CN110933491A - IP network-based device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services - Google Patents

IP network-based device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services Download PDF

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CN110933491A
CN110933491A CN201911183012.1A CN201911183012A CN110933491A CN 110933491 A CN110933491 A CN 110933491A CN 201911183012 A CN201911183012 A CN 201911183012A CN 110933491 A CN110933491 A CN 110933491A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services based on an IP network, which relates to the technical field of set top box control and comprises a main control module, wherein the input end of the main control module is connected with a streaming media service module, an experience quality analysis module, a content identification module and an IP quality analysis module in parallel, the signal input ends of the streaming media service module, the experience quality analysis module and the content identification module are connected with an audio and video coding module together, the input end of the audio and video coding module is electrically connected with an audio and video acquisition module for acquiring audio and video signals, the input end of the IP quality analysis module is electrically connected with a network data acquisition module for acquiring network IP data flow of a set top box, the signal output end of the main control module is connected with an infrared control module and a power supply module in parallel, and the signal output end of the main control, the invention realizes the collection and the return of audio and video signals and quality data and the control of playing programs.

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IP network-based device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of set top box control, in particular to an IP network-based device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services.
Background
A digital video converter box, abbreviated as STB, commonly referred to as set-top box or set-top box, is a device that connects a television set to an external signal source and can convert compressed digital signals into television content for display on the television set. The signals may come from cable, satellite dish, broadband network and terrestrial broadcast. The set-top box receives digital contents, including electronic program guide, internet web page, caption, etc., besides the image and sound that analog tv can provide, so that the user can watch digital tv programs on the existing tv set and can do interactive digital entertainment, education and commercial activities through the network.
At present, telecommunication IPTV and Internet OTT video services are developed rapidly, and television service operators need to deploy a collecting and controlling device at a monitoring point for remote control and management in order to ensure the quality and content safety of services in various regions and realize the collection of remote audio and video signals and quality data and the control of programs.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services based on an IP network, which solves the problems in the prior art.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the set top box comprises a power module, an audio and video signal acquisition module, a network data acquisition module, an infrared emission module, an audio and video coding module, a streaming media service module, an experience quality analysis module, a content identification module, an IP quality analysis module, an infrared control module and a main control module, wherein the signal input end of the main control module is connected with the streaming media service module, the experience quality analysis module, the content identification module and the IP quality analysis module in parallel, the signal input ends of the streaming media service module, the experience quality analysis module and the content identification module are jointly and electrically connected with the audio and video coding module, the signal input end of the audio and video coding module is electrically connected with the audio and video acquisition module for acquiring audio and video signals, and the signal input end of the IP quality analysis module is electrically connected with the network data acquisition module for acquiring network IP data flow, the signal output end of the main control module is connected with the infrared control module and the power supply module in parallel, and the signal output end of the main control module simultaneously transmits data with a remote centralized monitoring center.
Optionally, an infrared transmitting module for transmitting an infrared control signal to the set-top box is integrated on the infrared control module, so that the set-top box can be conveniently requested, channel switched and EPG operated by an infrared technology.
Optionally, the main control module realizes data communication with the centralized monitoring center by using the IP address and the service channel of the set-top box, so as to realize remote data communication.
Optionally, the output end of the power supply module is electrically connected with the set-top box, so that the set-top box can be controlled to be turned on or off conveniently.
Optionally, the physical examination quality analysis module includes quality indicators of video pause, mosaic, audio plosive and soft sound.
Optionally, the content identification module identifies program content, keywords, and image properties of the audio/video signal, so as to improve content quality of the audio/video signal.
Optionally, the IP quality analysis module analyzes an IP packet loss rate, jitter, and a delay of the audio/video signal.
(III) advantageous effects
The invention provides an IP network-based device for remotely acquiring and controlling audio and video services, which has the following beneficial effects:
1. the main control module can control the on and off of the set top box through power output, can receive audio and video signals of the set top box, can identify the characteristics (including images and characters) of the audio and video through an artificial intelligence technology, can automatically control the set top box through an infrared emission port according to a certain strategy and script, and can analyze the video picture quality (such as mosaic, blockage and the like) and distinguish illegal images (such as video contents related to yellow and explosion) based on the artificial intelligence technology.
2. The invention can recode the audio and video signals of the set-top box, package the coded audio and video into streaming media and send the streaming media to a remote end, and the remote end can observe the whole process of controlling the set-top box by the device through a computer and can receive the management and control of the remote end.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a power supply module; 2. an audio and video signal acquisition module; 3. a network data acquisition module; 4. an infrared emission module; 5. an audio and video coding module; 6. a streaming media service module; 7. a quality of experience analysis module; 8. a content identification module; 9. an IP quality analysis module; 10. an infrared control module; 11. a main control module; 12. and an infrared emission module.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a technical solution: the set top box comprises a power module 1, an audio and video signal acquisition module 2, a network data acquisition module 3, an infrared emission module 4, an audio and video coding module 5, a streaming media service module 6, an experience quality analysis module 7, a content identification module 8, an IP quality analysis module 9, an infrared control module 10 and a main control module 11, wherein the signal input end of the main control module 11 is connected with the streaming media service module 6, the experience quality analysis module 7, the content identification module 8 and the IP quality analysis module 9 in parallel, the signal input ends of the streaming media service module 6, the experience quality analysis module 7 and the content identification module 8 are electrically connected with the audio and video coding module 5 together, the signal input end of the audio and video coding module 5 is electrically connected with the audio and video acquisition module 2 for acquiring audio and video signals, and the signal input end of the IP quality analysis module 9 is electrically connected with the network data acquisition module 3 for acquiring network, the signal output end of the main control module 11 is connected in parallel with the infrared control module 10 and the power supply module 1, and the signal output end of the main control module 11 simultaneously transmits data with a remote centralized monitoring center.
