JP2010118898A - Clock circuit, and video processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a clock circuit capable of achieving timing adjustment processing based on time information, and clock generation processing based on clock adjustment values by one clock generation circuit. <P>SOLUTION: A first transport packet to which first time information is added, and a second transport packet to which second time information is added are inputted to a timing adjustment circuit 4 in this order. The timing adjustment circuit 4 inputs the first transport packet to a clock generation circuit 5 at first timing. Also, the timing adjustment circuit 4 obtains the differential value between the first time information and the second time information, and inputs the second transport packet to the clock generation circuit 5 at second timing, where time corresponding to the differential value passes from the first timing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a clock circuit and a video processing apparatus including the clock circuit.

  In a communication protocol using MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) 2-TS (Transport Stream), an encoder on the transmission side adds a PCR (Program Clock Reference) for each transport packet at a predetermined interval. The decoder on the receiving side detects the PCR included in the transport packet and regenerates the encoder clock based on the detected PCR. In MPEG2-TS, meaningless transport packets (null packets) are included in the transport stream in order to adjust the communication speed. In the encoder, PCR is added to the transport stream including a null packet.

  In communication via an IP (Internet Protocol) network, such as IP broadcast or VOD (Video On Demand) service, it is desirable to transmit a transport stream after deleting null packets in order to reduce the amount of communication data. . In this case, the position of the transport packet including the PCR differs before and after the null packet is deleted. Therefore, also in the transport stream received by the decoder, the position of the transport packet including the PCR is different from the original position (position in the transport stream before the null packet is deleted). Therefore, the decoder cannot accurately reproduce the encoder clock only by the detected PCR.

  Patent Documents 1 and 2 below disclose techniques for converting MPEG2-TS into MPEG2-TTS (Time-stamped Transport Stream) by adding a time stamp to each MPEG2-TS transport packet. Even when the null packet is deleted in the encoder, the decoder can restore the original position of the transport packet including the PCR based on the time stamp. Therefore, the decoder can regenerate the encoder clock based on the PCR included in the transport packet restored to the original position.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of a decoder that handles MPEG2-TTS. The TTS decoder 330 operates based on the reference clock generated by the clock generation unit 334, reads the TTS packet from the TTS packet buffer 332 according to the time stamp added to each TTS packet, and sends it to the MPEG decoder 340 as a TS packet. input.

  The TTS decoder 330 has a function of adjusting the frequency of the reference clock as follows. The TTS packet buffer 332 stores TTS packets that are about half of their capacity (that is, the occupation amount is about 1/2). The TTS decoder 330 monitors the occupation amount of the TTS packet buffer 332, and raises the frequency of the reference clock when the occupation amount exceeds the specified range. This speeds up the pace at which TTS packets are read from the TTS packet buffer 332. On the other hand, when the occupation amount falls below the specified range, the frequency of the reference clock is lowered. This slows down the pace at which TTS packets are read from the TTS packet buffer 332.

JP 2008-35197 A JP 2008-35198 A

  According to the decoder shown in FIG. 14, it is necessary to provide a clock generation unit 334 separately from the clock generation circuit included in the MPEG decoder 340. That is, it is necessary to provide a clock generation circuit for TTS processing separately from a clock generation circuit for clock recovery based on PCR. As a result, the circuit configuration becomes complicated, leading to an increase in the size of the device and an increase in manufacturing costs.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a timing adjustment process based on time information (time stamp) added to a transport packet, and a clock adjustment value (PCR) included in the transport packet. The clock generation processing based on (1) is realized by using a single clock generation circuit, and a clock circuit and a video processing apparatus including the clock circuit are provided.

  The clock circuit according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured to generate a clock whose frequency is adjusted based on a clock adjustment value included in a part of the plurality of transport packets. And a timing adjustment unit that adjusts a timing at which the plurality of transport packets are input to the clock generation unit, wherein the timing adjustment unit includes a first transport packet to which first time information is added. And the second transport packet to which the second time information is added are input in this order, and the timing adjustment unit inputs the first transport packet to the clock generation unit at a first timing. Then, a first difference value between the first time information and the second time information is obtained, and the second transporation is obtained. The door packet, at a second timing period in response to said first difference value from the first timing has elapsed, and is characterized in that the input to the clock generating means.

  According to the clock circuit according to the first aspect, the timing adjustment unit obtains a first difference value between the first time information and the second time information, and the second transport packet is converted into the first timing. Is input to the clock generation means at the second timing when the time corresponding to the first difference value has elapsed. That is, the second transport packet to the clock generation means is obtained by obtaining the first difference value between the first time information and the second time information and counting the first difference value using the counter. The input timing can be adjusted. Here, the counter can perform a counting operation using the clock generated by the clock generation means. Therefore, the timing adjustment process based on the time information and the clock generation process based on the clock adjustment value can be realized by using one clock generation circuit in the clock generation unit.

