Video dock for portable media player

USRE45320E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Jennifer Jaffe · Portland, US
• Scott Ballantyne · New York, US
• Steve Stark · Portland, US
• Joe O'Sullivan · Singapore, SG
• Phillip H. Salvatori · Salem, US
• Donald Rhodes · Lake Oswego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A docking station for a portable media player. The docking station includes a docking connector to physically secure the portable media player and a communication interface to communicatively couple the portable media player to the docking station when the docking connector is physically securing the portable media player. A projection module operably linked to the communication interface and configured to receive video information from the portable media player via the communication interface projects a video image derived from the video information away from the docking station onto a viewing surface.