Patents by Inventor Kathryn A. McComas

Kathryn A. McComas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User selectable display modes for a vehicle MP3 compact disc player
    Patent number: 7020048
    Abstract: A vehicle audio system is provided that includes an audio receiver having a radio tuner and a random access media reader adapted for accessing audio data files such as those stored on a compact disc. The audio system includes a display having a plurality of display formats for displaying a label associated with an audio data file, and a display switch having a first mode operable for shifting the display from one of the plurality of display formats to another of the plurality of display formats, a second mode operable for setting the default display format to another display format, and a third mode operable for initiating sequential display of a plurality of display pages to displaying the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kathryn A. McComas
  • User selectable display modes for a vehicle MP3 compact disc player
    Publication number: 20040202059
    Abstract: A vehicle audio system is provided that includes an audio receiver having a radio tuner and a random access media reader adapted for accessing audio data files such as those stored on a compact disc. The audio system includes a display having a plurality of display formats for displaying a label associated with an audio data file, and a display switch having a first mode operable for shifting the display from one of the plurality of display formats to another of the plurality of display formats, a second mode operable for setting the default display format to another display format, and a third mode operable for initiating sequential display of a plurality of display pages to displaying the label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventor: Kathryn A. McComas
  • Method for alphabetizing and fast track searching MP3 compact disc file structure contents in a vehicle audio system
    Publication number: 20040202335
    Abstract: A vehicle audio system is provided that includes an audio receiver having a radio tuner and random access media reader capable of accessing audio data files such as those stored on a compact disc. The audio system includes a switch selectively operable in at least two modes, the switch operable in a first mode for tuning the radio tuner, and operable in a second mode for fast track searching and selecting for playback one of the audio data files. The audio system also includes software enabling a processor to read the filenames of the audio data files stored on a compact disc, sort the filenames into an alphabetical index, and display and access the audio data files in the order of the alphabetical index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Long K. Lee, Hung D. Thai, Gary K. Mitchell, Mona L. Toms, Kathryn A. McComas