Wireless Conferencing System and Collaboration Method Thereof
20230221914 · 2023-07-13
Inventors
Cpc classification
H04L12/1827
ELECTRICITY
G06F3/1454
PHYSICS
G09G2370/12
PHYSICS
H04L63/0209
ELECTRICITY
G09G2360/04
PHYSICS
International classification
G06F3/14
PHYSICS
Abstract
A wireless conferencing system for wirelessly connecting a computerized device with a display device includes at least a data transmitter. The data transmitter includes a transmitter self-powered unit, a data transmission module electrically powered by the transmitter self-powered unit, and a computer interface communicatively lined to the data transmission module, wherein when the computer interface is configured for detachably connecting to the computerized device, the data transmission module is powered and ready for wirelessly transmitting data from the computerized device to the display device without consuming power of the computerized device.
Claims
1. A wireless conferencing system for wirelessly connecting at least one computerized device with at least one display device, comprising: one or more data transmitters, each comprising a data transmission module, configured for transmitting data from the computerized device to the at least one display device; and one or more data receivers, each of said one or more data receivers comprising: a display interface for detachably connecting to the at least one display device, and a data receiving module wirelessly linked to said one or more data transmitter for wirelessly receiving the data from the computerized device.
2. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a control base selectively activating said data transmitter and said data receiver to form a closed private network.
3. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said one or more transmitters comprises a transmitter self-powered unit, which is charged by said control base when each of said one or more data transmitters is supported thereon and is configured for being charged by an external battery unit when each of said one or more data transmitters is connected to the computerized device.
4. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said one or more data transmitters further comprises a built-in encoding unit electrically powered by said transmitter self-powered unit for encoding the data before transmitting, wherein each of said one or more data receivers further comprises a built-in decoding unit that decodes the data transmitted from said data transmission module.
5. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 4, wherein each of said one or more data receivers further comprises a receiver encoding unit encoding the data from said built-in decoding unit, and a USB interface configured for connecting an output computerized device to transmit data from said receiver encoding unit to the output computerized device.
6. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said one or more data transmitters further comprises an interface adapter detachably coupled at said computer interface to alter a connection interface.
7. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 6, wherein said interface adapter of each of said one or more data transmitters comprises a power supply such that when said interface adapter is coupled at said computer interface, said self-powered unit is recharged by said power supply of said interface adapter.
8. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said one or more data receivers is configured to send a control signal to said data transmitter when the display device is a touch-screen control device.
9. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein when two or more of said data transmitters are provided, one of said data transmitters is arranged for connecting to the computerized device as a transmitting terminal thereof while one of said data transmitters serves as a laser pointer, wherein when said laser pointer is configured to transmit a pointer signal to said data receiver, said data receiver transmits said pointer signal to said data transmitter for controlling the computerized device and for creating a pointer on the display device.
10. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein when two or more of said data transmitters are provided, one of said data transmitters is arranged for connecting to the computerized device as a transmitting terminal thereof while one of said data transmitters serves as a remote controller, wherein when said remoter controller is configured to transmit a remote controlling signal to said data transmitter, said remote controller is configured for remotely controlling the computerized device.
11. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein when two or more of said data receivers are provided, one of said two or more data receivers is wirelessly linked to said one or more data transmitters via said closed private network and is arranged for connecting to one of said two or more data receivers via a wireless network different from said closed private network.
12. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 2, wherein at least one of said one or more data receivers is configured to be operated between an AP (access point) working mode and a P2P (peep-to-peep) working mode for ensuring a realtime data transmitting between said one or more data transmitters and said one or more data receivers.
13. The wireless conferencing system, as recited in claim 3, wherein said control base has one or more receiving stations and one or more charging ports provided at said one or more receiving stations respectively for charging said one or more transmitter self-powered units of said one or more data transmitters when said one or more data transmitters are held at said receiving stations of said control base.
14. A conferencing collaboration method for wirelessly connecting at least one computerized device with a display device, comprising steps of: (a) connecting a data transmitter to the computerized device to form a transmitting terminal; and (b) connecting a data receiver to the display device to form a receiving terminal by steps of connecting a display interface of said data receiver to the display device, and powering a data receiving module of said data receiver to receive the data transmitted from a data transmission module of said data transmitter.
15. The conferencing collaboration method, as recited in claim 16, before the step (a), further comprising a step of: selectively activating said data transmitter and said data receiver to form a closed private network by a control base.
