CN105391810B - Terminal equipment interface device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a terminal equipment interface device, which comprises: the universal interface layer is used for realizing an abstract interface for butting the terminal equipment with at least one access platform; at least one platform access module, connected to the generic interface layer, for implementing the abstract interface for each of the at least one access platform so as to enable access of the terminal device to each of the at least one access platform; and the main control module is connected with the universal interface layer and used for scheduling the at least one platform access module through the universal interface layer. According to the terminal equipment interface device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment can be docked across different access platforms.
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Technical Field
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to the technical field of terminal device and access platform interfacing, and in particular, to a terminal device interface apparatus.
Background
Currently, various software and hardware platforms, such as video monitoring platforms (VMS), online education platforms, and networking office platforms, all adopt an open design concept. That is, the server and the terminal device constituting the platform may be developed by different manufacturers, or advocates and designers of the platform may purchase devices of different manufacturers to construct the server and the terminal device. For example, a video monitoring platform (VMS) includes a server and a terminal device, the terminal device includes a monitoring device (such as a camera) and various access devices (such as a mobile phone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, etc.), and the server and the terminal device can be developed and manufactured by different software or hardware manufacturers as long as they meet the interface specification required by the platform; the server is mainly used for analyzing and processing mass video streams, the monitoring equipment is mainly used for collecting video images, and the access equipment is used for accessing and controlling the video images. Server manufacturers and terminal equipment manufacturers have to release unique products for different access platforms to meet the interface specifications of the different access platforms so that the equipment produced by themselves can be accommodated by the access platforms.
Generally, when a software module of a software product or a hardware product is released, the software module is finally packaged into an image (image) file, and is directly burned into a nand storage module during production. Generally, a software module burned into a nand memory module is called a firmware. The software module will change with the change of the application requirement, in order to mark the functional state of the software, a version will be defined for the software released each time, and the user can know the main function of the software through the version number. For example, for a monitoring device manufacturer, in order to enable a monitoring product released by the monitoring device manufacturer to support different access platforms, multiple versions of a platform access module are usually built in the monitoring product so as to support access of multiple platforms (or various versions of one platform). The platform access module is a communication protocol module for data interaction between the terminal equipment and the access platform.
For each terminal device of a software and hardware platform, a version of firmware of a platform access module is built in when a product is released, that is, the image file is only docked with a certain fixed platform. That is, when a version of image is released, a plurality of image files are derived according to the number of the docked platforms. The same is true for version update of the server, and each time the version of the server changes, the terminal device may also need to be modified, and a terminal device manufacturer may need to regenerate an image capable of supporting the server after the version update.
The above method has the following disadvantages: (1) if a second platform needs to be connected, different image files need to be burned again on site, so that the development efficiency of a terminal equipment manufacturer is low; (2) if the platform access module is updated, the mirror image file needs to be burnt again; and (3) issuing a version of image file for each access platform, and possibly issuing a version of image file for each upgrade of one access platform.
Disclosure of Invention
It is therefore an object of the present invention to address one or more of the foregoing problems and to provide an innovative terminal equipment interface arrangement that enables the docking of terminal equipment across a variety of access platforms.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device interface apparatus, comprising: the universal interface layer is used for realizing an abstract interface for butting the terminal equipment with at least one access platform; at least one platform access module, connected to the generic interface layer, for implementing the abstract interface for each of the at least one access platform so as to enable access of the terminal device to each of the at least one access platform; and the main control module is connected with the universal interface layer and used for scheduling the at least one platform access module through the universal interface layer.
Further, the terminal device interface apparatus may include: and the user interface is connected with the main control module and is used for informing the main control module of selecting one platform access module in the at least one platform access module.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, one of the at least one platform access module may be generated for different access platforms, different versions of the same access platform, or different versions of the terminal device.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device interface means may be packaged with the terminal device as an image file of the terminal device, and the at least one platform access module is implemented as a different firmware in the image file.
Alternatively, the terminal device interface apparatus may be packaged separately from the terminal device into a different image file. In this way, the terminal device interface apparatus can serve different terminal devices.
