摘要:
A KVM switch system with external control functionality is described. A KVM switch is able to be controlled from an external device. The external device can either include a single button dedicated to controlling the desktop KVM switch or indicate a state of the KVM switch. The external device can be connected to the desktop KVM switch through a plurality of communication media. The external device can be small in size and attached to an object on a user's desktop.
摘要:
A keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) switching protocol is disclosed in which KVM information is applied to a network of workstations (35). At least one data converter (47) communicates on the workstation network and retrieves KVM information from the workstation network that is addressed to a server assigned to the converter. The converter places the KVM information in a format suitable to the assigned server and applies the converted KVM information to the appropriate standard device ports of the server. The system provides motherboard (42) access to the servers that is characteristics of KVM switches but provides essentially unlimited scalability not known in traditional KVM switches.
摘要:
An improved approach is provided for mounting individual wires from multi-wire cables onto circuit boards. A wire comb is mounted adjacent one or more ends of the circuit board to permit a rapid yet positive way to space apart individual wires, to hold them in place; and to permit welding or soldering of the wires to the appropriate connections or the circuit board during an overmolding process.
摘要:
A framework for supporting the display of information includes at least one server; and one or more network virtual computers (NVCs) connected to the at least one server, each NVC also connected to a respective information display device. Each NVC is constructed and adapted to obtain video commands from the at least one server connected thereto, to decode the video commands; and to render information corresponding to the decoded commands on the information display device connected thereto. The commands may be HTML commands and the NVC decodes and renders the HTML commands. The server may include a screenscraping mechanism to preprocess content, prior to sending it to a connected NVC, by converting the content to a generic file format such as MPEG or AVI.
摘要:
A improvement to video compression techniques (60) is described in which blocks of video input information are compared in their respective pixel values to corresponding blocks of immediately preceding frames (43, 44, 46). The blocks are analyzed to determine whether change has occurred in accordance with two tests (44, 46). First, the pixel values of the block are compared to the pixel values of a preceding block and if a threshold number of pixel values in the block exceed their counterparts by a threshold amount, then the block is assumed to have changed and is communicated via a standard communication protocol, compression technique and media (44). Second, even if the threshold number of pixels in the block has not changed, the pixel values are compared with their prior frame counterparts to determine if any one pixel value has changed in magnitude more than a second threshold amount (26).
摘要:
Keyboard trays, laptops and portable computers are provided having a display comprised of a small projector that projects onto a screen instead of a standard LCD or flat panel display that generates images itself. They provide a keyboard tray or portable computer in which a laser, high brightness LED, LCD, LCoS, or other suitable projector module is embedded within the keyboard or base portion of the keyboard tray or portable computer, and the display comprises a reflective projector screen made of plastic or other suitable material protected by a thin cover made of plastic or other suitable material. They provide a keyboard tray or portable computer display that is thinner, more durable and more easily and economically repaired than typical LCD and other flat panel displays.
摘要:
Methods and systems provide for the distribution of both computer and home entertainment information. Computer and home entertainment audio-visual sources are distributed to displays throughout a house, and any of the sources can be viewed from any of the displays. Computers and televisions are integrated while allowing the computers and the televisions to be located in separate rooms of the house, thereby minimizing the need to co-locate items or to install additional wiring. The computer and home entertainment sources may be located in a single area and distributed to various receivers throughout the house. Multiple users may share any given information source. The entertainment and computer sources are connected to a single information hub that distributes the various source signals to remote receivers. Users may view any of the sources from any receiver in the house, and multiple different users may view different sources from any receivers in the house.
摘要:
A printed solenoid inductor delay line system comprises discrete delay sections, where the inductor is implemented in the form of a printed, spiraling solenoid, with the solenoid axis in the plane of the multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB).