ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTION AND STORAGE OF RDS SIGNAL DATA

• US 20100178881A1
• Filed: 01/10/2008
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Luigi D.E. Lorenzo
• Original Assignee: Luigi D.E. Lorenzo
• Inventors: De Lorenzo, Luigi
• Application Number:
  US12/602,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20100178881A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/91
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/34 using an out-of-band subcarrier signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/13 radio data system/radio broadcast data system [RDS/RBDS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

An electronic device for detection and storage of RDS signal data comprises a first microprocessor unit for detecting and processing a data signal (IN) associated to a RDS signal received from a radio receiver unit (R). The first microprocessor unit has at least one output data signal (OUT), a main storage device for storing the output data signal (OUT) from the first microprocessor unit, transmission means for transmitting the output signal (OUT) between the first microprocessor unit and the main storage device. Normally open switch means are provided, which are designed to be operated by a user to selectively enable transmission of the output signal (OUT) to the main storage device.

Claims

1. An electronic device for detection and storage of RDS signal data, the device being adapted to be associated to a radio receiver unit, comprising:

a first microprocessor unit that detects and processes a data signal associated to a RDS signal received from a radio receiver unit, said first microprocessor unit having at least one output data signal;

a main storage device that stores said at least one output data signal from said first microprocessor unit;

a transmission that transmits the output data signal between said first microprocessor unit and said main storage device; and

at least one normally open switch designed to be operated by a user to selectively enable transmission of said output data signal to said main storage device.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transmission comprises a transmission line that connects said first microprocessor unit to said main storage device.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transmission is of the wireless type.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one switch is incorporated in said first microprocessor unit.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said at least one switch is incorporated in said transmission line.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said at least one switch is located upstream of said transmission line.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein said at least one switch includes a pushbutton actuatable from the outside by a user.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one switch is of the remotely controllable type.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main storage device is of the removable type.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said removable storage device is selected from the group comprising memory cards, mobile devices, and MP3 players.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first signaling device that signals the presence of said at least one data signal in said first microprocessor unit.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first microprocessor unit includes a second signaling device that indicates that storage of said output data signal on said main storage device has been completed.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said first and/or second signaling device is of the optical type, of the LED type or similar optical devices.

14. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said first and/or second signaling device is of the acoustic type.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second microprocessor unit that decodes a RDS input signal from a radio receiver unit to generate said input signal to said first microprocessor unit.

16. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first microprocessor unit includes one or more ports for connection to additional secondary storage devices.

17. The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein at least one of said ports is designed for wireless connection with at least one of said secondary storage devices.

18. The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, further comprising a display (17) device connected to one of said ports.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said data signal is encoded using RT, PS, or Pl codes.