A kind of windows display equipment and display packing
Technical field
The present invention relates on a display, show multiple image window display device and display packing, further also relate to the display device showing multiple image window on multiple display and display packing.
Background technology
Along with the development of display technique, the size of display device is increasing, and resolution is more come higher.This makes can show multiple image window on a display, thus makes a small amount of display supervise a large amount of picture signals to become possibility.In such a display, windows display equipment is widely applied in TV signal, the supervising of pilot signal.Along with display device performance raising, need to supervise the increase of amount of images and the raising of input image resolution, a display device need the image window number shown also get more and more, the requirement of the processing power to equipment brought thus also rapidly improves, and makes the complexity of equipment, realizes cost and power consumption also sharply increases.
Existing multi-window display method generally adopts the following two kinds technical scheme to realize.
The first realizes based on computer platform and Graph Acceleration Technology.Program Gather and input picture signal, utilize the bus transfer such as computer PCI-E to CPU, CPU carries out size process to the picture signal gathered, then by bus transfer such as PCI-E to Computer Graphic Demonstration unit, all image windows are grouped together output by pattern displaying unit.The exchange of this scheme owing to adopting computer bus to carry out view data, along with the increase of input picture quantity and the raising of resolution, the bottleneck of computer bus bandwidth just limits the performance of equipment.In order to realize the display of more image windows, can only adopt the method abandoning frame of video, the display frame frequency which results in picture signal reduces, and image cannot smooth show.
The second realizes based on hardware handles technology.After program Gather and input image, utilize the size process of hardware implementing picture signal, picture signal after process has an image window in a background of equal resolution and frame frequency, send output synthesis unit to by proprietary bus, then the picture signal after all process is synthesized to together.Although this method solves the problem of computer bus bandwidth restriction, the bandwidth of proprietary bus along with the increase of input picture quantity, proportional increase, such as:
Proprietary bus bandwidth=image window quantity × output display bandwidth
Typically should be used for calculating with one.The resolution of output image is 1920X1200, if adopt parallel bus, its bandwidth is 486MB/Sec, and adopt universal serial bus, its bandwidth is 4.86Gb/Sec.If need display 32 windows, the bandwidth of proprietary bus will reach parallel 15.552GB/Sec, and adopt universal serial bus, its bandwidth is 155.52Gb/Sec.For parallel bus, need about 960 lines to realize, for universal serial bus, need the transceiver of 32 road 6.25Gb/Sec.This is difficult to realize technically, realizes cost also unacceptable.
Simultaneously the quantity of the accepted display window of the equipment image synthesizing section of above-mentioned the second implementation is fixing, cannot according to application need carry out corresponding change.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, be necessary in fact to invent a kind of display device and display packing of showing multiple image window on a display newly, to overcome the defect of prior art.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of windows display equipment and display packing, can ensure that signal transmission bus there will not be technical bottleneck when display window increases, the quantity of system display window can according to the demand of application, increase easily or reduce, realizing the unrestricted display window of quantity.
To achieve these goals, windows display equipment of the present invention is such:
A kind of windows display equipment, it comprises the multiple input picture processing modules for generation of image window, and the multiple image windows after the process of multiple input picture processing module are synthesized the output synthesis module of an output image, it is characterized in that, described input picture processing module comprises: input signal collecting unit, for receiving received image signal, and the picture signal of reception is converted to digital parallel signal, image scaling processing unit, for the resolution that the scaled of the vision signal exported by described input signal collecting unit requires to image window, frame synchronization process unit, for determining the position of the image window after convergent-divergent, and this image window is outputted to described output synthesis module.
Preferably, described input picture processing module also comprises: image de interlacing processing unit, be connected between described input signal collecting unit and image scaling processing unit, interlaced video signal for being received by described input signal collecting unit is converted to progressive video signal, and progressive video signal is supplied to described image scaling processing unit.
Preferably, described windows display equipment also comprises: synchronization timing unit, for described frame synchronization process unit provides synchronous sequence signal, so that multiple frame synchronization process unit image that output timing is synchronous respectively of multiple input picture processing module.
Preferably, multiple described input picture processing module and an output synthesis module form one-level cascade module, described windows display equipment comprises at least two-stage cascade module, and the cascade input collecting unit be connected between cascade module, this picture signal for receiving the output image signal exporting synthesis module in higher level's cascade module, and is sent to the output synthesis module of subordinate's cascade module by this cascade input collecting unit as input signal.
Preferably, multiple described input picture processing module and at least two output synthesis modules form one-level cascade module, arrange multi channel signals allocation units after input picture processing module described in each, the image window signal received is transferred at least two and exports synthesis module by these multi channel signals allocation units respectively.
Preferably, described every one-level cascade module also comprises: be connected to the composograph cascaded-output unit after described output synthesis module, for the composograph window converting transmission form processed by described output synthesis module.
