KR20170008180A - Module type broadcast equipment integrated control system and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an integrated control system and method for a module type broadcast facility, which can provide a standardized control environment without changing a control system in response to adding, changing, and so on of a new broadcast facility model by providing an integrated control screen according to types of broadcast facilities as a GUI-based control screen on a user control panel, and can completely perform a control on different models of broadcast facilities by converting a control command signal of a standard protocol in an individual card individually controlling the broadcast facilities into a control signal of an individual protocol according to a model name so as to perform the control.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to an integrated control system and a method for controlling a broadcasting system,

The present invention relates to a broadcasting facility integrated control system, and more particularly, to a system and method for controlling integrated broadcasting facilities that can simplify the replacement or addition of broadcasting facilities by controlling broadcasting facilities on a module basis.

In general, the broadcasting facility control system includes an audio mixer device, an image mixer device, a screen device, and the like, and transmits an audio signal and an image signal output from the audio mixer device or the image mixer device to a speaker or a display device .

The audio mixer device is a device that receives a voice signal input from a sound source device and mixes the sound sources with a desired number of channels through an audio matrix, an external device, a power amplifier, and a speaker relay group, It refers to a device that has basic functions such as intensity control, tone control, volume control, and output channel selection.

As the sound source device, a CD player, a cassette deck, a tuner, a wireless microphone, a microphone, a remote amplifier, or the like can be used.

The audio matrix converts, mixes, and distributes the analog sound sources originating from the source device to digital.

The power amplifier amplifies and outputs the signals distributed by the audio matrix, respectively.

The speaker relay group distributes the amplified signal output from the power amplifier to the speaker selected according to the control of the public address control unit and outputs it.

On the other hand, in order to control the output of the video signal, an image matrix is required separately from the audio mixer. That is, a video signal inputted from various video devices such as a DVD, a projector, a data viewer, and a VCR is controlled through an image matrix and output to a display device.

However, as in the broadcasting system of Patent No. 10-0983334, the control program for the broadcasting system is set differently according to the situation of a broadcasting facility in which various broadcasting facilities are installed in combination. Therefore, whenever the broadcasting equipment which is in use is to be replaced with another broadcasting equipment, it is inconvenient to modify the program for the current control system. For example, if you are using a projector from Model B and you are replacing it with a projector from Model C, the program created for the protocol for Model B is incompatible with Model C, It must be modified to comply with the protocol for model D. This is also the case when adding a broadcasting facility.

Patent Document 1: JP-A-10-0983334

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user control panel for displaying an integrated control screen on a GUI-based screen in accordance with a type of broadcasting facility, so that even when a model of a broadcasting facility is changed or added, Provided is a modular broadcasting facility integrated control system and method capable of performing individual control of broadcasting facilities without having to change.

In addition, the present invention converts control command signals of a standard protocol from a control system into control signals of individual protocols according to a model name of a broadcasting facility in an individual card individually corresponding to a broadcasting facility, The present invention provides a modular broadcasting equipment integrated control system and method that can simplify the addition, or the separation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an integrated control system for a modular broadcasting facility includes a plurality of broadcasting equipments; An individual card for individually controlling the broadcasting facility; An integrated controller for transmitting control command signals to the individual cards; And a user control panel for transmitting a user control command to the integrated control unit, wherein the user control panel receives the card information including the type of the broadcasting facility from the integrated control unit, And outputting a control command signal of a standard protocol for each kind of broadcasting equipment according to a user control command inputted from a user, and transmitting the control command signal to the integrated control unit; Wherein the integrated control unit receives card information including the type of the broadcasting facility from the individual card when the individual card is inserted into the individual card slot and transmits the card information to the user control panel, Receive signals and deliver them to the individual cards; Upon receiving the control command signal of the standard protocol from the integrated control unit, the individual card converts the control command signal into a control signal of an individual protocol according to the model name of the broadcasting facility to control the broadcasting facility.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the card information includes a group ID indicating a type of the broadcast facility and an individual ID for identifying a control target broadcasting facility.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the control command signal of the standard protocol includes the group ID, the individual ID, and the control command signal value.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling integrated broadcasting equipment, comprising: a plurality of broadcasting equipment; An individual card for individually controlling the broadcasting facility; An integrated controller for transmitting control command signals to the individual cards; And a user control panel for transmitting a user control command to the integrated control unit, comprising: (a) recognizing insertion of the individual card in the integrated control unit; (b) receiving, from the integrated controller, card information including the type of the broadcasting facility from the individual card and transmitting the received card information to the user control panel; (c) outputting a control screen integrated on the user control panel in accordance with the type of broadcasting facility included in the card information as a GUI-based control screen; (d) generating a control command signal of a standard protocol for each type of broadcasting facility according to a user control command input from a user in the user control panel and transmitting the control command signal to the integrated controller; (e) receiving the control command signal of the standard protocol from the integrated control unit and transmitting the control command signal to the individual card; And (f) converting the control command signal of the standard protocol into the control signal of the individual protocol according to the model name of the broadcasting facility in the individual card, and individually controlling the broadcasting facility.

