Patent ID: 7921449

Claim:
An apparatus to capture a frame of a live video, the apparatus comprising: a. an input/output (I/O) circuit to receive a screen capture command and the live video; b. a display buffer; c. a capture buffer; and d. a controller coupled to the I/O circuit, the display buffer and the capture buffer such that in operation the live video is directed to the display buffer from the I/O interface, wherein a current storage position of the live video is referenced by a capture pointer and a currently displayed frame from the display buffer is referenced by a display pointer, and upon receiving the screen capture command the live video is paused, the capture pointer is set to reference the capture buffer, a current live video frame from the capture buffer is captured and stored as an image, and the capture pointer is set to match the display pointer; wherein the capture buffer is released in response to setting the capture pointer to match the display pointer.