller positioned in a front part of a cabin for selecting one of the plurality of sources;

a rear controller positioned in a rear part of a cabin for selecting one of the plurality of sources;

first storage means for storing a source or a mode which has been adopted just before switching, when the source is switched by the front controller;

second storage means for storing a source or a mode which has been adopted just before switching, when the source is switched by the rear controller; and

control means for restarting operation from a mode stored in the first storage means or in the second storage means, when the source, which has been adopted before switching, stored in either said first or second storage means is selected again by the front controller or the rear controller, wherein

at least one of the plurality of sources is a mode selectable source allowing selection of a mode from a plurality of modes, and

in a state such that one of the plurality of modes of the mode selectable source is selected and being operated by either one of the front controller or the rear controller, if the same mode selectable source is selected by either the front or rear controller, the other controller is controlled by the control means so as to select the mode previously selected by either the front or rear controller that corresponds to the mode stored in either the first or second means.

2. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 1, wherein a radio tuner allowing selection of either AM mode or FM mode is used as the mode selectable source.

3. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 1, wherein an equipment group allowing switching among a plurality of audio and video equipments by switching means is used as the mode selectable source.

4. An on-vehicle audio video control device, comprising:

a plurality of sources;

a front controller positioned in a front part of a cabin for selecting one of the plurality of sources;

a rear controller positioned in a rear part of a cabin for selecting one of the plurality of sources;

first storage means for storing a source or a mode which has been adopted just before power is turned off, when power for the front controller is turned off;

second storage means for storing a source or a mode which has been adopted just before power is turned off, when power for the rear controller is turned off; and

control means for restarting operation from the mode stored in the first storage means or in the second storage means, when power for the front controller or the rear controller is turned on, wherein

at least one of the plurality of sources is a mode selectable source allowing selection of a mode from a plurality of modes, and

in a state such that one of the plurality of modes of the mode selectable source is selected and being operated by either one of the front controller or the rear controller, if power for the other controller is turned on after it has been turned off, the other controller is controlled by the control means so as to select the mode previously selected by either the front or rear controller that corresponds to the mode stored in either the first or second storage means.

5. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 4, wherein a radio tuner allowing selection of either AM mode or FM mode is used as the mode selectable source.

6. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 4, wherein an equipment group allowing switching among a plurality of audio and video equipments by switching means is used as the mode selectable source.

7. An on-vehicle audio video control device, comprising:

a plurality of sources;

a front controller positioned in a front part of a cabin for selecting one of the plurality of sources;

a rear controller positioned in a rear part of a cabin for selecting one of the plurality of sources;

first storage means for storing a source or a mode which has been adopted just before switching, when the source is switched by the front controller;

second storage means for storing a source or a mode which has been adopted just before switching, when the source is switched by the rear controller; and

control means for operation from a mode stored in the first storage means or in the second storage means, when the source, which has been adopted just before switching, stored in the corresponding storage means is selected again by the front controller or the rear controller, wherein

at least one of the plurality of sources is a mode selectable source allowing selection of a mode from a plurality of modes, and

in a state such that one of the plurality of modes of the mode selectable source is selected and being operated by either one of the front controller or the rear controller, if playback operation of a source selected by either the front or rear controller is stopped, the other controller is controlled by the control means so as to select the mode previously selected by either the front or rear controller that corresponds to the mode stored in either the first or second storage means.

8. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 7, wherein a radio tuner allowing selection of either AM mode or FM mode is used as the mode selectable source.

9. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 7, wherein an equipment group allowing switching among a plurality of audio and video equipments by switching means is used as the mode selectable source.

10. The on-vehicle audio video control device according to claim 7, wherein a source allowing eject operation is used as one of the plurality of sources, and if playback operation of the source is stopped with said eject operation by either the front controller or the rear controller, the controller selects a mode previously selected by the other controller whatever a mode stored in the corresponding storage means of the other controller is.