Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1996-09-13
1998-12-29
Horabik, Michael
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
395291, 395289, 395877, 34082506, 34082508, 370348, 370449, 370461, 348 8, H04N 700, H04L 12403, G05B 2302
Patent
active
058545913
ABSTRACT:
Implemented on a vehicle, a digital in-transit entertainment system that assists in providing passenger services to a plurality of end nodes of a vehicle. The system includes a multi-drop digital communication bus, preferably configured to support RS-485 standards. A plurality of zone bridge units ("ZBUs") and a system manager unit ("SMU") are coupled to the digital communication bus. At least one ZBU is responsible for signaling headend equipment to perform a requested passenger service. The SMU is also designed to signal another type of equipment if implemented in lieu of the first type. Both the ZBUs as well as the SMU are designed to contain PSS status information for every end node of the vehicle to maintain coherency.
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Horabik Michael
Jeanglaude Jean B.
Sony Corporation
Sony Trans Com Inc.
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