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US 7,480,484 B2Granted
Multi-video interface for a mobile device
AssigneeOmniVision Technologies, Inc.
InventorNicholas Nam
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Abstract
A mobile device including a multi-video interface is disclosed herein. The multi-video interface is configured to permit information present at the mobile device to be viewed at an external display. The external display is not required to specially process the output signals from the mobile device or otherwise implement an adapter.
Claims22
A mobile phone, comprising:
- a native display;
- a processing unit;
- a local memory of the mobile phone coupled to the processing unit, the local memory configured to store image signals for display;
- an interface to format and route signals between the mobile phone and an external device coupled to the mobile phone, the interface configured to:
- convert the format of image signals used within the mobile phone to generate converted image signals for use by the external device;
- and
- convert the format of image signals received from the external device to generate converted image signals for use by the mobile phone;
- wherein the converted image signals for use by the external device and the converted image signals for use by the mobile phone are capable of being stored and displayed simultaneously at the external device and the mobile phone.
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A mobile phone, comprising:
- a native display;
- a processing unit;
- a local memory of the mobile phone coupled to the processing unit, the local memory configured to store image signals for display;
- an interface to format and route signals between a set of components of the mobile phone and an external video device coupled to the mobile phone,
- the interface being operative to convert the format of image signals output from the mobile phone to the external video device to generate converted image signals for use by the external video device and convert the format of image signals received from the external video device to generate converted image signals for use by the mobile phone,
- wherein the converted image signals for use by the external device and the converted image signals for use b the mobile phone are capable of being stored and displayed simultaneously at the external device and the mobile phone.
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A mobile phone, comprising:
- a native display;
- a processing unit;
- a transceiver and a baseband processing unit coupled to the processing unit to provide wireless communication;
- a local memory of the mobile phone coupled to the processing unit, the local memory configured to store image signals for display;
- an interface to format and route signals between a set of components of the mobile phone and an external video device coupled to the mobile phone, the interface configured to convert image signals used within the mobile phone to generate converted image signals for use by the external video device;
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- the mobile phone configured to receive video signals from the external video device and convert the received video signals to generate converted image signals for use by the mobile phone for storage, display, or wireless transmission,
- wherein the converted image signals for use by the external device and the converted image signals for use by the mobile phone are capable of being stored and displayed simultaneously at the external device and the mobile phone.
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A system for storing and displaying images and video in multiple devices, comprising:
- at least one external device, comprising:
- a display configured to display images and video;
- and
- a storage unit configured to store images and video;
- and
- a mobile phone, comprising:
- a native display configured to display images and video;
- a local memory configured to store images and video;
- and
- an interface to format and route signals between the mobile phone and the at least one external device, the interface configured to:
- convert image signals received by the mobile phone from the at least one external device to generate converted image signals for use by the mobile phone;
- and
- convert image signals received by the at least one external device from the mobile phone to generate converted image signals for use by the at least one external device,
- wherein the converted image signals for use by the at least one external device and the converted image signals for use by the mobile phone are capable of being stored and displayed simultaneously at the at least one external device and the mobile phone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.