Mobile Wireless Display For Accessing Data From A Host And Method For Controlling

摘要

An apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, and a controller. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user's eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user's maximum viewing space. The apparatus can incorporate a wireless communication controller that not only provides a video link to a host device, but also provides for control and management of a host device and other more devices. In this context, a host device may be any appropriate device that sources audio, video, text, office functionality and other information, such as a cell phone, personal computer, laptop, media player, and/or the like. The apparatus and the host may support Microsoft Windows SideShow, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and Virtual Network Computing (VNC).

主权项

1. A device comprising:
a portable, miniature display with an audio playback device configured to display a multimedia output of an application running on a host computing device based on received data in a generic format, the generic format being independent from a format of the host computing device; an input device configured to receive a control signal including a request to control the application running on the host computing device; and a wireless interface configured to:
(i) establish a wireless connection between the device and the host computing device,(ii) convert the received control signal into a reformatted control signal having a control format that the host computing system can receive;(iii) transmit the reformatted control signal over the wireless connection to the host computing device, wherein the reformatted control signal controls the application running on the host computing device and(iv) receive data representative of the multimedia output of the application running on the host computing device in the format of the host computing device, the application being remotely controlled by the received control signal, wherein the portable, miniature display with an audio playback device is further configured to reformat the data using a device driver associated with the host computing device, such that the data is always presented to the portable, miniature display with an audio playback device in the generic format independent from the format of the host computing device, and the data is representative of the multimedia output of the application running on the host computing device from the generic format to the multimedia output in an expected format of the portable, miniature display with an audio playback device and further configured to remotely display the multimedia output of the application running on the host computing device.