Input/output switching apparatus having virtual control
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYasuhiro Murata, Michio Mita
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Abstract
An input/output switching apparatus which can construct the system more flexibly as compared with the conventional system. The input/output switching apparatus is configured so that a user can manage the connection state of a physically-existing switching unit as the connection state of a virtual switching unit which corresponds to the physically-existing switching unit. Thus, the user can control the physical switching unit merely by operating the virtual switching unit which is constructed so as to be convenient for operation.
Claims7
An input/output switching apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of matrix switchers each including a plurality of input terminals and output terminals;
- virtual information inputting means for inputting virtual partitioning information, virtual input information, and virtual output information, said virtual partitioning information identifying selected virtual matrix switchers, said virtual input information identifying a selected virtual input terminal, and said virtual output information identifying a selected virtual output terminal;
- and
- conversion means for converting said virtual partitioning information, said virtual input information, and said virtual output information into physical matrix selection information, physical input information, and physical output information, respectively, said physical matrix selection information identifying a selected one of said matrix switchers, and said physical input information and said physical output information identifying selected input and output terminals, respectively, of the selected matrix switcher;
- wherein
- the selected matrix switcher switches the selected input terminals and output terminals of the selected matrix switcher in accordance with said physical input information and said physical output information.
A matrix switcher control apparatus, comprising:
- a first conversion table for converting virtual partitioning information identifying selected virtual matrix switchers and virtual input information identifying a selected virtual input terminal into physical matrix selection information and physical input information, said physical matrix selection information identifying a selected one of said matrix switchers, and said physical input information identifying a selected input terminal of the selected matrix switcher;
- a second conversion table for converting said virtual partitioning information and virtual output information identifying a selected virtual output terminal into said physical matrix selection information and physical output information, said physical output information identifying a selected output terminal of the selected matrix switcher;
- and
- control means for supplying said physical matrix selection information, said physical input information, and said physical output information obtained from said first conversion table and said second conversion table to a plurality of matrix switchers which include respective input and output terminals, which respectively store different physical matrix selection information, and which couple selected input and output terminals thereof in accordance with said matrix selection information, said physical input information and said physical output information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.