KR20100118265A - Home network system and method using extensional settop box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for a home network using a set top box are provided to construct a home network by using the set-top box and data received from a security sensing device. CONSTITUTION: A terminal(700) transmits a control signal to a sensing unit(100). The terminal receives sensing data from the sensing unit. A STB(Set Top Box)(500) transmits the control signal to the sensing unit. The set-top box assigns a channel according to the data session connection request of the sensing unit according to the control signal. The set-top box receives sensing data from the sensing unit through the allocation channel. The set-top box converts data in the data format terminal.

Description

Home network system and method using extension settop box

The present invention relates to a set-top box, and more particularly, to set up a home network using a set-top box from data received from a sensing unit, and to expandable set-top such as variable channel allocation for a sensing unit formed of a plurality of components. The present invention relates to a home network system and a method using a box.

At the present stage of the advanced information age, nations are building information highways to promote national informatization and social informatization to enhance national competitiveness. In Korea, new media services such as comprehensive cable broadcasting and satellite broadcasting have begun, and the multi-media multi-channel era has arrived. In general, a set top box is connected to a network providing digital broadcasting, analog broadcasting, and video on demand (hereinafter referred to as VOD) service, and has a function of transmitting and receiving information transmitted between a user and the network.

The set-top box may receive a digital broadcast and an analog broadcast or video-on-demand service provided through a headend and output a broadcast through a connected television (hereinafter referred to as a TV).

At present, technology development for introducing interactive multimedia services such as VOD (Video-On-Demand) or GOD (Game-On-Demand) using IPTV or telephone line is actively progressing.

IPTV is widely attracted by the development of digital communication technology because it can provide interactive multimedia services with a small amount of equipment investment.In order to implement this, IPTV expands the currently used IPTV frequency band, data compression and digital transmission methods, Servers, video switches, set-top boxes, and communication protocols are developing.

On the other hand, the set-top box for receiving content data of the IPTV is required to develop a technology for performing interactive services and various home network functions.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the object of the present invention is to construct a home network using a set-top box and to perform variable channel allocation for a sensing unit formed of a plurality of components. have.

Meanwhile, the objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

A home network system using a set-top box using a terminal according to the present invention includes: a sensing unit transmitting sensing data according to a control signal; A terminal for transmitting the control signal to the sensing unit to receive the sensing data; Receives and transmits the control signal transmitted by the terminal to the sensing unit, allocates a channel according to a data session connection request of the sensing unit operated according to the control signal, and allocates the channel. A set-top box which receives sensing data from the sensing unit through a channel and converts the data into a data format of the terminal received from the terminal; It includes.

Home network method using a set-top box using a terminal according to the present invention, the set-top box receives a control signal (control signal) for the sensing unit from the terminal, and transmitting to the sensing unit; The set-top box is a channel allocation step of allocating a channel to the sensing unit when there is a remaining input / output channel allocated to another sensing unit according to a data session connection request of the sensing unit; A display step of receiving, by the set-top box, the sensing data from the sensing unit through the assigned channel, transmitting the displayed data to the terminal; It includes.

The displaying step may include: a storing step in which the set top box receives and stores the sensed data; The set-top box receiving a data format information of the terminal by transmitting a sensing data recognition signal to the terminal; And a second transmission step of converting the stored sensing data according to data format information of the terminal and transmitting the converted data to the terminal. It may include.

Set-top box according to the present invention, the terminal and the sensing unit for transmitting and receiving data transmitting and receiving unit; And a control signal received from the terminal and transmitted to the sensing unit, and controlling the transceiver to receive the data session connection request received from the sensing unit, and the remaining signal can be allocated according to the data session connection request. The controller determines the presence or absence of an input / output channel, allocates a channel when there is a residual input / output channel, controls the transceiver to receive sensing data from the sensor through the assigned channel, and formats the data into the terminal. A control unit which receives information, converts the sensed data into a data format corresponding to a terminal according to the data format information, and controls the transceiver to transmit the converted data to the terminal; It includes.

The set top box may include a second storage unit configured to receive and store the sensing data from the controller; It may further include.

The controller may include: a matching module configured to determine whether a residual input / output channel is present according to the data session connection request and to set a data session between the transceiver and the sensing unit when there is a residual channel; And a data conversion module converting the sensing data according to the data format information of the terminal. It may include.

The home network system and method using the set-top box according to the present invention provides an effect of building a home network using the set-top box data received from the security sensing device.

In addition, the home network system and method using the set-top box according to the present invention, provides the scalability to the security sensing device.

Hereinafter, a detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted when it is deemed that they may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

In the present specification, when one component 'transmits' data or a signal to another component, the component may directly transmit the corresponding data or signal to the other component, and through at least one other component. This means that the data or signal can be transmitted to other components.

1 is a block diagram showing a home network system using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the home network system includes a content server 10, a communication network 50, a sensing unit 100, a home network 300, a set top box 500, and a terminal 700.

