METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMMUNICATION

• US 20130174208A1
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Keith Shu Key, Hussain, Syed Athar
• Granted Patent: US 9,594,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/10 Use of a protocol of communication by packets in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• 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 21/64322 IP

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for electronic device communication. A method includes translating monitor control commands to an internet protocol (IP) format to produce IP formatted monitor control commands, and communicating the IP formatted monitor control commands to an IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor control commands.

Claims

1. A method carried out by an electronic device comprising:

translating monitor control commands to a network protocol format to produce network protocol formatted monitor control commands; and

communicating the network protocol formatted monitor control commands to a network protocol port dedicated for communicating network protocol formatted monitor control commands.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein translating the monitor control commands to a network protocol format to produce network protocol formatted monitor control commands comprises translating monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus, and wherein the method comprises wirelessly communicating the network protocol formatted monitor control commands.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating the network protocol formatted monitor control commands to the dedicated network protocol port comprises identifying a network protocol port of a destination device and dedicating the identified network protocol port for communicating network protocol formatted monitor control commands.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein translating the monitor control commands to a network protocol format to produce network protocol formatted monitor control commands comprises:

generating a high level messaging transaction structure from a plurality of low level messaging transaction requests or replies; and

converting the high level messaging transaction structure into network protocol packets.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising converting single-byte based monitor read or write commands into multi-byte monitor read or write requests.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

re-translating network protocol formatted monitor control commands from a network protocol format to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus; and

controlling operation of a monitor based on the produced monitor control commands intended for communication over the multi-wire bidirectional bus.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising communicating the produced monitor control commands over the multi-wire bidirectional bus in the monitor to control the monitor operation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the network protocol format includes an internet protocol (IP) format, and wherein the network protocol port includes an internet protocol (IP) port.

9. A method carried out by an electronic device comprising:

translating network protocol formatted monitor control commands from a network protocol format to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus; and

controlling operation of a monitor based on the produced monitor control commands intended for communication over the multi-wire bidirectional bus.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein translating the network protocol formatted monitor control commands to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus comprises generating a plurality of low level messaging transaction requests or replies from a high level messaging transaction structure.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising converting multi-byte monitor read or write requests into single-byte based monitor read or write commands.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

translating monitor capability data intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus to a network protocol format to produce network protocol formatted monitor capability data; and

communicating the produced network protocol formatted monitor capability data to a network protocol port dedicated for communicating network protocol formatted monitor capability data.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein communicating the produced network protocol formatted monitor capability data to the dedicated network protocol port comprises identifying a network protocol port of a destination device and dedicating the identified network protocol port for communicating the produced network protocol formatted monitor control commands.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving the network protocol formatted monitor control commands wirelessly from a remote display source.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising communicating the produced monitor control commands over the multi-wire bidirectional bus in the monitor to control the monitor operation.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the network protocol formatted monitor control commands include internet protocol (IP) formatted monitor control commands, and wherein the method comprises translating IP formatted monitor control commands from an IP format to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus.

17. A wireless device comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

logic, operatively coupled to the wireless transceiver, operative to translate monitor control commands to an internet protocol (IP) format to produce IP formatted monitor control commands and to communicate the IP formatted monitor control commands to an IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor control commands.

18. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the monitor control commands are intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus.

19. The wireless device of claim 18, wherein the multi-wire bidirectional bus comprises an inter-integrated circuit bus.

20. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the logic is further operative to identify an IP port of a destination device as the dedicated IP port.

21. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the logic is further operative to generate a high level messaging transaction structure from a plurality of low level messaging transaction requests or replies and to convert the high level messaging transaction structure into internet protocol (IP) packets.

22. The wireless device of claim 21, wherein the logic is further operative to convert single-byte based monitor read or write commands into multi-byte monitor read or write requests.

23. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the logic comprises a central processing unit (CPU), and further comprising a graphics processing unit (GPU) operatively coupled to the CPU and configured to provide image data to the wireless transceiver, and wherein the wireless transceiver is operative to communicate the image data and the IP formatted monitor control commands to a wireless transceiver associated with a monitor.

24. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the wireless device comprises a dongle including at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a DisplayPort (DP) interface, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a video graphics array (VGA) interface, and a digital video interface (DVI).

