Vehicle console capable of wireless reception and transmission of audio and video data

• US 9,317,241 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2004
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Original Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Inventors: Tranchina, James R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Featherstone, Mark D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bantamoi, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US10/898,538
• Publication Number:
  US 20050005298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,288 Days
• Field of Search: 725 75- 77, 725/81, 725/133, 725/141, 725/153, 725/2, 725/5, 463/39, 340/815.4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0264 for control means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0056 using suction cups
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/167 Audio streaming, i.e. formatting and decoding of an encoded audio signal representation into a data stream for transmission or storage purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41 Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4113 PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• 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 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43632 involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 : Conference systems

Abstract

A console for a vehicle comprises an assembly housing capable of being mounted in an interior of the vehicle, a wireless receiver, houseable in the assembly housing, adapted to wirelessly receive audio and video data from at least one input device, a recording device, houseable in the assembly housing for recording the audio and video data received from the at least one input device, and a wireless transmitter, houseable in the assembly housing, adapted to wirelessly transmit the audio and video data to at least one receiving device.

Claims

1. A vehicle entertainment system, comprising:

a video system having an integrated processor, a wireless receiver, a nonvolatile storage medium, and a display configured to present video content, the video system being attached to a housing secured within an automobile and configured to receive the video system so that the video content is displayed to a rear passenger of the automobile;

the wireless receiver is configured to wirelessly receive audio and video content via at least one wireless protocol including 802.11; and

the nonvolatile storage medium is configured to, under control by the processor, store the audio and video content received by the wireless receiver and configured to output the stored content to the display for viewing by a passenger within the automobile,

wherein the processor is configured to present a browser with a menu of video programs on the display for selection, and in response to authenticatable access codes of the video system, the selected video content is downloaded from a remote source to the nonvolatile storage medium via the wireless receiver,

wherein the remote source wirelessly provides the selected video content to the nonvolatile storage medium through an 802.11 link with the wireless receiver,

wherein the selected video content provided to the nonvolatile storage medium is distributed to a first mobile device in the automobile via a wireless local area network,

the video system further comprising a wireless transmitter configured to transmit audio content associated with the selected video content to wireless headphones corresponding to the first mobile device, and

when the selected video content includes first and second media programs, the first media program is transmitted to the first mobile device at a first frequency and the second media program is transmitted to a second mobile device in the automobile at a second frequency.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one wireless protocol includes Bluetooth, cellular, or satellite communication.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the wireless receiver is configured to wirelessly receive one video content via 802.11 and another video content via cellular communication.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless receiver is configured to wirelessly receive audio and video content from more than one remote source simultaneously.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote source is the Internet.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote source is a remote device capable of wireless communication via 802.11.