Patent ID: 7567295
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video processor capable of playing TV programs on a display panel of a computer without booting the computer's operating system, said video processor comprises: an initial control unit for handling relevant computer devices; a data conversion unit for converting input TV video data into computer video data; a panel drive for generating a driving signal in LVDS format; a memory control unit for controlling an external memory to access data; a video compression unit for compressing said computer video data into compressed video data; a data exchange interface, wherein said data conversion unit, said memory control unit, and said video compression unit exchanges data through said data exchange interface; a first selective module including an input port, a first output port, and a second output port, wherein said first selective module receives said TV video data from said input port and selects said first output port or said second output port for outputting said TV video data; a second selective module comprising: a switch unit for receiving a mode switch order to select an effective input port of said second selective module and an effective output port of said first selective module.