Vehicle multimedia head unit with two bluetooth antennas and two receivers
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorCharles Joseph King, II
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Abstract
Examples of the present invention include a head unit for a vehicle entertainment system, including a housing, a radio, a first wireless transceiver, and a second wireless transceiver. The second wireless transceiver may be used to provide a dedicated communications link between the head unit and another electronic device, such as an auxiliary unit. The second wireless transceiver may have a serial port profile (SPP), and may be a Bluetooth transceiver.
Claims9
A head unit for a vehicle entertainment system, the head unit having a video display and an audio output, the head unit comprising:
- a first Bluetooth transceiver operating at a first frequency, having a network profile operable to establish wireless communication with any mobile electronic device having a device network profile and located within the vehicle;
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- a second Bluetooth transceiver operating a second frequency lower than the first frequency, the second Bluetooth transceiver only linked with an electronic device within the vehicle, the electronic device configured to transmit data at the second frequency.
An entertainment system for a vehicle, the entertainment system comprising:
- a head unit, including a housing, having a display for displaying video content and a radio, a first Bluetooth transceiver having a network profile operable to establish wireless communication with any mobile electronic device having a device network profile and located within the vehicle the first Bluetooth transceiver, the first Bluetooth transceiver operating on a first frequency, and a second Bluetooth transceiver operating on a second frequency, the second frequency less than the first frequency, and
- an auxiliary unit located proximate the head unit, the second Bluetooth transceiver providing a dedicated communications link solely between the head unit and the auxiliary unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.