Patent · US Expired

Infrared communication device for multistandard operations

US5786921A · kind A · utility

30Cited by
12References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 12, 1996
Grant dateJul 28, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/40
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An IR interface device is connected over a wired port to a host computer, so as to provide an IR communication link between the host computer and another computing device capable of IR communication. Such an IR interface device may also include a coupling to a printer device. An IR conference device allows communication between devices using different IR communication protocols by providing individual IR communication links to each of the communicating devices and passing data between the individual IR communication links. An IR transceiver integrated circuit with automatic gain control is provided.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.