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Mobile multiplexed slow scan video system

US6480224B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1999
Grant dateNov 12, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/40
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile closed circuit television system in which a pre-existing data communication system in a vehicle is used as a medium for transmitting video data from an on-board television camera (12) to an on-board television monitor. The pre-existing data communication system has a data bus (10) that serves various electric and electronic devices throughout a vehicle, and is embodied in wiring modules, or wiring harnesses, that run throughout the vehicle. The pre-existing data bus utilizes an operating protocol embodied in a published standard that is recognized by the industry, SAE Standard J1939, published by the Society of Automotive Engineers, being the particular one utilized in practice of the present invention.

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