Virtual set-top box using smart device and method of operating the same
AssigneeUIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
InventorChul Hee Lee
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Abstract
A virtual set-top box system includes a smart device in which a service app for a set-top box is installed and driven, a receiving sensor configured to detect a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control, and an interface converter configured to convert media information applied through an interface of the smart device according to an interface of a TV and transmit the converted media information, and convert a signal detected and transmitted by the receiving sensor to a signal of the interface of the smart device and transmit the converted signal to the smart device.
Claims8
A virtual set-top box comprising:
- a smart device in which a service app for a set-top box is installed and driven;
- a receiving sensor configured to detect a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control;
- and
- an interface converter connected to the smart device, a TV, and the receiving sensor,
- where the interface converter is configured to convert a media signal received through a universal serial bus (USB)-C interface of the smart device into a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signal and output the HDMI signal to the TV,
- convert a control signal detected and transmitted by the receiving sensor into a signal of the USB-C interface and transmit the converted signal to the smart device;
- and
- supply power received from the TV to both the smart device and the receiving sensor.
A method of operating a virtual set-top box, which is performed by a processor included in a smart device, the method comprising:
- driving a service app for a set-top box installed in the smart device;
- connecting the smart device to a service providing server using the service app that is driven;
- receiving, from an interface converter, a control signal generated by converting a wireless signal detected by a receiving sensor into a signal of a universal series bus (USB)-C interface;
- receiving media information from the connected service providing server in response to the control signal;
- and
- transmitting the received media information to the interface converter,
- wherein the interface converter:
- converts the transmitted media information into a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signal and outputs the HDMI signal to a TV;
- and
- supplied power received from the TV to both the smart device and the receiving sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.