CN1822563A - Network terminal method and device - Google Patents
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A network terminal system includes display device, input equipment, terminal unit respectively coupling with input equipment and display device, at least one host computer coupling to network interface, said system transmitting user instruction from input equipment to host computer which receiving displaying signal responding to user instruction, processing received displaying signal and transmitting processed displaying signal to display device. Said terminal unit has arithmetic capability, converting received not browsing or displaying format displaying signal into capable of browsing or displayable format displaying signal. Said invention can effectively connect at least an arithmetic device in long range input equipment and remote display equipment cost, and allowing user utilizing computer high arithmetic capability, large data storage and prolific software capability.
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Technical field
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to digital communication and computing, particularly the network equipment and method.
Background technology
Now, people use a computer, perhaps particularly personal computer (PC) thus visit from the information and the service of internet.Such behavior is commonly called " net surfing ".With broadband connection, might retrieve the abundant media content of for example audio frequency, video and animation file, and for example receive abundant media content from game on line, Online Music and the video request program of internet.Simultaneously, home entertainment system, comprise TV (TV) machine and surround sound system for electrical teaching, be used for obtaining broadcast service, and enjoy the media content local or individual via VCR, cassette player, CD Player and DVD player by being connected to land, satellite and/or cable system.
Text and figure generate although computer for example is of value to, local or by the visit of internet and the production task of tissue and administering digital media data, home entertainment system is for medium browsing and play better.On the contrary, television set is of value to watches film, but is not suitable for browsing the content of text from internet or PC.This is definite especially for simulated television, and simulated television has finite resolution and owing to the use of interlacing scan method has intrinsic flicker artifacts.
In the past, the system that developed helps the passage that connects between internet, computer and home entertainment system, but has only limited effect.These systems can be summarized as three base class.
Approach is the TV set-top box by providing a kind of network with remote control and remote keyboard to be connected, and TV is become basic internet browsing equipment.The low resolution of simulated television makes to be difficult in the Internet with abundant text and figure and navigates.Also be difficult to use remote keyboard.The big keyboard of clicking also is difficult to use, and this big keyboard is placed on the portable notebook or usually on the coffee table on the roughly direction of IR receiver.
Another approach is so-called media center PC, thereby it directly drives TV and can have built-in broadcasting tuner visit broadcast service.If media center PC uses the low resolution TV as unique browsing apparatus, it can meet with above-mentioned same problem.Yet,, be very inconvenient so have the high resolution monitor of separation owing to be difficult to PC system and remaining home entertainment system are placed together.Also have other problem, for example broadcast the convenient of connectivity, primary access to content and input equipment and use.
Three approach provides a kind of network media adapter (a perhaps web-enabled set-top box), it can be via home-network linkups to PC, thereby allow the user to use remote controllers to visit the media data that is stored among this PC, and on the three-dimensional audio/video of TV and/or family, present data.Yet, thereby the server software that it depends on the PC is visited the pure media content that is stored on the PC, visits limited online Media content thereby perhaps depend on special Internet service.And be not sufficient to net surfing as the remote controllers of unique input equipment.
Therefore, needs are more convenient and spend more effective solution, and passage connects between internet, computer and home entertainment system.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of network terminal system.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of domestic network system that adopts above-mentioned network terminal system.
Network terminal system of the present invention comprises: display device is used for the display message to the client; Input equipment is used to receive the instruction of user's input; Terminal equipment, respectively with input equipment and display device coupling, and be coupled at least one master computer on the network interface, it is used for the user instruction from input equipment is passed to master computer, and from the shows signal of master computer reception in response to user instruction, the shows signal that processing receives is sent to display device with the shows signal of handling.Wherein, terminal equipment has operational capability, with the shows signal of the form that can not browse or can not show that receives, converts to and can browse or the shows signal of displayable form.
Domestic network system of the present invention, comprise, at least one master computer, network router, network terminal system, this network terminal system and this at least one master computer are coupled with network router respectively, network router is connected to external network, wherein, this network terminal system is above-mentioned network terminal system.
Above-mentioned master computer, it is used for the Control Network terminal system, comprising:
The application program control module is provided for basic equipment configuration, plug and play and user's Navigation Control of network terminal system, and manages other modules in the master computer;
The A/V capture module, charge capture is from the shows signal of master computer;
Medium process module is handled the seizure shows signal from the A/V capture module, before the shows signal of catching is sending to network terminal system, it is carried out filtering, preliminary treatment and compression, makes it be adapted at showing on the display device of network terminal system;
Long-range input module, it is responsible for illustrating and handling the input instruction that receives from network terminal system;
Long-range output module is provided to the output remote control signal of network terminal system;
The media data library module is responsible for developing and managing main media database, and retrieves media content from database;
Browser is used to read, retrieve and browse the content of automatic network;
The media services module is with media data library module, browser and Network Interface Module coupling, for the streaming medium content of network terminal system provides service;
Network Interface Module, comprise I/O control module and delivery module, I/O control module and application program control module, long-range input module and long-range output module are coupled, provide and communicating by letter that the input and output of network terminal system are controlled, the coupling of delivery module and medium process module and media services module provides the transmission with the media data of network terminal system;
Long-range peripheral interface simulator with the Network Interface Module coupling, provide the simulation layer in the master computer, thereby the ancillary equipment that allows to be connected in network-termination device can be visited by master computer.
