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US 8,527,021 B2Granted
Entertainment system including selectable IR receive and transmit codes and day/night picture modes
AssigneeVoxx International Corporation
InventorJeff Macholz
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Abstract
An entertainment system for a vehicle, including a media player and a control panel having an option that allows a user to select either a first communication mode or a second communication mode, wherein the first communication mode sets the entertainment system to respond to a transmitted first set of codes and the second communication mode sets the entertainment system to respond to a transmitted second set of codes.
Claims15
An entertainment system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a media player;
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to interpret a first set of remote control codes and a second set of remote control codes that differs from the first;
- an infrared receiver configured to wirelessly receive infrared signals including the first set of remote control codes and the second set of remote control codes and send the first and second sets of remote control codes to the CPU;
- a display unit to display images from the media player;
- and
- a control panel having an option that allows a user to switch the entertainment system between one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode, wherein the modes are distinct from one another,
- wherein the CPU is configured to operate on a command of the first set of remote control codes but to ignore all commands of the second set of remote control codes when the first communication mode is selected, and
- wherein the CPU is configured to operate on a command of the second set of remote control codes when the second communication mode is selected but to ignore all commands of the first set of remote control codes,
- wherein the CPU is configured to relay data to the media player that corresponds to the command operated on,
- wherein the media player is located in a body of an entertainment unit, and the display unit is connected to the body by a swingable hinge.
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An entertainment system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a media player;
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to interpret a first set of remote control codes and a second set of remote control codes that differs from the first;
- an infrared receiver configured to wirelessly receive infrared signals including the first set of remote control codes and the second set of remote control codes and send the first and second sets of remote control codes to the CPU;
- and
- a control panel having an option that allows a user to switch the entertainment system between one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode, wherein the modes are distinct from one another,
- wherein the CPU is configured to operate on a command of the first set of remote control codes but to ignore all commands of the second set of remote control codes when the first communication mode is selected,
- wherein the CPU is configured to operate on a command of the second set of remote control codes when the second communication mode is selected but to ignore all commands of the first set of remote control codes, and
- wherein the CPU is configured to relay data to the media player that corresponds to the command operated on.
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An entertainment system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a media player;
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to interpret a first set of remote control codes and a second set of remote control codes that differs from the first;
- an infrared receiver configured to wirelessly receive infrared signals including the first set of remote control codes and the second set of remote control codes and send the first and second sets of remote control codes to the CPU;
- a display unit to display images from the media unit player;
- and
- a control panel having an option that allows a user to switch the entertainment system between one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode, wherein the modes are distinct from one another,
- wherein the CPU is configured to operate on a command of the first set of remote control codes when the first communication mode is selected,
- wherein the CPU is configured to operate on a command of the second set of remote control codes when the second communication mode is selected,
- wherein the CPU is configured to relay data to the media player that corresponds to the command operated on,
- wherein the media player is located in a body of an entertainment unit, and the display unit is connected to the body by a swingable hinge, and
- wherein the option includes a pair of physical buttons that are depressed together for a period of time to switch the entertainment system from a current one of the modes to the other of the modes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.