CN101959024A - Multimedia router - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a multimedia router which is used for multimedia signal selection and transmission among a plurality of multimedia signal sources and a plurality of display equipment. The multimedia router comprises a signal conversion unit, a multimedia switching matrix, a remote controller and a remote control signal repeater, wherein the signal conversion unit is used for converting multimedia input signals of different protocols from each multimedia signal source into multimedia output signals of a unified protocol; the multimedia switching matrix is provided with a plurality of input ends and a plurality of output ends, wherein each output end is connected with any one input end according to the control of the multimedia switching matrix to select and output a multimedia output signal to each display equipment; the remote controller can respond user operation and transmit a nondirectional wireless signal as a first remote control signal; the remote control signal repeater comprises a receiver and a forwarder, the receiver receives and identifies the first remote control signal sent by the remote controller, and the forwarder forwards the identified first remote control signal as a second remote control signal which can be identified by each multimedia signal source.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the multi-media signal transmitting device, especially relate to the multimedia router that can between a plurality of multi-media signals source and a plurality of display device, carry out the selection and the transmission of multi-media signal.
Background technology
The progress of current science and technology has produced various multimedia equipments, for instance, VCD player, DVD player etc. is arranged traditionally as multimedia play equipment, has the playback equipment of blue-ray DVD player high definition such as (being called for short BD) to add at present again.In PC (PC) field, each PC manufacturer has puted forth effort PC is made core into multimedia platform.And along with the popularization of Digital Television, digital TV set-top box, satellite television receiver are also gradually as the another source of multimedia programming.In addition, also have other consumer electronics products that bias toward a certain application (for example the Xbox game machine of Microsoft, the PS game machine of Sony) also can use as multimedia equipment.These multimedia equipments belong to different fields traditionally, and have different specifications and standard.
Often be equipped with multiple multimedia equipment in the present family, and have in the parlor, demand that place configuration display devices such as bedroom, study even kitchen, toilet are appreciated multimedia programming.Yet prior art does not have a kind of unification and simple solution that satisfies these demands.For instance, when the user places the parlor with multimedia equipments such as DVD playback equipment, digital TV set-top box, if also will watch DVD or Digital Television with display device in the bedroom, just need by two different transmission lines multi-media signal to be transferred to the bedroom from the parlor simultaneously, and along with the increasing of multimedia equipment, the quantity of wiring will be more.When relating to places such as a plurality of bedrooms or study, kitchen, the complexity of wiring is conspicuous.In addition, because display device is positioned at different places with multimedia equipment, the remote control of multimedia equipment being become problem, is that traditional infrared signal or Bluetooth signal all are difficult to satisfy the remote signal of isolating on long distance and the space and transmit.And the cost that is equipped with multimedia equipment in each different place simultaneously is expensive often, and the multimedia equipment price of Chu Xianing is all high especially recently.
Summary of the invention
For this reason, the invention provides a kind of multimedia router, can between a plurality of multimedia play equipments and a plurality of display device, carry out the selection and the transmission of multi-media signal, and carry out the relaying of remote signal.
The present invention solves the problems of the technologies described above the technical scheme that adopts to provide a kind of multimedia router, in order to carrying out the selection and the transmission of multi-media signal between a plurality of multi-media signals source and a plurality of display device, this multimedia router comprises signal conversion unit, multimedia switching matrix, the remote controller and the remote signal repeater that separate with multimedia router body.Signal conversion unit has a plurality of first input ends and a plurality of first output, described each first input end connects a plurality of multi-media signals source correspondingly, and this signal conversion unit will be in order to will be converted to the multimedia output signal of uniform protocol from the multimedia input signal of the different agreement of each first input end input.The multimedia switching matrix has a plurality of second inputs and a plurality of second output, described each second input connects each first output correspondingly, described each second output connects a plurality of display devices correspondingly, and wherein each second output is connected with arbitrary second input according to the control of described multimedia switching matrix.Remote controller response user operation, launch scalar property's wireless signal as first remote signal, the remote signal repeater comprises receiver and transponder, receiver is used to receive and identify first remote signal that remote controller sends, and first remote signal that transponder will be identified is being transmitted by second remote signal of described each multi-media signal source identification.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned multimedia switching matrix is to control being connected of one second output and one second input according to the selection of remote controller, to finish the pairing of multi-media signal source and multimedia display equipment.
In one embodiment of this invention, second remote signal of above-mentioned repeater forwarding is infrared signal or Bluetooth signal.
In one embodiment of this invention, scalar property's wireless signal of above-mentioned remote controller emission is the wireless signal based on Z-wave or Zigbee agreement.
In one embodiment of this invention, above-mentioned remote controller also comprises infrared transmitter, can be by the infrared signal of described each multimedia display recognition of devices in order to emission.