Compared with prior art, the present invention can pass through network, is connected at least a arithmetic unit with long-range input equipment effectively with the remote display device cost.Especially, allow the user via the computer that is connected to network easily access the Internet data and service and visit from the data and the service of computer, and because it has realized that ratio uses more effective, the shared occupation mode of these devices on network of cost of arithmetic unit and communicator in the mode of special use, thereby allow the user to utilize the high operational capability of computer, big storage and abundant software capability.
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The present invention in the diagram of accompanying drawing by the mode of example and also be not with the restriction mode describe, wherein identical label is represented similar elements.
Fig. 1 is the diagrammatic sketch according to the network terminal system of embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 according to embodiments of the invention, comprise the diagrammatic sketch of the domestic network system of network terminal system;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart according to the network terminal system of embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 4 is according to embodiments of the invention, the diagrammatic sketch of software module in the master computer of Control Network terminal system.
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Those of ordinary skill in the art can realize description subsequently of the present invention, and this description is exemplary, and does not limit the present invention in any way.Other embodiments of the invention point out those those of ordinary skill to enjoy advantage of the present invention at an easy rate.
The objective of the invention is by network, be connected at least a arithmetic unit, for example computer effectively with the remote display device cost with long-range input equipment.Especially, in some sense, the objective of the invention is to allow the user via the computer that is connected to network easily access the Internet data and service and visit from the data and the service of computer, and because it has realized that ratio uses more effective, the shared occupation mode of these devices on network of cost of arithmetic unit and communicator in the mode of special use, thereby allow the user to utilize the high operational capability of computer, big storage and abundant software capability.
Network-termination device according to embodiments of the invention can be used for being connected to master computer with long-range input equipment and remote display device, make computing and data, services become possibility, this computing and data, services comprise but be not limited to access the Internet, from the data and the service of miscellaneous equipment in master computer and the network.For example, Internet service can comprise that World Wide Web (hereinafter " WWW ") is browsed, Email, Online Music, Online Video program request, music/video download/stream, online shopping, online bank, online education, game on line, Online Video phone and video/audio meeting or the like.From the service of master computer can comprise individual photo slideshow, listen to the music, watch video recording and film, play, be connected to family and save facility from damage, be connected to home videos/audio monitor and the upload media content arrives master computer etc.
In this specification and claim, " long-range " is used for reference to for for example device of computer or the service that provided by another equipment of another equipment is provided, and it need use network or wireless connections to have the chance of this equipment of use in some mode.Devices'physical locations is relation not, and two objects can in identical room or in the scope of closing on still be mutually " long-range ".
In this specification and claim, " master computer " is restricted to the calculation element on network, this calculation element is the warehouse for useful service of the miscellaneous equipment on the network (for example computer and terminal etc.) (for example, ancillary equipment such as printer, data storage, Email or access to the Internet etc.) and information.
In this specification and claim, " terminal " is defined as the electronic equipment by network and at least one main computer communication (for example transmitting a signal to master computer and the reception signal from master computer).Network terminal system comprises at least one input equipment, a display device and some the simple circuits that hereinafter are called terminal equipment.Its major function is to pass on instruction from the user via input equipment, shows output via display device then.
Method among the present invention further allows the increase of disposal ability, memory, magnetic disc store, ancillary equipment and the display performance of network terminal system, thereby it provides interactively multimedia computing, recreation and amusement.For example, ancillary equipment can be including, but not limited to single-definition and high definition DVD disc driver, the analog and digital video interface, be connected to the analog-and digital-tuner of land, cable, satellite broadcasting or other home entertainment device, the smart card that is used for visit with good conditionsi, be used for media-playback and the hard disk storage entertainment content that program recording is watched later, or other is connected to the interface of numeric display unit and input equipment etc.Therefore, the device of following network-termination device and the example of the use in the different system should be counted as demonstration example, rather than to relative broad range restriction of the present invention.
Fig. 1 has shown the diagrammatic sketch according to the network terminal system 100 of embodiments of the invention.Network terminal system 100 comprises at least one terminal equipment 110, an input equipment 120 and a display device 130.
Be used for conveying a message with the display device 130 of terminal equipment 110 couplings to the client.For example, it may be televimonitor, computer monitor, loud speaker etc.In preferred embodiment of the present invention, display device 130 is televimonitors.Televimonitor can be a simulated television monitor or a digital television monitor.It can be visited but be not limited to multi-form, for example composite video, S-Video, component are simulated and the component numeral, following signal at least one: NTSC (NTSC system), PAL (line-by-line inversion), SECAM (order transmits and the storage color television system) and other different anolog TV signals, ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee), DVB (digital video broadcasting) and other different digital television signal.
