Vehicle entertainment and accessory control system

A vehicle entertainment and accessory control system, the system comprising:

• a plurality of touchscreens distributed throughout a vehicle and accessible by a plurality of users, wherein each touchscreen selectively displays only a user interface, only entertainment video, or both the user interface and the entertainment video concurrently, and wherein the touchscreen receives entertainment and accessory control instructions via the interface;
• a computer processor for controlling the touchscreens, receiving the instructions from the touchscreens, and generating entertainment and accessory control signals in response to the instructions;
• an infrared controller for generating infrared control signals in response to the entertainment control signals;
• an intercom for selectively providing communication between two users in response to the accessory control signals;
• and
• an accessory controller for selectively controlling a vehicle accessory in response to the accessory control signals.

A vehicle entertainment and accessory control system, the system comprising:

• a plurality of touchscreens distributed throughout a vehicle and accessible by a plurality of users, wherein each touchscreen displays a user interface and receives entertainment and accessory control instructions from a user via the interface, each touchscreen selectively displays entertainment video in response to the entertainment control instructions, and each touchscreen selectively displays only the interface, only the video, or both the interface and the video concurrently, wherein access to one or more of the touchscreens is selectively disabled via a driver's touchscreen and display of entertainment video on a driver's touchscreen is disabled while the vehicle is moving;
• a computer processor for controlling the touchscreens, receiving the instructions from the touchscreens, and generating entertainment and accessory control signals in response to the instructions;
• an infrared controller for generating infrared control signals in response to the entertainment control signals;
• a video display for displaying entertainment video in response to the infrared control signals;
• a speaker for playing audio in response to the infrared control signals;
• a media source for communicating video and audio signals to the video display and to the speaker in response to the infrared control signals;
• an intercom for providing communication between a driver and a passenger in response to the accessory control signals generated by the processor;
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• a plurality of accessory controllers for controlling vehicle accessories in response to the accessory control signals generated by the processor.