Electronic device and a method of synchronous image display
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorMing-Fong Yeh
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Abstract
The electronic device includes a display unit for displaying a frame, a frame information acquiring unit, and a digital media server electrically coupled to the frame information acquiring unit. The digital media server transmits a frame information acquiring command to the frame information acquiring unit for acquiring information associated with the frame that is currently displayed on the display unit and encodes the information thus acquired to generate a media data that is to be subsequently sent to a digital media renderer by the digital media server, and that, when decoded by the digital media renderer, generates a frame, which mirrors the frame currently displayed on the display unit.
Claims14
An electronic device capable of communicating under a network standard, and adapted to be assigned by a digital media controller (DMC) supporting the same network standard to an imaging device including a digital media renderer (DMR) that supports the same network standard, the digital media renderer being part of an imaging device that further includes an image output unit, said electronic device comprising:
- a display unit for displaying a frame;
- a frame information acquiring unit;
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- a digital media server (DMS) electrically coupled to said frame information acquiring unit, and capable of transmitting a frame information acquiring command to said frame information acquiring unit upon receipt of a media content request from the digital media renderer of the imaging device;
- wherein, in response to the frame information acquiring command, said frame information acquiring unit acquires information associated with the frame that is currently displayed on said display unit and encodes the information thus acquired to generate a media data that is to be subsequently sent to the digital media renderer by said digital media server, and that, when decoded by the digital media renderer, generates a frame, which mirrors the frame currently displayed on said display unit, and which is to be outputted by the image output unit of the imaging device.
An electronic device capable of communicating under a network standard, and adapted to communicate with a digital media renderer (DMR) that supports the same network standard, the digital media renderer being part of an imaging device that further includes an image output unit, said electronic device comprising:
- a display unit for displaying a frame;
- a frame information acquiring unit;
- a digital media server (DMS) electrically coupled to said frame information acquiring unit;
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- a digital media controller (DMC) for assigning said digital media server to the digital media renderer (DMR);
- wherein said digital media server is capable of transmitting a frame information acquiring command to said frame information acquiring unit upon receipt of a media content request from the digital media renderer;
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- wherein, in response to the frame information acquiring command, said frame information acquiring unit acquires information associated with the frame that is currently displayed on said display unit and encodes the information thus acquired to generate a media data that is to be subsequently sent to the digital media renderer by said digital media server, and that, when decoded by the digital media renderer, generates a frame, which mirrors the frame currently displayed on said display unit, and which is to be outputted by the image output unit of the imaging device.
A method of synchronous image display adapted to be used by an electronic device, a digital media controller and a digital media renderer that support the same network standard, the method comprising the steps of:
- (A) providing a frame information acquiring unit and a digital media server (DMS) to the electronic device;
- (B) when the digital media server is assigned to the digital media renderer by the digital media controller, and when the digital media server receives a media content request from the digital media renderer, configuring the digital media server to transmit a frame information acquiring command to the frame information acquiring unit;
- (C) configuring the frame information acquiring unit to acquire information associated with a frame that is currently displayed by the electronic device and encode the information thus acquired to generate a media data upon receipt of the frame information acquiring command;
- (D) configuring the digital media server to transmit the media data to the digital media renderer;
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- (E) configuring the digital media renderer to decode the media data so as to generate a frame, which mirrors the frame currently displayed by the electronic device, and which is to be outputted for image display.
A method of synchronous image display adapted to be used by an electronic device and a digital media renderer that support the same network standard, the method comprising the steps of:
- (A) providing a frame information acquiring unit, a digital media server (DMS) and a digital media controller (DMC) to the electronic device;
- (B) when the digital media controller assigns the digital media server to the digital media renderer, and when the digital media server receives a media content request from the digital media renderer, configuring the digital media server to transmit a frame information acquiring command to the frame information acquiring unit;
- (C) configuring the frame information acquiring unit to acquire information associated with a frame that is currently displayed by the electronic device and encode the information thus acquired to generate a media data upon receipt of the frame information acquiring command;
- (D) configuring the digital media server to transmit the media data to the digital media renderer;
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- (E) configuring the digital media renderer to decode the media data so as to generate a frame, which mirrors the frame currently displayed by the electronic device, and which is to be outputted for image display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.