CN1191713C - Multimedia data shuttle and archive - Google Patents

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CN1191713C
CN1191713C CNB008155925A CN00815592A CN1191713C CN 1191713 C CN1191713 C CN 1191713C CN B008155925 A CNB008155925 A CN B008155925A CN 00815592 A CN00815592 A CN 00815592A CN 1191713 C CN1191713 C CN 1191713C
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A data shuttle and storage device comprises a hard disk drive and a plurality of analog and digital interfaces for providing inputs from various sources in different formats and providing selectively data outputs to various destinations in different formats. All the data is stored through a disk processor which provides bus arbitration, file management and the like under the control of a shuttle borne microprocessor and shuttle borne power supply, so that the shuttle provides media-independent plug-and-play mobility for data from a plurality of sources and provided to a plurality of destinations.

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Multimedia data shuttle conveyer and file
The cross-reference of related application
The application is based on proposition on September 13rd, 1999, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application the 60/153rd that is entitled as " being used for equipment " based on the VCR system of hard disk, No. 634 and on September 13rd, 1999 propose, the temporary patent application the 60/153rd that is entitled as " the multimedia data shuttle conveyer and the file of decoding ", No. 631, inventor William S.Herz.Require the priority of these provisional application here, and quote them as a reference at this.
Invention field
The present invention relates generally to represent the Digital Signal Processing of recorded stream of the numerical data of data, sound and image, relate in particular in removable data shuttles back and forth conveyer (shuttle) form and utilize the movably method and apparatus of hard disk drive.
Background of invention
Along with the consumer audio of using the complex digital treatment technology and the appearance of video product, having become needs to seek the whole bag of tricks day by day and develops whole potentiality as the digital technology that is applied to broadcast video, audio frequency and other product relevant with data.If we consider that this provenance of video and audio-frequency information is TV and Radio Service, satellite broadcasting, cable TV, video record band and dial, a kind of mode of operating with the automation electronic hardware that is adapted to pass through such as computer or decoder is represented this information then growingly.For example, direct video broadcasting (DVD) standard gets down to the digital broadcasting from ground satellite station and cable television system.Even, also can catch and digitlization for the analog broadcasting such as conventional NTSC (NTSC) broadcasting from local station.Certainly, strong request can store, reconfigure and selectively reset any in this broadcast data.
All consumers are familiar with, and a kind of device of carrying out some function in these functions is video cassette recorder (VCR), and it uses tape to come stored information.The intrinsic linear character of tape causes the function such as rewinding, F.F. and time-out.Yet VCR is capturing information and information reproduction simultaneously.In addition, the quality of tape storage medium never is extra high; It trends towards in time and/or repeatedly plays and very reduce quality apace.Yet the VHS tape has the advantage of being convenient to transport, storing, move to another machine and be used for recording again from a machine.
Therefore, strong request provides these advantages having higher capacity and can directly store in a kind of storage device of numerical data.In addition, extremely be desirable to provide similar rodability and to the access of the numerical data and the analogue data of other form.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of key element (factor) storage system that makes things convenient for form, it is convenient to transport very much, can reproduce high quality record on single movably assembly simultaneously and reach many hours.
Another object of the present invention is to provide high-quality digital record on the product movably coiling, and people can control described dish product with the method for being familiar with.
A further object of the present invention provides the quality digital storage of broadcast video information, and it provides the convenience and the accessibility of tape, and not because wearing and tearing or tape particle damage the loss of data that is associated that causes.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of portable data shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, comprising: a plurality of analog and digital interfaces are used for providing input from each provenance with multiple form, and the input of multiple form are provided to various outputs; Hard disk drive and dish processor are used for all data of storage under the control of the microprocessor that the power supply that shuttles back and forth the conveyer carrying and carried by the conveyer that shuttles back and forth powers up; The compression coding and decoding device carries out coding/decoding and compression/de-compression to described input, and described conveyer and the memory device of shuttling back and forth provides the plug and play data that are independent of medium mobility, is used for the data that obtain from multiple source and offers a plurality of destinations.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of portable data shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, comprising: a plurality of analog and digital interfaces are used for providing input from each provenance with multiple form, and the input of multiple form are provided to various outputs; Hard disk drive and dish processor are used for all data of storage under the control of the microprocessor that the power supply that shuttles back and forth the conveyer carrying and carried by the conveyer that shuttles back and forth powers up; The compression coding and decoding device carries out coding/decoding and compression/de-compression to described input; Packet device/depacketizer is used for the input signal of combination is divided into groups to conciliate grouping, and described conveyer and the memory device of shuttling back and forth provides the plug and play data that are independent of medium mobility, is used for the data that obtain from multiple source and offers a plurality of destinations.