The display packing of windows display of the present invention is such:
A kind of multi-window display method, it comprises the following steps: step 1, multiple input signal collecting unit receives received image signal, and the picture signal of reception is converted to digital parallel signal, step 2, the resolution that the scaled of the vision signal that described input signal collecting unit exports by multiple image scaling processing unit requires to image window, step 3, the position of the image window after multiple frame synchronization process unit determination convergent-divergent, and this image window is outputted to described output synthesis module, step 4, one exports synthesis module and the multiple image windows after multiple frame synchronization process cell processing is synthesized an output image and exports.
Preferably, comprise step 1a before described step 2, the interlaced video signal of input is converted to progressive video signal by image de interlacing processing unit, and progressive video signal is supplied to described image scaling processing unit.
Preferably, in described step 3, multiple synchronization timing unit provides synchronous sequence signal for described multiple frame synchronization process unit, so that multiple frame synchronization process unit of multiple input picture processing module image that output timings are synchronous is respectively to described output synthesis module.
Preferably, multiple described input picture processing module and one are exported synthesis module and combine formation one-level cascade module, at least two cascade module are connected by cascade input collecting unit, this picture signal for receiving the output image signal exporting synthesis module in higher level's cascade module, and is sent to the output synthesis module of subordinate's cascade module by this cascade input collecting unit as input signal.
Preferably, multiple described input picture processing module and at least two are exported synthesis module and combine formation one-level cascade module, arrange multi channel signals allocation units after input picture processing module described in each, the image window signal received is transferred at least two and exports synthesis module by these multi channel signals allocation units respectively.
Preferably, after the described output synthesis module of described every one-level cascade module, be also connected with composograph cascaded-output unit, for the composograph window converting transmission form processed by described output synthesis module.
The display device of windows display of the present invention and display packing, adopt each load module to superpose the image window of some, then realize the further increase of image window quantity further by module-cascade.This approach reduces individual module image and directly superpose required bus number, reduce bus bandwidth.Module-cascade exports the bandwidth of Zhi Xu mono-road video to every road, greatly facilitates hardware implementing.The mode of module-cascade can increase the quantity of video window without restriction.And increase bus bandwidth and more can increase the quantity supporting output display screen, and in these export flexible dispatching image window.Compared with traditional scheme, there is great dirigibility.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the first embodiment of windows display equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the second embodiment of windows display equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the image window that windows display equipment first embodiment (namely only having one-level cascade module) according to the present invention produces;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the image window that windows display equipment second embodiment (namely having two-stage cascade module) according to the present invention produces;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the 3rd embodiment (can multiple-channel output) of windows display equipment of the present invention.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, windows display equipment of the present invention and display packing are further illustrated.
Refer to Fig. 1, windows display equipment of the present invention comprises: for generation of multiple input picture processing modules 400 of image window, and the multiple image windows after multiple input picture processing module 400 being processed synthesize the output synthesis module 330 of an output image.
Below in conjunction with Fig. 1, coordinate one to export synthesis module 330 for 4 input picture processing modules 400, windows display equipment of the present invention is described.
Described input picture processing module 400 comprises:
Input signal collecting unit 302, for receiving received image signal, and is converted to digital parallel signal by the picture signal of reception, to be that subsequent processing units (image de interlacing processing unit 303) receives and process.Described input signal collecting unit 302 according to different input signal formats, can adopt different implementations.As VGA, Analog Component Video adopt high-speed a/d converter; DVI, HDMI adopt HDMI/DVI receiving chip; Analog Composite Video adopts analog video decoder device etc.
Described input picture processing module 400 is preferably also provided with image de interlacing processing unit 303, be connected between described input signal collecting unit 302 and image scaling processing unit 304, for the interlaced video signal signal of form (as: 1080i, the 576i etc.) of input is converted to progressive video signal.Signal for progressive input does not carry out any process at this unit.
Image scaling processing unit 304, for the resolution scaled through vision signal line by line required to image window, this process may be reduce, and also may be to amplify.
Frame synchronization process unit 305, for determining the position of the image window after convergent-divergent, and outputs to described output synthesis module 330 by this image window, can by image being synthesized to together with sequential of each window to ensure exporting synthesis module 330.The clock signal of the image window needed for frame synchronization process unit 305 is provided by synchronization timing unit 340.
Synchronization timing unit 340, for described frame synchronization process unit 305 provides synchronous sequence signal.
Described image de interlacing processing unit 303, image scaling processing unit 304 and frame synchronization process unit 305 can adopt the VXP image processor etc. of special IC as SIGMADESIGN to realize, and also can realize with FPGA.
Described output synthesis module 330, the image after described 4 input picture processing modules 400 are processed according to window position and stack order, synthesize an output image and export.When adopting special IC, parallel TTL interface, LVDS interface, HDMI/DVI interface etc. that the signal interface channel between described 4 input picture processing modules 400 can adopt special IC to possess; When adopting FPGA to realize, the signal interface channel between described 4 input picture processing modules 400 can adopt parallel TTL interface, LVDS interface, high-speed figure serial line interface.
Correspondingly, multi-window display method of the present invention is:
Described input signal collecting unit 302 receives the vision signal of multiple video signal source, and by described image de interlacing processing unit 303, this vision signal is converted to progressive video signal, the resolution that the scaled of vision signal requires to image window by described image scaling processing unit 304, described frame synchronization process unit 305 first determines the position of the image window after convergent-divergent afterwards, again by gathering the synchronous sequence signal that described synchronization timing unit 340 provides, by the timing synchronization of the vision signal of each signal source, finally this image window is outputted to described output synthesis module 330.
