KR101626148B1 - Integrated video processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated video processing apparatus, comprising: a sensor information input unit which includes at least one sensor to collect sensor information; an analog signal input unit which includes an input port that receives at least one analog video signal; an input unit which includes a digital signal input unit with an input port that receives at least one digital video signal; a sensor information processing unit which processes the sensor information collected in the sensor information input unit to process it as data in the form of a text, and outputs the processed data in the form of a text to an output location; an analog signal processing unit which receives the analog video signal from the analog signal input unit to convert it into a digital signal and detect an input source; a processing unit which includes a digital signal processing unit that detects an input source by receiving the digital video signal from the digital signal input unit; data in the form of the processed text for the sensor information from the processing unit; and an output unit which receives and outputs an input source for the analog video signal and an input source for the digital video signal. A video signal processing and data output are automatically performed so that a video processing can be performed easily by automatically processing the video signal in the format that can display the input video signal, and automatically outputting the collected sensor data and the other data just in time for the processed video signal.

Description

{INTEGRATED VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to an integrated image processing apparatus.

An image device for receiving and displaying a video signal, the device being capable of receiving and outputting an analog video signal or a digital video signal, and outputting sensor data or other received data according to the output video.

However, if the user does not have sufficient knowledge of the image signal, it may be difficult to select an image to be output from the input image signal.

Accordingly, there is a need for an image processing apparatus capable of automatically processing and outputting input multiple images even if the image signal has no knowledge.

Particularly, in an integrated image processing apparatus for overlaying subtitles or images when outputting images on a billboard or the like, complex knowledge is required for separating and processing a plurality of signals when there are various input signals. Therefore, We need a device.

An object of the present invention is to process input image data automatically and to process image data by matching and outputting sensor data inputted to a processed image signal.

An integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor information input unit including at least one sensor and collecting sensor information, an analog signal input unit including an input port for receiving at least one analog image signal, And a digital signal input unit including an input port for receiving the digital image signal of the sensor. The sensor information processing unit processes the sensor information collected by the sensor information input unit, processes the data into text data, An analog signal processing unit for receiving the analog video signal from the analog signal input unit and converting the received analog video signal into a digital signal and detecting an input source; and an analog signal processing unit for receiving the digital video signal from the digital signal input unit, Digital A processing unit having a signal processing unit, and an output unit for receiving processed text data for the sensor information, an input source for the analog video signal, and an input source for the digital video signal from the processing unit.

The sensor information input unit is formed of sensors for measuring weather information, air pollution information, and other information, respectively.

The sensor information input unit may include at least one of a temperature measurement sensor, a humidity measurement sensor, a wind direction measurement sensor, and a wind speed measurement sensor.

The sensor information input unit is a sensor for measuring the air pollution information, and includes a fine dust concentration measurement sensor or a noise measurement sensor.

In one example, the sensor information input unit is a sensor for measuring the other information, and includes at least one of a water quality sensor and a speed sensor.

The input port of the analog signal input unit may include at least one of an RGB input port, an S-video input port, a component input port, and a composite input port for receiving analog RGB signals. do.

The input port of the digital signal input unit may include at least one of an HDMI input port, a DVI input port, and an HD-SDI input port.

Wherein the sensor information processing unit comprises: a packet segmentation for separating a packet, which is the sensor information collected by the sensor information input unit, into segments; a text converter for converting a portion representing data in a segmented packet into a text form; Which is data of the text form converted by the text converter, at a position where the sensor information stored in the data storage is to be output, To an input image source.

In this case, the analog signal processing unit may include a converting unit converting the input analog video signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal, a level detecting unit detecting the level of the digital signal output from the converting unit, A characteristic detecting section for detecting a data starting point, a part carrying information or a H / V characteristic, which is a characteristic of the digital signal of the digital signal, and an analog mode table for storing detection characteristics of the digital signal outputted from the converting section The characteristic detector compares characteristics of the digital signal output from the conversion unit with characteristics stored in the analog mode table, and determines the digital signal as an input source when all the characteristics coincide with each other.

The analog mode table stores the signal level, characteristic, and impedance information for each of RGB, S-Video, YPbPr, and composite as a table.

The digital signal processor extracts a frame based on a clock reference of the TTL level signal and generates a start of active video (SAV) frame, an included data frame or an end of an EAV a frame analyzing unit for extracting and analyzing an active video frame to extract an input source and a resolution, and an image frame table for storing a standardized SAV frame of a digital video signal as a table.