16. The conferencing collaboration method, as recited in claim 15, wherein a transmitter self-powered unit of said data transmitter is charged by one of steps of: charging said transmitter self-powered unit by a control base when said data transmitter is supported thereon, and charging said transmitter self-powered unit by an external battery unit when said data transmitter is connected to the computerized device.
17. The conferencing collaboration method, as recited in claim 16, wherein the step (a) further comprises a step of encoding the data before transmitting by a built-in encoding unit of said data transmitter, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step of decoding the data transmitted from said data transmission module by a built-in decoding unit of said data receiver.
18. The conferencing collaboration method, as recited in claim 17, wherein the step (c) further comprises steps of: connecting a USB interface of said data receiver to an output computerized device, and encoding the data from said built-in decoding unit by a receiver encoding unit of said data receiver to transmit data from said receiver encoding unit to the output computerized device.
19. The conferencing collaboration method, as recited in claim 16, wherein the step (a) further comprises a step of detachably coupling an interface adapter at said computer interface to alter a connection interface.
20. The conferencing collaboration method, as recited in claim 16, wherein the step (b) further comprises a step of sending a control signal from said data receiver to said data transmitter when the display device is a touch-screen control device.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0050] The following description is disclosed to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the present invention. Preferred embodiments are provided in the following description only as examples and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The general principles defined in the following description would be applied to other embodiments, alternatives, modifications, equivalents, and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
[0051] Referring to
[0052] According to the preferred embodiment, the data transmitter 10 is configured to be detachably connected to the computerized device 100 to form a transmitting terminal. In one embodiment, the computerized device 100 is embodied as a personal computer, a notebook computer, a smart device, or a tablet computer. Preferably, two or more data transmitters 10 are connected to different computerized devices 100 respectively, as shown in
[0053] As shown in
[0054] According to the preferred embodiment, the data receiver 20 is detachably connected to the display device 200 to form a receiving terminal. In one embodiment, the display device 200 is embodied as a TV, a projector projecting information on screen, a screen of the personal computer, a screen of the notebook computer, a screen of the smart device, or a screen of the tablet computer. Preferably, two or more data receivers 20 are connected to different display devices 200 respectively, as shown in
[0055] As shown in
[0056] The control base 30 is configured to selectively activate the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 to form a closed private network. In one embodiment, when two or more data transmitters 10 are used at the same time, the control base 30 is configured to activate the data transmitters 10 to join the closed private network. Likewise, when two or more data receivers 20 are used at the same time, the control base 30 is configured to activate the data receivers 20 to join the closed private network. The closed private network can be embodied as a “WiFi” connection, “Bluetooth” connection, “5G” connection, or other wireless connection preferably with encrypted data transmission. In other words, the data can only transmitted between the data transmitters 10 and the data receivers 20 but not other devices.
[0057] According to the preferred embodiment, referring to
[0058] According to the preferred embodiment, the transmitter self-powered unit 11 of the data transmitter 10 is preferred to be embodied as a rechargeable battery and a connecting terminal such as USB port 110 of the transmitter self-power unit 11 is provided at a second end of the housing 10A of the data transmitter, such that when the data transmitter 10 is docked and held in the corresponding receiving station 31 of the control base 30, the transmitter self-power unit 11 is charged by the corresponding charging port 32, for example via the connecting terminal of the transmitter self-power unit 11. In addition, the transmitter self-power unit 11 may also configured to be charged by an external battery unit such as a power bank by electrically connecting the external battery unit to the USB port 110 at the second end of the housing 10A of the data transmitter 10 when the data transmitter 10 is not docked in the control base 30 or is connecting with the computerized device 100 for data transmission.
[0059] It is appreciated that a magnetic engagement unit can be provided for magnetically engaging the data transmitter 10 and/or the data receiver 20 with the receiving stations 31 of the control base 30 so as to facilitate the positioning and retaining of the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 in the corresponding receiving station 31. Furthermore, in one embodiment, referring to
[0060] According to the preferred embodiment, referring to
[0061] Correspondingly, each of the one or more data receivers 20 further comprises a built-in decoding unit 24 electrically powered by the receiver self-powered unit 21 or the display device 200 for decoding the data transmitted from the data transmission module 12. In other words, the decoding unit 21 is configured to decode the encoded data transmitted from the data transmitter 10.
[0062] It is worth mentioning that the encoding-decoding operation is performed by the paired data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20, such that the computerized device 100 to be operated with the present invention does not require pre-installing any encodingdecoding software. In other words, the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 of the present invention are capable of working with any computerized device 100. Therefore, after the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 are paired, the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 are plug-and-play devices without any pre-installing software.
