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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01); G09G 2358/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A projector, an image output apparatus, and a control method thereof are provided. In the method, a search signal transmitted by a controller is received, and accordingly at least one user apparatus supporting a wireless protocol is searched from surroundings by using the wireless protocol and a wireless connection is established with each user apparatus. Then, a control signal transmitted by the controller is received, and accordingly one of the at least one user apparatus is selected. An image provided by the selected user apparatus is received through the wireless connection and projected.