The analog signal processing unit and the digital signal processing unit may include a priority processing unit that sets a priority order of analog video signals to be processed first among a plurality of analog video signals and a priority processing unit that sets a priority order of digital video signals to be processed first among a plurality of digital video signals And a priority processor for setting a priority.

According to this aspect, the integrated image processing apparatus automatically processes the input image signal in a format capable of being displayed, and automatically outputs the collected sensor data and other data in accordance with the processed image signal, The output is automatically performed, and the image processing can be easily performed.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a packet structure of sensor information input to an input unit of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a structure of a processing unit for processing sensor information of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of an analog signal processing unit of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating levels of analog video signals detected by an analog signal processing unit of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating an analog mode table referred to by an analog signal processing unit of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a digital signal processing unit of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, the structure of an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input unit 100, a processing unit 200, (300).

The input unit 100 includes a sensor information input unit 110, an analog signal input unit 120 and a digital signal input unit 130. The sensor information input unit 110 measures weather information, air pollution information, And the like.

In one example, the sensor information input unit 110 may include a temperature measurement sensor, a humidity measurement sensor, a wind direction measurement sensor, and a wind speed measurement sensor for measuring weather information.

In one example, the sensor information input unit 110 is a sensor for measuring air pollution information, and may include a fine dust concentration measurement sensor or a noise measurement sensor.

In one example, the sensor information input unit 110 may include a water quality sensor and a speed sensor for measuring water quality information and speed information of an object, which are other information.

At this time, it is good to measure the speed of a moving object such as a vehicle or a baseball ball.

The sensor information input unit 110 including such a sensor may be formed on a side surface of a display panel when the integrated image processing apparatus has a display panel shape.

The analog signal input unit 120 is configured to receive an analog video signal and is formed as an input port for receiving an analog video signal.

In one example, the analog signal input 120 includes an RGB input port, an S-Video input port, a component input port, and a composite input port for receiving analog RGB signals.

The digital signal input unit 130 includes a HDMI input port, a DVI input port, and an HD-SDI input port, which are input ports for receiving digital video signals.

In this case, the analog signal input unit 120 and the digital signal input unit 130 may be formed in the form of a port on a side surface or a rear surface of the integrated image processing apparatus.

The input unit 100 transmits the received sensor information, the analog image signal, and the digital image signal to the processing unit 200.

The processing unit 200 includes a sensor information processing unit 210, an analog signal processing unit 220 and a digital signal processing unit 230. The sensor information processing unit 210 receives the sensor information input unit 110, And processes the transmitted sensor information.

In one example, the sensor information processing unit 210 processes the weather information, air pollution information, and other information, which are sensor information received from the sensor information input unit 110, in a form that can be processed and output.

In a more detailed example, the sensor information processing unit 210 processes raw data measured by a temperature measuring sensor, that is, raw data, and processes it into temperature data, which is an Arabic numeral in Fahrenheit or Celsius.

The sensor information input to the sensor information processing unit 210 has a packet structure as shown in FIG. 2, and includes a 3-byte header portion, a 1-byte data portion indicating the length of the packet, a sensor type Sensor type), an 8-byte data portion including measurement data of the sensor, and a 1-byte parity portion.

As shown in FIG. 3, the sensor information processing unit 210 for processing the sensor information having such a packet structure includes a packet segmentation 211 for dividing a packet into segments, a data storage 212, a text converter 213, (214), respectively.

The packet segmentation 211 includes a header portion 211a, a length data portion 211b, a type data portion 211c, a portion 211d indicating data, And the parity part 211e, and the text converter 213 converts the data into a printable text form using the data indicating part 211d.

At this time, the data storage 212 includes a location to output the sensor information in the form of text, and the overlay 214 includes text output position information included in the data storage 212 and text And merges the sensor information, which is data of the form, into the input image source, and overlayes the sensor information.

4, the analog signal processing unit 220 processes the analog video signal received from the analog signal input unit 120 and includes a conversion unit 221, a level detection unit 222, a characteristic detection unit 223, A rank processing unit 224 and an analog mode table 225. [

The conversion unit 221 converts the analog video signal received from the analog signal input unit 120 into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal.

In this case, when a plurality of analog signals are input to the converting unit 221, the converting unit 221 converts the plurality of input analog signals into digital signals on a line-by-line basis, Respectively.