  The clock circuit according to a second aspect of the present invention is the clock circuit according to the first aspect, in particular, the timing adjustment means includes a storage means for temporarily storing the plurality of transport packets, Detecting means for detecting a storage amount of the plurality of transport packets in the clock, the clock generation means based on the clock adjustment value and the detection result of the storage amount by the detection means. The frequency is adjusted.

  According to the clock circuit of the second aspect, the detection means detects the storage amount of a plurality of transport packets in the storage means. Then, the clock generation means adjusts the clock frequency based not only on the clock adjustment value but also on the detection result of the storage amount by the detection means. When the storage amount of the storage means is increasing, the clock frequency is increased, and when the storage amount of the storage means is decreasing, the clock frequency of the reception side decoder is decreased by decreasing the clock frequency. The frequency of the encoder clock can be approached. As a result, the clock generation means can reliably adjust the clock frequency using the clock adjustment value.

  The clock circuit according to a third aspect of the present invention is the clock circuit according to the second aspect, particularly, wherein the clock generation means weights at least one of the clock adjustment value and the detection result of the storage amount. It is characterized by this.

  According to the clock circuit of the third aspect, by weighting at least one of the clock adjustment value and the storage amount detection result, the influence of the clock adjustment value and the storage amount detection result on the adjustment of the clock frequency is affected. The degree can be adjusted as desired.

  The clock circuit according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the clock circuit according to any one of the first to third aspects, in particular, when the timing adjustment means has an abnormal value as the first difference value. Is characterized in that the second transport packet is input to the clock generation means at a third timing when a predetermined time has elapsed from the first timing.

  According to the clock circuit of the fourth aspect, when the first difference value indicates an abnormal value, the timing adjustment unit sends the second transport packet to the second transport packet after a predetermined time has elapsed from the first timing. 3 is input to the clock generation means. Thus, when the second time information indicates an abnormal value for some reason, the second transport packet can be input to the clock generation unit after a predetermined time has elapsed regardless of the first difference value. it can. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation where the operation of the clock circuit stops due to abnormal time information.

  The clock circuit according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the clock circuit according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in particular, the timing adjustment means includes the first transport packet and the second transport packet. A third transport packet to which third time information is added is input between the transport packet, and the timing adjustment unit converts the third transport packet into the first transport packet. It is characterized in that it is continuously input to the clock generating means.

  According to the clock circuit according to the fifth aspect, the timing adjustment means inputs the third transport packet to the clock generation means in succession to the first transport packet. That is, regarding the third transport packet, the process for obtaining the difference value of the time information with respect to the immediately preceding first transport packet is not performed. As a result, the processing load can be reduced as compared with the case where the processing for obtaining the difference value of the time information is performed for all transport packets.

  The clock circuit according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the clock circuit according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in particular, the timing adjusting means includes the first transport packet and the second transport packet. When a third transport packet to which third time information is added is input between the transport packet and the third transport packet is a transport packet that does not include the clock adjustment value. The timing adjustment means inputs the third transport packet to the clock generation means in succession to the first transport packet, and the third transport packet receives the clock adjustment value. In the case of a transport packet including the timing packet, the timing adjustment means includes the first time information and the third time. A second difference value from the first information is obtained, and the third transport packet is sent to the clock generation means at a fourth timing when a time corresponding to the second difference value has elapsed from the first timing. It is characterized by inputting.

  According to the clock circuit of the sixth aspect, when the third transport packet does not include the clock adjustment value, the timing adjustment unit continues the third transport packet to the first transport packet. And input to the clock generation means. That is, regarding the third transport packet, the process for obtaining the difference value of the time information with respect to the immediately preceding first transport packet is not performed. As a result, the processing load can be reduced as compared with the case where the processing for obtaining the difference value of the time information is performed for all transport packets. In addition, when the third transport packet includes the clock adjustment value, the timing adjustment unit obtains a second difference value between the first time information and the third time information, and the third transport packet Is input to the clock generation means at the fourth timing when the time corresponding to the second difference value has elapsed from the first timing. Thereby, the transport packet including the clock adjustment value can be input to the clock generation means at an appropriate timing according to the difference value of the time information. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the accuracy of adjustment of the clock frequency by the clock generation means decreases.

  A video processing device according to a seventh aspect of the present invention executes a transport packet decoding process based on a clock circuit according to any one of the first to sixth aspects and a clock generated by the clock circuit. And a decoding circuit.

  According to the video processing device of the seventh aspect, in the clock circuit, the timing adjustment process based on the time information and the clock generation process based on the clock adjustment value use one clock generation circuit in the clock generation means. Has been realized. This reduces the size of the clock circuit. Accordingly, by providing the video processing device with a miniaturized clock circuit, the overall size of the video processing device can be reduced.