The content server 10 transmits various content data to the set-top box 500 through the communication network 50.

The communication network 50 may be a communication network that is a high-speed network of a large communication network capable of large-capacity, long-distance voice and data services, and may be a next-generation wired or wireless network for providing an Internet or high-speed multimedia service. The communication network 50 serves to transfer signals and data between the set-top box 500, the terminal and the server and the system connected to the communication network 50. The communication network 50 transmits the data transmitted from the content server 10 to the set top box 50.

The sensing unit 100 includes components of the sensor unit 110, the web camera 130, and the DVR 160, and according to the control signal transmitted by the terminal 700, the sensor unit 110. The web camera 130 and the DVR 160 are operated individually or simultaneously. The sensing unit 100 transmits sensing data to the set-top box 500, and accordingly, the set-top box 500 transmits sensing data to the terminal 700. Meanwhile, although the sensor unit 110, the web camera 130, and the DVR 160 are illustrated as one, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the sensor unit 110, the web camera 130, and the DVR 160 may be provided in plural. The sensing data may be human body sensing data received by the sensor unit 110, photographed video data received by the web camera 130, and video data stored by the DVR 160. This can be modified by a person skilled in the art, and may be mainly sensing data related to security equipment.

The home network 300 is a data communication network in a local area, and may be formed as a LAN, an intranet, or the like. The home network 300 performs data transmission and reception between the sensing unit 100 and the set top box 500. Here, home networking is to build a network between various information devices in the home. More specifically, it means creating an environment in which home appliances can communicate with each other through wired and wireless networks, and with the Internet outside.

The set top box 500 allocates a channel according to a data session connection request of the sensing unit 100 operated according to a control signal transmitted by the terminal 700. In addition, the set-top box 500 receives and stores sensing data transmitted by the sensing unit 100, converts the data into a data format of the corresponding terminal 700, and transmits the converted data.

The terminal 700 includes an IPTV 710, a wired terminal 730, and a wireless terminal 750. The wired terminal includes a personal computer (PC), a notebook-sized personal computer, and the like. Wireless terminals include PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), smartphones, IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000) phones, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) phones, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) phones, WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) Voice and video call function including a mobile phone, a universal mobile telecommunication service (UMTS) phone, a mobile broadband system (MBS) phone, and the like, to perform a typical voice and video call wirelessly with different terminals, servers, and systems. Means the terminal can be provided. The terminal 700 may remotely control the set-top box 500, and the set-top box 500 may remotely control the channel setting to the sensing unit 100.

In particular, the terminal 700 receives and displays various content data from the content server 10 through the set-top box 500. In addition, the terminal 700 transmits a control signal (control signal) to the sensing unit 100 through the set-top box 500, thereby receiving the sensing data (sensing data).

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a set-top box 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2, the set top box 500 includes an input unit 510, a transceiver 512, a controller 514, and a storage unit 516.

The input unit 510 is a unit for inputting a specific key input by the user of the set top box 100. The set top box 500 may include an input key and a plurality of operation keys for turning on / off the power.

The transceiver 512 transmits and receives signals and data with the content server 10, the detector 100, and the terminal 700. In this case, wired and wireless communication may be used for data communication with the content server 10, and in particular, short-range wireless communication may be used for data communication with the terminal 700. Short-range wireless communication may be ZigBee, Bluetooth, binary CDMA, UWB, etc.

The controller 514 controls the transceiver 512 to receive content data from the content server 10. The control unit 514 transmits a control signal (control signal) of the detection unit 100 received from the terminal 700 to the detection unit 100, and the transmission and reception unit to receive a data session connection request received from the detection unit 100 Control 512.

The controller 514 determines whether there is a residual input / output channel that can be allocated according to the data session connection request of the sensor 100, and allocates a channel when there is a residual input / output channel. In one embodiment, since each component of the sensing unit 100 may be formed in plural, in this case, the assignable input / output channels may be three.

The controller 514 controls the transceiver 112 to transmit a data session response request for the data session connection request according to the channel assignment to the sensing unit 100.

Thereafter, the controller 514 controls the transceiver 512 to receive sensing data from the sensor 100, and stores the received sensing data in the storage 118. Thereafter, the transmitting / receiving data recognition signal is transmitted to the terminal 700 to control the transceiver 512 to receive data format information of the terminal 700.

The controller 514 converts the sensed data into a data format corresponding to the terminal according to the received data format information. Thereafter, the controller 514 controls the transceiver 512 to transmit the converted data to the terminal 700.

The second storage unit 320 receives and stores sensing data from the control unit 514.

3 is a configuration diagram illustrating the configuration of the control unit 514 of FIG. 2. 1 to 3, the controller 514 includes a video processing module 514a, a matching module 514b, and a data conversion module 514c. In the present specification, the module may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for performing the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, the module may mean a logical unit of a predetermined code and a hardware resource for performing the predetermined code, and means a physically connected code or does not necessarily mean one kind of hardware. It can be easily inferred by the average expert in the art.

