System for media capture and processing and method thereof
OwnerStephen J. Orrinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A media capture device and processing system includes a media input port capable of receiving an incoming media signal. The media capture device further includes a bus interface connector coupleable to a bi-directional graphics bus. The media capture device also includes a media decoder, which is coupled to the media input wherein the media decoder is capable of receiving a media signal from the media input port. The media decoder is further capable of providing an output media signal to an integrated processor across the bi-directional graphics bus without using any data transfer protocols of the graphics bus, wherein the output media signal may be acquired by the integrated processor.
Claims29
A media capture device comprising:
- a media input port capable of receiving an incoming media signal;
- a graphics bus connector operably coupleable to a bi-directional graphics bus;
- and
- a media decoder operably coupled to the media input such that the media decoder is capable of receiving a base band media signal from the media input port and providing an output digitized media signal to a graphics processor across the graphics bus without using any data transfer protocols of the bi-directional graphics bus, such that the output digitized media signal may be acquired by the graphics processor.
A media processing system comprising:
- a media capture device including:
- a media input port capable of receiving an incoming media signal;
- a graphics bus connector operably coupled to a bi-directional graphics bus;
- and
- a media decoder operably coupled to the media input such that the media decoder is capable of receiving a media signal from the media input port and providing an output media signal to the graphics bus connector;
- and
- a graphics processor operably coupled to the bi-directional graphics bus such when the graphics bus connector is coupled to the bi-directional graphics bus, the graphics processor is capable of acquiring the output media signal transmitted by media decoder without using any data transfer protocols of the bi-directional graphics bus.
A method for media capturing comprising:
- receiving an incoming media signal in an input port of a media capture device;
- generating a media signal from the incoming media signal;
- providing the media signal to a media signal decoder;
- decoding the media signal to generate an output media signal;
- and
- providing the output media signal to a graphics bus without using any data transfer protocols of the bi-directional graphics bus, such that the output media signal may be acquired by a graphics processor.
An add-on card comprising:
- a media input port capable of receiving an incoming media signal;
- a tuner operably coupled to the media input port such that the tuner receives the incoming media signal and thereupon generates a media signal;
- a media decoder operably coupled to the tuner such that the media decoder receives the media signal from the tuner and generates an output media signal;
- and
- a graphics bus connector operably coupled to the media decoder and being operably coupleable to a bi-directional graphics bus such that when the bus interface is coupled to the bi-directional graphics bus, the media decoder is operably coupled to an integrated processor across the graphics bus such that the output media signal may be acquired by the integrated processor.
A media capturing and processing system comprising:
- a media capture device including:
- a media input port capable of receiving an incoming media signal;
- a tuner operably coupled to the media input port such that the tuner receives the incoming media signal and thereupon generates a media signal;
- a media decoder operably coupled to the tuner such that the media decoder receives the media signal from the tuner and generates an output media signal;
- and
- a bus interface connector operably coupled to the media decoder and being operably coupleable to a bi-directional graphics bus;
- a graphics bus port capable of receiving the graphics bus connector and operably coupled the media capture device to the bi-directional graphics bus;
- and
- a graphics processor operably coupled to the bi-directional graphics bus such that when the graphics bus connector is coupled to the graphics bus port, the graphics processor is capable of receiving the output media signal across the bi-directional graphics bus without using any data transfer protocols of the bi-directional graphics bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.