Signal converter and multimedia system using the same

• US 20090279621A1
• Filed: 05/11/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Inventors: Hsieh, Shui-Lai, Wu, Chien-Te
• Application Number:
  US12/118,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20090279621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 375/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling

Abstract

In a signal converter and a multimedia system using the same, the multimedia system includes an image capture device, a first signal converter, a second signal converter. The image capture device is configured for capturing images, converting the images into a first electronic signal, and transmitting the first electronic signal through a first type transmission interface. The first signal converter is configured for receiving the first electronic signal, modulating the first electronic signal by the orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) technology to obtain a second electronic signal suited for a second type transmission interface. The second signal converter is configured for receiving and modulating the second electronic signal through the second type transmission interface. The first type transmission interface is different from the second type transmission interface.

Claims

1. A multimedia system using signal converters, comprising:

an image capture device, configured for capturing images, converting the captured images into a first electronic signal, and transmitting the first electronic signal through a first type transmission interface;

a first signal converter, configured for receiving the first electronic signal, modulating the first electronic signal by an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) technology to obtain a second electronic signal adapted for a second type transmission interface; and

a second signal converter, configured for receiving and modulating the second electronic signal through the second type transmission interface, wherein the first type transmission interface is different from the second type transmission interface.

2. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first type transmission interface uses RJ-45 lines as a transmission medium.

3. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first type transmission interface uses a wireless network protocol.

4. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a radio-signal receiver, configured for receiving the first electronic signal and transmitting the first electronic signal to the first signal converter.

5. The multimedia system as claimed n claim 1, wherein the second type transmission interface uses coaxial cables as a transmission medium.

6. The multimedia system as claimed n claim 1, wherein the second type transmission interface uses telephone lines as a transmission medium.

7. The multimedia system as claimed n claim 1, wherein the second type transmission interface uses twisted pairwires as a transmission medium.

8. The multimedia system as claimed n claim 1, wherein power of the image capture device is supplied through a transmission medium used in the second type transmission interface.

9. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a power converter, configured for converting the power on the transmission medium of the second type transmission interface to a power adapted for the image capture device.

10. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a display device, configured for receiving and displaying the modulated second electronic signal.

11. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first signal converter is capable of receiving a plurality of first electronic signals sent from a plurality of the image capture devices.

12. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image capture device comprises a network monitoring image capture device.

13. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a multimedia interface device coupled between the image capture device and the first signal converter, the multimedia interface device being configured for converting the first electronic signal sent from the image capture device to an electronic signal suited for the first signal converter.

14. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the image capture device comprises a conventional image capture device.

15. A signal converter, comprising:

a first transmission interface and a second transmission interface, a first electronic signal adapted for the first transmission interface and a second electronic signal adapted for the second transmission interface being modulated/demodulated by an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) technology, wherein the first transmission interface is configured for exchanging information with one of an image capture device, a display device and a network telephone, and the second type transmission interface uses one of coaxial cables, telephone lines and twisted pairwires as a transmission medium.

16. The signal converter as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first type transmission interface uses RJ-45 lines as a transmission medium.

17. A multimedia system using signal converters, comprising:

a server, configured for supplying multimedia information;

a first signal converter, configured for receiving the multimedia information through a first type transmission interface, and modulating the multimedia information to obtain an electronic signal suited for a second type transmission interface;

a second signal converter, configured for receiving and demodulating the electronic signal through the second type transmission interface; and

a display device electrically connecting to the second signal converter to display the electronic signal after being demodulated by the second signal converter,

wherein the first type transmission interface is different from the second type transmission interface.

18. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the second type transmission interface uses coaxial cables as a transmission medium.

19. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the second type transmission interface uses telephone lines as a transmission medium.

20. The multimedia system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the second type transmission interface uses twisted pairwires as a transmission medium.