Put it briefly, equipment described herein provides a kind of novelty and unique facility, and it is provided for filing and the portable storage of the Voice ﹠ Video data of the conveyer that shuttles back and forth.By the hard disk drive that is associated with interface (be used for storage, same magnetic tape station (co-deck) handle) is provided, and essential media interface, portable memory of the present invention can be made up, to obtain to be independent of the plug and play data and the mobility of medium.Storage can be interim or permanent, because the longer-term storage capacity of hard disk drive, can not reduce the quality of data.The storage of the present invention conveyer that shuttles back and forth can be of portable form, and has lower power, and basically with the pattern operation of plug and play.The restriction of the memory capacity of the interface system that the operation on video of being stored and voice data only is associated and I/O bandwidth.Here the operation simulation commercialization that defined equipment provides and the function of apparatus for household use, the portable media that these are commercial and the apparatus for household use use is more traditional is such as VHS tape and music disc; This function can comprise the selection of some part in time-out, F.F., broadcast or the medium.In addition, provided here for the user who dislikes simulating mechanical system, will provide instantaneous visit to the interface of portable disc medium to these operations.In addition, on the basis of plug and play, can obtain now the data of being stored.Therefore, in other example, for example, the portable disc driver with the interface that is associated can be used as MP3 shuttle back and forth conveyer or file, digital image shuttle back and forth conveyer or file, or TV shuttle back and forth conveyer or file.
In preferred embodiment, each conveyer that shuttles back and forth comprises the many GB hard disk drive with the input and output interface encapsulation that is associated, so that can store image, TV etc., move or file, read on any one machine in a plurality of machines then.In preferable examples embodiment, hard disk can be substituted by the VHS tape among the VCR; By utilizing the same form key element, can be in the modified version of VCR in conjunction with the identical elevating mechanism that data shuttle conveyer and essential electric contact are contacted with input/output interface, thereby provide the user to use familiar convenience.
The detailed description those skilled in the art that read following embodiments of the invention in conjunction with relevant accompanying drawing can understand other features and advantages of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the digitized block diagram of input video and audio signal;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of output video and audio signal;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the digitlization and the storage of digital audio and compressed digital video;
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of the outlet side of compressed digital video and digital audio;
Fig. 5 and 6 illustrates the input and output from flash memory to the conveyer that shuttles back and forth; And
Fig. 7 is a block diagram, illustrate be combined in the data shuttle conveyer and the station of berthing of data shuttle conveyer in basic electronic unit.
Detailed description of the present invention
The present invention imagines a kind of new and unique equipment, is used for the visit that the digital information Continuous Flow of expression audio frequency, video or other similar medium is stored, filed and shuttles back and forth and transmit and provide convenience.
Fig. 1 illustrates to the general overview that Fig. 5 provides several example embodiment how the present invention operates to store dateout Continuous Flow then.Data can be from Video Applications or constant source, such as by VCR, DVD, digital camera, MP3 player or audio cassette storage, or even more common can using or interior perhaps some other source of media from the PC data.Target is to implement can be chosen in any part of the medium cache memory of visiting on the instantaneous basis based on the cache memory of hard disk or the transmitter system that shuttles back and forth.Therefore, can mobile data rather than mobile apparatus, and can be on the basis of plug and play visit data selectively.If implement the input and output path suitably, then can easily produce some functions that the user has been familiar with, such as time-out, rewinding, F.F. and selection play and such as quick broadcast or play more slowly and reverse-play more complicated operations.Therefore, the data caching system comprises hard disk drive and the input and output electronic circuit that is associated.Can use medium output, be used for showing or further record again, be used for audio or video and reproduce or be used for printing, fax, Email or other application.