In another aspect of the present invention, the card information includes a group ID indicating a type of the broadcasting facility and an individual ID used to identify a broadcasting facility to be controlled.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the control command signal of the standard protocol includes the group ID, the individual ID, and the control command signal value.

According to the modular broadcasting facility integrated control system and method of the present invention, the integrated control screen is provided as a GUI-based control screen according to the type of broadcasting facility in the user control panel, It is possible to provide a standardized control environment without changing the control protocol of the standard protocol and to control the control protocol of the standard protocol according to the model name, There is an effect that the control on the facility can be performed completely.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an integrated broadcasting system control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of controlling integrated broadcasting equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
3 is an exemplary view of a control screen for implementing image control in the present invention,
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of converting a control command signal of a standard protocol into a control signal of an individual protocol in the present invention.
5 is an exemplary view of a control screen for implementing player control in the present invention, and Fig.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a control command signal of a standard protocol for various broadcasting equipment according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Parts having similar configurations and operations throughout the specification are denoted by the same reference numerals. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.

In the following description of the embodiments, redundant descriptions and explanations of techniques obvious to those skilled in the art are omitted. Also, in the following description, when a section is referred to as "comprising " another element, it means that it may further include other elements in addition to the described element unless otherwise specifically stated.

 Also, the terms "to", "to", "to", and "modules" in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, and may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software . In addition, when a part is electrically connected to another part, it includes not only a case directly connected but also a case where the other parts are connected to each other in the middle.

Terms including ordinals, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited to these terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the second component may be referred to as a first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as a second component.

1 is a block diagram of an integrated control system for a modular broadcasting facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the integrated broadcasting system control and control system according to the present invention includes a user control panel 110, an integrated control unit 120, a separate card 130, and a broadcast facility 140.

The user control panel 110 displays a control screen on the basis of a GUI (Graphic User Interface), and when the user inputs a control command, it transmits the control command signal of the standard protocol to the integrated controller 120. Here, the user control panel 110 does not output a separate control screen for each manufacturer or model of the broadcasting facility 140, but may be configured to control the type of the broadcasting facility 140 as described later with reference to FIGS. And outputs the integrated control screen accordingly. For example, a broadcasting apparatus 140 such as a projector, an elevation for controlling the vertical position and angle of a display device, a video control facility such as a screen, a sound control of a multimedia player, a microphone, a speaker, Outputs the integrated control screen according to the type.

The integrated control unit 120 is disposed between the user control panel 110 and the individual card 130. The integrated control unit 120 receives the card information including the type of broadcasting facility from the individual card 130 and transmits the card information to the user control panel 110 , Receives the control command signal of the standard protocol from the user control panel 110, and transmits the control command signal to the individual card 130.