The video processing module 514a controls the transceiver 512 to receive content data from the content server 10 and transmit the content data to the terminal 700.

The matching module 514b determines whether there is a residual input / output channel in response to a data session connection request from the sensing unit 100 to the set-top box 500, and sets a data session with the sensing unit 100 when there is a residual channel. .

The data conversion module 514c converts the sensing data received from the sensing unit 100 according to the data format information of the requesting terminal 700. The data format may be resolution information including pixel information of data.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a home network method using a set top box according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 4, the terminal 700 is a set-top box 500, and a control signal for a sensor 700 including a sensor 110, a web camera 130, and a DVR 160. signal) (S10). In an embodiment, the control signal is a control signal for one (eg, 110) of the specific components 110, 130, and 160 of the sensing unit 700.

The set top box 500 transmits the received control signal to the sensing unit (eg, 110) (S12). The sensing unit (eg, 110) requests a data session connection to the set-top box 500 (S14).

The set-top box 500 searches for the presence or absence of remaining input / output channels that are already allocated to other components 130 or / and 160 among the sensing units (eg, 110) according to the data session connection request (S16). If there is no remaining I / O channel as a result of the search, the process ends. On the other hand, if there is a residual input and output channel to allocate the channel to the detector 110 (S18).

Thereafter, the set-top box 500 transmits a data session response to the sensing unit 110 in response to step S14 (S20), and accordingly, a data session between the sensing unit 110 and the set-top box 500 is set. (S22).

According to the data session setting, the sensing unit 110 transmits sensing data using the channel allocated in step S18 (S24). The sensing data may be human body sensing data received by the sensor unit 110, photographed video data received by the web camera 130, and video data stored by the DVR 160. This can be modified by a person skilled in the art, and may be mainly sensing data related to security equipment.

The set-top box 500 receives and stores the sensed data (S26) and transmits a sensing data recognition signal to the terminal 700 (S28).

The terminal 700 transmits data format information of the terminal 700 to the set-top box 500 (S30).

The set-top box 500 converts the sensed data stored in the step S26 according to the data format information of the terminal received in the step S30 (S32), and then transmits the converted data to the terminal 700 (S34). .

 The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. Computer-readable recording media include all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). It also includes.

The computer readable recording medium can also be injected onto a networked computer system so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. And functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

As described above, the specification and the drawings have been described with respect to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, although specific terms are used, it is only used in a general sense to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and to help the understanding of the invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

1 is a block diagram showing a home network system using a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration of the control unit of FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a home network method using a set top box according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: content server 50: communication network

100: detector 300: home network

500: set-top box 700: terminal

Claims (6)

A sensing unit transmitting sensing data according to a control signal; A terminal for transmitting the control signal to the sensing unit to receive the sensing data; Receives and transmits the control signal transmitted by the terminal to the sensing unit, allocates a channel according to a data session connection request of the sensing unit operated according to the control signal, and allocates the channel. A set-top box which receives sensing data from the sensing unit through a channel and converts the data into a data format of the terminal received from the terminal; Home network system using a set-top box comprising a. The set-top box receives a control signal (control signal) for the sensing unit from the terminal, and transmitting to the sensing unit; The set-top box is a channel allocation step of allocating a channel to the sensing unit when there is a remaining input / output channel allocated to another sensing unit according to a data session connection request of the sensing unit; A display step of receiving, by the set-top box, the sensing data from the sensing unit through the assigned channel, transmitting the displayed data to the terminal; Home network method using a set-top box comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step, The set-top box is a storage step of receiving and storing the sensed data; The set-top box receiving a data format information of the terminal by transmitting a sensing data recognition signal to the terminal; And The set-top box converts the stored sensing data according to the data format information of the terminal, and then transmits the converted data to the terminal; Home network method using a set-top box comprising a. Transmitting and receiving unit for performing data transmission and reception with the terminal and the sensing unit; And Receives a control signal from the terminal and transmits the control signal to the sensing unit, and controls the transceiver to receive the data session connection request received from the sensing unit, the remaining input and output that can be allocated according to the data session connection request It determines whether a channel exists, allocates a channel when there is a residual input and output channel, and controls the transceiver to receive sensing data from the sensor through the assigned channel, data format information to the terminal. A control unit configured to receive and convert the sensed data into a data format corresponding to a terminal according to the data format information, and to control the transceiver to transmit the converted data to the terminal; Set top box characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 4, wherein A second storage unit for receiving and storing the sensing data from the control unit; Set top box characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 4 or 5, wherein the control unit, A matching module configured to determine whether there is a residual input / output channel in response to the data session connection request and to set a data session between the transceiver and the sensing unit when there is a residual channel; And A data conversion module for converting the sensing data according to the data format information of the terminal; Set top box comprising a.

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