US 6,665,234 B2 · Personal audio recorder in a vehicular entertainment sound system

Abstract

A method of recording a plurality of audio signals associated with an entertainment sound system (42) of an automotive vehicle (12) includes an audio input (20). A plurality of audio signals (18) is transmitted from the audio input (20) to a controller (24) within the automotive vehicle (12). A preferred plurality of audio signals (36) is acoustically played on the entertainment sound system (42). A recorder (28) is actuated to record the preferred plurality of audio signals (34) onto an electronic medium (30) within the vehicle (42). Consequently, the preferred plurality of audio signals (34) is recorded onto the electronic medium (30). An acoustical transmission of the preferred plurality of audio signals (34) received from said audio input (20) is halted at a halting point. Finally, the acoustical transmission is resumed from the electronic medium (30), from the halting point simultaneously as the plurality of audio signals (18) continues being recorded.

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Dependent claims

A method of recording a plurality of audio signals associated with an entertainment sound system of an automotive vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

providing an audio input associated with the automotive vehicle;
transmitting the plurality of audio signals from said audio input to a controller within the automotive vehicle;
acoustically playing a preferred plurality of audio signals on the entertainment sound system;
actuating a recorder to record said preferred plurality of audio signals onto an electronic medium within said vehicle;
recording said preferred plurality of audio signals for a recording time period onto said electronic medium within said vehicle;
halting an acoustical play of said preferred plurality of audio signals received from said audio input at a halting point;
and
resuming said acoustical play from said halting point simultaneously as the plurality of audio signals continues being recorded, resuming said acoustical play from said electronic medium within said vehicle.

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A personal audio recording system associated with an automotive vehicle, the personal audio recording system comprising:

an audio input for supplying a plurality of audio signals, said audio input associated with the automotive vehicle;
a controller for receiving said plurality of audio signals, said controller selectively transmitting a preferred plurality of audio signals received from said audio input, said controller selectively encoding said preferred plurality of audio signals, said controller selectively actuating a recorder to record said preferred plurality of audio signals onto an electronic medium, said controller selectively decoding said preferred plurality of audio signals stored on said electronic medium, said controller selectively transmitting said preferred plurality of audio signals from said electronic medium simultaneously as said recorder records said preferred plurality of audio signals;
and
an entertainment sound system receiving said preferred plurality of audio signals from said controller, said entertainment sound system acoustically playing said preferred plurality of audio signals, said entertainment sound system disposed within the automotive vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Personal audio recorder in a vehicular entertainment sound system

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