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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Patrick M. Lavelle, Sayville, NY (US);
Thomas C. Malone, Miller Place, NY (US);
George C. Schedevy, Aquebogue, NY (US);
James R. Tranchina, Dix Hills, NY (US);
Audivox Corporation, Hauppauge, NY (US);
Abstract
There is provided an entertainment unit for a vehicle. The unit includes an assembly housing adapted to mount against an interior surface of the vehicle. A bus is adapted to couple at least one of video and audio signals from each of a plurality of input devices. At least one display device, houseable in the assembly and operatively coupled to the bus, is adapted to reproduce the video signals. At least one wireless transmitter operatively coupled to the bus, is adapted to wirelessly and simultaneously transmit a plurality of audio programs to a plurality of wireless headphone sets. The at least one wireless transmitter includes at least one multiplexor adapted to select a specific input device whose audio output is to be wirelessly transmitted to a given one of the plurality of wireless headphone sets.