CN1802623A

CN1802623A - Interface for sending synchronized audio and video data

Info

Publication number: CN1802623A
Application number: CN200480016105.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 乔瓦尼·M·阿尼奥利; 安德鲁·亚诺维茨; 约翰·O·阿布特; 塞缪尔·R·鲍曼; 詹姆斯·A·德尔维什; 杰弗里·C·狄龙
Original assignee: Apple Computer Inc
Current assignee: Apple Inc
Priority date: 2003-06-13
Filing date: 2004-06-10
Publication date: 2006-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 2024-06-10
Also published as: CN1802854A; CN1802639A; CN1802623B; CN100379285C; CN1802639B

Abstract

A data stream format for transmission of data frames between a computer and a video client via an interface, the data stream(108) being a plurality of data frames(108) transmitted sequentially, each data frame comprising: a frame header(110); video data(112), the video data following the frame header(110); and audio data(114), the audio data(112) following the video data(114).

Description

Be used to send the interface of isochronous audio and video data

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to the device that communicates by network.In particular, the present invention relates to the transmission frame number certificate, described frame is characterised in that there is a header in it, a block of video data thereafter and follow an audio data block of described block of video data.

Background technology

" bus " is the set of the signal of two or more electrical parts of interconnection, and it allows a device to one or more other device transmission information.Use many dissimilar buses in computing machine and the computing machine Related product.Example comprises peripheral element interconnection (" PCI ") bus, Industry Standard Architecture (" ISA ") bus and USB (universal serial bus) (" USB "), only gives some instances.Usually by the operation of a standard definition bus, this standard is specified various relevant things, such as the electrical characteristics of this bus, how by this bus transfer data, how to confirm requests for data etc.Use a bus to carry out a activity and be commonly called one " circulation " of operation such as transmission data, request msg etc.Standardization one bus protocol assists in ensuring that the efficient communication between the device that is connected to this bus, even these devices are by the manufacturing of different manufacturers.Arbitrary hope manufacturing provides an interface that this device is exclusive with the bus that is connected with the company that sells a device that uses on a special bus for that device.The device of a special bus standard of design guarantees that described device can correctly communicate with all other devices that are connected to this same bus, even these other devices are by the manufacturing of different manufacturers.Therefore, for instance, one for the inside facsimile recorder/modulator-demodular unit (personal computer inside just) that designs in operation on the pci bus can transmit data and receive data from these other devices by other devices on this pci bus, even each device on this pci bus is all by the manufacturing of different manufacturers.

At present, exist market to promote by bus interface and incorporate various types of consumer electronics device into, described bus interface allows this equipment is connected to other equipment with a respective bus interface.For instance, become available by an IEEE 1394 bus interface digital cameras, digital VTR, digital video disk (" DVD "), printer.Described IEEE (" institute of electrical and electronic engineers ") 1394 buses (for example) allow a digital camera is connected to a printer or computing machine, therefore the image that this camera obtained can be presented on the described printer or electronics is stored in the described computing machine.In addition, can Digital Television be couple to a computing machine or computer network by an IEEE 1394 buses.

Yet, exist many devices not have any IEEE 1394 interfaces.This brings a problem, and these devices can not be connected with other device as described above.Need overcome this problem sincerely provides connection to device, otherwise these devices can not be connected to an IEEE 1394 buses.

Summary of the invention

The present invention has solved the problem of above being discussed by a data stream format that is used for the data frame transfer between a computing machine and the videoconference client is provided.Computing machine and videoconference client communicate each other by an interface that is connected between this computing machine and this videoconference client.Described data stream comprises the Frame of sequential delivery, and wherein each Frame has a frame header, follows the video data of this frame header and follows the voice data of this video data.In one embodiment, described Frame also comprises an audio header that is present between video data and the voice data.Can comprise a frame count synchronization bit, itself and vertical blanking part are synchronously.In one embodiment, described audio header comprises an audio frequency cycle count.In one embodiment, with respect to video data sampling voice data.In one embodiment, the every frame of described voice data comprises audio samples counting.In one embodiment, the byte number of described each sample of audio samples counting indication, and it can change according to ANSI/SMPTE 272M specification.Described frame header also can comprise the form mark, the figure place of each sample of its instruction video data.In an embodiment, described frame header comprises a smpte time code and and increases progressively a frame counter and an audio frequency cycle count, and the indication of described audio frequency cycle count is by the position in the specified audio frequency beat of described ANSI/SMPTE 272M specification.In an embodiment, described frame header comprises the block size byte count that contains how many audio frequency bytes in voice-grade channel counting and the described voice data of an indication.Also can comprise audio format mark and video format mark in the described frame header.

