Patent ID: 7852405

Claim:
A system for capturing a video data stream, the system comprising: a plurality of signal buses operatively coupled together, including a video data bus and a memory interface bus; a memory interface; and a high definition capture (HDC) engine configured to: capture high definition video data in real-time, the high definition video data having one of a plurality of formats; capture a first region of interest (ROI) for video capture, specified as a sub-region in the video data stream using at least one of a vertical offset, a horizontal offset, a vertical size, and a horizontal size, the first ROI being smaller than an entire display screen; capture a second ROI for data capture, specified as another sub-region in the video data stream that is non-overlapping with the first ROI for video capture using another vertical offset and another vertical size, and an indicator that indicates whether the second ROI includes a selected one of a horizontal blanking portion or an active video portion of the video data stream for capture as blanking data; and perform video data format conversion within the captured first ROI using one of decimation or interpolation.