Device for data reception via radio signals in a motor vehicle

• US 20020109676A1
• Filed: 12/12/2001
• Published: 08/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: May, Thomas, Pochmuller, Werner, Pelz, Rodolfo Mann
• Application Number:
  US10/026,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20020109676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/093 Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/62 for transportation systems, e.g. in vehicles

Abstract

A device for receiving data via radio signals in a motor vehicle, where a single operation of an input means putting the device in a state, stored in the memory, for playback of the data. As a result, when confronted with an apparently hopeless situation, a user in a motor vehicle, in the simplest of operations and without being distracted from driving activities, is able to return the device to a state where it may be optimally utilized. Various input devices are possible here, such as a pushbutton, a remote control or a microphone. The state may be characterized by various selection options, including resumption of data reception from a service, resumption of a service used previously, returning to a portal of a service provider or restarting the device, in which case the restart may be performed either through hardware or software. A pushbutton may cause various states of the device, depending on the length of time of operation of the pushbutton.

Claims

1. A device for receiving data via radio signals in a motor vehicle, comprising:

an input device;

a radio receiver for receiving data;

a processor for processing the data;

a memory; and

a display for displaying the processed data,

wherein the input device, when operated once, in the event of a fault, puts the device in a state defined in the memory for playing back the data.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the input device includes at least one pushbutton on the device.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the input device includes a remote control.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the input device includes a microphone.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the state leads to the display of selection options, one of which is to be selected.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the selection options include:

a first selection option to resume data reception from a service;

a second selection option to resume a service used previously;

a third selection option to return to a selected portal of a service provider; and

a fourth selection option to restart the device.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the portal is stipulated by a user of the device.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the portal is stipulated in the device.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the restart is performed through software.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the restart is performed through hardware.

11. The device according to claim 2, wherein the pushbutton causes various states of the device after operation for different periods of time.