| CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120070004 | Digital Audio Distribution - A master transmitter distributes a plurality of audio channels to one or more expansion receivers as a multiplexed audio stream. Control information is also transmitted between the master transmitter and the expansion receivers. Both the control information and the multiplexed audio stream are transmitted on the same cable allowing for reduced clutter and cheaper material and installation costs. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068894 | WALL-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH MODULAR ANTENNA BEZEL FRAME - An electrical device configured to install within a wall mounted electrical box. The electrical device includes a bezel frame configured to fit within a faceplate. The bezel frame includes an antenna element. The device further includes a radio frequency circuitry component in electrical communication with the antenna element and configured to receive a control signal from the antenna element. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068832 | Wall-Mounted Control System for a Portable Touch Screen Device - Presented is a wall-mounted control system for a portable touch screen device. The control system includes a housing, a touch screen mounting member moveably coupled to the housing and configured to releasably hold the portable touch screen device, a processor configured for providing an interface between the portable touch screen device and one or more remote systems, a docking connector configured for electrically mating with the portable touch screen device and establishing electrical communication between the processor and the portable touch screen device, and a communication circuitry configured for establishing communication between the processor the one or more remote systems. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120062479 | Control System for Augmenting a Portable Touch Screen Device - Presented is a control system for augmenting a portable touch screen device ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062370 | Control System for Augmenting a Portable Touch Screen Device - Presented is a control system for augmenting a portable touch screen device having integral processing capability. The control system includes an enclosure configured for housing the portable touch screen device, an internal docking connector configured for communicatively mating with the portable touch screen device, and hard buttons. At least one of the hard buttons is functionally configured for use with an application program running on the portable touch screen device. The control system further includes first and second cameras disposed on the enclosure. The control system further includes a processor configured for converting button actuations into a digital format, and a first facility for communicating the digital format to the portable touch screen device via the internal docking connector. The application program is configured such that, during operation, the application program communicates the status of the one hard button to at least one external device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120057642 | Digital Video Physical layer using a Multi-Level Data Code - A system for communicating data comprises a clock channel configured to transmit a clock signal at a predetermined rate and at least one data channel configured to transmit data as a sequence of blocks of multi-level symbols being sent at a fixed multiple of the clock rate. Each block of multi-level symbols comprises a sequence of at least three multi-level symbols. Each multi-level symbol has an analog voltage level selected from a predetermined number of possible values, the predetermined number being an integer greater than two. The fixed multiple of the clock rate is an integer greater than one. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120026327 | Presentation Capture with Automatically Configurable Output - A device and method for simultaneously capturing a combination of content video, content audio, presenter video and presenter audio, as well as distributing a combination of content video, content audio, presenter video and presenter audio to a digital sink via an HDMI connection. Video sources are automatically routed to the digital sink depending on the source configuration. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120008765 | DETERMINING HDCP SOURCE KSV SUPPORT - Presented is a method for determining the maximum number of key selection vectors (KSVs) supported by an HDCP source. The method includes providing a number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered a failure mode in response to the provided number of KSVs, increasing or decreasing the number of KSVs in response to the HDCP source not entering or entering the failure mode, providing the increased or decreased number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered the failure mode in response to the provided increased or decreased number of KSVs, and repeating the increasing, decreasing, and determining steps until the difference between a lowest number of provided KSVs resulting in the HDCP source entering the failure mode and a highest number of provided KSVs resulting in the HDCP source not entering the failure mode is one. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110274267 | DETERMINING HDCP SOURCE KSV SUPPORT - Presented is a method for determining the maximum number of key selection vectors (KSVs) supported by an HDCP source. The method includes transmitting a number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered a failure mode in response to the transmitted number of KSVs, increasing or decreasing the number of KSVs in response to the HDCP source not entering or entering the failure mode, transmitting the increased or decreased number of KSVs to the HDCP source, determining whether the HDCP source has entered the failure mode in response to the transmitted increased or decreased number of KSVs, and repeating the increasing, decreasing, and determining steps until the difference between a lowest number of transmitted KSVs resulting in the HDCP source entering the failure mode and a highest number of transmitted KSVs resulting in the HDCP source not entering the failure mode is one. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110267277 | Thumb Operated Tablet Remote Control - Presented is a thumb-operated tablet remote control capable of being operated while being held in space by a user. The remote control includes a first control button and a second control button located on opposing edges as well as a display screen located between the first control button and second control button. The display screen is capable of showing a graphic interface of menu options organized into two tiers. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110248893 | WALL-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH MODULAR ANTENNA BEZEL FRAME - An electrical device configured to install within a wall mounted electrical box. The electrical device includes a bezel frame configured to fit within a faceplate. The bezel frame includes an antenna element. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110193490 | Dimmer Adaptable to Either Two or Three Active Wires - A dimmer adaptable to either two (H, DH) or three (H, N, DH) active wires includes a first full-wave rectifier (D | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110163170 | High Pressure Humidifier - A high pressure water injection humidifier includes a a high pressure pump driven by a stepper motor, which provides pressurized water to a plurality of exit nozzles, each exit nozzle having a precision orifice that atomizes the pressurized water into a mist, where the volume rate of the mist is dependent only on the motor speed and the diameter of the precision orifice. Proper nozzle flow can be determined by monitoring the torque of the stepper motor. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20100291880 | RF Wireless Device Including an Infrared Beacon for Presence Detection - A portable RF wireless device ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290788 | RF Audio Distribution System Including IR Presence Detection - A teacher microphone ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100214756 | Wall Box Dimmer - A dual function air-gap switch actuator ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100101607 | Bicycle Chain Cleaner and Lubrication Apparatus - A bicycle sprocket chain cleaning and lubrication apparatus allows a sprocket chain ( | 04-29-2010 |