The input equipment 120 that is coupled with terminal equipment 110 is the instructions that are used to receive user's input.For example, input equipment 120 can be remote controller, keyboard, mouse, pointing device, joystick etc.Input equipment 120 can or wirelessly be connected with terminal equipment 110 via serial port, PS2 port, USB port.In preferred embodiment of the present invention, input equipment 120 is multifunctional remote input (MFRI) equipment.MFRI equipment provides for example input function of remote controllers, remote keyboard, remote mouse, long-range click and remote operation bar, thereby via non-direct communication of terminal equipment 110 and master computer.In an example, MFRI equipment can be as the remote controller of terminal equipment 110, and it can carry out direct radio communication with terminal equipment 110.In another example, MFRI equipment can be non-directly via terminal equipment 110 as the remote keyboard and the remote mouse of master computer, it is connected with terminal equipment 110 by wired or wireless network.
In one embodiment, MFRI equipment has infrared (IR) transmitter, thereby via atmosphere and terminal equipment 110 radio communications.IR transmitter on the input equipment 120 (figure does not show) is tuned as each IR receiver (figure does not show) IR frequency that frequency is identical of the terminal equipment 110 that communicates with.Yet, MFRI equipment can use following any one that is used for wireless communication link to replace IR transmission via atmosphere: radio frequency (RF) transmission or via the RF transmission that wherein is provided with existing power in the building of the present invention or telephony wiring, RF repeater, IR to RF transducer, RF to the IR transducer, or other wireless telecommunication technologies.
When the communication of having set up between terminal equipment 110 and the master computer, terminal equipment 110 becomes the extension of master computer.For example, terminal equipment 110 will pass to master computer from the user instruction of input equipment 120; From the shows signal of master computer reception, handle the shows signal that receives, and the shows signal of handling is sent to display device 135 in response to user instruction.This makes the user has been shown that input equipment 120 and display device 130 are connected in " long-range " master computer, and is the extension of master computer.
Because the bandwidth constraints of network, the shows signal that receives from host computer system may not be browsable or displayable form.Handle the shows signal receive and this conversion of signals is become can browse or displayable form thereby terminal equipment can have operational capability.For example, the shows signal that receives is the visual image signal of JPEG compressed format.JPEG (JPEG (joint photographic experts group)) one is used for the compress technique of coloured image and photo.Terminal equipment 110 can have the JPEG decoding capability, thereby before browsable signal is sent to display device 130, the shows signal of compression is decoded and generated browsable unpressed visual signal or other browsable form, this unpressed visual signal comprises red, green or blue (RGB) color composition, perhaps (YCrCb) composition of brightness or colourity.
In preferred embodiment, terminal equipment 110 is than master computer cheaply, and the figure that can not have same levels reappears and synthesis capability.What replace is, thereby network terminal system 100 is given full play to existing strong computing and the image ability flows to the user with abundant medium shows signal.For example, network terminal system 100 can be operated with the remote desktop pattern.In this pattern, input equipment 120 can generate remote keyboard and mouse event.Terminal equipment 110 sends to these incidents the master computer that is used to handle.At the master computer end, frame buffer (vision) signal and audio frequency output (sound) signal is captured, and is selectively being compressed before showing on the display device 130 being sent to terminal equipment 110.Therefore, 110 needs of terminal equipment have sound/vision decoding capability, and need not have complicated figure reproduction ability.In this remote desktop pattern, the application program of all master computers all is visual and available for the user who uses network terminal system.Yet, for certain subclass of application program, media application file for example, thereby terminal equipment 110 directly deal with data obtain high-quality user experience.For better service in this target, terminal equipment 110 can have for the medium that flow to the user specific abundant media processing capacity.For example, media data is directly sent to or flows to terminal equipment 110.Terminal equipment 110 is processing media data directly, comprises for example medium (audio/video) decoding, reprocessing and converts the visual/earcon that is used for display device 130 to.Media decodes can be including, but not limited to decoding to the sound image signal of compression, this sound image signal utilizes for example MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) standard of MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and/or decoding of MPEG-4 the 10th parts of images and MP3 (MPEG-2 version 3) voice codec, some are the propriety standard of the windows media video of MS (WMV) and windows media audio (WMA) for example, or the like.
