Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Leonard Tsai

Binh T Truong

Richard Chi-Te Shen

Thomas J Zato

David C Vinson

Alexander Thatcher

Kyoung Il Kim

Systems and methods for controlling one or more appliances are provided. One or more appliances (), each having one or more unique identifiers and one or more first network adapters can be in communication with one or more first networks (). One or more network adapter devices () capable of bi-directional communication on the first network () and on one or more second networks () can be disposed on the first network (). One or more appliance databases can be disposed in, on, or about the one or more second networks (). One or more handheld controllers () can be in communication with the one or more network adapter devices () and the one or more appliances ().

EUI based remote database for dynamic device control

A method for illuminating a connector port of an electronic device. The method comprising presenting information associated with the connector port on a user interface; and illuminating the connector port on the electronic device in response to a user selecting the connector port via the user interface.

System and method for illuminating connector ports

Embodiments of the present invention provide an efficient and cost-effective implementation of a method and system for increasing the frame-display rate of a video display device. Video data is often input to a video-display device in a compressed form that includes encoded and compressed motion vectors. The motion vectors provide information about portions of successive video frames which change in relative position. The motion vectors are decompressed and decoded along with the frames. In certain embodiments of the present invention, a first frame and an accompanying motion-vector table are transmitted from a processing component to a timing-controller component of a video-display device, using which the timing-controller component can generate a second frame that is displayed following display of the first frame.

Method and system for increasing frame-display rate

A system for color space matching a plurality of signals is provided. The system can include a first and second sources operably connected to a first and second inputs, respectively. The first and second inputs can be operably connected to a switch (). An external device identification (EDID) module () can be operably connected to the switch. A controller (), having a plurality of display modes, can also be operably connected to the switch. Each of the plurality of display modes can have a corresponding unique EDID data structure stored in the EDID module, thereby providing a plurality of unique EDID data structures within the EDID module. The EDID module can select a single unique EDID data structure based upon the color space format of the second signal (), and in response to the selection, the first source () can convert the first color space of the first signal () to the second color space format.

Color space matching of video signals

In one embodiment, a system comprises at least a first video source device, at least a first remote control device, a digital display device comprising logic to receive, in a digital display device, a first video signal from a first video source, extract at least a first metadata from the first video signal, use the first metadata to obtain a second video signal from a second video source, present the first video signal on the digital display device, combine at least a portion of the second video signal and at least a portion of the first video signal to generate a combined video signal, and present the combined video signal on a display.

Presentation of combined video signals from multiple sources

In one embodiment, a system, comprising at least a first video source device, at least a first remote control device, a digital display device comprising logic to receive, in a digital display device, a signal to initiate an aggregation process, in response to the signal, enumerate at least a first video source device coupled to the digital display device, obtain, from the at least a first video source device, a first remote control code table, merge the first remote control table into a master remote control table, receive in the primary interface device manager, a user interface database from the secondary interface device manager, and store the master remote control table in memory.

Universal remote control management in digital display devices

An audio/video (A/V) component networking system comprising a sink component configured to control presentation of A/V program data received from a source component on a presentation device and a sink interface configured to receive an input command from an input device and determine whether to direct the input command for processing to either the sink component or the presentation device.

Audio/video component networking system and method

In one embodiment, a system to manage video content comprises an index file management module comprising logic to generate an index file to describe content in an associated video file, store the index file for a video file in a first memory location, separate from a second memory location in which the video file is stored, receive, from a requesting entity, a request for access to the index file, in response to the request, download the index file to the requesting entity, and download the video file to the requesting entity.

Extensible user interface for digital display devices

A display device comprises a liquid crystal module comprising a matrix of pixels, a backlight assembly, and a controller comprising logic to receive an image comprising at least a first stationary portion and a second moving portion, separate the first stationary portion from the second moving portion, present the first stationary portion at a first refresh rate and present the second moving portion at a second refresh rate, different from the first refresh rate.

Liquid crystal display image presentation

An image aspect ratio adjustment system comprises an adjustment module configured to adjust image content to correspond to an aspect ratio of a display device based at least in part on motion within the image content.

Image aspect ratio adjustment system and method

A system for generating an on-screen display (OSD) is described. The on-screen display, which has a semitransparent background area, is overlaid on top of an image. The data which make up this image are stored in a buffer. An accumulator, connected to the buffer, is used to examine this data, and store information about it. An attached OSD module used the stored information to automatically adjust the semitransparent background of the OSD.

Dynamically adjustable elements of an on-screen display

Various embodiments of a light on an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the light couples to a sensor and has a brightness that varies when ambient light incident on the sensor varies.

Electronic device having LED with variable brightness

In one embodiment, a display device comprises a timing controller, a first computer readable memory medium coupled to the timing controller and comprising a first color table, a video processor coupled to the timing controller via a communication link and comprising logic to request the first color table from the timing controller, and use data in the first color table to implement a color correction routine.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Leonard Tsai