The system comprises an infrared control module 10, a main control module 11, a power module 1, a physical examination quality analysis module 7, a content identification module 8 and an IP quality analysis module 9, wherein the infrared control module 10 is integrated with an infrared emission module 12 used for emitting infrared control signals to a set top box, the main control module 11 is in data communication with a centralized monitoring center through an IP address and a service channel of the set top box, the output end of the power module 1 is electrically connected with the set top box, the physical examination quality analysis module 7 comprises quality indexes of video pause, mosaic, audio pop and soft sound, the content identification module 8 comprises identification of program content, keywords and image properties of audio and video signals, and the IP quality analysis module 9 comprises analysis of IP packet.
In summary, the device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video services based on the IP network has the advantages that when the device is used, the power module is used for providing power for the set top box, and flexible on-off control can be realized;
the audio signal acquisition module is used for acquiring an audio and video signal of the HDMI from the set top box;
the network data acquisition module is used for acquiring a network IP data stream of the set top box;
the infrared transmitting module is used for transmitting an infrared control signal to carry out on-demand, channel and EPG operation on the set top box;
the audio and video coding module is used for digitally coding the acquired audio and video signals according to a certain compression ratio;
the streaming media service module is used for forming streaming media with low code rate after digitally coding the audio and video and providing streaming media service for a remote centralized monitoring center;
the experience quality analysis module analyzes and calculates the collected audio and video signals to obtain audio and video quality indexes including quality indexes of video pause, mosaic, audio popping, soft tone and the like;
the content identification module is used for identifying program content, identifying keywords (such as political and sensitive) in the image, and identifying image properties (such as yellow and violent);
the IP quality analysis acquires network quality indexes including quality indexes such as IP packet loss rate, jitter, time delay and the like through analysis and calculation of the acquired IP data stream;
the infrared control module converts the instruction into an infrared signal according to the control instruction of the centralized monitoring center;
the main control module: test coordination and data communication with a remote location are achieved. And the IP address of the set-top box and the service channel of the set-top box are borrowed for the external communication mode.
Because the content of the television program is updated very fast, the content has very many sources, and the quality, the legality, the integrity and the accuracy of the content are the key points concerned by operators, the ergodic dial test of the invention is mainly used for discovering the quality problems of the content level, including whether the injected content is legal, whether the content is involved in yellow storm, the content definition, the content coding quality, whether the content has errors and the integrity or the defect set of the content, and meanwhile, the quality problems of the playing level are also discovered, so that the content quality is improved to a certain extent, and the legality, the integrity and the accuracy of the content are ensured.
Meanwhile, the set top box of the television has various types, multiple versions and frequent version upgrading, the compatibility between different models and versions and different platforms is different, and after the version of the set top box is upgraded, a large amount of compatibility verification is needed.
The invention discovers the condition of the television playing quality among different areas, different platforms and different network devices through routine dialing and testing.
At present, telecom IPTV and Internet OTT video services develop rapidly, TV service operators need to monitor multi-TV services in real time in order to guarantee the service quality and content safety of various regions, and in order to realize the acquisition of remote audio and video signals and quality data and the control of programs, the invention realizes the acquisition and return of the audio and video signals and quality data and the control of played programs by arranging an acquisition and control device at a monitoring point, thereby solving the workload of the traditional manual dial-up set top box.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art should be considered to be within the technical scope of the present invention, and the technical solutions and the inventive concepts thereof according to the present invention should be equivalent or changed within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A device for audio and video service remote acquisition and control based on IP network is characterized in that: the device comprises a power module (1), an audio and video signal acquisition module (2), a network data acquisition module (3), an infrared emission module (4), an audio and video coding module (5), a streaming media service module (6), an experience quality analysis module (7), a content identification module (8), an IP quality analysis module (9), an infrared control module (10) and a main control module (11), wherein the signal input end of the main control module (11) is connected with the streaming media service module (6), the experience quality analysis module (7), the content identification module (8) and the IP quality analysis module (9) in parallel, the signal input ends of the streaming media service module (6), the experience quality analysis module (7) and the content identification module (8) are electrically connected with the audio and video coding module (5) together, and the signal input end of the audio and video coding module (5) is electrically connected with the audio and video acquisition module (2) for acquiring audio and video signals, the signal input part of the IP quality analysis module (9) is electrically connected with a network data acquisition module (3) used for acquiring network IP data flow of the set top box, the signal output part of the main control module (11) is connected with an infrared control module (10) and a power supply module (1) in parallel, and the signal output part of the main control module (11) simultaneously carries out data transmission with a remote centralized monitoring center.
2. The device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video service based on the IP network according to the claim 1 is characterized in that: and an infrared emission module (12) for emitting infrared control signals to the set top box is integrated on the infrared control module (10).
3. The device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video service based on the IP network according to the claim 1 is characterized in that: and the main control module (11) realizes data communication with the centralized monitoring center through the IP address and the service channel of the set-top box.
4. The device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video service based on the IP network according to the claim 1 is characterized in that: the output end of the power supply module (1) is electrically connected with the set top box.
5. The device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video service based on the IP network according to the claim 1 is characterized in that: the physical examination quality analysis module (7) comprises quality indexes of video pause, mosaic, audio popping and soft sound.
6. The device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video service based on the IP network according to the claim 1 is characterized in that: the content recognition module (8) includes recognition of program content, keywords and image properties of the audio/video signals.
7. The device for remotely acquiring and controlling the audio and video service based on the IP network according to the claim 1 is characterized in that: the IP quality analysis module (9) analyzes the IP packet loss rate, jitter and time delay of the audio and video signals.
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