Digital home control system

• US 20040117835A1
• Filed: 09/22/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph Ernest Lorkovic
• Original Assignee: Joseph Ernest Lorkovic
• Inventors: Lorkovic, Joseph Ernest
• Application Number:
  US10/669,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20040117835A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/81
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

The system is dependent on an HTPC/PC with dual video output. It is a remote control and display for input and output. To the user this provides the essence of a portable computer but is in fact only a remote control. Video outputs are controlled so from the remote unit displays maybe exchanged. The HTPC system is to have a large display for viewing of movies. The remote control provides the small and close up display for other content. The computer remote control system includes an external wireless transceiver connected to the computer that provides communications between the computer and the portable remote control device. The portable remote control device includes a graphics display panel with a switch to swap the attached displays, wireless transceiver, keypad, pointing device, and universal serial buss port.

Claims

1. A remote and local display system for remote control and interaction by a user of a host computer system having dual video output ports comprising:

a transceiver unit with two display input ports linking to the main computer video output ports for video signal routing to one of two displays, wherein one display is a wireless remote display on a remote control unit and the other is a hard wired display and the sources of video output to the two displays maybe swapped at the transceiver unit or at the host computer using video system drivers, said remote and local display system comprising;

a) a transceiver unit providing for the exchange of data with the host computer and the wireless remote display on a remote control unit;

b) a remote control unit having a transceiver and supporting circuits for operation of graphics display.

2. A remote and local display system for remote control and interaction by a user of a host computer system having dual video output ports comprising:

a transceiver unit with two display input ports linking to the main computer video output ports for video signal routing to one of two displays, wherein one display is a wireless remote display on a remote control unit and the other is a hard wired display and the sources of video output to the two displays maybe swapped, said remote and local display system comprising;

a) a transceiver unit providing for the exchange of data with the host computer and the wireless remote display on a remote control unit;

b) a signal provided to the switching mechanism to swap both displays simultaneously contained in the transceiver unit that is triggered by remote operation or said switching mechanism maybe triggered directly on the host computer by video system drivers for software controlled video switching;

c) a remote control unit having a transceiver and supporting circuits for operation with, said remote control unit comprising;

i) a graphics display for presenting multimedia, video and data;

ii) a keypad input device;

iii) a pointing device;

iv) a display swapping switch.

3. A remote and local display system for remote control and interaction by a user of a host computer system having dual video output ports and a universal serial buss port comprising:

a transceiver unit with two display input ports and a universal serial buss port that in turn links to the main computer video output ports for video signal routing to one of two displays and routing of universal serial buss input and output, wherein one display is a wireless remote display on a remote control unit and the other is a hard wired display and the sources of video output to the two displays maybe swapped and the universal serial buss input and output transmitted to and from the remote control unit, said remote and local display system comprising;

a) a transceiver unit providing for the exchange of data with the host computer and the wireless remote display on a remote control unit;

b) a signal provided to the switching mechanism to swap both displays simultaneously contained in the transceiver unit that is triggered by remote operation or said switching mechanism maybe directly controlled by signal to the host computer video system drivers for software controlled video switching;

c) a remote control unit having a transceiver and supporting circuits for operation with, said remote control unit comprising;

i) a graphics display for presenting multimedia, video and data;

ii) a keypad input device;

iii) a pointing device;

iv) a display swapping switch; and

v) a universal serial buss port.