Inventors:
Scott D. Miller - Upland CA
Ralph Phillipp - Huntington Beach CA
Robert Walzer - Yorda Linda CA
Fredrick Fidel - Diamond Bar CA
Curtis J. Larson - Cedar Rapids IA
James L. Bartlett - Cedar Rapids IA
Jay E. Landenberger - Marion IA
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Cedar Rapids IA
International Classification:
H04N 718
US Classification:
725 76, 725 69, 455 302, 343705
Abstract:
An in-flight entertainment system provides live video/audio programming to passengers and operators over an aircraft video/audio distribution system. The programming signals are derived from satellite broadcast signals that may be in either circular polarized form or linear polarized form. The broadcast signals are collected by two probes and extracted as right and left circular polarized signals. The right and left circular polarized signals are converted into either circular or linear polarized IF signals, and the IF signals are processed by a receiver/decoder unit to produce the live video/audio programming signals.