In-vehicle apparatus and in-vehicle apparatus system

• US 8,619,137 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Momose, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sath V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Peter D
• Application Number:
  US12/894,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20110109714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 348/14.04, 348/148
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: H03H 11/30 Automatic matching of source impedance to load impedance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a main body part; an analog input terminal; a video processing circuit; an audio processing circuit; an input control circuit; and a microcomputer.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle apparatus comprising:

a main body part configured to have a front panel of a predetermined size;

an analog input terminal configured to be provided in the front panel, an analog audio signal or an analog video signal supplied from an external three-pole plug being input to the analog input terminal;

a video processing circuit configured to be connected to an audio L-channel terminal and a ground terminal of the three-pole plug and execute predetermined signal processing for the analog video signal;

an audio processing circuit configured to be connected to the audio L-channel terminal, an audio R-channel terminal and the ground terminal of the three-pole plug and execute predetermined signal processing for the analog audio signal;

an input control circuit including a transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor and a third resistor, wherein

the first resistor is provided between the audio L-channel terminal of the three pole plug and a collector of the transistor and functions for impedance matching for the analog video signal,

the second resistor is provided between a base of the transistor and a microcomputer,

the third resistor is provided between the ground terminal of the three-pole plug and the base of the transistor,

an emitter of the transistor is connected to the ground terminal of the three-pole plug, and

the microcomputer is configured to allow impedance matching through the first resistor for impedance matching by making the transistor carry out on-operation if a signal supplied via the analog input terminal is the analog video signal, and make the analog audio signal be input to the audio processing circuit by making the transistor carry out off-operation if a signal supplied via the analog input terminal is the analog audio signal.

2. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first resistor for impedance matching is connected in parallel to the video processing circuit and the audio processing circuit.

3. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

input impedance of the video processing circuit and input impedance of the audio processing circuit have such a large value as to be ignorable compared with the first resistor for impedance matching.

4. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a digital input terminal configured to be provided in the front panel, digital audio data supplied from the external being input to the digital input terminal.

5. An in-vehicle apparatus system comprising:

an in-vehicle apparatus; and

a player connected to the in-vehicle apparatus,

the in-vehicle apparatus including

a main body part configured to have a front panel of a predetermined size,

an analog input terminal configured to be provided in the front panel, an analog audio signal supplied from a three-pole plug of the player being input to the analog input terminal,

a video processing circuit configured to be connected to an audio L-channel terminal and a ground terminal of the three-pole plug and execute predetermined signal processing for the analog video signal,

an audio processing circuit configured to be connected to the audio L-channel terminal, an audio R-channel terminal and the ground terminal of the three-pole plug and execute predetermined signal processing for the analog audio signal,

an input control circuit including a transistor, a first resistor, a second resistor and a third resistor, wherein

the first resistor is provided between the audio L-channel terminal of the three pole plug and a collector of the transistor and functions for impedance matching for the analog video signal,

the second resistor is provided between a base of the transistor and a microcomputer,

the third resistor is provided between the ground terminal of the three-pole plug and the base of the transistor,

an emitter of the transistor is connected to the ground terminal of the three-pole plug, and

the microcomputer configured to allow impedance matching through the first resistor for impedance matching by making the transistor carry out on-operation if a signal supplied via the analog input terminal is the analog video signal, and make the analog audio signal be input to the audio processing circuit by making the transistor carry out off-operation if a signal supplied via the analog input terminal is the analog audio signal.