As current design, equipment is independent of the form of basic digital data stream.In order to use the present invention, only need processor identification basic data stream, or provide suitable analog to digital circuit at the input interface place, so that can be the Back ground Information digitlization suitably on data shuttle conveyer of the present invention to be stored.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.This illustrates the digitlization and the compression of input video and audio signal, so that can be stored in suitably on the dish 100 by dish processor 102.Incoming video signal is applied on the A-D transducer 110,112, their output is coupled on the television decoder 114 that is subjected to microcontroller 116 controls.Compression CoDec (codec) 118 is also delivered in the output of this decoder 114, and its operation is subjected to the control of SDRAM 120.By dish processor 102 output that is the numeral and the compression decoder of the video information of compression now is applied to dish 100, it also provides from the digital audio that audio A-D transducer 140,142 receives.On the outlet side shown in the block diagram of Fig. 2, use identical dish processor 102, be used for essential file management, Content Management, bus arbitration and flow management.Under the common control of SDRAM 120 and microcontroller 116, identical CoDec 118 can provide necessity of information to decode before digital TV (TV) encoder 220 information being delivered to essential audio frequency D-A output system 210 and transmitting numerical data, can be delivered to video D-A 222 to information then.Fig. 3 illustrates some unit, and these unit pack are contained in coils in the conveyer that shuttles back and forth so that the storage of digital audio and compressed digital video to be provided.Basically, use identical microcontroller and SDRAM 120 common control CoDec 118, import with the SPDIF that receives on online 310, and it is encoded.Before in the dish 100 that is stored in the conveyer that shuttles back and forth, the output of input of the live wire (firewire) on online 320 and CoDec 118 is applied to the dish processor 102 that is used for suitable file management etc.On outlet side, shown live wire 320 can directly compress the bi-directional of audio-visual data to suitable output from dish processor 102.When by microcontroller 116 controls, can receive SPDIF output from CoDec118.
Fig. 5 and 6 illustrates from flash memory 500 by the input and output of dish processor 102 to dish.Must need quickflashing controller 502 simply in the unit, need phisical drive 504 in certain embodiments.
In preferred versions of the present invention, can with numeral and two kinds of forms of simulation from the hard disk drive of storage during being combined in the data shuttle conveyer that any amount of sources such as PC, digital video camcorder, flash memory, digital VCR are come, and offer any amount of output device by suitable file and bus management.
An example of board level shown in Figure 7 system, the skilled staff of this area can be implemented this system preferably, and can be combined in this system in the data shuttle conveyer with the disk storage device of about 1 GB, be used to store field that is received and the data of being managed.
Being attached on the individual plates shown in Figure 7 to the function that Fig. 6 discussed with respect to Fig. 1, described function obtains the Continuous Flow of digital information from many sources, transmit them by the various interface that is combined in the data shuttle conveyer of the present invention, and they are delivered in the hard disk drive that is combined in the data shuttle conveyer through bus.In the figure, on the left side illustrates the input that comes from the various devices of data or source, is as to the output of potential destination.If received data is an analog form, then carry out digitlization, for example, as shown in the upper left side of figure, wherein, combination TV vision signal 700 is applied to proper A-D transducer 704 and 706 with the audio frequency 702 that is associated, is delivered to MPEG-2 encoder 710 through bus then.By packet device 712 output of MPEG-2 encoder 710 is delivered to dish processor 714, dish processor 714 is carried out suitable file management, bus arbitration, Content Management and flow management function, so that can be storage on local hard drive 720.So, for the visit of on the data shuttle conveyer, selecting, can change the video input stream of any needs, digitlization, processing and storage.
Also can be connected to nested (nesting) that is combined in the conveyer that shuttles back and forth to the conveyer that shuttles back and forth or berth the bigger hard disk drive of (docking) device in 760 through interface.Coil processor 714 then and can further send to nested trays driver 740 to the numerical data of being stored from local disk drive 720 with larger capacity.So, can move to another equipment to the conveyer that shuttles back and forth from an equipment, and storage is from the input data in or several sources.The conveyer that shuttles back and forth is rested in the nested or mooring arrangement 760 of the conveyer that shuttles back and forth, nested or mooring arrangement 760 is supported or in conjunction with larger capacity disk drive 740, and some memory contents of local hard drive 720 is unloaded to than deep bid 740, for example, by ata bus 734.When hope unloads or visits some content of nested arrangement 760, make the conveyer that shuttles back and forth return nested arrangement 760, the dish processor downloads to local hard drive 720 to desired data from nested trays 740.The conveyer that shuttles back and forth is operated under the control of its native processor 770, and comprise power supply and monitor 772 and control 780-784, so that when the conveyer that shuttles back and forth rested in the mooring arrangement 760, it can be independent of berth or nested and work, and can recharge power supply 772.
