Device for switching frame and inputting command via network transmission

• US 20040181590A1
• Filed: 03/14/2003
• Published: 09/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Digirose Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Digirose Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Hu, Jwu-Sheng, Liou, Wen-Shan, Liao, Chun Chi
• Application Number:
  US10/387,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20040181590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for switching frame and inputting command via network transmission. The device is connected to a plurality of far-end computers via network so that a user can select and switch frame by using control commands of an input unit, or can issue control commands via network by using a far-end control program, thereby transferring the received real-time frame of a far-end computer to a display unit.

Claims

1. A device for switching a frame and inputting a command via network, comprising:

a display unit;

an input unit used to input a control command;

a plurality of far-end computers each having a connection program and/or a control program, said connection program being used to encode and packet a displayed frame of into a pixel data, said control program being used to transfer a control command generated by an input end of one of the far-end computers operated by the user; and

a module unit connected to the far-end computers via network and also connected to said input unit and said display unit, said module unit being used to receive the control command issued by said input unit or said input end and transfer a processed real-time frame to said display unit, or to store the displayed frame as a history frame;

or to switch a frame.

2. The device for as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display unit can be a television, a liquid crystal display, or a digital projector.

3. The device for as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input unit can be a wired or wireless equipment like a keyboard, a mouse, or a remote controller.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input end can be a wired or wireless equipment like a keyboard or a mouse.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said module unit comprises:

a microprocessor connected to said input unit;

a first memory element connected to said microprocessor and used for storing programs and a system data;

a network interface controller connected to said microprocessor and also connected to said far-end computers via network;

a second memory element connected to said microprocessor and said network interface controller and used for storing the pixel data;

a frame buffer connected to said microprocessor and said second memory element and used for converting the pixel data in said second memory element into the displayed frame, said frame buffer being capable of putting the frame data into said first memory element or said second memory element as the history frame; and

a video conversion controller connected to said microprocessor and said frame buffer and used for accessing the displayed frame of said frame buffer and converting the displayed frame into an analog or a digital video signal for outputting to said display unit.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first memory element is a non-volatile memory.

7. The device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said non-volatile memory is a flash memory.

8. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said second memory element is a random access memory.

9. A device for switching a frame and inputting a command via the packet based digital network transmission, said device receiving a control command of an input unit to switch a frame of a far-end computer, or transferring the frame of said far-end computer to a display unit, said device being capable of storing the frame as a history frame, and switching the frame, said device comprising:

a microprocessor connected to said input unit and used as a control center of said module unit;

a first memory element connected to said microprocessor;

a network interface controller connected to said microprocessor and also connected to said far-end computers via network;

a second memory element connected to said microprocessor and said network interface controller and used for storing a real-time pixel data;

a frame buffer connected to said microprocessor and said second memory element and used for converting the real-time pixel data in said second memory element into the frame data, said frame buffer being capable of putting the frame data into said first memory element or said second memory element as the history frame; and

a video conversion controller connected to said microprocessor and said frame buffer and used for accessing the frame data of said frame buffer and converting he frame data into an analog or a digital video signal for outputting to said display unit.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said input unit can be a wired or wireless equipment like a keyboard, a mouse, or a remote controller.

11. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said display unit can be a television, a liquid crystal display, or a digital projector.

12. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said first memory element is a non-volatile memory.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12, wherein said non-volatile memory is a flash memory.

14. The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said second memory element is a random access memory.