Title:
TUNER MODULE UTILIZING DEVICE-SPECIFIC CONTROLLER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005032127
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A variety of different tuners can be used in a media center or other video component using a microcontroller to address each one. In one embodiment the invention includes a tuner to receive modulated video signals, the tuner having an external control interface to receive commands in a first protocol from an external agent, and a microcontroller to receive external tuner commands in a second protocol, to convert the external commands from the second protocol to the first protocol, and to transmit the converted external commands to the tuner.
Inventors:
CASE MICHAEL
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/030574
Publication Date:
May 18, 2006
Filing Date:
September 17, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INTEL CORP (US)
CASE MICHAEL
CASE MICHAEL
International Classes:
H04N5/46; H04N5/50; H04N5/44; (IPC1-7): H04N5/44
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