Patent ID: 9043523
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A universal serial bus (USB) dongle device for use in conjunction with a host device, the USB dongle device comprising: a USB interface for receiving selection data from the host device that indicates a selection of a first video format from a plurality of available formats, for receiving an input video signal from the host device in the first video format, for receiving a power signal from the host device, and for transferring a processed video signal to the host device; and an encoding module, coupled to the USB interface and powered by the power signal, that generates the processed video signal in a second video format based on the input video signal, wherein the first video format differs from the second video format; a decoding module, coupled to the USB interface and the encoding module, that when activated by the selection data from the host device, decodes the input video signal from the first video format to generate a decoded video signal; wherein the encoding module generates the processed video signal by encoding the decoded video signal, and wherein the second video format is at least one of, transcoded, transcaled, or transrated, from the first video format.