Cable with fade and hot plug features
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1. A cable comprising:
- a host connector configured to connect to a host computing device;
an external display connector configured to connect to an external display;
a transmission medium coupled between the host connector and the external display connector; and
a video processing system embedded in the cable, wherein the video processing system, in response to a communication by the host computing device that a source video stream is changing in a fashion that is not to be displayed on the external display, is configured to invoke a fade feature.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a host computing device includes an internal display and also includes a connector to connect to an external display. A cable is provided to connect to the connector and to connect to the external display. The cable includes video processing capabilities. For example, the cable may include a memory configured to store a frame buffer. The frame buffer may store a frame of video data for further processing by the video processing device in the cable. The video processing device may manipulate the frame in a variety of ways, e.g. scaling, rotating, gamma correction, dither correction, etc.
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1. A cable comprising:
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a host connector configured to connect to a host computing device; an external display connector configured to connect to an external display; a transmission medium coupled between the host connector and the external display connector; and a video processing system embedded in the cable, wherein the video processing system, in response to a communication by the host computing device that a source video stream is changing in a fashion that is not to be displayed on the external display, is configured to invoke a fade feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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