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AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro Nagasaka, Tsuneo Shiga, Masaaki Murata
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An electronic equipment system includes a housing 20 and a plurality of modules 31 to 35, which are removably built in and fixed to the housing 20. The modules 31 to 34 includes a liquid crystal display 31a; a graphic control circuit 32a1 and a navigation control circuit 32a2; an MD unit 33a; and a CD unit 34a, respectively. The module 35 is formed through integration of control sections, such as constant-voltage circuits for power supply, which achieve a function that is common among the graphic control circuit and the navigation control circuit, the MD unit, and the CD unit. Thus, it becomes possible to replace only necessary one among the modules 31 to 34, thereby reducing cost necessary for upgrading of the system.
(amended) An electronic equipment system for a vehicle which includes an operation section, a plurality of peculiar sections each having a peculiar configuration for effecting a specific operation and being physically separated from other sections, a control section having a physically integrated portion which provides a common function to two or more physically separated peculiar sections, and a housing, said operation section, said plurality of peculiar sections, and said control section being mounted to said housing, and said system being configured in such a manner that in response to operation of said operation section, one peculiar section among said plurality of peculiar sections and said control section cooperate to provide the specific operation of said one peculiar section, wherein at least one of said peculiar sections and said control section are configured to be mounted to and removed from said housing independently.
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