Insertable wall mounted computing apparatus
OwnerSoffer Avivinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to provide a compact computing apparatus fit to be mounted on the wall or floor adjacent to or embedded inside the LAN jack or a main power outlet. The compact computing apparatus is optionally connected at the backside through Ethernet cable to the building LAN and connected at the front side through cables or wirelessly to display, keyboard, mouse or other peripheral devices. In a typical embodiment of the present invention power to the computing apparatus is supplied through the LAN cable. Another embodiment of the present invention utilizes a wall or floor mounted housing part comprising of an integrated LAN connector. In the preferred embodiment of the invention the computing apparatus has layered structure.
Claims61
A wall or floor mounted computing apparatus comprising:
- a box adapted to fit inside or be mechanically attached to a network or mains jack comprising:
- a processor adapted to process required programs;
- Non-Volatile memory adapted to permanently store programs and data to be processed by said processor;
- volatile memory adapted to temporarily store data required by said processor;
- video display controller adapted to generate visible video image to be displayed on connected display means from data directed from said processor, said non-volatile memory or said volatile memory;
- network interface for connecting the apparatus to external data network so as to receive and transmit data to and from the apparatus;
- a mating electrical connector provided on said box adapted to mate with a connector in said jack providing LAN interface for said computing apparatus;
- means for interfacing with plurality of external peripheral devices provided on said box, wherein a user can interact with the apparatus through data exchange in various forms with said peripheral devices such as keyboard and mouse or any other connected device.
A wall or floor mounted computing apparatus comprising:
- a box built to fit inside or be mechanically attached to a network or mains jack comprising:
- a processor adapted to process required programs;
- Non-Volatile memory means adapted to permanently store programs and data to be processed by said processor;
- volatile memory means adapted to temporarily store data required by said processor;
- video display controller adapted to generate a visible video image on connected video display means from data directed from said processor, said non-volatile memory or said volatile memory;
- network interface means for connecting the apparatus to external data network through fiber optic based means adapted to receive and transmit data to and from the apparatus;
- a mating fiber-optic connector provided on said box and adapted to mate with a connector in said jack providing LAN interface for said computing apparatus;
- means for interfacing with plurality of external peripheral devices provided to said box so as to allow a user to interact with the apparatus through data exchange in various forms with the said peripheral devices such as keyboard and mouse or any other connected device.
A layered computing apparatus comprising:
- a thermally conductive box containing at least three substantially parallel printed circuit boards wherein:
- a first Printed Circuit Board layer containing at least a processor, memory controller, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and an interconnect component to interface it with the second layer;
- a second Printed Circuit Board layer connected to first and third layers and containing at least I/O controller, LAN transceiver, power supplies, and interconnect means to third layer;
- and
- a third layer Printed Circuit Board layer connected to second layer and containing at least front panel connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.