Multiple function overhead entertainment system for use in a vehicle

• US 20050251833A1
• Filed: 05/27/2004
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Original Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Inventors: Schedivy, George C.
• Application Number:
  US10/855,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20050251833A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/77
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0211 for record carriers apparatus, e.g. video recorders, tape players or CD players
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0028 Ceiling, e.g. roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0282 for the use of several passengers, e.g. simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/205 with control bus for exchanging commands between units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2146 located in mass transportation means, e.g. aircraft, train or bus flight-deck installations for entertainment or communications B64D11/0015; arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62; moving wireless networks H04W84/005
• 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 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• 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 5/60 for the sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7755 the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/84 using optical recording H04N5/80, H04N5/89, H04N5/91 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/00 Network topologies

Abstract

An overhead entertainment system for a vehicle comprises a a main body portion, a first media source and a second media source included in the main body portion, and at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting at least one of audio data and video data from at least one of the first and second media sources to at least one display.

Claims

1. An overhead entertainment system for a vehicle, comprising:

a main body portion;

a first display and a second display attached to the main body portion;

a first media source and a second media source included in the main body portion; and

a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting at least one of audio data and video data from at least one of the first and second media sources to at least a third display.

2. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the transmitter is positioned in at least one of the first display and the second display.

3. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the transmitter transmits the audio and video data from one of the first and second media sources on more than one frequency.

4. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the transmitter simultaneously transmits the audio and video data from the first and second media sources on at least two respective frequencies.

5. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the transmitter simultaneously transmits formatted audio and video data from the first and second media sources.

6. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the transmitter is one of an infrared transmitter and a radio frequency transmitter.

7. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a source selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the video and audio data is to be wirelessly transmitted.

8. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second media sources include any combination of two of the following:

a DVD player, a CD-ROM player, a video game player, a videocassette player, a digital video recorder, an MP3 player, a card reader, a radio tuner and a TV tuner.

9. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second media sources play the same type of media.

10. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the first and second media sources play different media.

11. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein a third media source is connectable to the main body portion.

12. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a TV tuner included in the main body portion.

13. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, further comprising another transmitter for wirelessly transmitting at least one of the audio data and the video data from at least one of the first and second media sources to at least a fourth display.

14. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 13, wherein said transmitter and said another transmitter are respectively positioned in the first display and the second display.

15. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 13, wherein said transmitter and said another transmitter simultaneously transmit the video and audio data from the first and second media sources, respectively, to the third and fourth displays, respectively.

16. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the third display is positioned remote from the main body portion.

17. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the overhead entertainment system is connectable to a modulator for modulating audio data received from one of the first and second media sources.

18. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 17, further comprising a source selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the audio data is received by the modulator.

45. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 1, wherein the overhead entertainment system is connectable to a modulator for modulating audio data received from one of the first and second media sources.

19. An overhead entertainment system for a vehicle, comprising:

a main body portion;

a first media source and a second media source included in the main body portion; and

at least one transmitter positioned in the main body portion for wirelessly transmitting at least one of audio data and video data from at least one of the first and second media sources to at least one display.

20. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the at least one transmitter transmits the audio and video data from one of the first and second media sources on more than one frequency.

21. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the at least one transmitter simultaneously transmits the audio and video data from the first and second media sources on at least two respective frequencies.

22. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the at least one transmitter simultaneously transmits formatted audio and video data from the first and second media sources.

23. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the at least one transmitter is one of an infrared transmitter and a radio frequency transmitter.

24. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, further comprising a source selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the video and audio data is to be wirelessly transmitted.

25. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the first and second media sources include any combination of two of the following:

a DVD player, a CD-ROM player, a video game player, a videocassette player, a digital video recorder, an MP3 player, a card reader, a radio tuner and a TV tuner.

26. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the first and second media sources play the same type of media.

27. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the first and second media sources play different media.

28. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein a third media source is connectable to the main body portion.

29. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, further comprising a TV tuner included in the main body portion.

30. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, further comprising at least one other transmitter positioned in the main body portion for wirelessly transmitting at least one of the audio data and the video data from at least one of the first and second media sources to at least one other display.

31. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 30, wherein the at least one transmitter and the at least one other transmitter simultaneously transmit the video and audio data from the first and second media sources, respectively, to the at least one and at least one other displays, respectively.

32. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the at least one display is positioned remote from the main body portion.

33. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, wherein the overhead entertainment system is connectable to a modulator for modulating audio data received from one of the first and second media sources.

34. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 33, further comprising a source selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the audio data is received by the modulator.

35. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 33, further comprising a band selector for selecting a frequency on which the audio data is to be modulated.

36. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 19, further comprising a physical connection to at least one other display for transmitting at least one of the audio data and the video data from at least one of the first and second media sources to the at least one other display.

37. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 36, further comprising at least one source selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the video and audio data is to be transmitted to the at least one other display.

38. An overhead entertainment system for a vehicle, comprising:

a main body portion;

a first display and a second display attached to the main body portion; and

a first media source and a second media source included in the main body portion.

39. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, wherein the first and second media sources include any combination of two of the following:

a DVD player, a CD-ROM player, a video game player, a videocassette player, a digital video recorder, an MP3 player, a card reader, a radio tuner and a TV tuner.

40. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, wherein the first and second media sources play the same type of media.

41. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, wherein the first and second media sources play different media.

42. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, wherein a third media source is connectable to the main body portion.

43. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 42, wherein the third media source connects to the main body portion via at least one input port located on the main body portion.

44. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, further comprising a TV tuner included in the main body portion.

46. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 44, further comprising a source selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the audio data is received by the modulator.

47. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, wherein each of the first and second displays are operatively coupled to at least one of the first and second media sources for receiving video data for display from at least one of the first and second media sources.

48. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 38, wherein each of the first and second displays are operatively coupled to both the first and second media sources for receiving video data for display from the first and second media sources.

49. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 48, further comprising a selector for selecting one of the first and second media sources from which the video data is received.

50. The overhead entertainment system as recited in claim 48, further comprising a first selector corresponding to the first display and a second selector corresponding to the second display, wherein each of the first and second selectors select one of the first and second media sources from which the video data is received.