US 11,863,967 B2
Wireless headset system
Janardhan Thodeti, Peachtree City, GA (US); Rajgopal Shrikanth, Peachtree City, GA (US); Arun Krishnan Padmakumar, Peachtree City, GA (US); Dallas Hickerson, Sharpsburg, GA (US); Jason Weida, Peachtree City, GA (US); Nitish James, Peachtree City, GA (US); Senthilnathan Subramanian, Peachtree City, GA (US); and Shyamkumar Kurra, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree City, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,567.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,111, filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191640 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04S 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01)
CPC H04S 7/308 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04R 2420/03 (2013.01); H04R 2420/05 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of operating a wireless headset system for a vehicle, comprising:
receiving content from a smartphone by a first wireless chipset disposed in a head infotainment unit of the vehicle;
sending the content from the first wireless chipset to a first virtual machine running on a processor of the head infotainment unit;
sending the content from the first virtual machine to a second virtual machine running on the processor of the head infotainment unit;
sending the content from the second virtual machine to a second wireless chipset disposed in the head infotainment unit; and
transmitting the content from the second wireless chipset to a wireless headset.