Systems, Devices, Components and Associated Computer Executable Code For Providing Remote Viewing of a Display Associated with a Computational Device

Abstract

According to some embodiments of the present invention, there may be provided one or more remote display viewing units functionally associated with one or more computational devices. A remote display viewing unit (RDVU) may include a screen and/or other form of displaying component (e.g. retinal projection mechanism) adapted to present to a user a portion and/or complete display of an associated computing device display/screen, Graphic User Interface (GUI), and/or any other graphically rendered data relating to the device. According to further embodiments, a RDVU may include shading components adapted to prevent and/or mitigate exterior lighting/sunshine interference with viewing the remote screen and/or displaying component. For example, the RDVU may include a visor type component.

1 . A handheld remote viewing device for viewing data or images related to an associated computational device, said viewing device comprising:
 a housing;   a display residing within said housing;   an aperture in said housing configured and positioned to allow a user to view said display from outside the housing;   communication circuitry adapted to communicate with the associated computational device and receive from the computational device image data relating to the computational device;   image rendering circuitry adapted to render upon said display images derived from the image data received from the associated computational device; and   wherein said housing mitigates glare upon said display by blocking exterior light from directly hitting said display.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein said housing has a tubular shape and said aperture is located at one end of the tube. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising one or more lenses or optical filters positioned between said aperture and said display. 
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising one or more user control elements positioned on the exterior of said housing and adapted to control one or more functionalities of the computational device. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 4 , wherein the images rendered upon said display include a current camera view of the associated computational device and said user control elements include a user control element adapted to cause the computational device to take a picture. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the images rendered upon said display include at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computational device. 
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 6 , wherein said image rendering circuitry is further adapted to render upon said display an indication upon the GUI of a current position of a control element in relation to graphical elements of the GUI. 
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 6 , wherein said image rendering circuitry is further adapted to render upon said display an indication upon the GUI of a control element or area of the GUI currently selectable. 
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 6 , further comprising a touchpad upon the exterior of said housing adapted to interact with the GUI of the computational device. 
     
     
         10 . The device according to  claim 7 , wherein the indication is a semi-transparent overlay upon the display of at least a portion of the control element. 
     
     
         11 . The device according to  claim 7 , further comprising one or more user control elements adapted to interact with the GUI, so as to allow a user of said device to interface with the associated computational device using said one or more user control elements and viewing said display. 
     
     
         12 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the computational device is a smartphone. 
     
     
         13 . The device according to  claim 12 , further comprising a speaker and microphone adapted to function as a speaker and microphone of the smartphone during a phone call. 
     
     
         14 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising an image sensor adapted to capture images. 
     
     
         15 . A handheld remote viewing device for viewing data or images related to an associated computational device, said viewing device comprising:
 a display;   communication circuitry adapted to communicate with the associated computational device and receive from the computational device image data relating to a native display of the computational device;   image rendering circuitry adapted to render upon said display images designed to duplicate or replace the native display of the associated computational device; and   a shading component designed to mitigate glare upon said display, by blocking light from directly hitting said display.   
     
     
         16 . The device according to  claim 15 , wherein the images rendered upon said display include a current camera view of the associated computational device and said user control elements include a user control element adapted to cause the computational device to take a picture 
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 15 , further comprising user control elements, wherein the images rendered upon said display include at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computational device and said user control elements are adapted to interact with the GUI. 
     
     
         18 . The device according to  claim 17 , wherein said image rendering circuitry is further adapted to render upon said display an indication upon the GUI of a current position of a control element in relation to graphical elements of the GUI or a currently selectable area or control element of the GUI 
     
     
         19 . A system for viewing data or images related to an associated computational device, said system comprising:
 a handheld remote viewing device for viewing data or images related to an associated computational device, said viewing device comprising:
 a display; 
 communication circuitry adapted to communicate with the associated computational device and receive from the computational device image data relating to a native display of the computational device; and 
 image rendering circuitry adapted to render upon said display images designed to duplicate or replace the native display of the associated computational device; and 
   a handheld user interface unit separate from said handheld remote viewing device, said user interface unit comprising,
 user control elements; and 
 communication circuitry adapted to communicate with said handheld remote viewing device and send control signals to said handheld remote viewing device; 
   
     
     
         20 . A system according to  claim 19 , wherein the images rendered upon said display include at least a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computational device and said user control elements are adapted to interact with the GUI.