With optional control output interface 160, terminal equipment 110 extensions the scope of master computer, and give full play to the computing and the storage capacity of master computer, thus other device that control is not connected with network.A use-case provides the general remote control ability.Have the remote I R control code book of the thousands of existing customer's of being used for electronic equipment.Some general remote control appliances are stored in code book in read-only memory (ROM) or the non-volatile EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memo) (EEPROM).Yet this equipment is relatively costly.Master computer has sufficient memory and is used for many known Long-distance Control code books, and has sufficient computing and software complexity, thereby can learn unknown Long-distance Control code book when meeting with such equipment.By the support of master computer on the network,, input equipment 120 controls other device thereby can becoming the general remote controller.In addition, the source of control signal can be not only from input equipment 120, but also from other device of other device on master computer itself or the network or outer net.Because terminal equipment 110 is placed on the scope that master computer and other consumer electronic devices close on of comparing usually, for example the control interface of the IR transmitter of terminal equipment 110 can better be located and control these electronic equipments than being directly connected in ' long-range ' master computer.
With optional peripheral interface 170, terminal equipment 110 can be so that the performance of the ancillary equipment on the interface 170 be the ancillary equipment of the extension of master computer.But being configured in when providing the ability of terminal equipment 110 and epitaxy by the hardware and software of giving full play to master computer so significantly reduced the complexity and the cost of terminal equipment.Terminal equipment 110 comprises periphery alternatively.For example, terminal equipment 110 can comprise the A/V input interface 150 of the DVD driver that is used for local content, one or more for example digital AV interface or hard disk of simulation that is used for broadcasted content and/or a digital TV tuner and a stores broadcast contents (for example, being used for digital image recording) etc.Similarly, the periphery in the terminal equipment 110 also can be visited by master computer.
It is apparent that for those of ordinary skill in the art terminal equipment 110 can use or be incorporated in the dissimilar products.For example, terminal equipment 110 can be but be not limited to one of them of following equipment: for example, network adapter, DMA, DVD player, game cartridge, have the set-top box of cable and/or satellite receiver or be integrated into TV components etc.
Fig. 2 has shown the example according to domestic network system 200 embodiments of the invention, that be made up of network terminal system.Input equipment 120 is by the MFRI long-range input equipment of IR interface 125 with terminal equipment 110 couplings.Display device is the televimonitor 130 by another device A/V receiver 260a and terminal equipment 110 couplings.In this configuration, A/V receiver 260a is by A/V output interface 135 and terminal equipment 110 couplings.Thereby A/V receiver 260a also is coupled in cable or satellite receiver 260b receiving broadcast signal, and with the DVD player 260c coupling that is used to receive DVD A/V signal.
The terminal equipment 110 here can be called " network media terminal ", with the media processing capacity of emphasizing that it is powerful.Terminal equipment 110 is by wireless lan (wlan) interface 140 and network router 210 couplings.In domestic network system 200, have two master computer: desktop PC230a and PC230b on knee.Desktop PC230a is via Ethernet (for example, 10/100/1000 Ethernet) interface and network router 210 couplings, and PC230b on knee is via WLAN interface and network router 210 couplings.
Equally, 3 ancillary equipment have been shown among Fig. 2: digital camcorder 240a, digital camera 240b and wireless microphone 240c.These 3 ancillary equipment are coupled in terminal equipment 110 via peripheral interface 170a, 170b and 170c respectively. Peripheral interface 170a, 170b are USB (universal serial bus structural) interfaces, and peripheral interface 170c is a Bluetooth personal regional network interface.When connecting, peripheral interface 170a, the 170b of terminal equipment 110 and the ancillary equipment on the 170c can show as the ancillary equipment of relevant master computer self.For example, master computer is by browsing on the digital camera nonvolatile memory as the removable disc driver of extension, can read and load the digital picture among the digital camera 170b of seizure.Another example, the user can use Bluetooth wireless microphone 170c and home computer is spoken, and wherein speech recognition software can move and understand sound instruction and the input from the user.
In domestic network system 200, it is the control output interface 160 of IR interface that IR transmitter 220 provides it, thereby controls other consumer electronic devices.IR transmitter 220 via shown in peripheral interface 170d be connected in terminal equipment 110.It is apparent that for those of ordinary skill in the art IR transmitter 220 can otherwise be connected in terminal equipment 110.For example, IR transmitter 220 can be incorporated in the terminal equipment 110.Control output interface 160 allows the user to control display device 130 and other consumer electronic devices 260a, 260b and 260c.In this example, terminal equipment 110 is connected to home network with home entertainment device 130,240a, 240b, 240c, 260a, 260b, 260c.
Fig. 3 shows the control flow chart according to the network terminal system of embodiments of the invention.Network terminal system is used to provide at least two basic functions: media services and remote desktop service.Based on the menu of system, it has simple, friendly graphic user interface, is suitable for the demonstration on the display device of for example televimonitor.
On the basis of the configuration of finishing network terminal system, root menu 310 is shown to the user.By it, the user can select to use network terminal system in remote desktop pattern or medium browsing pattern.For example, root menu can comprise that submenu is as ' desktop ', ' internet ', ' video ', ' photo ', ' music ' etc.