On the other hand, the invention provides a kind of method of data transmission, described method comprises the frame that an additional header to meets SDTI; And between a videoconference client and a computing machine, transmit this header and meet the frame of SDTI by an interface that meets IEEE 1394b.In one embodiment, the frame of the described SDTI of meeting is divided into first and second parts, and sends this header and a part, and send this header and second portion by a second channel by a first passage.

Description of drawings

When considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, will understand many other characteristics of the present invention and advantage by the detailed description of reading hereinafter, wherein:

Fig. 1 is with the block diagram form explanation employed primary clustering relevant with embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 2 illustrates the form of frame according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B illustrate the form of first packet and packet subsequently respectively;

Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B illustrate the tissue of the video data in the packet according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B illustrate the tissue of the voice data in the packet according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 illustrate the element of header included in the frame according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 explanation is gathered so that form the bag of a frame according to an embodiment of the invention through combination;

Fig. 9 A-9D illustrates an alternate embodiment of the present invention, wherein uses the variant of SDTI frame according to embodiments of the invention;

Fig. 9 E illustrates an alternate embodiment, and wherein transmitter separates SDTI stream and makes it spread all over a plurality of passages;

Figure 10 is performed with the process flow diagram formal specification according to an embodiment of the invention so that the action of the external definition between a computing machine and the hardware interface is provided;

Figure 11 illustrates the register memory mapping of interface device according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 12 illustrates the tissue of the A/V global register that interface of the present invention contains;

Figure 13 illustrates the tissue of the global state register that interface device of the present invention contains;

Control register when Figure 14 illustrates waiting of containing in the interface device of the present invention;

Figure 15 illustrates the tissue of the flow control register that contains in the interface device of the present invention;

The tissue of channel register when Figure 16 illustrates waiting of containing in the interface device of the present invention.

Embodiment

Note Fig. 1, with block diagram form showed through connecting in case between a computing machine 100 and client 102 assembly of transmission of audio and video data, described computing machine and client are connected to interface 106 by bus 104.Computing machine 100 in the preferred embodiment is one can be handled video and voice data and can discern form with one and show described data computing device to a user.These devices comprise desktop, on knee and palmtop computer.As the related client 102 of this paper are a video consumer or video production persons, and comprise as digital camera with such as this class device of the video storage device of linear and random access device.Comprise as the related bus 104 of this paper and physical connection between computing machine 100 and the interface 106 also to comprise the serial protocol that device met that communicates by by bus 104.In a preferred embodiment, bus 104 is utilized IEEE 1394 serial bus protocols that are called as live wire (Firewire).Interface 106 is accepted analog-and digital-input from client 102, and described input is converted to the spendable sweep trace of carrying out of audio/video player on computing machine 100.In an alternate embodiment, interface 106 is accepted the compressed signal of a digital compression/not and is transmitted the subclass of described whole signal or described signal from client 102.In one embodiment, interface 106 will be imported branch framing 108, pass to computing machine 100 by bus 104.

The form of explanation frame 108 among Fig. 2.Frame 108 comprises a frame header 110, video blocks 112, audio block 114, and optionally comprises an audio header 116.With respect to the voice data in the sampling of the video data in the video blocks 112 audio block 114.The audio samples counting of every frame changes according to defined number in the ANSI/SMPTE272M specification, and this specification is incorporated herein by reference in full.Audio samples counting beat is upward to divide necessary at NTSC frame frequency (29.97fps) an integer sample of per second.Similarly, the variable sizeization of frame 108 is so that be fit to various video formats, such as PAL or NTSC and 8 or 10 digital video data, and such as audio format of 16 and 24 of 48Khz and 96Khz or the like.Similarly, the frame sign of packed data can change so that be fit to compressed format.In one embodiment, video blocks 112 and audio block or compression blocks have a pre-sizing so that make analysis frame 108 simple also feasible application programs such as the direct memory access (DMA) program need processing expenditure seldom.In a part of video blocks 112 or audio block 114 is not to be full of fully under the data conditions, the remainder of usable zero filling block 112,114.In one embodiment, the data that contained in video blocks 112 and the audio block 114 are not compressed, and have further reduced the processing expenditure on the interface 106, and have reduced the needed processing expenditure of gunzip of operation on computing machine 100.