According to an embodiment of the invention, each of the at least one platform access module is updated separately and the firmware is placed in a different memory space.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may include an entity device and a function module for implementing a dedicated function.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the physical device may include one or more of a camera, a recording pen, a mobile phone, a desktop computer, and a laptop computer.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the interfaces for interfacing with various platforms are abstracted into the universal interface layer, so that a terminal device manufacturer can develop the terminal device only aiming at the data communication related aspect of the terminal device, and then the universal interface layer can be gradually and individually embodied and enriched aiming at the platform which the terminal device is likely to access, so as to form different platform access modules. Therefore, the work of burning and generating a plurality of image files when the terminal equipment according to the prior art is issued aiming at different products of the access platform is reduced to the modification of the platform access module, and the production efficiency of terminal equipment manufacturers is greatly improved.
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Features, advantages and other aspects of various embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent by referring to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:
fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a terminal equipment interface device according to an embodiment of the invention.
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The principles and spirit of the present invention will be described with reference to a number of exemplary embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings. It is understood that these embodiments are given solely for the purpose of enabling those skilled in the art to better understand and to practice the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a terminal equipment interface device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device interface apparatus 100 is used for interfacing a terminal device and various access platforms, and implements various data communication specifications between the interfacing terminal device and the various access platforms, and includes a general interface layer 120, a plurality of platform access modules 110, 112, … … 116, a main control module 130, and a user interface 140.
The generic interface layer 120 is used to implement an abstract interface for interfacing the terminal device with at least one access platform. Terminal equipment manufacturers only need to develop various communication interfaces included in the universal interface layer. The various communication interfaces included in the generic interface layer may be conceptual abstract interfaces, such as abstract Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which have only interface definitions and incoming and outgoing parameters, and no concrete implementation, which leaves the various access modules, such as the platform access module 1, the platform access module 2, and the platform access module N, to be developed specifically for a specific access platform.
In one embodiment, the aforementioned generic interface layer may include the following interface APIs:
int getavailability (); // acquisition capability set
int GetVersion (); // obtaining version information
int GetConfig (); // obtaining configuration information
int SetConfig (); // setting configuration information
int Start (); // start up docking module
int Stop (); // stop docking module
It should be understood that the above-described interface API is merely illustrative and does not contain specific parameters, and those skilled in the art may design the above-described API containing different parameters or parameter sets, or other APIs implementing similar functions, as the application requires.
The platform access module 110 and 114 is connected to the generic interface layer 120, and is configured to implement an abstract interface included in the generic interface layer for each access platform of the platform access module 110 and 114, so as to enable access between the terminal device and each access platform.
The host module 130 is connected to the universal interface layer 120, and is used for dispatching the platform access module 110 and 114 through the universal interface layer 120. For example, the generic interface layer 120 may be pre-specified by the host module 140 to be implemented by the platform access module 1; that is, at this time, the terminal device interface apparatus 100 is implemented to interface the terminal device with the first access platform for which the platform access module 110 is developed.
The user interface 140 is connected to the main control module 130 and is used to notify the main control module 130 to select one of the platform access modules 110 and 114, which provides a possibility for manual switching of the platform access modules. It should be appreciated that the user interface module 140 is an optional module and that the platform access module selection algorithm may be provided in the host module 130 without the user interface module 140.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a first platform connected through the platform access module 1 may use a Session Initiation (SIP) protocol for a communication session, and therefore, the general interface layer 120 needs to be specifically implemented in the platform access module 1 by the SIP protocol; a second platform connected through the platform access module 2 may use an Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) protocol for a communication session, and therefore, the universal interface layer 120 needs to be specifically implemented in the ONVIF protocol in the platform access module 2; other platforms connected through the platform access module 3, … …, the platform access module N, may use other communication protocols for communication sessions, and therefore, the generic interface layer needs to be specifically implemented in these platform access modules in the corresponding communication protocol.