  According to the present invention, one clock generation circuit is used for timing adjustment processing based on time information added to a transport packet and clock generation processing based on a clock adjustment value included in the transport packet. Can be realized.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the element which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in different drawing shall show the same or corresponding element.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a simplified configuration of a video processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The video processing device 1 is, for example, a receiving device (set) for receiving a video signal transmitted from an encoder on the transmission side in communication via an IP network (IP broadcasting, streaming type or download type VOD service, etc.). Top box). Referring to FIG. 1, the video processing apparatus 1 includes a clock circuit 2 and a decode circuit 3. The clock circuit 2 includes a timing adjustment circuit 4 and a clock generation circuit 5.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the timing adjustment circuit 4. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the clock generation circuit 5. As shown in the connection relationship of FIG. 2, the timing adjustment circuit 4 includes a buffer 21 (storage means), a detection unit 22, a gate 23, an extraction unit 24, a register 25, a calculation unit 26, and a down counter 27. . 3, the clock generation circuit 5 includes a PCR detection unit 31, an STC (System Time Clock) counter 32, a subtracter 33, DACs (Digital to Analog Converter) 34, 38, LPF (Low Pass Filters 35 and 39, an adder 36, and a VCO (Voltage Control Oscillator) 37.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of the transport stream S1 received by the video processing device 1. The transport stream S1 includes a plurality of transport packets TP. In FIG. 4, only eight transport packets TP <b> 1 to TP <b> 8 that are consecutive in this order are shown for simplicity of explanation.

  5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating the structure of the transport packet TP. The transport packet TP has a header part PH and a payload part PP, and the total data length of these is 188 bytes. A time stamp (time information) 50 having a data length of 4 bytes is added to the transport packet TP. Further, a PCR (clock adjustment value) 51 is included in the header portion PH for each transport packet TP at a predetermined interval. FIG. 5 shows a transport packet TP including the PCR 51, and FIG. 6 shows a transport packet TP not including the PCR 51. Both the time stamp 50 and the PCR 51 are counter values, and are generated by a counting operation using a common clock of 27 MHz in the encoder 6, but usually both values are different from each other.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the video processing apparatus 1 will be described. First, the operation of the timing adjustment circuit 4 will be described. The video processing apparatus 1 receives the MPEG2-TTS transport stream S1 transmitted from the encoder 6 via the IP network. Then, the received transport stream S1 is temporarily stored in the buffer 21. Referring to FIG. 2, transport stream S <b> 1 is read from buffer 21 and input to gate 23.

  FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing the relationship between the transport stream S1 input to the gate 23 and the transport stream S2 output from the gate 23. Regarding the transport stream S1, transport packets TP1 to TP8 are successively read from the buffer 21 in this order and input to the gate 23.

  First, the extraction unit 24 extracts the value of the time stamp 50 (time stamp value ST (1)) added to the first transport packet TP1 from the transport stream S1 read from the buffer 21, The time stamp value ST (1) is stored in the register 25.

  Next, the extraction unit 24 extracts the value of the time stamp 50 (time stamp value ST (2)) added to the transport packet TP2 following the transport packet TP1, and uses the time stamp value ST (2). The data is stored in the register 25 and input to the calculation unit 26. At this time, the time stamp value ST (1) stored in the register 25 is also input to the calculation unit 26. The calculation unit 26 sets the difference value SW (2) between the two by subtracting the time stamp value ST (1) from the time stamp value ST (2).

  When the setting of the difference value SW (2) to the down counter 27 is completed and the gate 23 is opened simultaneously, the input of the transport packet TP1 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started at time T1. When the transport packet TP1 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again. When passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to the transport packet TP1 is deleted, whereby conversion from MPEG2-TTS to MPEG2-TS is performed.

  The down counter 27 receives the clock S4 output from the VCO 37. The down counter 27 decrements the set value of the down counter 27 by “1” every time the clock S4 is input. Then, at the same time as the set value of the down counter 27 corresponding to the difference value SW (2) becomes zero, a control signal SO for opening the gate 23 is input to the gate 23. By opening the gate 23, input of the transport packet TP2 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started at time T2. When the transport packet TP2 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again. Similarly to the above, when passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to the transport packet TP2 is deleted.

  Further, the extraction unit 24 extracts the value of the time stamp 50 (time stamp value ST (3)) added to the transport packet TP3 following the transport packet TP2, and registers the time stamp value ST (3). 25 and input to the calculation unit 26. At this time, the time stamp value ST (2) stored in the register 25 is also input to the arithmetic unit 26. The computing unit 26 subtracts the time stamp value ST (2) from the time stamp value ST (3). Then, the set value of the down counter 27 corresponding to the difference value SW (2) becomes zero by decrement, and at the same time, the difference value SW (3) is set in the down counter 27.

  Similarly to the above, every time the clock S4 is input, the down counter 27 decrements the set value of the down counter 27 by “1”. Then, at the same time as the set value of the down counter 27 corresponding to the difference value SW (3) becomes zero, the control signal SO for opening the gate 23 is input to the gate 23. When the gate 23 is opened, input of the transport packet TP3 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started at time T3. When the transport packet TP3 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again. As described above, when passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to the transport packet TP3 is deleted.