In case the input that is received from client 102 is changed and is converted into sweep trace and it is organized the incoming frame 108, interface 106 just send a frame with each vertical blanking interval in case provide with computing machine 100 synchronously.Computing machine 100 can draw described vertical blanking interval from the frequency of the frame that received and make himself and the Voice ﹠ Video data sync of importing frame 108 into that is received from interface 106.Kept the processing resource by this way, this is owing to need not carry out synchronously it when receiving each frame, therefore provides the Voice ﹠ Video of the better quality performance on the computing machine 100 to show.

Fig. 3 A and 3B illustrate the form of first packet and packet subsequently respectively.

The tissue of the video data in Fig. 4 A and the 4B explanation packet.The tissue of the voice data in Fig. 5 A and the 5B explanation packet.

Fig. 6 illustrates the content of frame header 110.Comprising each sample of indication have how many positions form mark 130, smpte time code 132, increase progressively frame counter 134, audio frequency cycle count 136, audio samples counting 138, channel counts 140, block size byte count 142, audio format mark 144 and video format mark 146.Audio samples counting 138 indication numbers of samples, it is consistent with a beat.Value in the audio frequency cycle count 136 is indicated the position in the described beat.The beat of frame forms a field cycling profile.

In an alternate embodiment, some content of frame header 110 can be moved or copies in the optional audio header 116.Show an alternate figures of frame header 110 among Fig. 7, it shows byte count, data length and a framing bit.

As illustrated in fig. 8, frame 108 is formed by a plurality of bags 150 structures of pre-sizing.Be associated with each bag be one 1394 grade the time packet head.Data transmission according to the present invention utilizes a synchronization bit to find the beginning of a frame.In the frame 108 first bag is marked with described synchronization bit.This allows computing machine 100 to discern described data stream when receiving data stream, thereby by allowing computing machine 100 to make the frame stream that is received from interface 106 reduce processing expenditure synchronously and further.

In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, illustrated in 9E as Fig. 9 A, can utilize the frame that meets serial digital interface (SDI) standard.In these embodiments, bus 104 meets IEEE 1394B serial bus protocol so that adapt to the data rate restriction that described SDI standard is stated.As described above, interface 106 forms frame by the SDTI frame of the Voice ﹠ Video data of establishment sweep trace, execution deinterleave, branch packetize and establishment fixed size by the input that is received.Depend on processing resource available on computing machine 100, interface 106, client 102 or other device, can make various modifications the SDTI frame.As described above, make the vertical blanking interval of the transmission of the SDTI frame that is sent by bus 104 and institute's acknowledge(ment) signal synchronous.

As shown in Fig. 9 A, SDTI frame 160 has two ingredients usually: vertical blanking part 162 and horizontal flyback sweep 164.Perhaps, in another embodiment (Fig. 9 B), for further synchronously and the purpose of fault detect (such as data of recovering to be lost in the transmission or generation bus reset), SDTI frame header 166 is added in the SDTI frame 160, described frame header 166 is one to have the header of a synchronization bit and a frame count.In this embodiment, comprise a frame count synchronization bit in the SDTI frame header 166, and SDTI frame header 166 is synchronous with vertical blanking part 162.For instance, can not read packed data or require at interface 106 and SDTI frame 160 can be transferred to computing machine 100 in the application of excessive upgrading of interface 106, wherein carry out processing in a non real-time mode SDTI stream by software.Perhaps, as shown in Fig. 9 C, can construct does not have the SDTI of horizontal flyback sweep 164 frame 160 so that further reduce processing expenditure.As shown in Fig. 9 D, also can utilize in one embodiment to be configured to not have horizontal flyback sweep but to have the SDTI frame of header 166.In yet another embodiment, as shown in Fig. 9 E, can between a plurality of passages, cut apart described SDTI frame, and described frame also comprises SDTI frame header 166.In this embodiment, transmitter is slit into two halves with described SDTI flow point, and a half line is by passage A transmission, and second half transmits by channel B.An additional header of each partial frame can be used for helping to reconfigure frame data.

