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US 8,264,548 B2Granted
Steering mirror for TV receiving high frequency wireless video
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsRobert Hardacker, James R. Milne, Robert Allan Unger
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Abstract
In a home system in which a TV receives video from various sources over directional wireless links such as 60 GHz links, a mirror apparatus is provided that can be configured to physically steer a signal toward a receiver on the TV to optimize received signal strength. In this way, RF energy that otherwise would be radiated in non-productive directions away from the receiver is reflected toward the receiver.
Claims12
Apparatus comprising:
- TV chassis;
- TV display supported on the chassis;
- TV tuner receiving video signals;
- TV processor communicating with the tuner and display to cause the video signals from the tuner to be presented on the display;
- wireless data receiver receiving wireless video signals from a network;
- and
- reflector assembly positioned to redirect, to the wireless data receiver, wireless video signals that otherwise would be at least partially blocked from the wireless data receiver by the chassis, wherein the reflector assembly is movable on the chassis, wherein a control processor controls position of the reflector assembly, wherein the control processor controls position of the reflector assembly to establish an index of adequate signal at the receiver at least to satisfy a threshold, the index of adequate signal being communicated on a backchannel different than a main channel over which the wireless video signals are transmitted.
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Device, comprising:
- video display supported by a chassis;
- antenna receiving directional wireless signals;
- processor receiving the signals for presentation on the display;
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- mirror assembly on the chassis and reflecting the signals toward the antenna, the mirror assembly being steerable on the chassis to establish a reception metric to at least satisfy a threshold metric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.