The present invention is owing to adopt above technical scheme, make it compared with prior art, can connect a plurality of multi-media signals source and a plurality of display device, and according to user's needs the signal in arbitrary multi-media signal source be transferred to arbitrary display device with unified multi-media signal and show.Embodiments of the invention also provide the relaying of the remote signal between the different places of isolating on the space.Therefore, use multimedia router of the present invention, help under the smaller wiring complexity, to build a convenience, comfortable home entertainment system.
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For above-mentioned purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the specific embodiment of the present invention is elaborated, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates the structured flowchart of the multimedia router of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 illustrates the multimedia switching matrix schematic diagram of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 illustrates the multimedia router applications schematic diagram of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 illustrates the remote controller structural representation of one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 A-5C illustrates the schematic diagram of the remote controller operation and control interface of one embodiment of the invention.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the structured flowchart of the multimedia router of one embodiment of the invention.Please refer to shown in Figure 1ly, the multimedia router one 00 of present embodiment comprises controller 101, signal conversion unit 110, multimedia switching matrix 120 and remote signal repeater 130.Multimedia switching matrix 120 comprises at least one second input IN and at least one second output OUT.Each second input IN can be connected to multi-media signal source (for example various playback equipment) 120_1 to the m 20_m of multi-media signal source through signal conversion unit 110.Each second output OUT can be connected to display device 1 30_1 to the display device n 30_n.These multi-media signal sources 1-m preferably is arranged in the same place and is positioned near the multimedia router one 00, so that can be connected to multimedia router one 00 by short multimedia transmission circuit.Yet the multi-media signal source that is positioned at as required, different places also can be connected to multimedia router one 00 by the multimedia transmission line.These display devices 1-n typically is distributed in the place of separating on each space, and for example in the household occasion, display device is distributed in the places such as parlor, kitchen, study, bedroom.
An example of signal conversion unit 110 and multimedia switching matrix 120 please refer to shown in Figure 2, wherein signal conversion unit 110 has a plurality of first input ends and a plurality of first output, a plurality of first input end IN1-IN5 are connected to for example digital TV set-top box, satellite television receiver, DVD player, blue-ray DVD player (hereinafter claiming the BD player), personal computer multi-media signal sources such as (PC).A plurality of second input IN1-IN5 of multimedia switching matrix 120 are connected to a plurality of first outputs of signal conversion unit 110.A plurality of second output OUT1-OUT4 of multimedia switching matrix 120 are connected to television set, display devices such as LCD, plasma display, projecting apparatus.Signal conversion unit 110 can be converted to the multimedia input signal (as signals such as VGA, DVI) of various different agreements the multimedia output signal of a kind of agreement of negligible amounts.An optional multi-media protocol is the HDMI agreement, the transmission line of HDMI agreement allows bigger transmission range, thus, each second output OUT1-OUT4 only needs a kind of multimedia transmission circuit can be connected to the display device of each separation, this helps significantly reducing the quantity of transmission line, thereby reduces the wiring difficulty.
As an example, signal conversion unit 110 can be selected the AD9380 chip for use, and multimedia switching matrix 120 can be selected the AD8110 chip for use.
Because various multi-media signals source generally disposes remote controller, and display device spatially isolates with the multi-media signal source, therefore needs a kind of technology that can carry out scalar property's wireless remote control in remote and the space that isolates.Get back to shown in Figure 1ly, in the present embodiment, multimedia router one 00 can comprise one or more wireless signal remote control devices 140 that separate with body, and combined with remote-control signal repeater 130 on the body.
An exemplary configurations of remote controller 140 is with reference to shown in Figure 4, and it comprises CPU 141, input module 142 (as keyboard, touch-screen etc.), display screen 143, Zigbee module 144, power supply 145, infrared transmitter 146, buzzer 147 etc.And remote signal repeater 130 further comprises receiver 132 and transponder 134.When the onlooker of display device uses a teleswitch 140 when sending scalar property's wireless remote control signal S 1, the receiver 132 in the multimedia router one 00 can receive and identify this remote signal.On the one hand, select with multi-media signal and switch relevant remote signal and will carry out corresponding action by controller 101 notice multimedia switching matrix 120.For example the user selects DVD player as playback equipment by remote controller 140, and then controller 101 can connect DVD player by notice multimedia switching matrix 120 with remote controller 140 current related display devices.On the other hand, the remote signal relevant (as channel selection, volume adjusting etc.) with playing process, can be through the come source device of transponder 134 with the multi-media signal of this display device, the i.e. signal that can discern of a multi-media signal source wherein, include but not limited to that infrared signal or Bluetooth signal S2 (being the infrared signal S2 by the light-emitting diode emission shown in the figure) transmit.This signal S2 can be received and response by this multi-media signal source.Wherein wireless signal remote control device 140 and the wireless signal of receiver 132 can be propagated remote (as tens meters) and can penetrate (as building).The agreement of this scalar property's wireless signal can adopt Z-wave or Zigbee signal transfer protocol.For example shown in Figure 3, the remote controller 140a that is positioned at the parlor can send the scalar property's wireless signal such as Z-wave or Zigbee signal, is converted to infrared signal via the body of multimedia router one 00, thereby controls projecting apparatus and digital TV set-top box simultaneously.