Based on user instruction, for example long-range input equipment is used the remote control of ' desktop ' or ' internet ' submenu that elects, network terminal system is transformed into remote desktop mode 3 20.In this pattern, can be shown to the user from the remote desktop form of master computer.Thereby, most application programs of on master computer, moving, for example explorer, Email, office application program, recreation etc. all are available for the user.At remote desktop mode 3 20, the user can make input equipment remote keyboard and the remote mouse as common table top control.When user by selecting in root menu 310 ' internet ' and when entering remote desktop mode 3 20, the Internet browser application can be shown in the user with proprietary pattern.Explorer can be the browser of customization, and this browser is to optimize for the target television set as display device.At remote desktop mode 3 20, can use different technology for example convergent-divergent, flicker filter (Flicker Filtering), displacement (Panning), application program prospect snapshot (Application Foreground Snapping), thereby the graphic user interface quality that will show desk interface is from may being to be optimized for 2 feet states of browsing to bring up to 10 feet states of browsing.
In remote desktop mode 3 20, when the user selected the Internet flows media services for example to use explorer, network terminal system entered internet media stream mode 350.Internet media stream mode 350 times, the user can use long-range input device controls properties of flow for example to play, suspend, stop, advancing and rewinding etc.When finishing internet media when stream, network terminal system can return remote desktop mode 3 20 automatically or enter root menu 310 based on user's instruction.
At remote desktop mode 3 20, when the user selected main media file, network terminal system entered main media stream pattern 360.Main media file can be the media file of video, audio frequency, photo, photo album or media play list Meta data file etc. for example, this media file be master computer this locality or in the local area network (LAN) that master computer can be visited.The user can make input equipment as remote control.When finishing main Media Stream, network terminal system can automatically return to remote desktop mode 3 20 or arrive root menu 310 based on user instruction.In remote desktop mode 3 20, the user can select to return remote menu 310, perhaps directly enters main media navigation mode 3 30.
At root menu 310,, network terminal system is transformed into main media navigation mode 3 30 based on for example using long-range input equipment to select one user instruction in ' video ', ' photo ', ' music ' submenu as remote control.In this pattern, only selectively the main media file of medium type just shows the user.When the user selected main media file, network terminal system entered main media stream pattern 360.The user can make input equipment as remote control.When finishing main Media Stream, network terminal system can automatically return to main media navigation mode 3 30, perhaps enters root menu 310 based on user instruction.In main media navigation mode 3 30, the user can select to return remote menu 310, perhaps directly enters remote desktop mode 3 20.
Fig. 4 shows the block diagram according to the software module of the control terminal system in master computer of embodiments of the invention.For complexity and the cost that minimizes network terminal system 100, handle most of tasks by master computer 230.Master computer 230 is coupled by local area network (LAN) circuit 140 and network terminal system 100, and is coupled in internet 250 by external network circuit 255.Perhaps, circuit 140 and 255 can be by the network router in the domestic network system 200 as shown in Figure 2.
Network Interface Module 420 is communicated by letter by network line 140 management and network terminal system 100.Network Interface Module 420 can be supported different communication protocol, including, but not limited to the procotol of for example TCP (transmission control protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protoco (UDP)), and the media stream protocol of RTP (RTP), RTSP (real-time streaming protocol) and HTTP (HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)) etc. for example.Network Interface Module 420 is made up of I/O control module 422 and delivery module 424.With the I/O control module 422 that application program control module 410, long-range input module 430 and long-range output module 490 are coupled, provide and communicating by letter that the input and output of network terminal system 100 are controlled.With the delivery module 424 of medium process module 450 and media services module 480 couplings, provide transmission with the media data of network terminal system 100.
Application program control module 410 is provided for basic equipment configuration, plug and play and user's Navigation Control of network terminal system 100, and other software modules in the master computer that shows in the control chart 400.For example, application program control module 410 can send to terminal equipment via I/O control device 422 with configuration-direct.On the basis that receives from the user instruction that is transformed into the remote desktop pattern of I/O control device 422, application program control module 410 can be arranged to master computer the remote desktop pattern, simultaneously, activate for example long-range input module 430, A/V capture module 440 and medium process module 450.On the basis that receives from the user instruction that enters into the explorer pattern of I/O control 422, application program control module 410 can be arranged to master computer unique explorer pattern, simultaneously, activate for example long-range input module 430, A/V capture module 440, medium process module 450 and explorer 470.On the basis that receives from the user instruction that enters into the media navigation pattern of I/O control 422, application program control module 410 can be arranged to master computer the media navigation pattern, simultaneously, activate for example long-range input module 430, media data library module 460 and media services module 480.
