OPTION MENU FOR USE WITH A COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20080238870A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raritan Americas Incorporated (Legrand SA)
• Original Assignee: Raritan Americas Incorporated (Legrand SA)
• Inventors: Liaw, Yee, Lee, Alex, Hsu, Alan
• Application Number:
  US12/110,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20080238870A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/157
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

A method for improving video quality of a video stream. The method decodes the video stream and generates subblocks of video data from the video stream. The method then removes effects of subblock boundaries from previous deblocking. Each subblock is then smoothed to create pixel values and optionally, subblocks are merged if a predetermined quality is not achieved from the smoothing analysis. The pixels values are filled into each pixel position in the subblock. The subblocks are deblocked and then at least one subblock is outputted to a rendering device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for producing an option menu for display on a video monitor in a computer management system to facilitate selection and control of any of a plurality of remote devices from a user workstation of the type including a keyboard, cursor control device and a video display, said apparatus comprising:

a daughter board including a plurality of circuits for producing a plurality of video output signals, and a processor for receiving said video output signals and for producing an option menu with said signals, wherein said option menu identifies said remote devices;

a first interface for coupling said workstation to a programmable switch; and

a second interface for coupling said programmable switch to said plurality of remote devices.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said processor automatically updates said option menu if said remote devices are connected or disconnected.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said option menu is generated utilizing said video output signals of at least one of said plurality of circuits.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one circuit for producing a cursor within said option menu, wherein said processor integrates said cursor with said option menu.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said apparatus is disposed in a KVM switching system.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said cursor is controlled via an attached keyboard or cursor control device.

7. An apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a user can select at least one said remote device from said option menu utilizing said cursor.