In other interface, the conveyer that shuttles back and forth also comprises the input/output bus 720 that can operate with treatment S PDIF form.Input/output bus 720 directly applies to packet device 712, crosses bus then to dish processor 714.Another SPDIF input 722 that is used to receive digital audio is inputs to MPEG-2 encoder 710; The output of MPEG-2 encoder also is delivered to dish processor 714, is used to be stored on the local hard drive 720 or nested hard disk 740.Can also be applied to MP3 encoder 724 to digital audio source 722, its output is directly connected to packet device 712, be connected to dish processor 714 then, so that can store and selectively visit any data in the SPDIF form.
A plurality of bidirectional buses also are provided, comprise usb bus 730,1394 buses 732 and ata bus 734.Usb bus 730 can provide two-way connection, for example, and to MP3 player, digital camera or PC.By USB PHY 740 and burster 742 in these devices any one is directly coupled to packet device 712, by processor 714 their input and output is delivered to hard disk drive 720 then.In similar mode, can be connected to digital video camcorder or PC or digital VCR to 1394 buses 732, can be connected to packet device 712 and dish processor 714 by suitable PHY 744 and burster 746.At last, ata bus 734 can be directly connected to dish processor 714 to flash memory or other data storage device, is connected to disk drive 720 then.
On outlet side, in order to store, even can transmit SPDIF input 722 by MP3 encoder 724, MP3 decoding device 750 also is provided, can be coupled to SPDIF output bus 752 to its output, or on the other hand, arrive modulated amplifier 756 by audio process 754.This provides several other output lines, comprises AV 758, stereophone output 760 and the audio frequency output 762 of RF (radio frequency) modulation.More generally, audio frequency output can be exported 764 with TV and be used, and described TV output 764 is exported by modulated amplifier through digital video codes 766 and MPEG-2 decoder 768.The MPEG-2 decoder is from depacketizer 712 and dish processor 714 its video informations of reception, and as mentioned above, dish processor 714 can selectively be visited any file on this domain 720; Also have, if the conveyer that shuttles back and forth has rested in the nested arrangement 760, then also available nested hard disk 740 is as the source.All these functions all are to carry out under the control of CPU 770, and in the present embodiment, CPU 770 is Motorola 823E that power supply 772 and monitor are supported.
Selection function by IR control 780 identification input and output source and destination, and is presented at selected function on the LCD display 782 on the panel of the conveyer that shuttles back and forth.By be attached to control I/O 784 in the conveyer that shuttles back and forth support above-mentioned both, and through the function of bus 786 Controlled CPU 770.
According to this group and groups of bus input, video input etc. of control, can use the data shuttle conveyer support with can transport enhancement mode fit the limited memory capacity of digital electronic device, as listed abovely go out.
As another example, in the mechanical type key element with based on standard feature with strengthen aspect two of feature, can use, and compatibility with traditional tape media is provided simultaneously based on the traditional VHS VCR of the conveyer emulation of shuttling back and forth of hard disk.In one form, this conveyer that shuttles back and forth will replace tape in the VHS tape drum with lightweight low-power hard disk drive.In the same procedure of the detachable cap of opening the VHS box, when hard disk drive is inserted VCR, expose the interface of hard disk drive with the tape that exposes it.Can directly be connected to VCR digital signal processor structure to the Voice ﹠ Video data, or directly by the path identical with traditional tape.When tape drum was reduced to its " broadcast " position, power supply and grounding pin protruded from the cabinet of VCR, and the recessed connector of contact in the box shell.
Make audio/video data directly replace the contacting of recording head of tape and VCR by the digital processing circuit in the data shuttle conveyer, wherein, content is decompressed, error correction, filtering, encodes and convert the analog signal that is used to show to, and line 762-764 place shown in Figure 7 output.
Be embedded in all physical element (the accurate aligning of front loaded (front loading), automatic location (robotic positioning) and electromagnetic data modulator and receiver) of all emulation VSH tapes of the hard disk drive (HDD) assembly in the VHS shell.
This assembly and system are provided for the massage storage of digital video and voice data.The advantage of the disk storage of well-known audio/video content (arbitrary access, forwards/reverse scanning clearly, do not have the storage of losing, write down simultaneously and reproduction etc.).