By long-range input 430 modules that Keysheet module 432 and mouse module 434 are formed, it is responsible for illustrating and handling the input instruction that receives from network terminal system 100.Long-range input module 430 can select to have for example other module of action bars module.For example, in the remote desktop mode 3 20 shown in Fig. 3, the input equipment of network terminal system 100 can be configured to remote keyboard/mouse device.Long-range input module 430 is explained the user instruction signal that receives.If the user instruction signal is a keyboard signal, Keysheet module 432 sends at least one corresponding KeyEvent (for example key downwards and/or unclamp) operating system of master computer 230.If the user instruction signal is a mouse signal, mouse module 434 with at least one corresponding mouse event (for example mouse moves and/or mouse button downwards and/or unclamp etc.) send to the operating system of master computer 230.If the user instruction signal is the remote control signal of " hot key " coding, long-range input module 430 can send to corresponding hot key the operating system of master computer 230 in an orderly manner.
By the A/V capture module 440 that frame buffer module 442 and audio stream module 444 are formed, charge capture is from the shows signal (video and/or audio) of master computer.A/V capture module 440 can use in remote desktop mode 3 20 shown in Figure 3.The shows signal of catching was sent to medium process module 450 and carries out filtering, preliminary treatment and compression before sending to network terminal system 100 via delivery module 424.The graphical display signal that frame buffer module 442 is caught from the graphic frame buffer.The graphic frame buffer can be single user buffer, or is exclusively used in the buffer of the remote desktop meeting of network terminal system.Audio stream module 444 is caught audio output signal, for example enters the back audio frequency mixed frequency signal of sound card.If master computer 230 operation sole user operating systems can make the current location change direction of the shows signal of seizure from this locality of master computer.If the multi-user operating system of remote desktop meetings is supported in master computer 230 operation, the shows signal of seizure can be different with the current demand signal of this locality at master computer place, and it allows the concurrent use localization and the long-range of master computer.
With the medium process module 450 of A/V capture module 440 and delivery module 424 couplings, handle seizure shows signal from A/V capture module 440, make it be adapted at showing on the display device of network terminal system 100.In order to reduce bandwidth consumption, send to delivery module 424 and before being passed to network terminal system 100, compress shows signal in shows signal by network.RLE (run-length encoding) compression, MPEG compression can be compressed, move to compress technique including, but not limited to JPEG, MP3, WMA etc.The shows signal of catching, for example font size, pattern layout etc. can be designed to the best image on the master computer, its so-called " 2 feet " interface.When the shows signal of catching directly shows on the display device of network terminal system 100, can browse from the long distance that is called " 10 feet " interface, at this moment, the shows signal of browsing seizure is very difficult or very uncomfortable.Medium process module 450 can be used different technology and the preliminary treatment shows signal.
Such technology is convergent-divergent and displacement, thereby the part graphical display signal is used and is amplified to the screen space of the display device that fills up Network Termination Type 1 00.That part of shows signal of transmitting and its zoom factor are by the input equipment that uses network terminal system, and for example the user of MFRI input module controls.When the convergent-divergent graphical display signal, can use suitable filter, for example the bright filter of back flash, edge-protected filter (Edge-Preserved Filter) improve visual quality.
Another technology is called ' prospect snapshot ', in this case, outside desktop window, has only the prospect of top level application program to be captured, to handle and be transferred to subsequently network terminal system 100.In one embodiment, can design the prospect application program especially for the network terminal system of shows signal with suitable processing.For example, the desktop window of master computer can have the resolution of high 600 row (800 * 600) of wide 800 pixels.With the network terminal system is the application program of target, the special release of explorer for example, and the application view that can have 640 * 480 resolution, and use the big font type that is fit to NTSC or PAL televimonitor.Shows signal is shone such explorer soon, thereby allow the user to carry out net surfing with the maximal comfort that shows based on TV that is fit to network terminal system 100.Also can in the prospect snapshot, use convergent-divergent and displacement.During this situation, displacement is limited in the application view, rather than in the desktop window.
Another technology is that picture color is regulated, simultaneously, and according to brightness, colourity and the contrast of the characteristic changing shows signal of display device.The display device based on TV of network terminal system 100 can be tuning for video tour.It has the brightness and contrast higher than computer monitor usually.In addition, nominally the digitized signal strength signal intensity of television set is from 16 to 233, yet the signal strength signal intensity of subscriber computer monitor is 0 to 255 on same rank.The picture color adaptation is handled and has been improved the picture display quality.
Even in preferred embodiment, carry out above-mentioned medium treatment technology by the medium process module on master computer 230 450, it is apparent that and to carry out these operations by the disparate modules on the master computer or by network terminal system 100 for those of ordinary skill in the art.
With the media data library module 460 of media services module 480 couplings, be responsible for developing and managing main media database, and from database, retrieve media content.Media data library module 460 can use in prevailing model.Browser 479 is to allow to read, retrieve and browse the software application from the content of internet (WWW) and/or in-house network.Can be the part of browser or the stream proxy module 472 of an independent software module, it be as intermediate line link in internet and/or the in-house network, between media services module 480 and remote media server (figure does not show).Stream proxy module 472 can use in the Internet flows pattern.
