INTERFACE FOR CONNECTING ANALOG AUDIOVISUAL SIGNAL SOURCE TO DIGITAL DATA NETWORK, SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING AUDIOVISUAL DATA FROM OPTICAL DISK AND TRANSMITTING THE SAME, SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AUDIOVISUAL DATA FROM DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA, METHOD FOR INTERFACING ANALOG AUDIOVISUAL SIGNAL SOURCE WITH DIGITAL DATA NETWORK, METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AUDIOVISUAL DATA FROM OPTICAL DISK AND TRANSMITTING THE SAME, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AUDIOVISUAL DATA FROM DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA, AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING ANALOG AUDIOVISUAL SIGNAL SOURCE WITH DIGITAL DATA NETWORK

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means and method of integrating an analog device with a digital data system and a network, specially, a digital data network dedicated to amusement or information media carrying.;SOLUTION: A system and method for interfacing legacy analog audiovisual signal sources with a digital data network allows distribution over that network of audiovisual programming to a number of output devices. Preferably, the digital data network is a fibre optic network installed inside a vehicle. In one particular application, the interface is between the digital data network 123 and an optical disc drive 221 that outputs an analog signal. The analog output 222, 223 is preferred, in part, to support copyright protection measures. An additional interface for a digital video camera allows a signal from the camera to be carried on the in-vehicle digital data network.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO