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US 11,451,854 B2Granted
Dongle to convert formats to ATSC 3.0 low power wireless
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsBrant Candelore, Fred Ansfield
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Abstract
Techniques are described for using the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol and more specifically to a dongle that converts HDMI, USB, or VGA from a computer to ATSC 3.0 packets and wirelessly transmits the packets to a display.
Claims20
A hardware-implemented dongle comprising:
- at least one non-advanced television systems committee (ATSC) 3.0 input configured to engage a source of content, the at least one input comprising at least one of:
- a universal serial bus (USB) input, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) input, a video graphics array (VGA) input;
- at least one conversion circuit configured for converting signals from the input to ATSC 3.0 signals;
- and
- at least one wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the ATSC 3.0 signals to at least one receiver for displaying the content from the source of content.
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A hardware-implemented dongle comprising:
- at least one non-advanced television systems committee (ATSC) 3.0 input configured to engage a source of content, the at least one input comprising at least one of:
- a universal serial bus (USB) input, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) input, a video graphics array (VGA) input;
- at least one conversion circuit configured for converting signals from the input to ATSC 3.0 signals;
- and
- at least one wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the ATSC 3.0 signals to at least one receiver for displaying the content from the source of content,
- wherein the transmitter comprises a pico transmitter transmitting at a power of no more than twenty milliwatts.
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A digital TV assembly comprising:
- at least one digital TV;
- at least one source of content to be presented on the TV;
- and
- at least one dongle engageable with the source to convert content from the source to Advanced Television systems Committee (ATSC) signals and wirelessly send the ATSC signals to the TV, wherein the dongle comprises:
- at least one non-digital TV input configured to engage the source of content, the at least one input comprising at least one of:
- a universal serial bus (USB) input, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) input, a video graphics array (VGA) input;
- at least one conversion circuit configured for converting signals from the input to ATSC signals;
- and
- at least one wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the ATSC signals to the digital TV for displaying the content from the source of content.
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A digital TV assembly comprising:
- at least one digital TV;
- at least one source of content to be presented on the TV;
- and
- at least one dongle engageable with the source to convert content from the source to digital TV signals and wirelessly send the digital TV signals to the TV,
- wherein the transmitter comprises a pico transmitter transmitting at a power of no more than twenty milliwatts.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a dongle, content in universal serial bus (USB) format, or high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) format, or video graphics array (VGA) format;
- converting, using the dongle, the content to advanced television systems committee (ATSC) 3.0 format;
- and
- using the dongle, wirelessly transmitting the content to an ATSC 3.0 TV.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.