Patent ID: 8194692
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus with a dynamic interface protocol, comprising: an input terminal; an output terminal; a first switching device coupled to the input terminal; and a second switching device coupled between the first switching device and the output terminal, wherein the apparatus provides an output via the output terminal in accordance with a data protocol in a data mode, and provides the output via the output terminal in accordance with a video protocol in a video mode, the output terminal comprises a plurality of pins, at least one of the pins is shared by the data protocol and the video protocol, only one of the data protocol and the video protocol controls the output terminal at any moment, in the data mode, the first switching device receives a data bit stream from the input terminal and transmits the data bit stream directly to the second switching device without any processing, the second switching device transmits the data bit stream directly to the output terminal without any processing.