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. An apparatus comprising:
a communication interface that includes at least one input terminal adapted to communicatively couple the apparatus to video source equipment and at least one output terminal adapted to communicatively couple the apparatus to a video processing server, the input terminal adapted to receive video data from the video source equipment; a converter circuit communicatively coupled to the communication interface, the converter circuit adapted to convert the received video data from a first format to a second format and transmit the converted video data in the second format from the output terminal to the video processing server; a non-volatile memory circuit storing at least one flag value indicative of whether the video source equipment provides video signals to the apparatus having at least one of an equipment identifier or patient information superimposed on one or more video images of the video signals; a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the communication interface, the converter circuit, and the non-volatile memory circuit, the processing circuit adapted to
receive a query from the video processing server requesting transmission of the flag value, andtransmit the flag value to the video processing server in response to receiving the query to allow the video processing server to superimpose at least one of the equipment identifier or the patient information onto one or more video images of the converted video data when the flag value indicates that at least one of the equipment identifier or the patient information is not superimposed on the one or more video images of the video signals provided by the equipment; and a housing that contains, at least partially, the processing circuit, the communication interface, the converter circuit, and the non-volatile memory circuit, the housing separate and independent to the video source equipment and the video processing server.