US RE49,871 E1
Wired and wireless audio output device for in-vehicle entertainment system
Randall Bird, Brea, CA (US); Christopher Healy, Brea, CA (US); Matthew Gledich, Brea, CA (US); Romain Lecomte, Brea, CA (US); Brian Simone, Brea, CA (US); Matteo Berioli, Munich (DE); Eriza Fazli, Gilching (DE); and Macià Mut Vidal, Illes Balears (ES)
Assigned to Safran Passenger Innovations, LLC, Brea, CA (US)
Filed by Safran Passenger Innovations, LLC, Brea, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,403.
Application 17/511,403 is a reissue of application No. 16/051,342, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,499,345, issued on Dec. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/539,211, filed on Jul. 31, 2017.
Int. Cl. H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 65/00 (2022.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 52/24 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01)
CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [H04L 65/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04W 52/245 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio output device having parallel wireless and analog wired audio outputs for outputting audio information from a vehicle entertainment system, comprising:
an audio output port configured to receive a physical connector for outputting audio over a wired connection;
a wireless transmitter configured to communicatively couple with a wireless device for transmission of audio information to the wireless device; and
a processor configured to adjust a transmission power of the wireless transmitter as a function of a measured received signal strength indicator (RSSI) level of a connected slave device and a transmission power of the connected slave device;
wherein the device is configured to output audio signals to both the wired audio output port and the wireless transmitter simultaneously; and
an actuator configured to cause the wireless transmitter to pair or unpair with the wireless device, and without interrupting an audio output via the audio output port.