  The same operation as described above is repeated for the transport packets TP4 and subsequent ones, and the transport stream S2 is input from the timing adjustment circuit 4 to the clock generation circuit 5.

  Referring to FIG. 7, for transport stream S2, for example, transport packet TP2 is input to clock generation circuit 5 in succession to transport packet TP1. This is because the encoder 6 does not have a null packet between the transport packet TP1 and the transport packet TP2. Strictly speaking, an interval of 4 bytes corresponding to the time stamp 50 deleted in the gate 23 exists between the end of the transport packet TP1 and the start of the transport packet TP2. In FIG. 7, the interval is ignored.

  For example, the transport packet TP3 is input to the clock generation circuit 5 with a delay from the transport packet TP2. The delay amount is a time WT1 corresponding to two transport packets TP in comparison between the heads. This is because the encoder 6 has deleted one null packet that existed between the transport packet TP2 and the transport packet TP3.

  For example, the transport packet TP6 is input to the clock generation circuit 5 with a delay from the transport packet TP5. The delay amount is a time WT2 corresponding to three transport packets TP in comparison between the heads. This is because the encoder 6 has deleted two null packets that existed between the transport packet TP5 and the transport packet TP6.

  When the above operation is generalized, the timing adjustment circuit 4 has a time stamp value ST (N) related to the transport packet TP (N) and a time stamp value ST (N−) related to the immediately preceding transport packet TP (N−1). A difference value SW (N) from 1) is obtained. Then, the transport packet to the clock generation circuit 5 is transmitted at the timing when the time corresponding to the difference value SW (N) has elapsed from the start of the input of the transport packet TP (N−1) to the clock generation circuit 5. Start inputting TP (N). In this way, the timing adjustment circuit 4 adjusts the timing at which the plurality of transport packets TP are input to the clock generation circuit 5.

  Next, the operation of the clock generation circuit 5 will be described. Among the plurality of transport packets TP1 to TP8 input from the timing adjustment circuit 4 to the clock generation circuit 5, some transport packets TP include the PCR 51 in the header portion PH (see FIG. 5). ). Here, as an example, it is assumed that PCR 51 is included in transport packets TP1 and TP7.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the PCR detection unit 31 first detects the value of the PCR 51 (PCR value) included in the transport packet TP1, which is the first transport packet TP including the PCR 51, and the PCR value is detected. The STC counter 32 is set. The clock S4 output from the VCO 37 is input to the STC counter 32. The STC counter 32 increments the value of the STC counter 32 by “1” every time the clock S4 is input.

  Next, the PCR detection unit 31 detects the PCR value included in the transport packet TP7 and inputs the PCR value to the subtracter 33 as a signal S31. At this time, the current value of the STC counter 32 is input to the subtracter 33 as the signal S32. The subtracter 33 subtracts the value of the signal S32 from the value of the signal S31 and outputs the subtraction result as the signal S33. The DAC 34 converts the signal S33, which is a digital signal, into a signal S34, which is an analog signal, and outputs the signal S34. When the value of the signal S33 is zero, the DAC 34 outputs, for example, a 1V signal S34. When the value of the signal S33 is a positive value, the DAC 34 outputs a signal S34 having a voltage exceeding 1V according to the value. When the value of the signal S33 is a negative value, the DAC 34 outputs a signal S34 having a voltage of less than 1V according to the value. The LPF 35 outputs a signal S35 by performing a low pass filter process on the signal S34. Thereby, the fluctuation | variation of the voltage value in minute time is averaged. The signal S35 is input to the adder 36.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the detection unit 22 detects the total data amount of a plurality of transport packets TP currently stored in the buffer 21. A predetermined reference value (for example, ½ of the storage capacity of the buffer 21) is set in advance as the total data amount. The detection unit 22 outputs a signal S3 corresponding to the difference between the reference value and the current total data amount. Referring to FIG. 3, DAC 38 converts signal S3, which is a digital signal, into signal S38, which is an analog signal, and outputs the signal S38. When the difference between the reference value and the total data amount is zero, the DAC 38 outputs a signal S38 of 1 V, for example. When the difference is a positive value, the DAC 38 outputs a signal S38 exceeding 1 V in accordance with the value. When the difference is a negative value, the DAC 38 outputs a signal S38 of less than 1 V according to the value. The LPF 39 outputs a signal S39 by performing a low-pass filter process on the signal S38. Thereby, the fluctuation | variation of the voltage value in minute time is averaged. The signal S39 is input to the adder 36.

  The adder 36 adds the signal S35 and the signal S39, and outputs the addition result as a signal S36. The VCO 37 generates and outputs a clock S4 whose frequency is adjusted based on the analog voltage value indicated by the signal S36. For example, when the value of the signal S36 is 2V, the VCO 37 outputs a clock S4 of 27 MHz, and when the value of the signal S36 is more than 2V, the VCO 37 outputs a clock S4 of more than 27 MHz according to the value. When the value of S36 is less than 2V, the clock S4 of less than 27 MHz is output according to the value. The clock S4 is input to the STC counter 32 and the down counter 27. Referring to FIG. 1, clock S4 is input to decoding circuit 3.

