Patent ID: 7671873
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an input configured to be coupled to an output of a graphics controller and to receive data encoded in a graphics signal from the graphics controller where the graphics signal includes a plurality of frames including a plurality of frames of original data and at least one disposable frame added to the original data, wherein the original data includes data in at least one of a plurality of original formats; a plurality of outputs including at least one output corresponding to each of a plurality of output formats; and signal processing circuitry in communication with the input and the plurality of outputs, the signal processing circuitry configured to convert the data encoded in the graphics signal to output data which includes all of the frames of original data in an uninterrupted sequence in which the frames of original data appeared in the original data and communicate the output data to the plurality of outputs, wherein the signal processing circuitry is configured to generate the output data at least in part by discarding the at least one disposable frame.