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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Michael Thomas Augustyn, Kokomo, IN (US);
Dennis L. Kinkead, Fishers, IN (US);
B. Neal Rhodes, Kokomo, IN (US);
Michael Thomas Augustyn, Kokomo, IN (US);
Dennis L. Kinkead, Fishers, IN (US);
B. Neal Rhodes, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle entertainment system and method that alternately configures an input of the entertainment system as a differential input that is decoupled from a ground point, or as ground referenced input that is coupled to a ground point. A noise detector determines a noise signal value for a ground switch module that alternately changes a switch state between a coupled state that couples the common connection to the ground point, and a decoupled state that decouples the common connection from the ground point, based upon the noise signal value being greater than a threshold.