With the media services module 480 of media data library module 460,424 couplings of stream proxy module 472 and delivery module, for the streaming medium content of network terminal system 100 provides service.Media services module 480 can be used in prevailing model and the Internet flows pattern.Media services module 480 is support media Gray code, anti-convergent-divergent and inverse proportion selectively, thereby the source media format conversion is become to be suitable for the form of objective network terminal system 100.Gray code converts media content to another kind of form from a kind of compressed format.Anti-convergent-divergent utilizes identical compress technique or utilizes different compress techniques to convert media content to different spaces and/or the resolution of time from a kind of compressed format.Inverse proportion utilizes identical compressed format to convert media content to different compression factor.
With the long-range output module 490 of I/O control 422 couplings, be provided to the output remote control signal of network terminal system 100.This module provides integration and control intelligence for multiple electronic equipment and device.Long-range output module 490 can be stored different remote control protocols and the code book that is used for various electronic and device.Common control signal can be translated into the control password that is used for destination apparatus.With network-termination device shown in Figure 2 is example, IR can be controlled coding transmission to Network Termination #1 10, and drive IR transmitter 220 control a plurality of home entertainment devices, for example cable/satellite receiver 260b, DVD player 260c, A/V receiver 260a and televimonitors 130.The Controlling Source that is used for long-range output module 490 can be from the long-range input equipment of network terminal system (directly being handled by the user), can be from master computer itself (based on the program of programming in advance), perhaps other on internet device (for example family's operating board of Zheng Heing) and from other device (for example, long-distance user outside the above-mentioned prerequisite or external control are acted on behalf of) of external network etc.
Long-range peripheral interface simulator 495 with network interface 420 couplings provides the simulation layer in the master computer, thereby the ancillary equipment that allows to be connected in network-termination device can be visited by master computer 230.For example, when the peripheral interface of network-termination device comprises USB (universal serial bus structural) bus, thereby long-range peripheral interface simulator 495 can comprise the remote USB host controller on the USB root hub simulator imitation master computer.With long-range peripheral interface simulator 495, the usb bus on the network-termination device shows on the master computer as just local usb bus, can be by the arbitrary softward interview that moves on the master computer.When USB device was inserted the usb bus of network-termination device, this USB device was as the USB device of the master computer that inserts USB root hub simulator.By master computer, the user can visit USB device, for example, uses the long-range input equipment (being used for control) and the display device (being used for showing) of network terminal system.Consider the embodiment of network terminal system shown in Figure 2, when the user was connected to terminal equipment 110 with Bluetooth wireless microphone 240c, respective remote peripheral interface simulator 495 is activated supported the bluetooth interface.Subsequently, master computer will find that wireless microphone is a local ancillary equipment and start corresponding software stack and support it.Thereby the user can make Bluetooth wireless microphone 240c the software that is controlled at the host computer hands-operation as input equipment.
In specification, " embodiment " or the reference of " embodiment " are meant that describing relevant specific feature, structure or characteristic with this embodiment is to comprise at least one embodiment of the present invention.The phrase " in one embodiment " that diverse location occurs in specification needn't all with reference to same embodiment.
Embodiments of the invention can comprise above-mentioned different step.This step can be included in the executable indication of machine.This indication can be used to make general or special purpose processor to carry out certain step.Perhaps, can carry out these steps by the specific hardware components that comprises the firmware hardwired logic of carrying out these steps or by arbitrary combination of the computer part of programming and traditional hardware components.
Element of the present invention can be used as the machine-readable media that is used to store the executable indication of machine.Machine-readable media can be including, but not limited to being fit to floppy disk, CD, CD-ROM and magneto optical disk, ROM, RAM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memories, magnetic or the light-card of store electrons indication, the medium/machine-readable media of communications media or other type.For example, element of the present invention can be downloaded as computer program, this computer program can adopt the mode that is included in the digital signal in carrier wave or other communications media, is transferred to requesting computer (for example client) via communication line (modulator-demodulator or network connect) from a remote computer (for example server).When information was passed on by network or communication line or is provided on another computer or the machine, computer or machine were suitably regarded circuit as machine-readable media.Thereby such circuit also suitably is called machine-readable media.Above-mentioned combination is also included within the scope of machine-readable media.
In above-mentioned specification, in order to reach the purpose of explanation, having narrated a lot of specific details is in order to understand the present invention up hill and dale.Yet, it is apparent that for those of ordinary skill in the art, can not need those specific details and realize the present invention.It should be apparent that equally, can under the situation of the spirit and scope that do not deviate from broad of the present invention, can make the different modifications and the change of these details.These explanations and accompanying drawing thereby just see and explain rather than limit.
Providing of summary is in order to make the reader understand essence and elite that present technique discloses soon.The submission of summary is interpreted as, and this is not scope or the implication that is used for illustrating or limiting claim.