  With reference to FIG. 1, a transport stream S <b> 2 and a clock S <b> 4 are input to the decode circuit 3 from the clock generation circuit 5. The decoding circuit 3 operates based on the clock S4, and outputs a video signal S5 by executing a decoding process on the transport stream S2. The video signal S5 is input to the display device 7 connected to the video processing device 1.

  As described above, according to the clock circuit 2 according to the present embodiment, the timing adjustment circuit 4 includes the time stamp value ST (N) related to the transport packet TP (N) and the immediately preceding transport packet TP (N−1). A difference value SW (N) with respect to the time stamp value ST (N−1) is obtained. Then, the transport packet to the clock generation circuit 5 is transmitted at the timing when the time corresponding to the difference value SW (N) has elapsed from the start of the input of the transport packet TP (N−1) to the clock generation circuit 5. Start inputting TP (N). That is, the difference value SW (N) between the time stamp value ST (N) and the time stamp value ST (N−1) is obtained, and the difference value SW (N) is counted by using the down counter 27, whereby the clock. The input timing of the transport packet TP (N) to the generation circuit 5 is adjusted. Here, the down counter 27 performs a count operation using the clock S4 generated by the clock generation circuit 5. Therefore, the timing adjustment process based on the time stamp 50 and the clock generation process based on the PCR can be realized by using one VCO 37 in the clock generation circuit 5. As a result, the clock circuit 2 can be reduced in size, and the video processing apparatus 1 can be reduced in size as a whole by providing the reduced-size clock circuit 2 in the video processing apparatus 1. It becomes possible.

  Further, according to the clock circuit 2 according to the present embodiment, the detection unit 22 detects the storage amount (total data amount) of the plurality of transport packets TP in the buffer 21. Then, the clock generation circuit 5 adjusts the frequency of the clock S4 based not only on the PCR but also on the detection result (signal S3) of the storage amount by the detection unit 22. That is, when the storage amount of the buffer 21 tends to increase, the frequency of the clock S4 is increased, and when the storage amount of the buffer 21 tends to decrease, the frequency of the clock S4 is decreased to thereby reduce the clock S4 of the receiving side decoder. The frequency is brought close to the frequency of the clock of the encoder 6 on the transmission side. As a result, the clock generation circuit 5 can reliably adjust the frequency of the clock S4 using PCR.

<First Modification>
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the timing adjustment circuit 4 according to the first modification. A comparison unit 40 is added to the configuration shown in FIG. The comparison unit 40 receives the difference value SW (N) from the calculation unit 26. Further, the comparison unit 40 is taught in advance a predetermined threshold value regarding the difference value SW (N). The comparison unit 40 compares the threshold value with the difference value SW (N). When the difference value SW (N) is larger than the threshold value, the transport packet TP (N−1) is input to the clock generation circuit 5 regardless of the count operation by the down counter 27. After that, after a predetermined time WT0 set in advance, a control signal S40 for opening the gate 23 is input to the gate 23. Thereby, after the input of the transport packet TP (N−1) to the clock generation circuit 5 is started, the transport packet TP (N) is input to the clock generation circuit 5 after a predetermined time WT0 has elapsed. Be started.

  FIG. 9 is a timing chart showing the relationship between the transport stream S1 input to the gate 23 and the transport stream S2 output from the gate 23. Here, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the difference value SW (3) relating to the transport packet TP3 (that is, the difference between the time stamp value ST (3) and the time stamp value ST (2)) is the above threshold value. The example in the case of larger than is shown. In the example of FIG. 9, the predetermined time WT0 is set to a time corresponding to the data length (188 bytes) of the transport packet TP.

  Since the difference value SW (3) is larger than the threshold value, the comparison unit 40 opens the gate 23 at the time T4 when the predetermined time WT0 has elapsed from the time T2, regardless of the counting operation by the down counter 27. The control signal S40 is input to the gate 23. As a result, the transport packet TP3 is input to the clock generation circuit 5 in succession to the transport packet TP2.

  The down counter 27 is set with the difference value SW (4) related to the transport packet TP4 at time T4, and the subsequent operation is the same as that in the above embodiment.

  Further, the predetermined time WT0 is not limited to the time corresponding to the data length (188 bytes) of the transport packet TP, and may be other time.

  The comparison unit 40 may perform the same processing as described above not only when the difference value SW (N) is larger than the threshold value but also when the difference value SW (N) is a negative value. good.

