Option Menu for Use with a Computer Management System

• US 20080244662A1
• Filed: 04/28/2008
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Raritan Americas Incorporated (Legrand SA)
• Original Assignee: Raritan Americas Incorporated (Legrand SA)
• Inventors: Liaw, Yee, Hsu, Alan, Lee, Alex
• Granted Patent: US 8,749,481 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/61
• 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. A method 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 video display, said method comprising the steps of:

sending control signals and synchronization signals to a plurality of first circuits;

sending control signals and synchronization signals to a plurality of second circuits;

receiving video signals from at least one of said first circuits to produce an option menu for display on said video display; and

receiving video outputs from said second circuits to produce a cursor within said option menu, said cursor for use in selecting an item from said option menu.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said item is an icon.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said icon is representative of one of said plurality of remote devices.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein a user can select any one of said plurality of remote devices for control from said option menu.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein a user can select any one of said plurality of remote devices from said option menu to view a status of said remote device.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein a user can select any one of said plurality of remote devices from said option menu to perform diagnostics on said remote device.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said received video output signals include horizontal and vertical synchronization signals.

8. A method for facilitating selection and control of a plurality of remote devices from a workstation of the type including a keyboard, cursor control device and a video display, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) selecting a remote device from a list of plurality of remote devices displayed on a video display by an option menu circuit;

(b) receiving keyboard and cursor control device signals in response to said list, said signals indicating selection of said remote devices;

(c) transmitting said signals to said remote device through a switch device; and

(d) receiving video signals from said selected remote through said switch device.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said option menu is produced by combining the output of a plurality of image producing circuits.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein a plurality of option menus are produced by said plurality of image producing circuits.

11. A method according to claim 9, wherein said plurality of image producing circuits produces said option menu in a plurality of modes.