Patent ID: 7320136
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting a TV (Television Set) and a computer, comprising: a TV coding unit for encoding control signals including at least one of a mouse signal, a keyboard signal, a microphone signal and control signals for controlling a computer, which are generated in a TV and generating a first packet signal by using the encoded control signals; a computer coding unit for encoding computer signals including at least one of a video signal, an audio signal and a control signal generated in the computer and generating a second packet signal by using the encoded computer signals; a TV transmission and receiving unit, provided in the TV, for receiving the first packet signal from the TV coding unit, transmitting the received first packet signal to the computer and receiving the second packet signal from the computer; a computer transmission and receiving unit, provided in the computer, for receiving the second packet signal from the computer coding unit, transmitting the received second packet signal to the TV and receiving the first packet signal from the TV; a TV decoding unit, provided in the TV, for receiving the second packet signal from the TV transmission and receiving unit, decoding the received second packet signal and recovering the decoded second packet signal into the video signal, the audio signal and the control signal of the computer; a computer decoding unit for receiving the first packet signal from the computer transmission and receiving unit, decoding the received first packet signal and recovering the decoded first packet signal into the mouse signal, the keyboard signal, the microphone signal and the control signals for controlling the computer; and a transmission line connected between the TV transmission and receiving unit of the TV and the computer transmission and receiving unit of the computer for transmitting the first packet signal and the second packet signal.