The user interface 140 serves as a user interaction window, and can inform the user of the currently supported platform access module of the terminal device, and can also support the user to dynamically switch different platform access modules. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the switching of the platform access module through the user interface 140 may be in a GUI mode or a command line mode.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device interface apparatus 100 and the corresponding terminal device may be packaged together as an image file of the terminal device, and the at least one platform access module 110 and 114 are implemented as different firmware in the image file. Therefore, only one image file can be generated for one terminal equipment product, the image file contains firmware of multiple versions, the firmware of different versions is used for realizing different platform access modules, and the different platform access modules are used for connecting different access platforms or different versions of the same access platform. Alternatively, when the version of the terminal device is upgraded, the historical version of the firmware and the new version of the firmware are both retained in the image file, so that different versions of the terminal device can be selected through the user interface 140 at a later stage to achieve more perfect adaptation to different access platforms.
Alternatively, the terminal device interface apparatus and the terminal device may be packaged separately into different image files. In this way, the terminal device interface apparatus can serve different terminal devices.
The terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include, but is not limited to, various monitoring devices (physical devices) such as a camera, a recording pen, etc., various access control devices such as a mobile phone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, etc., a dedicated device or a dedicated function module dedicated to implementing various function modules such as a video transmission module, an electronic map module, a door control module, an alarm module, a video delivery module, etc. Depending on the operating system of the terminal device or platform, the image file according to the embodiment of the present invention may support formats including, but not limited to, bin, img, zip, isp, upf, etc.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, on one hand, the interface device interfacing one terminal device with a plurality of access platforms is implemented in a layered implementation manner. First, a generic interface layer is abstracted for managing a plurality of platform access modules, all of which are to comply with the interface specification. Terminal equipment manufacturers only need to develop the docking interfaces aiming at the universal interface layers which can meet the data communication specifications of various access platforms, and the development workload of the equipment manufacturers is greatly simplified. Secondly, the generic interface layer is implemented using a plurality of platform access modules for different (or different versions of) access platforms. The platform access module can realize the universal interface layer by a terminal equipment manufacturer or by the owner of the platform. Further, the master control program schedules each platform access module through the universal interface layer, so that the specific platform access module can be dynamically loaded. On the other hand, when the image file of the terminal device is generated, different platform access modules are burned into different firmware and placed in different storage spaces. In this way, expansion of subsequent firmware modules may also be supported.
According to the embodiment of the invention, unnecessary confusion caused by the fact that a plurality of image files are issued due to the version updating of the terminal equipment caused by one software problem can be avoided. Meanwhile, the firmware of a plurality of versions simultaneously exists in one image file, the firmware is managed, called, updated and protected through the main control module, and the state is transparent to a user.
The description of the present invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the invention in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will occur to those skilled in the art. All changes and substitutions that may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention are intended to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A terminal device interface apparatus comprising:
the universal interface layer is used for realizing an abstract interface for butting the terminal equipment with at least one access platform;
at least one platform access module, connected to the generic interface layer, for implementing the abstract interface for each of the at least one access platform so as to enable access of the terminal device to each of the at least one access platform; and
a main control module connected with the universal interface layer and used for scheduling the at least one platform access module through the universal interface layer, wherein an image file is generated for the terminal device, the image file contains a plurality of versions of firmware, the different versions of firmware are used for realizing different platform access modules, the different platform access modules are used for connecting different access platforms or different versions of the same access platform, the universal interface layer is specifically realized by a corresponding communication protocol in the at least one platform access module,
wherein the terminal device interface apparatus is packaged with the terminal device into the image file of the terminal device, and the at least one platform access module is implemented as a different firmware in the image file,
when the version of the terminal equipment is upgraded, the firmware of the historical version and the firmware of the new version are both reserved in the image file.
2. The terminal device interface apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
and the user interface is connected with the main control module and is used for informing the main control module of selecting one platform access module in the at least one platform access module.
3. A terminal device interface apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one platform access module is updated separately and the firmware is placed in a different memory space.
4. The terminal device interface apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal device interface apparatus and the terminal device are packaged separately into different image files.
5. A terminal device interface apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal device comprises a physical device and a function module for implementing a dedicated function.
6. The terminal device interface apparatus of claim 5, wherein the physical device comprises one or more of a camera, a voice pen, a cell phone, a desktop computer, and a laptop computer.
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