Secondary radio functionality integration in a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016100277-A1
Application number	US-201414547846-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 19, 2014
Priority date	Oct 6, 2014
Publication date	Apr 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of integrating secondary radio functionality in a vehicle includes establishing a wired connection between a secondary radio receiver integration unit and a secondary radio receiver unit, establishing a wireless connection between the secondary radio receiver integration unit and a vehicle receiver unit mounted in the vehicle, transmitting audio data from the secondary radio receiver unit to the secondary radio receiver integration unit via the wired connection, and transmitting the audio data from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit via a wireless connection. The audio data is played via a speaker connected to the vehicle receiver unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of integrating secondary radio functionality in a vehicle, comprising:
establishing a wired connection between a secondary radio receiver integration unit and a secondary radio receiver unit; establishing a wireless connection between the secondary radio receiver integration unit and a vehicle receiver unit mounted in the vehicle; transmitting audio data from the secondary radio receiver unit to the secondary radio receiver integration unit via the wired connection; and transmitting the audio data from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit via a wireless connection, wherein the audio data is played via a speaker connected to the vehicle receiver unit.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving visual content generated by the secondary radio receiver unit at the secondary radio receiver integration unit via the wired connection; and transmitting the visual content from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit via the wireless connection, wherein the visual content is displayed via a display connected to the vehicle receiver unit.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the display is built into the vehicle receiver unit.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving a control command at the secondary radio receiver integration unit via the wireless connection, wherein the control command is issued by the vehicle receiver unit in response to a user interacting with the vehicle receiver unit; and transmitting the control command from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the secondary radio receiver unit via the wired connection, wherein the control command is executed at the secondary radio receiver unit to perform a function corresponding to the control command at the secondary radio receiver unit.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the visual content is mapped, by the secondary radio receiver integration unit, from a first format decipherable by the secondary radio receiver unit to a second format that is different from the first format and is decipherable by the vehicle receiver unit, and the visual content is transmitted from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit in the second format.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the wireless connection is a BLUETOOTH connection, the audio data is transmitted using an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) BLUETOOTH profile, and the visual content is mapped using an Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) BLUETOOTH profile.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the AVRCP BLUETOOTH profile is version 1.4 or higher.

8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the control command is mapped, by the secondary radio receiver integration unit, from a first format decipherable by the vehicle receiver unit to a second format that is different from the first format and is decipherable by the secondary radio receiver unit, and the control command is relayed from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the secondary radio receiver unit in the second format.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless connection is a BLUETOOTH connection, the audio data is transmitted using an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) BLUETOOTH profile, and the control command is mapped using an Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) BLUETOOTH profile.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the AVRCP BLUETOOTH profile is version 1.4 or higher.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle receiver unit is non-removably mounted in the vehicle.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the vehicle receiver unit is non-removably mounted in a dashboard of the vehicle.

13 . A method of integrating satellite radio functionality in a vehicle, comprising:
establishing a wired connection between a satellite radio receiver integration unit and an aftermarket satellite radio receiver unit; establishing a BLUETOOTH connection between the satellite radio receiver integration unit and a vehicle receiver unit non-removably mounted in the vehicle, wherein the aftermarket satellite radio receiver unit and the vehicle receiver unit are not directly connected to each other; transmitting audio data from the aftermarket satellite radio receiver unit to the satellite radio receiver integration unit via the wired connection; and transmitting the audio data from the satellite radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit via the BLUETOOTH connection, wherein the audio data is played via a speaker connected to the vehicle receiver unit.

14 . A secondary radio receiver integration unit, comprising:
a processor configured to process audio data; a data connection interface configured to connect the secondary radio receiver integration unit to an secondary radio receiver unit via a wired connection; and a wireless transceiver configured to connect the secondary radio receiver integration unit to a vehicle receiver unit mounted in the vehicle via a wireless connection, wherein the data connection interface is configured to transmit the audio data from the secondary radio receiver unit to the secondary radio receiver integration unit, and the wireless transceiver is configured to transmit the audio data from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit to be played via a speaker connected to the vehicle receiver unit.

15 . The secondary radio receiver integration unit of claim 14 , wherein the data connection interface is further configured to receive visual content generated by the secondary radio receiver unit, and the wireless transceiver is further configured to transmit the visual content from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit to be displayed via a display connected to the vehicle receiver unit.

16 . The secondary radio receiver integration unit of claim 15 , wherein the display is built into the vehicle receiver unit.

17 . The secondary radio receiver integration unit of claim 15 ,
wherein the wireless transceiver is a BLUETOOTH transceiver, the BLUETOOTH transceiver is configured to receive a control command issued by the vehicle receiver unit in response to a user interacting with the vehicle receiver unit, and the data connection interface is configured to transmit the control command from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the secondary radio receiver unit to execute the control command at the secondary radio receiver unit to perform a function corresponding to the control command at the secondary radio receiver unit, wherein the processor is configured to map the visual content from a first format decipherable by the secondary radio receiver unit to a second format that is different from the first format and is decipherable by the vehicle receiver unit, and the visual content is relayed from the secondary radio receiver integration unit to the vehicle receiver unit in the second format, wherein the audio data is transmitted using an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) BLUETOOTH profile, and the visual content is mapped using an Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) BLUETOOTH profile.

18 . The secondary radio receiver integration unit of claim 15 ,
wherein the wireless transceiver is a BLUETOOTH transceiver, the BLUETOOTH transceiver is configured to receive a control command issued by the vehicle receiver unit in response to a user interacting with the vehicle receiver unit, and the data connection interface

Assignees

• Voxx Int Corp

Inventors

• Barabas Laszlo
• Barabas Alfred

Classifications

• H04W76/02

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/008 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/6091

  including a wireless interface · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title