Multimedia system
First Claim
1. An information handling apparatus for transferring and composing image signals in synchronism with a predetermined display time frame, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of media sources configured to continuously provide a corresponding plurality of image signals, said sources being capable of concurrently generating image signals representing components of displayable images, at least one of said image signals being an analog image signal,a media bus connected to said media sources,means for allowing selective access to said media bus for one of said plurality of media sources at a time, in predetermined time relation to said display time frame,said media sources being directly connected to said media bus via said means for allowing selective access.said selective access permitting time interleaved mixing of image signals generated by plural said sources to form a composed image signal at said media bus that is synchronized with said display frame and contains component images produced by said plural generating sources, said composed image signal representing an image to be displayed, anda media control module coupled to said media bus,said media control module receiving and processing said composed image signal formed at said media bus to translate said composed image signal into a signal form directly suitable for operating a display device to produce a display image corresponding directly to said composed image signal.
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Abstract
An information handling apparatus for transferring and composing image signals including a plurality of media sources configured to provide a corresponding plurality of image signals, a media bus connected to the media sources, and a media control module coupled to the media bus. The media bus allows selective access for the plurality of image signals. The selective access enables composition of the independent image signals in response to control information. The media control module receives a composed image signal from the media bus and provides the composed image signal to a display device.
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22 Claims
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1. An information handling apparatus for transferring and composing image signals in synchronism with a predetermined display time frame, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of media sources configured to continuously provide a corresponding plurality of image signals, said sources being capable of concurrently generating image signals representing components of displayable images, at least one of said image signals being an analog image signal, a media bus connected to said media sources, means for allowing selective access to said media bus for one of said plurality of media sources at a time, in predetermined time relation to said display time frame, said media sources being directly connected to said media bus via said means for allowing selective access. said selective access permitting time interleaved mixing of image signals generated by plural said sources to form a composed image signal at said media bus that is synchronized with said display frame and contains component images produced by said plural generating sources, said composed image signal representing an image to be displayed, and a media control module coupled to said media bus, said media control module receiving and processing said composed image signal formed at said media bus to translate said composed image signal into a signal form directly suitable for operating a display device to produce a display image corresponding directly to said composed image signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information handling apparatus for transferring and composing image signals in synchronism with a predetermined time frame comprising:
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a media source configured to continuously provide an analog image signal, a media bus connected to said media source, means for conditioning said media source to access said media bus only during selected portions of said time frame and to transfer signals to said bus during said selected time frame portions representing discrete components of a displayable image, said selective access enabling said signals transferred to said bus to be directly mixed with other signals at said bus to form a composed image signal, said media source being directly connected to said media bus via said conditioning means, and a media control module coupled to said media bus, said media control module receiving said composed image signal from said media bus and processing said composed image signal to form a final image signal directly presentable to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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