Yet, include, but are not limited to for unique advantage of the present invention:
With existing DV or based on the compatibility backward of the register of other digital magnetic tape
What be convenient to very much transport makes things convenient for the form key element, and can be reproduced in tens of hours high-quality record on the single movable-component simultaneously
Human key element-VHS VCR the feature be familiar with and the super setting of human key element
Based on all advantages of tape, do not have owing to the damage in time of tape particle causes loss of data.
In various video type (for example, ATSC video format, SD or HD) participated in, handlebar firmware data (for example, DSP code) offered the ability of program/optimization Media Processor
The those skilled in the art that read the invention described above announcement can understand other use of the present invention, feature and advantage.Therefore, scope of the present invention is limited by appending claims.

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1. shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device of a portable data comprises: a plurality of analog and digital interfaces are used for providing input from each provenance with multiple form, and the input of multiple form are provided to various outputs; Hard disk drive and dish processor are used for all data of storage under the control of the microprocessor that the power supply that shuttles back and forth the conveyer carrying and carried by the conveyer that shuttles back and forth powers up; The compression coding and decoding device carries out coding/decoding and compression/de-compression to described input, and described conveyer and the memory device of shuttling back and forth provides the plug and play data that are independent of medium mobility, is used for the data that obtain from multiple source and offers a plurality of destinations.
2. portable data as claimed in claim 1 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device is characterized in that airborne microprocessor is operatively connected to a plurality of inputs of the conveyer user-accessible that shuttles back and forth on it, with the source of definition of data and/or the destination of data.
3. portable data as claimed in claim 1 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, it is characterized in that, the mooring arrangement that further comprises second disk drive that be associated with the conveyer that shuttles back and forth and the suitable high power capacity of combination, this mooring arrangement is crossed one of interface and is connected to the data shuttle conveyer, so that can be storage in the hard disk drive of mooring arrangement.
4. portable data as claimed in claim 3 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, it is characterized in that, under the control of the dish processor in being incorporated into the data shuttle conveyer, berth the station hard disk drive and control to the input bus of the hard disk drive of data shuttle conveyer being delivered to from the conveyer hard disk drive that shuttles back and forth from the data of analog and digital interface.
5. portable data as claimed in claim 1 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, it is characterized in that, the data shuttle conveyer comprises its power supply and monitor, and controls according to the user of the conveyer that shuttles back and forth, so that the data shuttle conveyer plays the effect of independent community.
6. portable data as claimed in claim 5 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device is characterized in that the power supply of data shuttle conveyer is rechargeable, so that the data shuttle conveyer keeps the independence in portable fully and any permanent connection.
7. portable data as claimed in claim 6 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device is characterized in that the power supply of mooring arrangement can recharge from the station of berthing.
8. portable data as claimed in claim 1 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, it is characterized in that, described dish processor control bus runs on the hard disk drive in the data shuttle conveyer, and can operate so that suitable file management, bus arbitration, Content Management and flow management function to be provided on the data in local hard drive to be stored, thus, the inlet flow of any storage can selectively access on hard disk drive.
9. portable data as claimed in claim 8 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, it is characterized in that, comprise MPEG-2 encoder and packet device, data are offered dish processor and the input data that receive from the Voice ﹠ Video input source, so that can on hard disk drive, store and visit the data of pressing the MPEG-2 form.
10. portable data as claimed in claim 2 shuttle back and forth conveyer and memory device, it is characterized in that, comprise the usb bus, 1394 buses and the ata bus that are connected to dish processor and hard disk drive, so that can directly store and visit input and output from the numerical data servicing unit through these buses.
Conveyer and memory device 11. a portable data shuttles back and forth comprise: a plurality of analog and digital interfaces are used for providing input from each provenance with multiple form, and the input of multiple form are provided to various outputs; Hard disk drive and dish processor are used for all data of storage under the control of the microprocessor that the power supply that shuttles back and forth the conveyer carrying and carried by the conveyer that shuttles back and forth powers up; The compression coding and decoding device carries out coding/decoding and compression/de-compression to described input; Packet device/depacketizer is used for the input signal of combination is divided into groups to conciliate grouping, and described conveyer and the memory device of shuttling back and forth provides the plug and play data that are independent of medium mobility, is used for the data that obtain from multiple source and offers a plurality of destinations.
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