  According to the clock circuit 2 according to the first modification, the timing adjustment circuit 4 includes the clock generation circuit when the difference value SW (N) exceeds a predetermined threshold value (or a negative value). After the input of the transport packet TP (N−1) to 5 is started, the input of the transport packet TP (N) to the clock generation circuit 5 is started after a predetermined time WT0 has elapsed. As a result, when the time stamp value ST (N) indicates an abnormal value for some reason, the transport packet TP (N) is transferred to the clock generation circuit after the predetermined time WT0 has elapsed, regardless of the difference value SW (N). 5 can be entered. As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation where the operation of the clock circuit 2 stops due to an abnormal time stamp.

  The first modification can also be applied in combination with the second or third modification described later.

<Second Modification>
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the timing adjustment circuit 4 according to the second modification. A detection unit 70 is added to the configuration shown in FIG. The detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP input from the buffer 21 to the gate 23 and counts the number thereof.

  In the above embodiment, the calculation unit 26 obtains the difference value SW (N) for each transport packet TP (N) and controls the passage of the gate 23 for each transport packet TP (N). On the other hand, in the second modification, the calculation unit 26 obtains a difference value SW (N) for each of a plurality (four in the following example) of transport packets TP (N), and four transformers The passage of the gate 23 is controlled for each port packet TP (N).

  FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing the transport stream S2 output from the gate 23. Similar to the above embodiment, the transport packets TP1 to TP8 are successively read from the buffer 21 in this order and input to the gate 23.

  When the detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP1, the extraction unit 24, based on the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70, the value of the time stamp 50 added to the transport packet TP1 (time stamp value ST ( 1)) is extracted. Then, the extraction unit 24 stores the time stamp value ST (1) in the register 25. Even if the detection unit 70 subsequently detects the transport packets TP2 to TP4, the control signal S70 is not input from the detection unit 70 to the extraction unit 24, and the extraction unit 24 detects the time stamp values ST (2) to ST (4 ) Is not extracted.

  Next, when the detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP5, the extraction unit 24 determines the value of the time stamp 50 (time stamp) added to the transport packet TP5 based on the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70. The value ST (5)) is extracted. Then, the extraction unit 24 stores the time stamp value ST (5) in the register 25 and inputs it to the calculation unit 26. Further, the calculation unit 26 reads the time stamp value ST (1) stored in the register 25 based on the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70. Then, the calculation unit 26 sets the difference value SW (5) between the two by subtracting the time stamp value ST (1) from the time stamp value ST (5).

  When the setting of the difference value SW (5) to the down counter 27 is completed, the gate 23 is opened at the same time, whereby continuous input of the transport packets TP1 to TP4 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started. When the transport packet TP4 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again based on the control signal S71 input from the detection unit 70. When passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to each of the transport packets TP1 to TP4 is deleted, so that conversion from MPEG2-TTS to MPEG2-TS is performed.

  The down counter 27 receives the clock S4 output from the VCO 37. The down counter 27 decrements the set value of the down counter 27 by “1” every time the clock S4 is input. Then, at the same time as the set value of the down counter 27 corresponding to the difference value SW (5) becomes zero, a control signal SO for opening the gate 23 is input to the gate 23. When the gate 23 is opened, continuous input of the transport packets TP5 to TP8 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started. When the transport packet TP8 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again based on the control signal S71 input from the detection unit 70. Similarly to the above, when passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to each of the transport packets TP5 to TP8 is deleted.

  In the above description, from the time stamp value ST (5) added to the first transport packet TP5 of the four transport packets TP5 to TP8, the previous four transport packets TP1 to TP4 The time stamp value ST (1) added to the first transport packet TP1 is subtracted. As a modified example, from the time stamp value ST (5) added to the first transport packet TP5 of the four transport packets TP5 to TP8, the last four transport packets TP1 to TP4 are added. The time stamp value ST (1) added to the transport packet TP4 may be subtracted.

  Referring to FIG. 11, transport packet TP5 is input to clock generation circuit 5 with a delay from transport packet TP4. The amount of delay is a time WT3 corresponding to six transport packets TP in comparison between the heads of the transport packets TP1 and TP5. This is because the encoder 6 has deleted two null packets that existed between the transport packet TP1 and the transport packet TP5.

  According to the clock circuit 2 according to the second modified example, the timing adjustment circuit 4 inputs the transport packets TP2 to TP4 to the clock generation circuit 5 following the transport packet TP1. That is, for the transport packets TP2 to TP4, the processing for obtaining the difference values SW (2) to SW (4) is not performed between the immediately preceding transport packets TP1 to TP3. Similarly, the timing adjustment circuit 4 inputs the transport packets TP6 to TP8 to the clock generation circuit 5 following the transport packet TP5. That is, for the transport packets TP6 to TP8, the process for obtaining the difference values SW (6) to SW (8) is not performed between the immediately preceding transport packets TP5 to TP7. As a result, the processing load can be reduced compared to the case where the processing for obtaining the difference value SW (N) is performed for all the transport packets TP (N) as in the above embodiment.

