Patent Application: US-21483605-A

Abstract:
an apparatus and method for turning on / off a wireless display device , are provided . the apparatus includes a transmitter to receive image signals to be displayed on the wireless display device and to transmit the received image signals via wireless communication , and a receiver to receive the image signals transmitted from the transmitter and to display the image signals on a screen of the wireless display device . the transmitter and the receiver are turned on / off automatically in response to an on / off signal from a remote controller .

Description:
reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention , examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings . wherever possible , the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts . although the present invention will be described with reference to a case wherein the frequency band of the remote control signals corresponds to that of ir signals , the present invention can also be applied to other cases wherein other signals , for example , rf signals are used . hereinafter , the embodiments of the present invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings . the present invention proposes a construction which makes it possible to turn not only the receiver on / off , but also the transmitter of a wireless tv with a single on / off command from a remote control of the wireless tv . although the wireless tv is discussed , the inventive concepts of the present invention are applicable to other devices such as wireless display devices , etc . fig3 is a block diagram showing a transmitter 100 , a receiver 200 , and a remote control ( or remote controller ) 30 of a wireless tv according to an embodiment of the present invention . all the components of the wireless tv are operatively coupled . referring to fig3 , an on / off command from the remote control 30 is received by a remote control signal receiver 240 of the receiver 200 , and is sent to a wireless transceiver 210 , not to a power controller 220 , of the receiver 200 . this is for the purpose of checking the power condition of the transmitter 100 before turning the receiver 200 on / off and , if there is no problem , turning the receiver 200 on / off under control of a command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 . after receiving the on / off signal , the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 sends it to a wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 , which in response generates and then sends an on / off command to the command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 . the command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 checks the power condition ( on / off condition ) of the transmitter 100 and the radio signal transmission condition of the wireless transceiver 110 ( for example , wireless lan ). if there is no problem , the command processor 130 transmits the on / off command to the wireless transceiver 210 of the tv receiver 200 via the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 . if there is a problem with the power condition of the transmitter 100 , the command processor 130 generates a message for notifying this problem , which is then transmitted to the wireless transceiver 210 of the tv receiver 200 ( e . g ., via the wireless transceiver 110 ) and is displayed on the screen of the receiver 200 ( or of the wireless tv ). according to an embodiment of the present invention , the power condition of the transmitter 100 of the wireless tv and the operating condition of the wireless lan are checked first and when there is no problem with them , then the receiver 200 is turned on / off . thus , the receiver 200 is prevented from being turned on / off even when there is a problem with the transmitter 100 . the screen of the receiver 200 displays messages regarding any problem associated with the turn on / off operations , so that the user can be easily informed of it and perform diagnosis and repair operations as needed . as discussed above , when there is no problem with the power condition of the transmitter 100 of the wireless tv , the command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 sends an on / off command to the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 via the wireless transceiver 110 . the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 then sends the on / off command to the power controller 220 of the receiver 200 . then the power controller 220 turns the receiver 200 on / off according to the received on / off command . then , the power controller 220 generates an on / off condition confirmation signal , which is then sent to the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 via the wireless transceiver 210 to inform that the receiver 200 has been turned on / off . this is for the purpose of guaranteeing that the transmitter 100 is turned on / off after the transmitter 100 checks the on / off condition confirmation signal , which indicates that the receiver 200 has been turned on / off . that is , once the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 receives the on / off condition confirmation signal , which indicates that the receiver 200 has been turned on / off , the wireless transceiver 110 sends the on / off condition confirmation signal to the command processor 130 . in response to the confirmation signal , the command processor 130 then selectively controls the power controller 120 of the transmitter 100 to execute the corresponding on / off command to turn on / off the transmitter 100 . according to the present invention , the turning on / off of the receiver 200 or the transmitter 100 does not necessarily mean that all power to the receiver 200 and the transmitter 100 is off , but corresponds to being in a standby mode , which would be appreciated by one skilled in the art . as such , the remote control signal receiver 240 , the wireless transceiver 210 , the wireless transceiver 110 and the command processor 130 may be powered on throughout the turning on / off process of the present invention . what the power controllers 120 and 220 may turn off is elements / devices that require a significant amount of power , and not necessarily all the elements of the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 , respectively . for instance , in response to the off command , the power controller 120 may turn off the wireless tv screen , those elements associated with displaying images on the tv screen , producing audio , etc . thus , in the present invention , the power controller 220 of the receiver 200 turns the receiver 200 on / off according to the on / off command from the command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 , not from the remote control 30 . after confirming that the receiver 200 has been turned on / off , the power controller 120 of the transmitter 100 turns the transmitter 100 on / off . fig4 is a flowchart showing the procedure for turning a wireless tv on / off according to an embodiment of the present invention . this procedure can be implemented in the wireless tv of fig3 or any other wireless tv or other suitable devices . referring to fig4 , the remote control 30 creates an on / off signal ( step s 1 ). the remote control signal receiver 240 of the receiver 200 of the wireless tv receives the on / off signal and transmits it to the wireless transceiver 210 ( step s 2 ). the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 transmits wirelessly the on / off signal to the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 of the wireless tv wirelessly ( step s 3 ). the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 then transmits the received on / off signal to the command processor ( cpu ) 130 ( step s 4 ). the command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 checks if there is a problem with the on / off condition of the transmitter 100 and the radio signal transmission condition of the wireless transceiver ( wireless lan ) 110 ( step s 5 ). if a problem is identified at step s 5 , a message notifying the problem in the transmitter 100 is generated by the command processor 130 and is transmitted to the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 via the wireless transceiver 110 ( s 6 ), and then the received message is displayed on the screen of the receiver 200 ( step s 7 ). here this message can identify the exact problem or can just be a warning message . also the message can be in any presentation form , e . g ., text , graphics , icons , images , etc . on the other hand , if no problem is identified at step s 5 , the command processor 130 of the transmitter 100 sends an on / off command to the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 via the wireless transceiver 110 ( step s 8 ). here , this on / off command can be the received on / off command or can be newly generated by the command processor 130 . the wireless transceiver 210 of the receiver 200 then receives the on / off command wirelessly and sends the received on / off command to the power controller 220 of the receiver 200 , which is then turned on / off accordingly . the power controller 220 then generates an on / off condition confirmation signal , which informs that the receiver 200 has been turned on / off ( i . e ., in the standby mode ), and sends the confirmation signal to the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 via the wireless transceiver 210 ( step s 9 ). the wireless transceiver 110 of the transmitter 100 receives the on / off condition confirmation signal , which informs that the receiver 200 has been turned on / off , and sends it to the command processor 130 . in response to the confirmation signal , the command processor 130 controls the power controller 120 of the transmitter 10 to execute the corresponding on / off command to turn on / off the transmitter 100 ( i . e ., to place it in the standby mode ). the present invention makes it possible to turn both the transmitter 100 and receiver 200 of a wireless tv on / off with a single operation of the remote control 30 , so that the user does not need to inconveniently approach the transmitter 100 , which is located outside a visible range , and manually switch it on / off . the forgoing embodiments are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention . the present teachings can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses . the description of the present invention is intended to be illustrative , and not to limit the scope of the claims . many alternatives , modifications , and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art 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