Method of controlling portable media players speaker and video image
AssigneeVisteon Global Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames Ciccarelli, Robert Burnham, George DeHelian, John Mecca, Ken Bloom
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Abstract
A removable vehicle entertainment system is provided. The system includes a video display screen for displaying entertainment to an occupant of the vehicle. The system can be removed from the docking bracket in the vehicle, and attached to an external docking station such that the system can be used independently of the power supply and speakers of the vehicle. Further, the system can be used as a self-contained personal entertainment system. The system includes mechanical and/or electrical componentry that determines audio mute and video display configuration based on a power signal and a docked signal.
Claims20
An entertainment system for use in a vehicle, the entertainment system comprising:
- a housing including a video screen, electronics, and an audio output device;
- a docking station configured to receive the housing;
- wherein the electronics is configured to mute the audio output device based on a vehicle power signal.
An entertainment system for use in a vehicle, the entertainment system comprising:
- a housing including a video screen, electronics, and a speaker;
- a docking station configured to receive the housing;
- wherein the electronics include a controller configured to mute the speaker based on a vehicle power signal and a docked signal and invert an image on the video screen based on the docking signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.