The level detecting unit 222 detects the level of the digital signal output from the converting unit 221. In one example referring to FIG. 5, the analog video signal converted into the digital signal has a sync level of 0.352 V and a sync level of 0.653 V Includes sink level and contains data at 1.003V.

At this time, the level detector 222 detects the level of the digital signal as shown in FIG. 5 at the first sink level (0.352V), the second sink level (0.653V), and the third level (1.003V) .

The characteristic detecting unit 223 detects the characteristic of the digital signal output from the converting unit 221 and detects the characteristic of the signal when the level detecting unit 222 detects a specific level.

In one example, the characteristic detecting unit 223 detects a characteristic of a signal detected at a third level, and detects a sync characteristic and an H / V characteristic indicating a starting point of data or a portion carrying information, respectively.

5, the characteristic detecting unit 223 detects a sync characteristic of the start bit stream, the header bit stream, and the data bit stream of the digital signal when the digital signal has the third level. And detects a starting point as a sink characteristic.

At this time, the characteristic detecting unit 223 detects the H / V characteristic (horizontal property, vertical property) which is a characteristic to be used in outputting the inputted digital signal.

The characteristic detection unit 223 compares the detection characteristics of the digital signal input to the analog signal processing unit 220 with the characteristics stored in the analog mode table 225. When all the characteristics match, .

The priority processing unit 224 sets the output priority order of a plurality of input analog video signals when a plurality of analog video signals are input to the analog signal input unit 120, Of analog video signals.

In one example, the priority processing section 224 may change the priority setting according to external control.

6, the level detection unit 221 and the characteristic detection unit 222 refer to the analog mode table 225 to determine the level and characteristics .

The analog mode table 225 includes signal levels, characteristics, and impedance information for RGB, S-video, YPbPr, and composite video signals input to the analog signal input unit 120.

At this time, the characteristics included in the analog mode table 225 and detected by the level detector 221 include H / V information, sync information, sync on green (SOG) information, and Y / C information.

At this time, the level detector 221 detects characteristics of each signal for signals separated by Y (Luma) / C (Chroma) in the Y / C characteristic detection of the S-Video by referring to the analog mode table 225 .

The analog signal processing unit 220 having the structure described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6 converts the analog image signal received from the analog signal input unit 120 into a digital signal, and refers to the analog mode table Thereby detecting levels and characteristics.

The digital signal processing unit 230 includes a frame analyzing unit 231, a priority processing unit 232, and an image frame table 233 as shown in FIG.

The frame analyzer 231 analyzes a frame of the digital image signal input from the digital signal input unit 130. [

At this time, the digital video signal inputted to the frame analyzer 231 is a digitally converted signal, and is a TTL level signal.

For example, the frame analyzing unit 231 analyzes a start bit stream, a header bit stream, and a data bit stream by analyzing a frame of the inputted digital video signal and extracts a start point of the corresponding digital video signal from a data frame of the corresponding digital video signal Analyze the included data.

The frame analyzer 231 extracts a start bit stream that is a start of active video (SAV) frame of the digital video signal with reference to the video frame table 233, extracts and analyzes a frame based on a clock, , And an end of active video (EAV) frame.

At this time, the frame analyzer 231 analyzes the frame of the digital video signal and extracts the input source and the resolution.

The priority processing unit 232 performs the same operation as the priority processing unit 224 of the analog signal processing unit 220. More specifically, when a plurality of digital video signals are input to the digital signal input unit 130, Output priority of a plurality of digital video signals is set, and a plurality of digital video signals input in accordance with the set priority are processed.

At this time, the priority processing unit 232 can change the priority setting according to the external control.

The video frame table 233 stores standardized SAV frames and EAV frames of digital video signals as a table, and the frame analyzer 231 can refer to the SAV frames and the EAV frames as described above.

The level detection unit 222, the characteristic detection unit 223, the priority processing unit 224 and the analog mode table 225 formed in the analog signal processing unit 220 of the processing unit 200 and the digital signal processing unit 230 formed in the digital signal processing unit 230 The frame analyzing unit 231, the priority processing unit 232, and the image frame table 233 may be formed as modules.

In one example, each module may be formed of an FPGA or an ASIC.

1, the output unit 300 of the integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The output unit 300 includes a sensor information processing unit 210 of the processing unit 200, And receives and outputs the sensor information in the form of text outputted from the analog signal processing unit 220 and the digital signal processing unit 230, the digital signal converted from the analog video signal, and the digital video signal.

In this case, the output unit 300 may include a display unit and a speaker unit for outputting an image.