Refer to Fig. 2, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that if constantly increase described input picture processing module 400, really can increase the number of window, but such cost bus bandwidth also needs corresponding constantly increase.In order to increase the window number that can show under the prerequisite not increasing bus bandwidth, preferably, multiple described input picture processing module 400 and one can be exported synthesis module 330 and form one-level cascade module, and windows display equipment of the present invention can comprise at least two-stage cascade module, and be connected to the cascade input collecting unit 321 between two-stage cascade module and the composograph cascaded-output unit 331 after each output synthesis module 330.
Described cascade input collecting unit 321, for receiving upper level cascade input signal, and converting the prime composograph Y that described output synthesis module 330 can receive to, sending the described output synthesis module 330 of cascade module at the corresponding levels to by cascade input signal.Image after described 4 input picture processing modules 400 of the corresponding levels process by described output synthesis module 330 is an output image X according to the position synthesis of window, again this output image X is superposed with prime composograph Y afterwards, and export to described composograph cascaded-output unit 331.
Described composograph cascaded-output unit 331, after being connected to described output synthesis module 330, composograph for being processed by described output synthesis module 330 makes further preferred process, such as converting transmission form etc., image window signal is made to be transferred to next cascade module or output more easily, for next stage cascade module, this signal is exactly cascade input signal.The general high-speed figure serial line interface that adopts transmits this signal at present, also can adopt parallel TTL interface etc.
Whole load module also can adopt a large-scale FPGA such as the Virtex of Stratix or Xilinx of Altera to realize.Such implementation can simplify hardware configuration.
Refer to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, window 201-204 is the image window that the cascade load module 1 of the first order produces.And the image window that the cascade load module 2 that window 205-208 is the second level produces.By the concatenated in order successively of two modules, 8 image windows can be produced.It will be understood by those skilled in the art that more cascade load module, more image window can be produced.Simultaneously, because the windows display equipment shown in the embodiment of the present invention adopts after cascade module is interconnected, no matter produce how many windows, (namely the bus bandwidth of system at most only needs 5 times of single image window bandwidth, the 4 original input bandwidth in tunnel of cascade module at the corresponding levels add 1 tunnel input bandwidth of prime cascade module), bus bandwidth can not be doubled and redoubled with the number of image window.
Correspondingly, as a kind of method for optimizing of multi-window display method of the present invention, the equipment in first embodiment of the invention can be linked in sequence successively, form multiple cascade module be linked in sequence successively.
In order to complete the connection of multiple cascade module, preferably, cascade input collecting unit 321 can be set between multiple cascade module, for receiving the cascaded-output image of the composograph cascaded-output unit 331 of upper level, and this picture signal is converted to the prime composograph that described output synthesis module 330 can receive and send described output synthesis module 330 to.
In addition, as further preferred implementation, composograph cascaded-output unit 331 can be set after described output synthesis module 330, for the composograph window converting transmission form that described output synthesis module 330 is processed, and the current composograph processed is exported to the cascade module of next stage, as the input of the cascade module of next stage, if the cascade module of the corresponding levels has been afterbody, so then export this image.
From Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, under this framework of the present invention, the structure of each cascade load module is identical, and along with cascade module increases, the image window number that can produce linearly increases.Just can be realized not by the superposition of the image window of restricted number by simple bus structure.Under more than achieving the prerequisite not increasing bus bandwidth, increase the quantity of display window.
Refer to Fig. 5, windows display equipment of the present invention can also expand the quantity (needing to increase bus bandwidth accordingly) supporting output display screen very easily.Windows display equipment of the present invention can also realize the windows display on multiple display screen (hyperchannel output).In order to realize above-mentioned functions, windows display equipment of the present invention is also provided with: multi channel signals allocation units 510.
Described multi channel signals allocation units 510 are arranged between multiple described input picture processing module 400 and at least two described output synthesis modules 330, the image window output signal of multiple input picture processing module 400 can be received, and give at least two to export synthesis module 330 this Signal transmissions.Whether can control respectively the display of each image window on each output synthesis module 330, so just can realize the display of image window at least two output channels and dynamic dispatching.
Correspondingly, as another method for optimizing of multi-window display method of the present invention, can on the basis of the second embodiment of the present invention, between the synchronization timing unit 340 and at least two described output synthesis modules 330 of multiple described input picture processing module 400, multiple multi channel signals allocation units 510 are set, each multi channel signals allocation units 510 receives image window signal, and this picture signal is transferred to two or more output synthesis module 330 simultaneously.Like this, the display of image window in multiple output channel and dynamic dispatching is realized by described multi channel signals allocation units 510.
Above-described embodiment is used for illustrative purposes only, and be not limitation of the present invention, the those of ordinary skill of relevant technical field, without departing from the present invention, can also make a variety of changes and modification, therefore all equivalent technical schemes also should belong to category of the present invention.