Home picture/video display system with ultra wide-band technology

A wireless telephone for communicating picture or video images over an Ultra-WideBand (UWB) wireless signal, the wireless telephone comprising:

• a digital camera unit for capturing the picture or video images;
• a local display for local presentation of the captured picture or video images;
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• a UWB image transceiver selectively operable to transmit or receive the captured picture or video images over a UWB wireless signal directly communicating with a host display unit, the receiving of the picture or video images based on receipt by the host display unit of an image selection request from the wireless telephone, said UWB image transceiver comprising:
• a UWB MAC unit for support of the UWB protocol operable to set up a communication link between the wireless telephone and the host display unit or the second wireless telephone for uploading and download mg the picture and video image data, and
• a UWB PHY unit having baseband and RF hardware coupled to an antenna and used to send and receive UWB signals;
• a memory for temporarily storing the picture and video images as image data captured by the digital camera unit and for presentation by the host display and the local display;
• a picture processing unit for compressing the image data stored in the memory, and for support of the graphics user interface of the host and local display;
• wherein the UWB MAC unit is used to sense a UWB host and synchronize communications with the UWB host, wherein in the wireless telephone, the digital camera unit, the local display, and the picture processing unit are operably coupled to the memory, the picture processing unit is operably coupled to the UWB MAC unit, the UWB MAC unit is coupled to the UWB PHY unit, which is also connected to the antenna, and further wherein in the wireless telephone, image data from the digital camera unit is stored in the memory for image presentation on the local display and is selectively transmitted to the host display by passing image data from the memory to the picture processing unit for image data decompression, which is sent to the UWB MAC unit for synchronization in accordance with the UWB protocol and to the UWB PHY unit for UWB baseband addition and RF modulation of the UWB signal and to the antenna for transmission to the host display, and wherein the wireless telephone captures the picture or video images for display on the local display and selectively transmits the picture or video images to the host display unit, and wherein upon subsequent receipt of an image selection request from the wireless telephone or another wireless telephone, the host display unit retransmits the displayed image to the requesting wireless telephone over a UWB wireless signal.

A wireless digital camera for transmitting or receiving a picture or video images over an Ultra-WideBand (UWB) wireless signal in direct communication with a host display unit having a UWB image transceiver operating as a UWB host, the wireless digital camera comprising:

• a digital camera unit for capturing the picture or video images;
• a local display for presentation of the picture or video images;
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• a UWB image transceiver selectively operable to communicate directly with the host display over a UWB wireless signal based on receipt of an image selection request from the receiving wireless digital camera to transmit or receive the captured picture or video images, the UWB image transceiver comprising:
• a UWB MAC unit for support of the UWB protocol used to sense the UWB host and synchronize communications with the host, to set up a communication link between the host and digital camera for uploading and download mg the picture and video image data to and from the host, repectively;
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• a UWB PHY unit having baseband and RF hardware coupled to an antenna and used to send and receive UWB signals;
• a memory for temporarily storing the picture and video images as image data captured by the digital camera unit and for presentation by the local display;
• a picture processing unit for compressing the image data stored in the memory, and for support of the graphics user interface of the local display;
• wherein the digital camera unit, the local display, and the picture processing unit are operably coupled to the memory, the picture processing unit is operably coupled to the UWB MAC unit, the UWB MAC unit is operably coupled to the UWB PHY unit, which is also operably coupled to the antenna,
• wherein image data from the digital camera unit is stored in the memory for image presentation on the local display and is selectively transmitted to the host display by passing image data from the memory to the picture processing unit for image data decompression, which is sent to the UWB MAC unit for synchronization in accordance with the UWB protocol and to the UWB PHY unit for UWB baseband addition and RF modulation of the UWB signal and to the antenna for transmission to the host display, and
• wherein the wireless digital camera captures and transmits the picture or video images to the host display, and wherein upon receipt of an image selection request, the host display retransmits the displayed image to the wireless digital camera over a UWB wireless signal.

A wireless display device for displaying picture or video images on a host display unit having a UWB image transceiver operating as a UWB host, the image data received over an Ultra-WideBand (UWB) wireless signal directly from a UWB remote device, the wireless display device comprising:

• the host display unit for presentation of the picture or video images;
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• a UWB image transceiver selectively operable to receive or transmit the picture or video images over a UWB wireless signal directly communicating with the UWB remote device based on receipt of an image selection request from the UWB remote-device, said UWB image transceiver comprising:
• a UWB MAC unit for support of the UWB protocol used to sense the UWB host and synchronize communications with the UWB host, to set up a communication link between the UWB host and one of the remote UWB devices for uploading and downloading the picture and video image data to and from the host display unit, respectively;
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• a UWB PHY unit having baseband and RF hardware coupled to an antenna and used to send and receive UWB signals;
• a memory for temporarily storing the picture and video images as image data captured by a digital camera unit and for presentation by the host display unit;
• a picture processing unit for compressing the image data stored in the memory, and for support of the graphics user interface of the host display unit;
• wherein the host display unit and the picture processing unit are operably coupled to the memory, the picture processing unit is operably coupled to the UWB MAC unit, the UWB MAC unit is coupled to the UWB PHY unit, which is also operably coupled to the antenna,
• wherein in the host display unit, image data from the digital camera unit is received in the UWB image transceiver over the RF modulated baseband of the UWB signal via the antenna of the UWB PHY unit into the UWB MAC unit for synchronization in accordance with the UWB protocol for communication to the picture processing unit for image data compression and storage in the memory for image presentation on the large display of the host display, the UWB image transceiver of the host display unit operable to selectively retransmit the captured picture or video images to the UWB remote devices based on generating and transmitting an image selection request to the host display unit, and
• wherein the UWB remote device captures and transmits the picture or video images to the wireless display device, and wherein upon receipt of an image selection request, the wireless display device transmits the displayed picture or video images directly over a UWB wireless signal to the requesting UWB remote device.

A method of communicating picture or video images over an Ultra-WideBand (UWB) wireless signal directly between a cellular telephone and a host display unit having a UWB image transceiver operating as a UWB host of a display system, the host display unit having a UWB host, the method comprising:

• sensing the UWB host;
• synchronizing communications with the UWB host and the cellular telephone;
• transmitting an initial access request from the cellular telephone to the host display unit, requesting an upload of the picture or video images;
• waiting for readiness of the host display unit;
• transmitting from the host display unit to the cellular telephone, an acceptance for the upload;
• uploading the picture or video images over the UWB wireless signal to the UWB host using a UWB time-slot assigned by the UWB host;
• storing the picture or video images in a host memory of the host display unit;
• accessing the host memory;
• displaying the picture or video images on the host display unit;
• sensing a requesting cellular telephone;
• transmitting an image download request to the host display from the requesting cellular telephone;
• requesting a download of the picture or video images currently displayed on the host display unit;
• waiting for an acknowledgement from the host display unit for the download;
• transmitting to the requesting cellular telephone, the acknowledgement for the download;
• downloading the picture or video images over the UWB wireless signal to the requesting cellular telephone using a UWB time-slot assigned by the UWB host;
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• receiving and storing the picture or video images in a local memory of the requesting cellular telephone.