In one example, the output unit 300 may output the sensor information of the text form according to the output coordinates and the output form included in the sensor information of the text form in the screen of the output unit 300.

The output unit 300 outputs the digital signal and the digital video signal converted from the analog video signal on a screen and a sound.

The integrated image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed in a structure as described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7, so that a plurality of input analog video signals, a plurality of digital video signals, So that it is possible to easily process and output an input image than a conventional image processing apparatus requiring a basic knowledge of the image equipment.

In addition, since both the analog video signal and the digital video signal are received and processed and outputted, the cost and the apparatus can be easily formed in comparison with the conventional video equipment in which analog equipment and digital equipment are respectively provided.

In addition, it is possible to collect various sensor information and automatically output the collected sensor information to the output position, so that no separate control operation is required to output the sensor information to the output unit 300, Efficiency is improved.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

100: input unit 110: sensor information input unit
120: analog signal input unit 130: digital signal input unit
200: processing unit 210: sensor information processing unit
220: analog signal processor 230: digital signal processor
300:

Claims (12)

A sensor information input unit for collecting sensor information including at least one sensor, an analog signal input unit including an input port for receiving at least one analog video signal, and an input port for receiving at least one digital video signal, An input unit having a signal input unit,
A sensor information processing unit for processing the sensor information collected by the sensor information input unit to process the sensor information into text data and outputting processed text data to an output position; And a digital signal processor for receiving the digital video signal from the digital signal input unit and detecting an input source,
An input source for the analog video signal, and an output source for receiving and outputting an input source for the digital video signal from the processing unit,
Lt; / RTI >
The sensor information processing unit,
A packet segmentation for separating a packet, which is the sensor information collected by the sensor information input unit, into segments,
A text converter for converting a portion representing data in a segmented packet into a text form,
A data storage for storing, as data, a position at which to output sensor information, which is data in the form of text converted by the text converter,
An overlay for merging sensor information, which is data of the text form converted by the text converter, into an input image source at a position to output the sensor information stored in the data storage,
Wherein the integrated image processing apparatus comprises: The method according to claim 1,
The sensor information input unit,
Wherein the sensor is formed of sensors for measuring weather information, air pollution information, and other information, respectively. 3. The method of claim 2,
The sensor information input unit is a sensor for measuring the weather information,
A temperature measurement sensor, a humidity measurement sensor, a wind direction measurement sensor, and a wind speed measurement sensor. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the sensor information input unit is a sensor for measuring the air pollution information, and includes a fine dust concentration measurement sensor or a noise measurement sensor. 3. The method of claim 2,
The sensor information input unit is a sensor for measuring the other information,
A water quality measuring sensor, and a speed measuring sensor. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the input port of the analog signal input unit comprises:
An RGB input port for receiving analog RGB signals, an S-video input port, a component input port, and a composite input port for receiving analog RGB signals. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the input port of the digital signal input unit comprises:
An HDMI input port, a DVI input port, and an HD-SDI input port. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the analog signal processor comprises:
A conversion unit for converting the input analog video signal into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal,
A level detector for detecting the level of the digital signal output from the converter,
A characteristic detector for detecting a data start point, a portion carrying information, or an H / V characteristic, which is a characteristic of the digital signal at the sync level detected by the level detector,
An analog mode table for storing detection characteristics of the digital signal output from the conversion unit;
Including,
Wherein the characteristic detecting unit compares characteristics of the digital signal output from the converting unit with characteristics stored in the analog mode table and determines the digital signal as an input source when all the characteristics coincide with each other, . The method of claim 9, wherein
Wherein the analog mode table includes:
And the signal level, characteristic, and impedance information for each of RGB, S-Video, component (YPbPr), and composite are stored in a table. The method of claim 1, wherein
Wherein the digital signal processor comprises:
Extracts a start of active video (SAV) frame, an included data frame, or an end of active video (EAV) frame, which is a starting point of the digital video signal, from the digital video signal, which is a TTL level signal, And a frame analyzing unit for analyzing and extracting an input source and resolution, and
An image frame table for storing a standardized SAV frame of a digital video signal as a table
And an image processing unit for processing the combined image. The method according to claim 1,
The analog signal processing unit and the digital signal processing unit,
A priority processor for setting a priority order of analog video signals to be processed first among a plurality of analog video signals and a priority processor for setting a priority order of digital video signals to be processed first among a plurality of digital video signals Features an integrated video processing unit.

Images