Removable vehicular rooftop communication system

摘要

A vehicular rooftop communication system (200) provides communication electronics (216) within a housing (210) formed of a removable rooftop enclosure (212) and a base (214). The housing (210) is removable and transferable to another vehicle. The vehicular rooftop communication system (200) does not require any access to the vehicle's trunk.

主权项

1. A communication system for a vehicle, comprising:
an in-dash mobile radio mounted within the vehicle; a dash-mounted computer; a car battery; a housing mounted to a rooftop of the vehicle, the housing comprising communication electronics powered by the car battery and in communication with the in-dash mobile radio and the dash-mounted computer; the communication electronics comprising:
a controller;a mobile radio transceiver coupled to the controller;at least one antenna;a plurality of microphones;a power systems fuse panel; anda panoramic digital camera and an Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) camera, the communication electronics being in communication with the in-dash mobile radio and the dash-mounted computer; and the communication electronics being accessible by removing a removable rooftop enclosure of the housing while the housing is coupled to the vehicle; and the housing also being removable and transferable to another vehicle.