Remote interface optical network
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1. A remote device interface network, comprising:
- a first processing unit configured to provide at least a first raw video output signal for a first video display;
a second processing unit configured to provide at least a second raw video output signal for a second video display;
a first processor-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said first raw video output signal into a first serial digital sampled data stream;
a second processor-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said second raw video output signal into a second serial digital sampled data stream;
a first HID-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said first serial digital sampled data stream into a representation of said first raw video output signal;
a second HID-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said second serial digital sampled data stream into a representation of said second raw video output signal and to convert signals from an output signal from a human interface device into a third serial digital sampled data stream; and
a shared-media transport layer configured to provide bi-directional communication between said first and second processor-side encoder/decoders and said first and second HID-side encoder/decoders by transporting said first and second serial digital sampled data streams in a downstream direction and transporting said third serial digital sampled data stream in an upstream direction.
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Abstract
A remote interface network in which multiple remote HID encoder/decoder units share a common physical transport medium for connecting to one or more processing unit encoder/decoders is described. In one embodiment, the physical transport medium includes an optical shared media transport network. Each remote HID encoder/decoder unit can support one or more remote HIDs. The processing unit encoder/decoder can support one or more Pus. The network can be used, for example, in office, hospital, dense seat (e.g., aircraft, bus, etc.) and content provider networks.
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1. A remote device interface network, comprising:
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a first processing unit configured to provide at least a first raw video output signal for a first video display;
a second processing unit configured to provide at least a second raw video output signal for a second video display;
a first processor-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said first raw video output signal into a first serial digital sampled data stream;
a second processor-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said second raw video output signal into a second serial digital sampled data stream;
a first HID-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said first serial digital sampled data stream into a representation of said first raw video output signal;
a second HID-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said second serial digital sampled data stream into a representation of said second raw video output signal and to convert signals from an output signal from a human interface device into a third serial digital sampled data stream; and
a shared-media transport layer configured to provide bi-directional communication between said first and second processor-side encoder/decoders and said first and second HID-side encoder/decoders by transporting said first and second serial digital sampled data streams in a downstream direction and transporting said third serial digital sampled data stream in an upstream direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A remote device interface network, comprising:
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a first processing unit configured to provide at least a first native video output signal for a first video display;
a second processing unit configured to provide at least a second native video output signal for a second video display;
a first processor-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said first native video output signal into a first serial digital sampled data stream;
a second processor-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said second native video output signal into a second serial digital sampled data stream;
a first HID-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said first serial digital sampled data stream into a representation of said first native video output signal;
a second HID-side encoder/decoder configured to convert said second serial digital sampled data stream into a representation of said second native video output signal and to convert signals from an output signal from a human interface device into a third serial digital sampled data stream; and
a shared-media transport layer configured to provide bi-directional communication between said first and second processor-side encoder/decoders and said first and second HID-side encoder/decoders by transporting said first and second serial digital sampled data streams in a downstream direction and transporting said third serial digital sampled data stream in an upstream direction. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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