25. The wireless device of claim 17, wherein the wireless transceiver is a short range wireless transceiver.

26. A wireless device comprising:

a wireless transceiver;

logic, operatively coupled to the wireless transceiver, operative to translate internet protocol (IP) formatted monitor control commands from an IP format to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus and to control operation of a monitor based on the produced monitor control commands intended for communication over the multi-wire bidirectional bus.

27. The wireless device of claim 26, wherein the multi-wire bidirectional bus comprises an inter-integrated circuit bus.

28. The wireless device of claim 26, wherein the logic is operative to generate a plurality of low level messaging transaction requests or replies from a high level messaging transaction structure.

29. The wireless device of claim 28, wherein the logic is operative convert multi-byte monitor read or write requests into single-byte based monitor read or write commands.

30. The wireless device of claim 26, wherein the logic is further operative to translate monitor capability data intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus to an internet protocol (IP) format to produce IP formatted monitor capability data and to communicate the produced IP formatted monitor capability data to an IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor capability data.

31. The wireless device of claim 26, further comprising a monitor operatively coupled to the logic and operative to display image data received with the wireless transceiver.

32. The wireless device of claim 26, wherein the logic comprises a microprocessor, and wherein the wireless transceiver is operative to receive the IP formatted monitor control commands from a wireless transceiver associated with a remote display source.

33. The wireless device of claim 26, wherein the wireless device comprises a dongle including at least one of a universal serial bus (USB) interface, a DisplayPort (DP) interface, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a video graphics array (VGA) interface, and a digital video interface (DVI).

34. The wireless device of claim 26, wherein the wireless transceiver is a short range wireless transceiver.

35. A wireless display comprising:

a monitor;

a controller operatively coupled to the monitor and operative to provide image data to the monitor for display on the monitor; and

a wireless device, operatively coupled to the controller, comprising a wireless transceiver and logic, the logic being operative to translate internet protocol (IP) formatted monitor control commands from an IP format to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus, the controller controlling operation of the monitor based on the produced monitor control commands intended for communication over the multi-wire bidirectional bus.

36. The wireless display of claim 35, further comprising a display interface operatively coupled to the wireless device and the controller, the display interface including a multi-wire bidirectional bus, the logic of the wireless device being operative to communicate the produced monitor control commands to the controller over the multi-wire bidirectional bus of the display interface.

37. The wireless display of claim 36, wherein the multi-wire bidirectional bus comprises an inter-integrated circuit bus.

38. The wireless display of claim 35, wherein the produced monitor control commands are operative to control at least one of display color, display geometry, and image display parameters of the monitor.

39. The wireless display of claim 38, wherein the image display parameters include at least one of image orientation, zoom, brightness, contrast, gamma, focus, backlight control, and white point.

40. The wireless display of claim 35, wherein the logic of the wireless device is operative to convert a high level messaging transaction structure into a plurality of low level messaging transaction requests, wherein the high level messaging transaction structure comprises multi-byte monitor read or write requests and the low level messaging transaction requests comprise single-byte based monitor read or write commands.

41. The wireless display of claim 35, wherein the logic of the wireless device is further operative to translate monitor capability data intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus to an internet protocol (IP) format to produce IP formatted monitor capability data and to communicate the produced IP formatted monitor capability data to an IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor capability data.

42. A display system comprising:

a display source comprising;

a short range wireless transceiver, and

logic, operatively coupled to the short range wireless transceiver, operative to translate monitor control commands to an internet protocol (IP) format to produce IP formatted monitor control commands and to communicate the IP formatted monitor control commands to an IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor control commands; and

a wireless display comprising;

a monitor,

a controller operatively coupled to the monitor for controlling the monitor, and

a wireless device, operatively coupled to the controller, comprising a short range wireless transceiver and logic, the short range wireless transceiver of the wireless device being operative to receive the IP formatted monitor control commands from the short range wireless transceiver of the display source, the logic of the wireless device being operative to translate the received IP formatted monitor control commands from the IP format to produce monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus, the controller controlling operation of the monitor based on the produced monitor control commands intended for communication over the multi-wire bidirectional bus.

43. The display system of claim 42, wherein the display source further comprises an image provider operative to provide monitor control commands intended for communication over a multi-wire bidirectional bus to the logic of the display source, the image provider being further operative to provide image data to the display device for display on the monitor.

44. The display system of claim 43, wherein the image provider communicates the image data over the short range wireless transceiver of the display source.

45. The display system of claim 43, wherein the image provider comprises at least one processor.

46. The display system of claim 42, wherein the IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor control commands is an IP port associated with the wireless device of the wireless display.