Patent ID: 9378703
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A KVM switch that is connected between a plurality of servers, and at least one set of a keyboard, a mouse and a monitor, comprising: an acquiring portion that acquires information showing a screen resolution of the monitor to which the monitor is capable of adapting, from the monitor; an analysis portion that analyzes a screen resolution of a video signal output from any of the plurality of servers, based on a horizontal synchronizing signal and a vertical synchronizing signal received from the server; a determination portion that determines whether an analyzed screen resolution of the video signal exceeds the screen resolution of the monitor shown by the acquired information; a conversion portion that, when the analyzed screen resolution of the video signal exceeds the screen resolution of the monitor shown by the acquired information, converts the screen resolution of the video signal to fit to the screen resolution of the monitor shown by the acquired information; an output portion that outputs the video signal having a converted screen resolution to the monitor; and a display portion that displays information indicating the screen resolution of the converted video signal, while the conversion portion is converting the screen resolution of the video signal to fit to the screen resolution of the monitor shown by the acquired information.