Patent ID: 7411577
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile display device for communicating with a host computer in wired and wireless manners depending upon whether the mobile display device is coupled with a docking station that is supplied with one of a wired input signal and a wireless input signal from the host computer, comprising: a wired module that receives the one of the wired input signal and the wireless input signal, applied from the docking station and converting the one of the wired input signal and the wireless input signal into a first video signal when the mobile display device is coupled with the docking station; a wireless module that converts the one of the wired input signal and the wireless input signal, applied from the host computer into a second video signal when the mobile display device is released from the docking station; a display panel that reproduces the first video signal and the second video signal; and a display controller that converts, within a predetermined time margin, the first and second video signals applied to the display panel from the wired module and the wireless module, depending upon whether the mobile display device is coupled with the docking station, and applying to the display panel a control signal for turning on and off images reproduced from the display panel at the time of the conversions.