<Third Modification>
The configuration of the timing adjustment circuit 4 according to the third modification is the same as the configuration illustrated in FIG. In the second modified example, the transport packets TP2 to TP4 are input to the clock generation circuit 5 in succession to the transport packet PT1. In the third modification, a case will be described in which a transport packet TP including the PCR 51 exists in the transport packets TP2 to TP4. In the following description, it is assumed that the PCR 51 is included in the transport packet TP3.

  FIG. 12 is a timing chart showing the transport stream S2 output from the gate 23. Similar to the second modified example, the transport packets TP1 to TP10 are successively read from the buffer 21 in this order and input to the gate 23.

  When the detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP1, the extraction unit 24, based on the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70, the value of the time stamp 50 added to the transport packet TP1 (time stamp value ST ( 1)) is extracted. Then, the extraction unit 24 stores the time stamp value ST (1) in the register 25. Thereafter, even if the detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP2, the control signal S70 is not input from the detection unit 70 to the extraction unit 24, and the extraction unit 24 does not extract the time stamp value ST (2).

  Next, when the detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP3 including the PCR 51, the extraction unit 24 uses the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70 to set the time stamp 50 added to the transport packet TP3. A value (time stamp value ST (3)) is extracted. Then, the extraction unit 24 stores the time stamp value ST (3) in the register 25 and inputs it to the calculation unit 26. Further, the calculation unit 26 reads the time stamp value ST (1) stored in the register 25 based on the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70. Then, the calculation unit 26 sets the difference value SW (3) between the two in the down counter 27 by subtracting the time stamp value ST (1) from the time stamp value ST (3).

  When the setting of the difference value SW (3) to the down counter 27 is completed, the gate 23 is opened at the same time, whereby continuous input of the transport packets TP1 and TP2 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started. When the transport packet TP2 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again based on the control signal S71 input from the detection unit 70. When passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to each transport packet TP1, TP2 is deleted, so that conversion from MPEG2-TTS to MPEG2-TS is performed.

  The down counter 27 receives the clock S4 output from the VCO 37. The down counter 27 decrements the set value of the down counter 27 by “1” every time the clock S4 is input. Then, at the same time as the set value of the down counter 27 corresponding to the difference value SW (3) becomes zero, the control signal SO for opening the gate 23 is input to the gate 23. Since the transport packets TP4 to TP6 do not include the PCR 51, when the gate 23 is opened, continuous input of the transport packets TP3 to TP6 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started. When the transport packet TP6 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again based on the control signal S71 input from the detection unit 70. As described above, when passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to each of the transport packets TP3 to TP6 is deleted.

  Next, when the detection unit 70 detects the transport packet TP7, the extraction unit 24 determines the value of the time stamp 50 (time stamp) added to the transport packet TP7 based on the control signal S70 input from the detection unit 70. The value ST (7)) is extracted. Then, the extraction unit 24 stores the time stamp value ST (7) in the register 25 and inputs it to the calculation unit 26. The computing unit 26 reads the time stamp value ST (3) stored in the register 25 based on the control signal S70 input from the detecting unit 70. Then, the arithmetic unit 26 subtracts the time stamp value ST (3) from the time stamp value ST (7), thereby setting the difference value SW (7) between the two in the down counter 27.

  Similarly to the above, every time the clock S4 is input, the down counter 27 decrements the set value of the down counter 27 by “1”. Then, at the same time as the set value of the down counter 27 corresponding to the difference value SW (7) becomes zero, a control signal SO for opening the gate 23 is input to the gate 23. Since the transport packets TP8 to TP10 do not include the PCR 51, when the gate 23 is opened, continuous input of the transport packets TP7 to TP10 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started. When the transport packet TP10 completes passing through the gate 23, the gate 23 is closed again. As described above, when passing through the gate 23, the time stamp 50 added to the transport packets TP7 to TP10 is deleted.

  Referring to FIG. 12, transport packet TP3 is input to clock generation circuit 5 with a delay from transport packet TP2. The delay amount is a time WT4 corresponding to two transport packets TP in comparison between the heads of the transport packets TP1 and TP3. This is because the encoder 6 has deleted one null packet that existed between the transport packet TP1 and the transport packet TP3.

  The transport packet TP7 is input to the clock generation circuit 5 with a delay from the transport packet TP6. The amount of delay is a time WT5 corresponding to five transport packets TP in comparison between the heads of the transport packets TP3 and TP7. This is because the encoder 6 has deleted one null packet that existed between the transport packet TP3 and the transport packet TP7.

  According to the clock circuit 2 according to the third modification, the timing adjustment circuit 4 inputs, for example, the transport packets TP4 to TP6 that do not include the PCR 51 to the clock generation circuit 5 following the transport packet TP3. . That is, for the transport packets TP4 to TP6, the process for obtaining the difference values SW (4) to SW (6) is not performed between the immediately preceding transport packets TP3 to TP5. As a result, as in the second modification, it is possible to reduce the processing load as compared to the case where the process for obtaining the difference value SW (N) is performed for all the transport packets TP (N). It becomes.

