CONVERTER DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING CONVERTER DEVICE

摘要

Systems and apparatus may include converter device(s), a matrix switch, processor(s), and memory(s), where one or more of the converter devices provide video input signals to the matrix switch. A processor may determine if one of a plurality of video signals input to the matrix switch includes data representative of identification information overlain on a video image derived from one of the plurality of video signals. The determination may be based on a flag value stored in the converter device(s). The flag value may be retrieved by a server coupled to the matrix switch. If the information is included in the video signal, the video signal may be passed through a path in a matrix switch configured by the processor. If the information is not included in the video signal, the data representative of identification information may be retrieved from the converter device and then overlain on the video image.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a plurality of converter devices each communicatively coupled to a video source equipment such that there is a one-to-one association between each converter device and each video source equipment, each of the plurality of converter devices including
a non-volatile memory circuit adapted to store equipment data, the equipment data including at least one of an elapsed operating time, a maintenance due date, manufacturer information, model information, and/or a serial number of the video source equipment communicatively coupled to the converter device, anda processing circuit communicatively coupled to the non-volatile memory circuit, the processing circuit adapted to
transmit the equipment data to a matrix switch,convert video data received from the video source equipment communicatively coupled to the converter device from a first format to a second format, andtransmit the converted video data in the second format to the matrix switch when the converter device is receiving the video data from the video source equipment communicatively coupled to the converter device; and a video processing server including
the matrix switch, the matrix switch communicatively coupled to an output terminal of each of the plurality of converter devices and further communicatively coupled to one or more video destination devices, anda system processor communicatively coupled to the matrix switch, the system processor adapted to instruct the matrix switch to route video received from the plurality of converter devices to the one or more video destination devices.