Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America

Bruce Edward Kerkemeyer

Michael T Burk

Dallas Dwight Hickerson

Mark H Rackin

A vehicle audio/video media system includes an adapter apparatus in electrical communication with an audio/video head unit. The adapter apparatus includes a digital input receiving digital audio/video content from an external source. A digital-to-analog converter is coupled to the digital input and converts the digital audio/video content into analog audio/video content. An output device is coupled to the digital-to-analog converter. The output device transmits the analog audio/video content to the audio/video head unit.

Universal external multimedia adapter for use in a vehicle

The disclosed embodiments relate to a system () that is adapted to process digital video data. An exemplary embodiment of the system () comprises a processor () that produces a digital video data stream (), and a character generator () that is adapted to select a pixel data value from one of a plurality of standard data lines () to insert into the digital video data stream () based on a representation of a character stored in a memory () associated with the character generator ().

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Tyrone, GA, United States of America

Bruce Edward Kerkemeyer