In addition, be in the example of television set at for example display device, some remote signal (as volume adjusting, machine open/close) can directly be responded by television set, and is not responded by the multi-media signal source then in need not passing through.In this example, configurable infrared or this class signal projector of bluetooth of remote controller 140b is realized directly controlling display device.For example shown in Figure 3, the remote controller 140b that is positioned at bedroom 1 can send the scalar property's wireless signal such as Z-wave or Zigbee signal, body via multimedia router one 00 is converted to infrared signal, thereby control figure TV set-top box, part remote signal then need directly to control television set by the infrared transmitter of remote controller 140b self configuration.
Fig. 5 A-5C illustrates the schematic diagram of the operation and control interface in the remote controller use.In use, each multi-media signal source 1-m is holding state, and can be enabled by remote controller 140.When the equipment pairing option pressed shown in Fig. 5 A, present the pairing interface shown in Fig. 5 B, the multi-media signal source and the right side display device in left side matched.For example DVD and display device DSP1 are matched.Thereby the user who is positioned at a certain place can use display device wherein to watch program, and selects a multi-media signal source to originate as signal from the remote controller 140 of display device association therewith.At this moment, this multi-media signal source can be unlocked, the beginning play multimedia content is also exported multi-media signal, multimedia switching matrix 120 in the multimedia router will be connected to this multi-media signal the pairing output of aforesaid display device, shows via this output output multi-media signal to display device.In watching process, the user can use a teleswitch that 140 interfaces as Fig. 5 C that provided are changed dish, F.F., fallen back, volume is selected or the like operation, as required, these operations can partly be transmitted to DVD through remote signal repeater 130, and partly directly send to display device.Remote controller also can carry out self study according to the employed remote control agreement of equipment, to possess required button controlled function.
The display device that one embodiment of the invention allow a plurality of users to use separately is connected to the multi-media signal source of being selected by the user by multimedia router one 00 simultaneously.In this embodiment, can be each display device and be equipped with a remote controller 140, remote controller 140 can show the state in the multi-media signal source of each standby, whether whether for example available (promptly being used by other users), the user can select the source of current available multi-media signal source as multi-media signal.
In sum, the multimedia router that embodiments of the invention proposed can connect a plurality of multi-media signals source and a plurality of display device, and according to user's needs the signal in arbitrary multi-media signal source is transferred to arbitrary display device and show.Embodiments of the invention also provide the relaying of the remote signal between the different places of isolating on the space.Therefore, use multimedia router of the present invention, help under the smaller wiring complexity, to build a convenience, comfortable home entertainment system.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; right its is not in order to qualification the present invention, any those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing a little modification and perfect, so protection scope of the present invention is when with being as the criterion that claims were defined.
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1. multimedia router, in order to carry out the selection and the transmission of multi-media signal between a plurality of multi-media signals source and a plurality of display device, described multimedia router comprises:
Signal conversion unit, have a plurality of first input ends and a plurality of first output, described each first input end connects a plurality of multi-media signals source correspondingly, and this signal conversion unit will be in order to will be converted to the multimedia output signal of uniform protocol from the multimedia input signal of the different agreement of each first input end input;
The multimedia switching matrix, have a plurality of second inputs and a plurality of second output, described each second input connects each first output correspondingly, described each second output connects a plurality of display devices correspondingly, and wherein each second output is connected with arbitrary second input according to the control of described multimedia switching matrix;
The remote controller that separates with multimedia router body, response user operation is launched scalar property's wireless signal as first remote signal; And
The remote signal repeater, comprise receiver and transponder, described receiver is used to receive and identify first remote signal that described remote controller sends, and first remote signal that described transponder will be identified is being transmitted by second remote signal of described each multi-media signal source identification.
2. multimedia router as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described multimedia switching matrix is to control being connected of one second output and one second input according to the selection of described remote controller, to finish the pairing of multi-media signal source and multimedia display equipment.
3. multimedia router as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, second remote signal that described repeater is transmitted is infrared signal or Bluetooth signal.
4. multimedia router as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, scalar property's wireless signal of described remote controller emission is the wireless signal based on Z-wave or Zigbee agreement.
5. multimedia router as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described remote controller also comprises infrared transmitter, can be by the infrared signal of described each multimedia display recognition of devices in order to emission.
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