RF converter having multiple AV/S terminals

• US 6,833,877 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2002
• Issued: 12/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Trans Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Trans Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Cheng-Si
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DESIR, JEAN WICEL
• Application Number:
  US10/047,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20030133046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: 348/705, 348/706, 348/707, 348/722, 348/554, 348/522, 348/484, 348/485, 348/724, 348/738, 381/81, 381/123, 381/124, 381/686, 381/437, 361/686, 361/437, 386/95, 386/96, 386/102, 455/130, 455/191.3, 455/899
• US Class Current: 348/705
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7755 the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver

Abstract

The present invention has multiple AV/S terminals, an RF modulator, a S/AV signal converter and multiple switches. The switches connect the AV/S terminals with the RF outputs to allow the AV/S signal from the special AV/S terminal input into the RF modulator to be converted to an RF-signal input to the ANT terminal of the TV. Besides, the present invention further has an ANT input with an electronic switch and a detecting unit having a driver, which decides whether the electronic switch turns on. If the detecting unit detects no AV-signal or S-signal input from the AV/S terminals, the detecting unit first cuts off the power to the RF modulator and then makes the electronic switch turn on. The RF-signal from the ANT input is output to the RF output.

Claims

1. An RF converter having multiple AV/S terminals comprising:

an RF modulator having a video input (V), an audioinput (A), one RF output and a power pin, wherein the RF output connects to an ANT terminal of a TV;

an S to AV signal converter unit connected to the video input of the RF modulator to convert the S-signal to the V-signal; and

multiple switches connected to the corresponding AV/S terminals, wherein an V pin of the each AV terminal connects to the video input of the RF modulator and a A pin of the each AV terminal connects to the audio input of the RF modulator and an S terminal having a Y pin and a C pin connects to the S to AV signal converter unit to convert an S-signal to a V-signal.

2. The RF converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the S to AV signal converter unit comprises an RC parallel tuner connected to the Y pin of the S terminal and an RC serial tuner connected to the C pin of the S terminal, wherein an output of the RC parallel tuner connects to an output of the serial tuner and through a transistor to the video input of the RF modulator.

3. The RF converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF converter between the video input of the RF modulator and the switches connected to the corresponding AV/S terminals further comprises:

at least three video signal amplifiers connected to the V pins of the AV terminals and the Y pins and the C pins of the S terminals to amplify the video signal from the A pins, the Y pins and the C pins, wherein outputs of the video signal amplifiers connected to the S terminal connect to the S to AV signal converting unit;

at least two audio signal amplifiers connected to the V pins of the AV terminals to amplify the audio signal from the A pins of the AV terminals;

at least three switching impedance units connected to outputs of the video and audio signal amplifiers with the video input and the audio input of the RF modulator.

4. The RF converter as claimed in claim 2, wherein the RF converter further comprises a detecting unit, an ANT input and an electronic switch connected between the ANT input with the RF output, wherein the detecting unit connects among a power circuit supplying power to the power pin of the RF modulator, the power pin, the transistor and the ANT input has:

a first transistor connected to the transistor;

a second transistor connected to the first transistor; and

a driver connected the first transistor with the electronic switch of the ANT output to decide weather the electronic switch turns on;

wherein

according to whether the transistor turns on decides the driver to allow the electronic switch to turn on, that is the RF-signal from the ANT input is directly output to the RF output of the RF modulator.

5. The RF converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF converter further comprises multiple priority switches respectively connecting the grounds of the S terminals with the V pins of the AV terminals, wherein each priority switch ensures that inputting the S-signal from the S terminal input to the RF modulator has priority over the V-signal in the same AV/S terminal.