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[0064] The interface adapter 15 may further comprise a power supply 152 configured to be able to charge the transmitter self-powered unit 11 of the data transmitter 10 when the interface adapter 15 is coupled at the data transmitter 10. According to the preferred embodiment, the computer interface 13 is extended from the first end of the elongated housing 10A of the data transmitter 10. When the interface adapter 15 is detachably coupled at the computer interface 13, the data transmitter 10 is converted from the HDIM interface to the USB interface and at the same time the transmitter self-powered unit 11 is charged by the power supply 152.
[0065] When the interface adapter 15 is detachably coupled at the second end of the elongated housing 10A of the data transmitter 10, the data transmitter 10 provides the HDIM interface and at the same time the transmitter self-powered unit 11 is charged by the power supply 152. It is worth mentioning that, similar to the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20, the power supply 152 of the interface adapter 15 is preferred to be embodied as a rechargeable battery and configured to be charged by the control base 30 while the interface adapter 15 is held in the corresponding receiving station 31 of the control base 30.
[0066] In other words, the connecting terminal 110 provided the second end of the elongated housing 10A of each of the data transmitters 10 is adapted to couple with the alternative computer interface 151 of the interface adapter 15. Preferably, the USB port 110 is a USB type C port.
[0067] According to the preferred embodiment, the communicative connection between the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 is not unidirectional. In other words, the data transmitter 10 not only transmits data to the data receiver 20 but also received data from the data receiver 20, as shown in
[0068] In order to effectively transmit the control signal from the data receiver 20 to the data transmitter 10, the data transmitter 10 further comprises a wireless controller 16 wirelessly connecting to the data receiver 20 to receive the control signal therefrom. It is worth mentioning that the wireless controller 16 is not a device for wireless connection. The wireless controller 16 is only configured to receive the control signal from the data receiver 20. In one embodiment, the wireless controller 16 is an individual controller detachably connecting to the computerized device 100, such as through USB connection. In other words, the computerized device 100 requires two individual ports, such as HDMI port and USB port, for connecting the computer interface 13 and the wireless controller 16 respectively. Alternatively, the wireless controller 16A can be built-in with the housing of the data transmitter 10 to form a one single unit, such that the computerized device 100 requires only one port, such as USB port, for connecting the computer interface 13.
[0069] According to the preferred embodiment, the data transmitter 10 is able to serve as a laser pointer 10A and a remoter controller 10B when two or more of the data transmitters 10 are used.
[0070] In one configuration of the laser pointer 10A, as shown in
[0071] In one configuration of the remoter controller 10B, as shown in
[0072] According to the preferred embodiment, two or more of the data receivers 20 can be incorporated with each other to wirelessly connect to two or more data transmitters 10. In one configuration, the data receivers 20 are wirelessly connected with the data transmitter 10 via the closed private network to form a display group, wherein when one or more of the data receivers 20 are connected to the one or more display devices 200 respectively, the dater transmitter 10 transmits the data to the data receivers 20 at the same time, such that the data will be concurrently displayed on the display devices 200.
[0073] In another configuration, as shown in
[0074] During the conference, data will be shared through different computerized devices 100. Accordingly, the data receiver 20 is adapted to connect to the computerized device 100 to share and/or display the data transmitted from the data transmitter 10. As shown in
[0075] Accordingly, the wireless conferencing system of the present invention can be incorporated with different computerized devices 100, such personal computer, notebook computer, tablet computer, mobile phones, and etc., with different operation systems. For the personal computer, notebook computer, and tablet computer, the data transmitter 10 can be directly connected to these computerized devices 100. For the mobile phone or tablet, the data receiver 20 can be wirelessly connected to the mobile phone for steaming the data therefrom. Accordingly, there are two mainstreams of the operation systems for the mobile phone, i.e. “IOS” and “Android”.
[0076] According to the preferred embodiment, the data receiver 20 is configured to be operated between an AP (access point) working mode and a P2P (peep-to-peep) working mode for ensuring a real-time data transmitting between the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20. In one configuration, the working modes are configured for wirelessly communicating with different operation systems of the computerized devices 100. Particularly, the data receiver 20 is set at the AP working mode configured for ISO device and for connecting the data transmitter 10, and is set at the P2P working mode especially configured for Android device. It is worth mentioning that the AP working mode and the P2P working mode can be concurrently set for real-time data transmission.