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1. network terminal system comprises:
Display device is used for the display message to the client;
Input equipment is used to receive the instruction of user's input;
Terminal equipment, respectively with input equipment and display device coupling, and be coupled at least one master computer on the network interface, it is used for the user instruction from input equipment is passed to master computer, and, handle the shows signal that receives from the shows signal of master computer reception in response to user instruction, the shows signal of handling is sent to display device, it is characterized in that
Terminal equipment has operational capability, with the shows signal of the form that can not browse or can not show that receives, converts to and can browse or the shows signal of displayable form.
2. network terminal system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this terminal equipment further comprises any combination of A/V input interface, control output interface or peripheral interface.
3. network terminal system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this display device is television set, computer or loud speaker.
4. network terminal system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, this input equipment comprises remote controller, keyboard, mouse, pointing device or joystick, it is wired or wirelessly be coupled in terminal equipment, perhaps, this input equipment provides the long-range input equipment of the input function of remote controllers, remote keyboard, remote mouse, long-range click or remote operation bar.
5. network terminal system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, this input equipment carries out direct radio communication as the remote controllers of terminal equipment with terminal equipment.
6. network terminal system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, remote keyboard and remote mouse that this input equipment is calculated as main frame are wired or wirelessly be coupled in terminal equipment.
7. network terminal system as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that this input equipment has the IR transmitter, and its IR receiver frequency that is tuned as the terminal equipment that communicates with is identical.
8. network terminal system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the A/V input interface of this terminal equipment and A/V receiver coupling, and the output of this A/V receiver is sent to this display device.
9. network terminal system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the control output interface of this terminal equipment is the IR interface, and it is provided by the IR transmitter, thus the control consumer electronic devices.
10. network terminal system as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, consumer electronic devices comprises cable or satellite receiver, audio frequency amplifier or DVD player.
11. network terminal system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the ancillary equipment that peripheral interface connected of this terminal equipment comprises wireless microphone, digital camcorder or digital camera.
12. network terminal system as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the ancillary equipment of the expansion that the ancillary equipment that peripheral interface connected of this terminal equipment is calculated as main frame.
13. domestic network system, comprise, at least one master computer, network router, network terminal system, this network terminal system and this at least one master computer are coupled with network router respectively, network router is connected to external network, wherein, this network terminal system is any one described network terminal system of claim 1-12.
14. domestic network system as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, this master computer comprises:
The application program control module is provided for basic equipment configuration, plug and play and user's Navigation Control of network terminal system, and manages other modules in the master computer;
The A/V capture module, charge capture is from the shows signal of master computer;
Medium process module is handled the seizure shows signal from the A/V capture module, before the shows signal of catching is sending to network terminal system, it is carried out filtering, preliminary treatment and compression, makes it be adapted at showing on the display device of network terminal system;
Long-range input module, it is responsible for illustrating and handling the input instruction that receives from network terminal system;
Long-range output module is provided to the output remote control signal of network terminal system;
The media data library module is responsible for developing and managing main media database, and retrieves media content from database;
Browser is used to read, retrieve and browse the content of automatic network;
The media services module is with media data library module, browser and Network Interface Module coupling, for the streaming medium content of network terminal system provides service;
Network Interface Module, comprise I/O control module and delivery module, I/O control module and application program control module, long-range input module and long-range output module are coupled, provide and communicating by letter that the input and output of network terminal system are controlled, the coupling of delivery module and medium process module and media services module provides the transmission with the media data of network terminal system;
Long-range peripheral interface simulator with the Network Interface Module coupling, provide the simulation layer in the master computer, thereby the ancillary equipment that allows to be connected in network-termination device can be visited by master computer.
15. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, on the basis that receives from the user instruction that is transformed into the remote desktop pattern of I/O control device, the application program control module can be arranged to master computer the remote desktop pattern, simultaneously, activate long-range input module, A/V capture module and medium process module.
16. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, on the basis that receives the user instruction of controlling from I/O that enters into the explorer pattern, the application program control module can be arranged to master computer unique explorer pattern, simultaneously, activate long-range input module, A/V capture module, medium process module and explorer.
17. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, on the basis that receives the user instruction of controlling from I/O that enters into the media navigation pattern, the application program control module can be arranged to master computer the media navigation pattern, simultaneously, activate long-range input module, media data library module and media services module.
18. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, long-range input module comprises by Keysheet module, mouse module action bars module or remote keyboard/mouse device.
19. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, the A/V capture module comprises frame buffer module and audio stream module, and the frame buffer module is caught the graphical display signal from the graphic frame buffer, and audio stream module is caught audio output signal.
20. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, medium process module is coupled in the A/V capture module convergent-divergent, displacement and prospect snapshot is provided.
21. domestic network system as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, further comprise the stream proxy module, it is as a part or the standalone module of browser, as in internet and/or the in-house network, the intermediate line link between media services module and remote media server.
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