In the another aspect of the present invention, external definition can be utilized so that the data transmission between computing machine 100, interface 106 and the client 102 is synchronous.In one embodiment, client 102 comprises a high-quality reference clock 180 (Fig. 1), and it can be used for the clock 182 on the sync cap 106 and prevents the overflowing of impact damper 184 on the interface 106.In this embodiment, draw the value of the reference clock 180 on the client 102 at interface 106 by the frequency that transmits data to interface 106 from computing machine 102.For carrying out flow control, between the frame transmission, skip circulation.The circulation of skipping increases the time quantum between the frame transmission so that make the data rate of frame transmission slack-off.Note Figure 10, at reference number 200 places, computing machine polling interface 106 is come the size of read buffers 184.Although for the purpose of demonstration, described impact damper is called term such as " bigger " and " less ", should be appreciated that the degree of filling of bigger and less this impact damper of finger under the situation of fixed size buffers.At reference number 202 places, computing machine 100 sends a plurality of frames to interface 106 then.At reference number 204 places, computing machine 100 polling interface 106 is once more judged the size of impact damper 184.If impact damper 184 had had growth (judging reference number 206 places) in size since last time since the poll big or small to it, control proceeds to reference number 208 places so, the wherein delay that increases between the frame that sends to interface 106 of computing machine 100.In one embodiment, the delay between institute's transmit frame is 125 milliseconds.In another embodiment, by some framing control are postponed to obtain fractional delay.For instance, be 2.5 to take advantage of 1.25 microseconds if require delay between the frame, scatter the alternate frame delay of (intersperse) 2 and 3 circulations (125 microsecond) so.Reference number 202 places are returned in control then, wherein frame are sent to interface 106, and extra delay is arranged between the frame.Yet, return and judge reference number 206 places, if impact damper 184 did not increase since the poll big or small to it in size since last time, control is converted to and judges reference number 210 places so.Judging reference number 210 places, if impact damper 206 reduces in size, control is converted to reference number 212 places so, wherein reduces to send to delay between the frame of interface 106 from computing machine 100.In one embodiment, this amount that reduces also is 125Ms.Control is converted to reference number 202 places then, wherein frame is sent to interface 106 from computing machine 100, and the delay that reduces is arranged between the frame.Return and judge reference number 210 places,, do not need to adjust the delay between the frame so, and control is converted to reference number 202 places if the size of impact damper 184 did not also reduce since the poll to the size of impact damper 184 since last time.

Interface 106 comprises a serial unit 300, and it is used to make it possible to communicate by bus 104.Serial unit 300 comprises a unit catalogue 302 as shown in table 1.

Title	Key word	Value
Title	Key word	Value	Unit_Spec_ID
	0×12	0×000a27	Unit_Spec_ID
	0×12	0×000a27	Unit_SW_Version	0×13	0×000022
Unit_Register_Location	0×54	The Csr_offset of register	Unit_SW_Version	0×13	0×000022
Unit_Register_Location	0×54	The Csr_offset of register	Unit_Signals_Supported
	0×55	The RS232 signal of being supported	Unit_Signals_Supported

Table 1

The Unit_Spec_ID value is specified the mechanism of the architecture definition of being responsible for serial unit 300.The Unit_SW_Version value is in conjunction with the common software interface of specifying described unit of Unit_Spec_ID value.The side-play amount of the home address space of the target devices of the described serial unit register of Unit_Register_Location value appointment.The Unit_Signals_Supported value is specified and is supported which RS-232 signal (as shown in table 2).If from described serial unit catalogue 302, omit this, do not support these signals so.

The hurdle	The position	Describe
The hurdle	The position	Describe	Be ready for sending (RTS)	0	If support RTS/RFR with regard to set
Zero clearing sends (CTS)	1	If support CTS with regard to set	Be ready for sending (RTS)	0	If support RTS/RFR with regard to set
Zero clearing sends (CTS)	1	If support CTS with regard to set	DSR (DSR)	2	If support DSR with regard to set
Data transmission ready (DTR)	3	If support DTR with regard to set	DSR (DSR)	2	If support DSR with regard to set
Data transmission ready (DTR)	3	If support DTR with regard to set	Jingle bell indication (RI)	4	If support RI with regard to set
Carrier wave (CAR)	5	If support CAR/DCD with regard to set	Jingle bell indication (RI)	4	If support RI with regard to set
Carrier wave (CAR)	5	If support CAR/DCD with regard to set	Keep	[31..6]	Keep

Table 2

Also comprise serial location register mapping 304 in the serial unit 300, it relates to the register that contains in the serial unit 300.The tissue of showing serial unit register mappings 304 in the table 3.

