USB-ENABLE AUDIO-VIDEO SWITCH
First Claim
1. A telemedicine system (8), comprising:
- an audio-video switch (10) that receives at least two different signals and conveys at least one of the at least two different signals to an output device (18) that presents it to a user; and
a control device (162) that monitors a position of the audio-video switch (10) and automatically controls the position to select which of the at least two different signals is passed through the audio-video switch (10) to the output device (18) in response to a signal from a remote source (34).
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Abstract
A telemedicine system (8) includes an audio-video switch (10) that receives at least two different signals and conveys at least one of the at least two different signals to an output device (18) that presents 114 it to a user. A control device (162) monitors a position of the audio-video switch (10) and automatically controls the position to select which of the at least two different signals is passed through the audio-video switch (10) to the output device (18) in response to a signal from a remote source (34). Signals received from the remote source (34) include medically related audio video message signals, which are input to the audio-video switch (10), and a control signal that causes the audio-video switch (10) to select between passing the medically related audio-video message signals and other received signals to the output device (18).
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26 Claims
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1. A telemedicine system (8), comprising:
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an audio-video switch (10) that receives at least two different signals and conveys at least one of the at least two different signals to an output device (18) that presents it to a user; and a control device (162) that monitors a position of the audio-video switch (10) and automatically controls the position to select which of the at least two different signals is passed through the audio-video switch (10) to the output device (18) in response to a signal from a remote source (34). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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13. The telemedicine system (8) as set forth in claim I, wherein the audio-video switch (10) includes a processing component (38) that combines at least two input signals, the two signals being combined by one of overlaying one of the signals over the other signal, the overlayed signals being passed to the output device (18) to display both signals concurrently.
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23. A telemedicine method comprising:
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receiving at least two different signals with an audio-video switch (10) that conveys at least one of the received signals to an output device (18); monitoring a position of the audio-video switch (10); and controlling the audio-video switch (10) to select which of the received signals is passed to the output device (18) in accordance with signals from a remote source (34). - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. An audio-video switch (10), comprising:
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a plurality of inputs (12) for receiving signals from a plurality of source devices (16); at least one output (14) for conveying at least one of the received signals to an output device (18); and a USB port (32) for receiving switch setting control commands from a control component (30) to set the audio-video switch (10) to pass at least one of the received signals to the output device (18) based on the switch setting control commands, and the USB port (32), preferably, receiving electrical power from the control component (30).
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Specification