Motor vehicle data communication network

• US 7,917,109 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2001
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Becker GmbH (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Herman Becker Automotive System GmbH
• Inventors: Lappe, Dirk, Becker, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHAI MINH
• Application Number:
  US10/005,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20020098854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,402 Days
• Field of Search: 455/465, 455/426, 455/66, 455/149, 455/151.4, 455/426.1, 455/422.1, 455/66.1, 455/151.2, 455/151.1, 455/569.2, 455/575.9, 455/345, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/150.1, 455/150.2, 455/130, 701/1, 701/36, 701/37, 370/458, 370/449, 370/419, 370/508, 370/345, 370/401
• US Class Current: 455/151.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4637 Interconnected ring systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle

Abstract

To make possible communication between a MOST network and an external receiver and an external transmitter, the MOST network is connected to an interface, which transforms data in the MOST standard into a standard suitable for the external receiver, and transforms data received from the external transmitter into the MOST standard.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle Media Oriented Systems Transport data communication network, comprising:

a ring bus;

a plurality of multimedia units connected to the ring bus; and

a wireless transceiver connected to the ring bus, where the wireless transceiver receives outgoing data from the ring bus and transforms the outgoing data to a wireless data format and transmits the transformed data, and receives incoming data and transforms the incoming data and provides transformed incoming data indicative thereof to the ring bus, where the incoming data is formatted as Bluetooth data.

2. The Media Oriented Systems Transport data communication network of claim 1, where the plurality of multimedia units includes a DVD player.

3. The Media Oriented Systems Transport data communication network of claim 1, where the plurality of multimedia units includes an audio player.

4. The Media Oriented Systems Transport data communication network of claim 1, where the plurality of multimedia units includes a navigation system.

5. A method of communicating over a wireless communication channel between a motor vehicle Media Oriented Systems Transport network having a wireless transceiver and a wireless device, comprising:

receiving outgoing data at the wireless transceiver in a first data format compatible with the Media Oriented Systems Transport network and transforming the outgoing data to a second data format compatible with the wireless communication channel and providing a transformed output signal indicative thereof;

transmitting the transformed output signal over the wireless communication channel; and

receiving incoming data at the wireless transceiver in the second data format and transforming the incoming data to the first data format, and providing a transformed input signal indicative thereof,

where the second data format is compatible with Bluetooth.

6. A motor vehicle Media Oriented Systems Transport data communication network that communicates over a wireless communication channel with a wireless device, comprising:

a ring bus;

a plurality of multimedia units connected to the ring bus; and

means for receiving outgoing data from the ring bus in a first data format compatible with the Media Oriented Systems Transport network, and for transforming the outgoing data to a second data format compatible with a wireless communication channel and for transmitting a transformed output data signal indicative thereof over the wireless communication channel,

where the transformed output data signal is formatted as Bluetooth data.