Mini-projector and detachable signal connector thereof

• US 20090190044A1
• Filed: 01/24/2008
• Published: 07/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Himax Display Incorporated (Himax Technologies Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Himax Display Incorporated (Himax Technologies Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lai, Chia-Cheng, Chu, Cheng-Kuo
• Application Number:
  US12/010,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20090190044A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/744
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/54 Accessories

Abstract

A mini-projector and detachable signal connector thereof are provided. The mini-projector applied to an electronic device comprises a projecting main body and a detachable signal connector. The detachable signal connector has at least a connecting unit. The connecting unit is electrically connected to the electronic device and transmits an image signal from the electronic device to the projecting main body.

Claims

1. A mini-projector applied in an electronic device, the mini-projector comprising:

a projecting main body; and

a detachable signal connector having at least a connecting unit, the connecting unit being electrically connected to the electronic device and transmitting an image signal from the electronic device to the projecting main body.

2. The mini-projector according to claim 1, wherein the projecting main body comprises a receiving unit and a projecting unit, the receiving unit is for receiving the image signal, and the projecting unit is for projecting the image according to the image signal.

3. The mini-projector according to claim 2, wherein the signal connector further comprises a transmitting unit, which transmits the image signal to the receiving unit of the projecting main body.

4. The mini-projector according to claim 3, wherein the receiving unit of the projecting main body comprises a socket, the transmitting unit of the signal connector comprises a plug, and the projecting main body and the signal connector are electrically connected via the combination of the socket and the plug.

5. The mini-projector according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting unit of the signal connector comprises a socket, the receiving unit of the projecting main body comprises a plug, and the projecting main body and the signal connector are electrically connected via the combination of the socket and the plug.

6. The mini-projector according to claim 3, further comprising:

a communication line, connecting the receiving unit of the projecting main body and the transmitting unit of the signal connector.

7. The mini-projector according to claim 2, wherein the receiving unit of the projecting main body comprises a first wireless communication module, the transmitting unit of the signal connector comprises a second wireless communication module for communicating with the first wireless communication module.

8. The mini-projector according to claim 7, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are Bluetooth modules, near field communication (NFC) modules or ultra wideband (UWB) communication modules.

9. The mini-projector according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile device.

10. The mini-projector according to claim 1, wherein the connecting unit of the signal connector comprises a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a digital visual interface (DVI), a VGA interface, a D-subminiature (D-sub), a S-terminal, a RCA terminal, a 3RCA terminal, or an optical fiber interface.

11. The mini-projector according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication line, connecting to the connecting unit of the signal connector and the electronic device.

12. The mini-projector according to claim 1, wherein the connecting unit of the signal connector comprises a first wireless communication module, the electronic device comprises a second wireless communication module for communicating with the first wireless communication module.

13. The mini-projector according to claim 12, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are Bluetooth modules, near field communication (NFC) modules or ultra wideband (UWB) communication modules.

14. The mini-projector according to claim 1, wherein the signal connector further comprises an audio-video decoder, and the connecting unit comprises a memory socket used for connecting with a memory card, so that the audio-video decoder reads an audio-video data in the memory card to generate an audio-video signal.

15. A detachable signal connector applied in a mini-projector, comprising:

a first video format interface, for receiving a first video format signal from an electronic device;

a transforming unit, electrically connecting to the first video format interface and for transforming the first video format signal to a second video format signal; and

a second video format interface, electrically connected to the transforming unit for outputting the second video format signal to a projecting main body of the mini-projector.

16. The signal connector according to claim 15, wherein the projecting main body of the mini-projector comprises a socket, the second video format interface of the signal connector comprises a plug, and the projecting main body and the signal connector are electrically connected via the combination of the socket and the plug.

17. The signal connector according to claim 15, wherein the second video format interface of the signal connector comprises a socket, the projecting main body of the mini-projector comprises a plug, and the projecting main body and the signal connector are electrically connected via the combination of the socket and the plug.

18. The signal connector according to claim 15, further comprising:

a communication line, connecting the projecting main body of the mini-projector and the second video format interface of the signal connector.

19. The signal connector according to claim 15, wherein the projecting main body of the mini-projector comprises a first wireless communication module, the second video format interface of the signal connector comprises a second wireless communication module for communicating with the first wireless communication module.

20. The signal connector according to claim 19, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are Bluetooth modules, near field communication (NFC) modules or ultra wideband (UWB) communication modules.

21. The signal connector according to claim 15, wherein the first video format interface of the signal connector comprises a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a digital visual interface (DVI), a VGA interface, a D-subminiature (D-sub), a S-terminal, a RCA terminal, a 3RCA terminal, or an optical fiber interface.

22. The signal connector according to claim 21, further comprising:

a communication line, connecting to the first video format interface of the signal connector and the electronic device.

23. The signal connector according to claim 15, wherein the first video format interface of the signal connector comprises a first wireless communication module, the electronic device comprises a second wireless communication module for communicating with the first wireless communication module.

24. The signal connector according to claim 23, wherein the first wireless communication module and the second wireless communication module are Bluetooth modules, near field communication (NFC) modules or ultra wideband (UWB) communication modules.

25. The signal connector according to claim 15, wherein the signal connector further comprises an audio-video decoder, and the connecting unit comprises a memory socket used for connecting with a memory card, so that the audio-video decoder reads an audio-video data in the memory card to generate an audio-video signal.