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Ford Files In-Car Cinema Patent For Autonomous Vehicles

The idea of a television tuner, DVD or Blu-Ray player mounted in the dash of your car is nothing new, with both factory and aftermarket offerings available for years. But, just as your home TV has grown to ridiculous proportions over the years, your in


The idea of a television tuner, DVD or Blu-Ray player mounted in the dash of your car is nothing new, with both factory and aftermarket offerings available for years.

But, just as your home TV has grown to ridiculous proportions over the years, your in-car entertainment might be about to do the same thing if the latest patent filing from Ford is anything to go by.

Designed to be bundled with autonomous driving systems, the ‘Autonomous Vehicle Entertainment System’ patent filing depicts a cinema-style screen that unfurls from the top of the windscreen, and a roof mounted projector to generate the images.

While the idea sounds somewhat extreme, it’s production future is almost certainly a long way out. While Ford may use the system in a future concept car, it is simply more likely protecting its intellectual property, just in case.

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Kez Casey migrated from behind spare parts counters to writing about cars over ten years ago. Raised by a family of automotive workers, Kez grew up in workshops and panel shops before making the switch to reviews and road tests for The Motor Report, Drive and CarAdvice.

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