[0077] As it is mentioned above, the data transmitter 10 is a self-powered transmitting device which does not draw any electrical power from the computerized device 100 when operating the data transmitter 10 therewith. The data transmitter 10 further comprises a low battery warning unit 17 electrically connected to the transmitter self-powered unit 11 for generating a low battery warning signal when a power level of the transmitter self-powered unit 11 is below a preset threshold. In one embodiment, the low battery warning unit 17 can be a LED unit configured for generating a light signal as the low battery warning signal. When the low battery warning signal is generated, the user is able to recharge the transmitter self-powered unit 11 by connecting the interface adapter 15 to the data transmitter 10 or connecting the external battery unit to the data transmitter 10. Alternatively, the low-battery data transmitter 10 can be disconnected or unplugged from the computerized device 100 for disconnecting the data receiver 20 and can be placed at the control base 30 for re-recharging, wherein a fully charged data transmitter 10 can be connected or plugged to the computerized device 100 to wirelessly connect to the data receiver 20 for continuously transmitting the data to the data receiver 20. It is worth mentioning that when the data transmitter 10 is disconnected from the computerized device 100 for disconnecting the data receiver 20, the data receiver 20 is configured for saving the last data displayed on the display device. In other words, when the data transmitter 10 is powered off, the last screen on the display device will be saved and remained on the display device until new data is received by the data receiver 20 from another data transmitter 10 connected to the computerized device 100.
[0078] Accordingly, the present invention further comprises a conferencing collaboration method, comprising the following steps.
[0079] (A) Connect the data transmitter 10 to the computerized device 100 to form a transmitting terminal by the following steps.
[0080] (A.1) Connect the computer interface 13 of the data transmitter 10 to the computerized device 100.
[0081] (A.2) Power the data transmission module 12 of the data transmitter 10 by the transmitter self-powered unit 11 thereof.
[0082] (A.3) Generate the low battery warning signal by the data transmitter 10 when a power level of the transmitter self-powered unit 11 is below a preset threshold.
[0083] (B) Via the data transmission module 12, wirelessly transmit data from the computerized device 100 to the display device 200 without consuming power of the computerized device 100.
[0084] (C) Connect the data receiver 20 to the display device to form a receiving terminal by the following steps.
[0085] (C.1) Connect the display interface 23 of the data receiver 20 to the display device 200.
[0086] (C.2) Power the data receiving module 22 of the data receiver 20 by the receiver self-powered unit 21 thereof or by the display device 200 to receive the data transmitted from the data transmission module 12 of the data transmitter 10.
[0087] In one embodiment, the step (C) further comprises the step:
[0088] (C.3) Save the last data displayed on the display device 200 by the data receiver 20 when the data transmitter 10 is powered off or detached from the computerized device 100.
[0089] When the display device is the touch-screen control device, the display device 200 is able to generate the control signal. The step (C) further comprises a step of (C.4) sending the control signal form the data receiver 20 to the data transmitter 10 for controlling the computerized device 100 from the display device.
[0090] In order to share and/or display the data to another computerized device 100, i.e. the output computerized device 100A, the step (C) further comprises the following steps.
[0091] (C.1′) Connect the USB interface 26 of the data receiver 20 to the output computerized device 100A.
[0092] (C.2′) Encode the data from the built-in decoding unit 24 by the receiver encoding unit 26 of the data receiver 20 to transmit data from the receiver encoding unit 26 to the output computerized device 100A.
[0093] Accordingly, in order to pair the data transmitter 10 with the data receiver 20, before the step (a), the method further comprises a pre-step of:
[0094] selectively activating the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 to form the closed private network by the control base 30, wherein the activation of each of the data transmitter 10 and the data receiver 20 can be touch buttons on the control base 30.
[0095] The transmitter self-powered unit 11 of the data transmitter 10 is charged by the following charging steps.
[0096] (1) Charge the transmitter self-powered unit 11 by the control base 30 by placing the data transmitter 10 thereon when the data transmitter 10 is not connected to the computerized device 100.
[0097] (2) Charge the transmitter self-powered unit 11 by the external battery unit when the data transmitter 10 is connected to the computerized device 100.
[0098] (3) Charge the transmitter self-powered unit 11 by the interface adapter 15 when the data transmitter 10 is connected to the computerized device 100.
[0099] One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.
[0100] It will thus be seen that the objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of illustrating the functional and structural principles of the present invention and is subject to change without departure from such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the following claims.