Video Selection Display Unit for Multiple Devices
First Claim
1. In a display system including a plurality of devices, each providing an output signal including a video component and lacking an associated display, an arrangement for enabling selective and real-time display of the video component of the output signals from the plurality of devices on a single display comprising:
- a switching component having a plurality of inputs, each input receiving the output signal from a respective one of the devices, and an output to the display; and
a controller for controlling said switching component to selectively connect only one of the inputs to the output to enable conveyance of the output signal from the device providing the output signal to the selected input through said switching component to said output of said switching component and then to the display.
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Abstract
Video selection display unit that is capable of routing real-time output signals having a video component from different video signal sources, e.g., different instruments or home entertainment devices, to a single output for display on a monitor or other type of video display. The video selection display unit may be part of an automatic test system or home entertainment system. Control of the video selection display unit can be effected locally via a user interface, such as one or more pushbuttons, and/or remotely over a network which may be the same network used for communication with the instruments or devices or using an infrared remote control unit.
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22 Claims
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1. In a display system including a plurality of devices, each providing an output signal including a video component and lacking an associated display, an arrangement for enabling selective and real-time display of the video component of the output signals from the plurality of devices on a single display comprising:
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a switching component having a plurality of inputs, each input receiving the output signal from a respective one of the devices, and an output to the display; and a controller for controlling said switching component to selectively connect only one of the inputs to the output to enable conveyance of the output signal from the device providing the output signal to the selected input through said switching component to said output of said switching component and then to the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A display system, comprising:
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a plurality of devices lacking displays, each of said devices providing output signals including a video component; a single video display for displaying the video component of the output signals from said devices in real-time; and a video selection display unit for enabling selective display of the video component of the output signals from said devices on said display, said video selection display unit comprising; a switching component having a plurality of inputs, each input receiving the output signals from a respective one of said devices, and an output to said display; and a controller for controlling said switching component to selectively connect only one of said inputs to said output to enable conveyance of the output signals from said one of said devices providing the output signals to the selected input through said switching component to said output of said switching component and then to said display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for managing video output in real-time from a plurality of devices lacking displays but providing output signals having a video component, comprising:
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connecting the output from each of the devices to a respective input of a switching component; connecting a single output of the switching component to a single video display; and controlling the switching component to selectively connect only one of the inputs to the output to enable conveyance of the output from one of the devices connected to the selected input through the switching component to the output of the switching component and then to the display. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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