The sexadecimal skew	Title	Access	Size (quad)	Value
The sexadecimal skew	Title	Access	Size (quad)	Value	0×0	Login	W		2	The address of the serial register of initiator
0×8	Nullify	W	1	Any value	0×0	Login	W		2	The address of the serial register of initiator
0×8	Nullify	W	1	Any value	0×c	Reconnect	W		1	The node ID of initiator
0×10	T * FIFO is big	R		1	0×c	Reconnect	W		1	The node ID of initiator	The byte-sized of T * FIFO
0×10	T * FIFO is big	R		1	0×14	R * FIFO is big	R		1	The byte-sized of R * FIFO	The byte-sized of T * FIFO
0×18	State	R		1	0×14	R * FIFO is big	R		1	The byte-sized of R * FIFO	CTS/DSR/RI/CAR
0×18	State	R		1	0×1c	Control	W		1	DTR/RTS	CTS/DSR/RI/CAR
0×20	Refresh	W		1	0×1c	Control	W		1	DTR/RTS	Any value
0×20	Refresh	W		1	0×24	Refresh	W		1	Any value	Any value
0×28	Send and interrupt	W	1	Any value	0×24	Refresh	W		1	Any value
0×28	Send and interrupt	W	1	Any value	0×2c	Baud is set	W	1	Baud rate 300-〉230400
0×30	Character is set	W	1	7 or 8 characters	0×2c	Baud is set	W	1	Baud rate 300-〉230400
0×30	Character is set	W	1	7 or 8 characters	0×34	Setting stops	W	1	1,1.5 or 2
0×38	Odd even is set	W	1	Nothing, strange or even parity check	0×34	Setting stops	W	1	1,1.5 or 2
0×38	Odd even is set	W	1	Nothing, strange or even parity check	0×3c	Flow control is set	W	1	Nothing, RTS/CTS or Xon/Xoff (continuing/stop)
0×40	Keep	-	4	Keep	0×3c	Flow control is set	W	1	Nothing, RTS/CTS or Xon/Xoff (continuing/stop)
0×40	Keep	-	4	Keep	0×50	Send data	W	T * FIFO size	Byte waiting for transmission

Table 3

Serial unit register mappings 304 relates to a login register.One device of attempting to communicate with serial unit 300 is called as an initiator in this article.For instance, initiator can be computing machine 100 or other node of being connected on the network and communicating with interface 106 by a high-speed serial bus.Described initiator is write described login register so that sign in in the serial unit 300 with 64 bit address of the plot of its serial register mapping.If another initiator is logined, serial unit 300 is returned a conflict response message of makeing mistakes so.High 32 of described address are written to entry address, and low 32 are written to place, login+4.Described serial unit register mappings also relates to one and nullifies register.Initiator is write this register so that nullify with any value from this serial unit.After each bus reset, initiator must be written to its (may change) node ID and reconnect register.If fail to do like this within one second at initiator behind the bus reset, it will be nullified automatically so.16 node ID are written to 16 of the bottoms of this register, 16 on top should be written as zero.Read T * FIFO sized registers and return the byte-sized of the transmission FIFO of serial unit.Read R * FIFO sized registers and return the byte-sized of the reception FIFO of serial unit 300.Read status register returns the state (if support) of current C TS/DSR/RI/CAR.Ground as shown in table 4 structural state register.

The hurdle	The position	Describe
The hurdle	The position	Describe	CTS	0	If CTS is high, just is 1, otherwise is
DSR	1	If DSR is high, just is 1, otherwise is 0	CTS	0	If CTS is high, just is 1, otherwise is
DSR	1	If DSR is high, just is 1, otherwise is 0	RI	2	If RI is high, just is 1, otherwise is 0
CAR	3	If CAR is high, just is 1, otherwise is 0	RI	2	If RI is high, just is 1, otherwise is 0
CAR	3	If CAR is high, just is 1, otherwise is 0	Keep	[31..4]	Always be 0

Table 4

The state that the writing of control register is provided with DTR and RTS (if support).The tissue of showing described control register in the table 5.

