Mobile information processing apparatus

• US 10,362,157 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2018
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dap Realize Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dap Realize Inc.
• Inventors: Izutsu, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Christopher B
• Application Number:
  US16/169,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20190058785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 710 62- 74, 710303, 709202-206, 725118, 701200, 4555521, 4555531, 4555541, 4555542, 4555561, 4555562, 455557
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/737 Characterised by transmission of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. infrared waves
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays

Abstract

A mobile information communication apparatus includes a data processing device for sending plotting command/data to a display control device that controls the pixels of a display panel belonging to the mobile information communication apparatus. An interface device is provided which receives the plotting command/data generated by the data processing device and sends, based on plotting command/data, an external display signal to the external display device. The data processing device and the interface device are configured to send, from the interface device, a higher-resolution external display signal.

Claims

1. A mobile information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display means including a display panel having a screen on which an image is displayed as a result of an activation of pixels, and a display control means which controls the activation of the pixels of the screen of the display panel;

an interface means capable of being connected to a peripheral device, the peripheral device including an external display means or the peripheral device being connected to the external display means; and

a data processing means which (i) processes image data and (ii) performs at least one of (a) a first function of generating a first digital display signal based on the processed image data, and sending the first digital display signal to the display control means, the first digital display signal having a same resolution as a resolution of the screen of the display panel and (b) a second function of generating a second digital display signal based on the processed image data, and sending the second digital display signal to the interface means, the second digital display signal having a higher resolution than the resolution of the screen of the display panel.

2. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing means performs the first function in a case that the interface means is not connected to the peripheral device, and

wherein the data processing means performs the second function in a case that the interface means is connected to the peripheral device.

3. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the data processing means performs the first function in a case that the interface means is not connected to the peripheral device, and

wherein the data processing means performs the first function and the second function in a case that the interface means is connected to the peripheral device.

4. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless receiving means which receives a wireless signal that conveys image data, converts the wireless signal to a digital image signal, and sends the digital image signal to the data processing means,

wherein the data processing means processes, as the image data, the digital image signal received from the wireless receiving means.

5. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the wireless receiving means and the data processing means are configured to acquire an image data file from a web site;

and

wherein the data processing means processes, as the image data, the image data file acquired from the web site.

6. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an imaging means which converts light from a subject to an electrical image signal by imaging elements, converts the electrical image signal to a digital image signal, and sends the digital image signal to the data processing means, the electrical image signal being an electrical signal of each pixel to which light is converted by imaging elements,

wherein the data processing means processes, as the image data, the digital image signal received from the imaging means.

7. A mobile information processing apparatus, comprising:

a display means including a display panel having a screen on which an image is displayed as a result of an activation of pixels, and a display control means which controls the activation of the pixels of the screen of the display panel;

an interface means capable of being connected to a peripheral device, the peripheral device including an external display means or the peripheral device being connected to the external display means; and

a data processing means including a central processing circuit which processes image data, and a graphic controller which writes bit-mapped data to a single VRAM based on the processed image data,

wherein the graphic controller performs at least one of (i) a first function of reading first bit-mapped data of an image having a same resolution as a resolution of the screen of the display panel from the VRAM, generating a first digital display signal that conveys the read first bit-mapped data, and sending the first digital display signal to the display control means, and (ii) a second function of reading second bit-mapped data of an image having a higher resolution than the resolution of the screen of the display panel from the VRAM, generating a second digital display signal that conveys the read second bit-mapped data, and sending the second digital display signal to the interface means.

8. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the graphic controller performs the first function in a case that the interface means is not connected to the peripheral device, and

wherein the graphic controller performs the second function in a case that the interface means is connected to the peripheral device.

9. The mobile information processing apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the graphic controller performs the first function in a case that the interface means is not connected to the peripheral device, and

wherein the graphic controller performs the first function and the second function in a case that the interface means is connected to the peripheral device.

10. A graphic controller which is installed in an information processing apparatus including (i) a display means including a display panel having a screen on which an image is displayed as a result of an activation of pixels, and a display control means which controls the activation of the pixels of the screen of the display panel, (ii) an interface means capable of being connected to a peripheral device, the peripheral device including an external display means or the peripheral device being connected to the external display means, and (iii) a data processing means including a central processing circuit which processes image data,

wherein the graphic controller writes bit-mapped data to a single VRAM based on the image data processed by the data processing means, and

wherein the graphic controller performs at least one of (i) a first function of reading first bit-mapped data of an image having a same resolution as a resolution of the screen of the display panel from the VRAM, generating a first digital display signal that conveys the read first bit-mapped data, and sending the first digital display signal to the display control means, and (ii) a second function of reading second bit-mapped data of an image having a higher resolution than the resolution of the screen of the display panel from the VRAM, generating a second digital display signal that conveys the read second bit-mapped data, and sending the second digital display signal to the interface means.