  In addition, according to the clock circuit 2 according to the third modification, the timing adjustment circuit 4 regarding the transport packet TP3 including the PCR 51, the time stamp value ST (3) and the time stored in the register 25. Processing for obtaining a difference value SW (3) from the stamp value ST (1) is performed. Then, the input of the transport packet TP3 to the clock generation circuit 5 is started at the timing when the time corresponding to the difference value SW (3) has elapsed from the start of the input of the transport packet TP1 to the clock generation circuit 5. To do. Thereby, the transport packet TP3 including the PCR 51 can be input to the clock generation circuit 5 at an appropriate timing according to the difference value SW (3). As a result, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the accuracy of adjusting the frequency of the clock S4 in the clock generation circuit 5 is lowered.

<Fourth Modification>
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the clock generation circuit 5 according to the fourth modification. Multipliers 80 and 81 are added to the configuration shown in FIG. The multiplier 80 multiplies the signal S34 input from the DAC 34 by a desired weighting coefficient Y to output a signal S80. The signal S80 is input to the LPF 35. The multiplier 81 multiplies the signal S38 input from the DAC 38 by a desired weighting coefficient Z, and outputs a signal S81. The signal S81 is input to the LPF 39. One of the multipliers 80 and 81 may be omitted.

  According to the clock circuit 2 according to the fourth modified example, by weighting at least one of the signal S34 related to the PCR value and the signal S38 related to the detection result of the storage amount of the buffer 21, the PCR value and It is possible to adjust the degree of influence of the detection result of the storage amount of the buffer 21 on the adjustment of the frequency of the clock S4 as desired.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined not by the above-mentioned meaning but by the scope of claims for patent, and is intended to include all modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

It is a block diagram which simplifies and shows the structure of the video processing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a timing adjustment circuit. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a clock generation circuit. It is a figure which extracts and shows a part of transport stream which a video processing apparatus receives. It is a figure which shows the structure of a transport packet. It is a figure which shows the structure of a transport packet. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between the transport stream input into a gate, and the transport stream output from a gate. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the timing adjustment circuit which concerns on a 1st modification. It is a timing chart which shows the relationship between the transport stream input into a gate, and the transport stream output from a gate. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the timing adjustment circuit which concerns on a 2nd modification. It is a timing chart which shows the transport stream output from a gate. It is a timing chart which shows the transport stream output from a gate. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the clock generation circuit which concerns on a 4th modification. It is a block diagram which extracts and shows a part of structure of a decoder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Video processing device 2 Clock circuit 3 Decoding circuit 4 Timing adjustment circuit 5 Clock generation circuit 21 Buffer 22,70 Detection part 23 Gate 24 Extraction part 25 Register 26 Operation part 27 Down counter 31 PCR detection part 32 STC counter 37 VCO
40 comparison unit 80, 81 multiplier

Claims (7)

Clock generating means for generating a clock whose frequency is adjusted based on a clock adjustment value included in some of the plurality of transport packets;
A timing adjustment unit that adjusts a timing at which the plurality of transport packets are input to the clock generation unit;
The timing adjustment means receives the first transport packet to which the first time information is added and the second transport packet to which the second time information is added in this order,
The timing adjusting means includes
Inputting the first transport packet to the clock generation means at a first timing;
A first difference value between the first time information and the second time information is obtained, and a time corresponding to the first difference value has elapsed for the second transport packet from the first timing. A clock circuit that inputs the clock generation means at the second timing. The timing adjusting means includes
Storage means for temporarily storing the plurality of transport packets;
Detecting means for detecting a storage amount of the plurality of transport packets in the storage means;
The clock circuit according to claim 1, wherein the clock generation unit adjusts a frequency of the clock based on the clock adjustment value and a detection result of the storage amount by the detection unit.   The clock circuit according to claim 2, wherein the clock generation unit weights at least one of the clock adjustment value and the storage amount detection result.   When the first difference value indicates an abnormal value, the timing adjustment unit generates the clock at the third timing when a predetermined time has elapsed from the first timing. The clock circuit according to claim 1, wherein the clock circuit is input to the means. The timing adjustment means receives a third transport packet to which third time information is added between the first transport packet and the second transport packet,
5. The clock circuit according to claim 1, wherein the timing adjustment unit inputs the third transport packet to the clock generation unit in succession to the first transport packet. 6. The timing adjustment means receives a third transport packet to which third time information is added between the first transport packet and the second transport packet,
In the case where the third transport packet is a transport packet that does not include the clock adjustment value, the timing adjusting unit continues the third transport packet to the first transport packet. To the clock generation means,
When the third transport packet is a transport packet including the clock adjustment value, the timing adjustment unit is configured to output a second difference value between the first time information and the third time information. And the third transport packet is input to the clock generation means at a fourth timing when a time corresponding to the second difference value has elapsed from the first timing. The clock circuit according to any one of the above. A clock circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 6;
A video processing apparatus comprising: a decoding circuit that performs a decoding process of a transport packet based on a clock generated by the clock circuit.

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