The hurdle	The position	Describe
The hurdle	The position	Describe	RTS	0	If be 1, just RTS be made as height, otherwise RTS be made as low
DTR			RTS	0
DTR		1	If be 1, just DTR be made as height, otherwise DTR be made as low
Keep		1		[31..2]	Always be 0

Table 5

With any value write refresh T * fifo register make serial unit 300 refresh its transmission FIFO, abandon current any byte wherein.Any value write refresh R * fifo register and make serial unit refresh it to receive FIFO, abandon current any byte wherein.Any value is write the transmission interrupt register makes serial unit 300 after the current content of transmission T * FIFO an interruption status is set on its serial port.The baud rate that writing of baud rate register is provided with the serial port of serial unit 300 is set.As shown in table 6ly organize the described baud rate register that is provided with.

The value of writing	Baud rate
The value of writing	Baud rate	0	300
1	600	0	300
1	600	2	1200
3	2400	2	1200
3	2400	4	4800
5	9600	4	4800
5	9600	6	19200
7	38400	6	19200
7	38400	8	57600
9	115200	8	57600
9	115200	10	230400

Table 6

The position size that the character boundary register is provided with send and the character that is received is set.Show the described tissue that the character boundary register is set in the table 7.Is 8 as highest significant position with 7 character fill by adding a filler.

The value of writing	The character bit size
The value of writing	The character bit size	0	7
1	8	0	7

Table 7

Setting stops the number that sized registers indicates position of rest.Organize described setting to stop sized registers as shown in table 8ly.

The value of writing	Position of rest
The value of writing	Position of rest	0	1
1	1.5 position	0	1
1	1.5 position	2	2

Table 8

The parity checking that the parity checking register is provided with serial port is set.Show the described tissue that the parity checking register is set in the table 9.

The value of writing	Parity checking
The value of writing	Parity checking	0	The no parity position
1	Even parity check	0	The no parity position
1	Even parity check	2	Odd

Table 9

The flow control register is set the employed flow control type of serial port is set.Show the described tissue that the flow register is set in the table 10.

The value of writing	Flow control
The value of writing	Flow control		0	Do not have
1	CTS/RTS		0	Do not have
1	CTS/RTS	2	XOn/XOff

Table 10

Write and use this transmitting data register when asking transmitting data register that character is write transmission FIFO when initiator sends piece.Piece writes and must be not more than by the specified transmission FIFO size of T * FIFO sized registers.Do not write if there are enough spaces to be used for whole among T * FIFO, return make mistakes response message and do not have character to be copied among this FIFO of a conflict so.

Comprise also in the series unit 300 that one has the initiator register mappings of a plurality of registers, organize this mapping as shown in table 11ly.

The sexadecimal side-play amount	Title	Access	Size (quad)	Value
The sexadecimal side-play amount	Title	Access	Size (quad)	Value	0×0	Interrupt	W	1	Any value
0×4	Framing is made mistakes	W		1	0×0	Interrupt	W	1	Any value	The character that is received
0×4	Framing is made mistakes	W		1	0×8	Parity checking makes mistakes	W		1	The character that is received	The character that is received
0×c	R * FIFO overflows	W	1	Any value	0×8	Parity checking makes mistakes	W		1		The character that is received
0×c	R * FIFO overflows	W	1	Any value	0×10	State variation	W		1	CTS/DSR/RI/CAR
0×14	Keep	-	3	Keep	0×10	State variation	W		1	CTS/DSR/RI/CAR
0×14	Keep	-	3	Keep	0×20	The data that received	W	R * FIFO size	The byte that is received

Table 11

When serial unit 300 detected an interruption status on its serial port, it was written to this register with an arbitrary value.When serial unit 300 detected a framing and makes mistakes on its serial port, it was written to the framing register with the character that is received.When serial unit 300 detected a parity checking and makes mistakes on its serial port, it was written to the parity checking register of makeing mistakes with the character that is received.When the reception FIFO of serial unit 300 overflowed, serial unit 300 was written to R * FIFO overflow register with an arbitrary value.When serial unit 300 detected the variation of arbitrary state of CTS/DSR/RI/CAR, its state that is written to the new serial port signal state of indication changed register.The tissue of showing described status register in the table 12.

The hurdle	The position	Describe
The hurdle	The position	Describe	CTS	0	If CTS is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0
DSR	1	If DSR is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0	CTS	0	If CTS is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0
DSR	1	If DSR is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0	RI	2	If RI is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0
CAR	3	If CAR is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0	RI	2	If RI is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0
CAR	3	If CAR is the higher position is 1, otherwise be 0	Keep	[31..4]	Always be 0

Table 12

When serial unit 300 when its serial port receives character, it writes affairs with piece the character that is received is written to the received data register.It never writes the byte of Duoing than by the specified reception FIFO size of R * FIFO sized registers.If initiator can not receive all characters that sent, it responds and does not receive the character that is sent with the conflict response message of makeing mistakes so.

