Switching apparatus and displaying system
AssigneeAmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsChien-Chou Chen, Yu-Jen Chen
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Abstract
The present invention provides a switching apparatus, which includes at least one first USB hub, one second USB hub and a controller. The first USB hub includes at least one first USB port for connecting N image input apparatus respectively; N is a positive integer. The second USB hub includes at least one second USB port for connecting M peripheral apparatus respectively; M is a positive integer. The controller is connected to the first USB hub and the second USB hub, for selecting at least one target image input apparatus from the N image input apparatus, and controlling the at least one target image input apparatus to communicate with at least one of the peripheral apparatuses.
Claims28
A switching apparatus for controlling M peripheral apparatuses to communicate with N image input apparatuses, both M and N are positive integers, and the switching apparatus comprising:
- O first universal serial bus (USB) hubs, each of the first USB hubs comprising at least a first port for connecting with the N image input apparatus respectively, O being a positive integer;
- P second USB hubs comprising at least a second port for connecting with the M peripheral apparatus respectively, P being a positive integer;
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- a first controller for connecting at least one of the O first USB hubs and at least one of the P second USB hubs, for selecting at least one target image input apparatus from the N image input apparatus, and for controlling the at least one target image input apparatus to communicate with at least one target peripheral apparatus of the M peripheral apparatus.
A display system comprising:
- a display apparatus;
- O first universal serial bus (USB) hubs, each of the first USB hubs comprising at least a first port for connecting with N image input apparatuses respectively, both O and N being positive integers;
- P second USB hubs comprising at least a second port for connecting with M peripheral apparatuses respectively, both P and M being positive integers;
- a first controller for connecting at least one of the O first USB hubs and at least one of the P second USB hubs, for selecting at least one target image input apparatus from the N image input apparatuses, and for controlling the at least one target image input apparatus to communicate with at least one target peripheral apparatus of the M peripheral apparatus;
- N image ports connected with one of the N image input apparatuses respectively;
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- a processor for connecting the display apparatus, the first controller and the N image ports, for receiving an image data stream provided by each image input apparatus respectively and showing the N image data stream on the display apparatus selectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.