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Computer module device and method for television use

US6311268A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 6, 1998
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/44231
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer module removably coupled to a console for outputting video data, includes a host interface controller coupled to receive a console configuration signal from the console, a graphics accelerator, a television signal encoder coupled to the graphics accelerator for receiving video data and for outputting television signals, and a central processing unit coupled to the host interface controller, to the graphics accelerator, and to the television signal encoder, for processing the console configuration signal and for enabling the television signal encoder to output the television signals to the console.

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