Figure 11 illustrates the register memory mapping of interface device according to an embodiment of the invention.Figure 12 illustrates the tissue of the A/V global register that interface of the present invention contains.Figure 13 illustrates the tissue of the global state register that interface device of the present invention contains.Control register when Figure 14 illustrates waiting of containing in the interface device of the present invention.Figure 15 illustrates the tissue of the flow control register that contains in the interface device of the present invention.The tissue of channel register when Figure 16 illustrates waiting of containing in the interface device of the present invention.

In another embodiment of the present invention, draw a synthetic vertical blanking signal by the vertical blanking register on the polling interface 106.This vertical blanking signal invocation code is to the program of operation on computing machine 100.In one embodiment, also the program to operation on computing machine 100 provides clocking information, itself and yard sign indicating number that combines or replace being called that is called.In one embodiment of the invention, interface 106 contains a register, and it has the counter of current process in the indication frame, thus deducibility or draw next vertical flyback in addition.By drawing the border of frame transmission, can locate with the access frame in and other data synchronous with the generation of a vertical blanking interval, such as for sampling operation.In addition, one embodiment of the present of invention draw and are used to locate consistent with vertical blanking interval but do not comprise frame boundaries about the data of the information of described vertical blanking.In one embodiment, the present invention is used for obtaining after a video blanking interval takes place active data in one period, such as the timing code that can read and can be used for being contained in the frame in the various processing application.In one embodiment, computing machine 100 scheduling one are interrupted therefore sending out a frame so that send in this deduction time then.

Claims

1. method that is used for sequential delivery plurality of data frame between a computing machine and a videoconference client, described computing machine and videoconference client communicate each other by a HSSI High-Speed Serial Interface that is connected between described computing machine and the described videoconference client, described method comprises: for each Frame, provide:

One frame header;

Video data, described video data are followed described frame header; With

Voice data, described voice data is followed described video data.

2. method according to claim 1, it further comprises for each Frame provides an audio header, and described audio header is present between described video data and the described voice data.

3. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises a frame count synchronization bit.

4. method according to claim 3, it further comprises for each Frame provides a vertical blanking part.

5. method according to claim 4, wherein said frame count synchronization bit are synchronous with described vertical blanking part.

6. method according to claim 1, it further comprises for each Frame provides an audio header with an audio frequency cycle count.

7. method according to claim 1 is wherein with respect to the described video data described voice data of taking a sample.

8. method according to claim 1, the every frame of wherein said voice data comprise audio samples counting.

9. method according to claim 8, the byte number of wherein said each sample of audio samples counting indication.

10. method according to claim 8, wherein said audio samples counting changes according to an ANSI/SMPTE272M standard.

11. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises the form mark, the figure place of each sample of described form mark instruction video data.

12. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises a SMPTE time code.

13. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises one and increases progressively frame counter.

14. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises an audio frequency cycle count, and its indication is by the position in the specified audio frequency beat of ANSI/SMPTE 272M standard.

15. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprise voice-grade channel counting.

16. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises a block size byte count.

17. method according to claim 16, wherein said block size byte count indicate to contain how many audio frequency bytes in the described voice data.

18. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises the audio format mark.

19. method according to claim 1, wherein said frame header comprises the video format mark.

20. the method for transmission data between a computing machine and a videoconference client, described method comprises:

A header is appended to a Frame that meets SDTI; With

Between a videoconference client and a computing machine, transmit described header and the frame that meets SDTI by an interface that meets IEEE 1394b.

21. method according to claim 20, its frame that further comprises the described SDTI of meeting is divided into first and second parts, and send described header and described first by a first passage, and send described header and described second portion by a second channel.

22. device that is used for sequential delivery plurality of data frame between a computing machine and a videoconference client, described computing machine and videoconference client communicate each other by a HSSI High-Speed Serial Interface that is connected between described computing machine and the described videoconference client, and this system comprises:

Be configured to provide the circuit of a frame header for each Frame;

Be configured to provide for each Frame the circuit of video data, described video data is followed described frame header; With

Be configured to provide for each Frame the circuit of voice data, described voice data is followed described video data.

23. device according to claim 22, it further comprises the circuit that is configured to provide for each Frame an audio header, and described audio header is present between described video data and the described voice data.

24. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises a frame count synchronization bit.

25. device according to claim 24, it further comprises the circuit that is configured to provide for each Frame vertical blanking part.

26. device according to claim 25, wherein said frame count synchronization bit are synchronous with described vertical blanking part.

27. device according to claim 22, it further comprises and is configured to provide a circuit with audio header of an audio frequency cycle count for each Frame.

28. device according to claim 22 is wherein with respect to the described video data described voice data of taking a sample.

29. device according to claim 22, the every frame of wherein said voice data comprise audio samples counting.

30. device according to claim 29, the byte number of wherein said each sample of audio samples counting indication.

31. device according to claim 29, wherein said audio samples counting changes according to an ANSI/SMPTE 272M standard.

32. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises the form mark, the figure place of each sample of described form mark instruction video data.

33. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises a SMPTE time code.

34. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises one and increases progressively frame counter.

35. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises an audio frequency cycle count, and its indication is by the position in the specified audio frequency beat of ANSI/SMPTE 272M standard.

36. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprise voice-grade channel counting.

37. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises a block size byte count.

38. according to the described device of claim 37, wherein said block size byte count indicates to contain how many audio frequency bytes in the described voice data.

39. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises the audio format mark.

40. device according to claim 22, wherein said frame header comprises the video format mark.

41. one kind is used for apparatus for transmitting data between a computing machine and a videoconference client, this system comprises:

Be configured to a header is appended to a circuit that meets the Frame of SDTI; With

Be configured so that meet the interface of IEEE 1394b in a videoconference client and a calculating by one

Described header of transmission and the circuit that meets the frame of SDTI between the machine.

42. according to the described device of claim 41, it further comprises: be configured so that the frame of the described SDTI of meeting is divided into the circuit of first and second parts; Be configured so that send described header and described first and send the circuit of described header and described second portion by a second channel by a first passage.

43. computer program that contains instruction, when a computing machine is carried out described instruction, described instruction is sequential delivery plurality of data frame between a computing machine and a videoconference client, described computing machine and videoconference client communicate each other by a HSSI High-Speed Serial Interface that is connected between described computing machine and the described videoconference client, and this realizes by following content is provided for each Frame:

One frame header;

Video data, described video data are followed described frame header; With

Voice data, described voice data is followed described video data.

44. according to the described computer program of claim 43, it further comprises instruction, when a computing machine was carried out described instruction, described instruction provided an audio header for each Frame, and described audio header is present between described video data and the described voice data.

45. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises a frame count synchronization bit.

46. according to the described computer program of claim 45, it further comprises instruction, when a computing machine was carried out described instruction, described instruction provided a vertical blanking part for each Frame.

47. according to the described computer program of claim 46, wherein said frame count synchronization bit is synchronous with described vertical blanking part.

48. according to the described computer program of claim 43, it further comprises instruction, when a computing machine was carried out described instruction, described instruction provided an audio header with an audio frequency cycle count for each Frame.

49. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein with respect to the described video data described voice data of taking a sample.

50. according to the described computer program of claim 43, the every frame of wherein said voice data comprises audio samples counting.

51. according to the described computer program of claim 50, the byte number of wherein said each sample of audio samples counting indication.

52. according to the described computer program of claim 51, wherein said audio samples counting changes according to an ANSI/SMPTE 272M standard.

53. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises the form mark, the figure place of each sample of described form mark instruction video data.

54. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises a smpte time code.

55. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises one and increases progressively frame counter.

56. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises an audio frequency cycle count, its indication is by the position in the specified audio frequency beat of described ANSI/SMPTE 272M standard.

57. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises voice-grade channel counting.

58. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises a block size byte count.

59. according to the described computer program of claim 58, wherein said block size byte count indicates to contain how many audio frequency bytes in the described voice data.

60. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises the audio format mark.

61. according to the described computer program of claim 43, wherein said frame header comprises the video format mark.

62. a computer program that contains instruction, when a computing machine was carried out described instruction, described instruction was transmitted data by following step between a computing machine and a videoconference client:

Add a header to a Frame that meets SDTI; With

63. according to the described computer program of claim 62, it further comprises instruction, when a computing machine is carried out described instruction, and described instruction: the frame of the described SDTI of meeting is divided into first and second parts; Send described header and described first by a first passage, and send described header and described second portion by a second channel.