SCREEN MIRRORING FROM PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE DISPLAY SCREENS

• US 20180293043A1
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Published: 10/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Watson, Philip, Bates, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 10,838,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• 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 2380/12 Avionics applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An entertainment system for a vehicle for a vehicle accommodating a passenger with a personal electronic device executing a screen sharing application. The system information processing devices, with each information processing device including a data processor, and one or more of the information processing devices including a display monitor. The system includes a WLAN access point configured to establish a wireless data communications link with the personal electronic device. A screen sharing server executed by the data processor of one of the information processing devices is receptive to a display data stream generated on the portable electronic device based upon a redirected display output and transmitted to the screen sharing server over the wireless data communications link. The display data stream is transmitted following pairing of the screen sharing application with the information processing device including a display monitor, and the received display data stream rendered thereon.

Claims

1. An entertainment system for a vehicle accommodating a passenger with a personal electronic device executing a screen sharing application, the entertainment system comprising:

information processing devices, each information processing device including a data processor, and at least one of the information processing devices comprising a display monitor;

a WLAN access point configured to establish a wireless data communications link with the personal electronic device;

a screen sharing server executed by the data processor of one of the information processing devices, the screen sharing server being receptive to a display data stream generated on the portable electronic device based upon a redirected display output and transmitted to the screen sharing server over the wireless data communications link, the display data stream being transmitted following pairing of the screen sharing application with said at least one of the information processing devices comprising a display monitor;

wherein the received display data stream is rendered on said at least one of the information processing devices comprising a display monitor.

2. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the WLAN access point is provided within the same device as the display monitor.

3. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the screen sharing server is executed by the data processor of an information processing device comprising a display monitor.

4. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the screen sharing server is receptive to an audio data stream generated on the portable electronic device based upon a redirected audio output and transmitted to the screen sharing server over the wireless data communications link, and the display data stream and the audio data stream is combined into a single video data stream.

5. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein the screen sharing server is paired to the screen sharing application in response to a pairing confirmation input from a user of the display monitor.

6. The entertainment system of claim 1, wherein said one of the information processing devices comprises a display monitor, the entertainment system further comprising:

another screen sharing server executed by the data processor of another display monitor, the second screen sharing server being receptive to the display data stream;

wherein the received display data stream is rendered on the display device of said another one of the display monitors.

7. The entertainment system of claim 6, wherein the first screen sharing server and the second screen sharing server is connected over a wired data communications link, and the display data stream is received on the second screen sharing server from the first screen sharing server over the wired data communications link, the display data stream being transmitted following a successful linking of the first screen sharing server and the second screen sharing server.

8. The entertainment system of claim 7, wherein the second screen sharing server is linked to the first screen sharing server in response to a pairing confirmation input from a user of the second one the display monitors.

9. The entertainment system of claim 6, wherein the second screen sharing server is connected to the portable electronic device over a second wireless data communications link, and the display data stream is received on the second screen sharing server from the portable electronic device over the second wireless data communications link, the display data stream being transmitted following a successful pairing of the second screen sharing server and the screen sharing application.

10. The entertainment system of claim 9, wherein the second screen sharing server is paired to the screen sharing application in response to a pairing confirmation input from a user of the second one the display monitors.

11. A display monitor system for sharing a display of a personal electronic device, the system comprising:

a data processor;

a display device;

a wireless network interface controller for establishing a first wireless communications link with the personal electronic device;

a pairing module executed by the data processor and in communication with a corresponding pairing module of the personal electronic device, a pairing being established therewith upon an exchange of a pairing request and a confirmation response; and

a display module in communication with a display transmitter of the personal electronic device based upon the established pairing, a display data stream generated by a display capture module thereof being transmitted from the display transmitter to the display module over the first wireless communications link;

wherein the received display data stream is rendered on the display device.

12. The display monitor system of claim 11, wherein the pairing module is in communication with a pairing module of another display monitor system over a wired communications link, the display monitor systems being connected upon an exchange of a second pairing request and a second confirmation response.

13. The display monitor system of claim 12, wherein the display module is connected to a display module of the other display monitor system, the display data stream received from the display capture module of the personal electronic device being relayed by the display module to the display module of the another display monitor system following a successful connection therewith.

14. The display monitor system of claim 11, wherein the confirmation response is generated from a user input to a query presented on the display device.

15. The display monitor system of claim 11, wherein the pairing module is connectable to a central server with a passenger manifest, the confirmation response being generated based upon a correlation of the pairing request to the passenger manifest.

16. A method for sharing a display from a personal electronic device to one or more display monitors installed in a vehicle, the method comprising:

transmitting a request from the personal electronic device to pair the personal electronic device with a first one of the one or more display monitors over a wireless communications link;

validating the request to pair the personal electronic device with the first one of the one or more display monitors, establishing a pairing relationship between the personal electronic device and the first one of the one or more display monitors in response to successful validation of the request;

using the personal electronic device to produce a display data stream; and

transmitting the display data stream over the wireless communications link from the personal electronic device to the first one of the one or more display monitors with which the personal electronic device is paired.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting a display link request from the first one of the one or more display monitors to a second one of the one or more display monitors over a wired communications link;

validating the display link request, a linked relationship between the first one of the one or more display monitors and the second one of the one or more display monitor being established in response; and

forwarding the display data stream from the first one of the one or more display monitors to the second one of the one or more display monitors with which the linked relationship is established.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

rendering the display data stream on a display device of the second one of the one or more display monitors.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein said validating the display link request is performed on an IFEC server.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein said transmitting the display data stream over the wireless communications link includes transmitting the display data stream to an IFEC server and thereafter transmitting the display data stream by at least one of wired and wireless communication to the first one of the one or more display monitors with which the personal electronic device is paired.