The individual card 130 is a card allocated corresponding to the broadcasting facility 140, and is means for individually controlling each broadcasting facility 140. When receiving the control command signal of the standard protocol from the integrated controller 120, the individual card 130 converts the model name of the connected broadcasting facility 140 into a control signal of a different protocol to transmit the broadcasting facility 140 to the individual control do.

The broadcasting facility 140 includes an audio / video source device 141, an audio mixer 142, a video selector 143, a display 144, an electric / electric light device 145 and other devices 146, And is connected to the individual card 130 corresponding to each broadcasting facility 140.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an integrated control method of a broadcasting station according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

2, when a broadcast facility 140 is added to insert a corresponding individual card 130 into an individual card slot, the integrated control unit 120 recognizes the insertion of the individual card 130, Card is called (S510).

The called individual card 130 provides card information including the type of the broadcasting facility 140 to the integrated control unit 120 (S515). For example, when the projector A is newly installed and the corresponding individual card 130 is inserted, the individual card 130 provides information about the new installation of the projector in response to the call of the integrated control unit 120 .

Specifically, the card information includes a group ID indicating a type of the broadcast facility 140 (for example, a projector), a group ID for identifying a control target broadcast facility (for example, (For identifying the projector) to the integrated control unit 120. [

Next, the integrated control unit 120 stores the group ID and the individual ID of the individual card 130 in an internal storage unit (not shown), and transmits the group ID and the individual ID to the user control panel 110 (S520).

The user control panel 110 stores the group ID and the individual ID of the individual card 130 in an internal storage unit (not shown), and configures a control screen corresponding to the card information (S525). Here, the control screen corresponding to the card information is a control screen integrated according to the type of broadcasting facility. For example, the user control panel 110 displays an integrated control screen on the GUI in the form of a GUI regardless of the manufacturer or model name of the projector. The control screen may be configured to be input using a keyboard or a mouse, but may be configured to select a control tab, a control box, or a control item using a touch user interface (TUI).

On the other hand, when the individual card 130 is removed from the individual card slot, the integrated control unit 120 recognizes the separation of the individual card 130 and deletes the information of the individual card stored in the internal storage unit, May be provided to the user control panel 110. The user control panel 110 may also delete the information of the individual cards stored in the internal storage unit and reconfigure the control screen accordingly.

When the individual card 130 is inserted into or removed from an individual card slot, the technique by which the integrated control unit 120 recognizes the card is obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art and can be implemented in various ways. For example, in order to transmit the information of the individual card 130, two terminals among a plurality of terminals provided at a predetermined position of the individual card 130 are used. When the individual card 130 is inserted into the individual card slot, And the current that flows when it is detached can be cut off. Alternatively, insertion or removal information of the individual card 130 can be obtained through optical sensing of the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion on both sides of the individual card slot.

Hereinafter, a process in which a user inputs a control command and individually controls the broadcasting facility 140 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

First, Table 1 below is an example of the group ID and the individual ID specified for the broadcasting facility 140.

Group name Group ID Individual ID Sound / image source devices 01 DVD: 01-01
CDP (INTERM): 01-02
EVENT PLAYER: 01-03 Acoustic Mixers 02 YAMAHA O1V: 02-01
LS9: 02-02
AUDIA SOLO: 02-03
NEXIA: 02-04 Video selector 03 KRAMER VS-88H: 03-01
VS-1616D: 03-02 Video display type 04 EPSON A Model: 04-01
LG Monitor: 04-02
LG A Model: 04-03
SONY A Model: 04-04 Electric / light fixtures 05 Screen: 05-01
Elevation: 05-02
Black curtain: 05-03
Batten: 05-04 Other 06 Equipment # 1: 06-01
Equipment # 2: 06-02

When the user inputs a control command through the control screen provided by the user control panel 110 in operation S530, the user control panel 110 generates a control command signal of a standard protocol for each type of broadcasting facility, (S535). The control command can be input by clicking the desired control item on the GUI-based control screen or touch inputting based on the TUI. In response to a user's control command input, for example, a control command signal of a standard protocol may be generated in a control panel microcontroller (not shown), and the generated signal may be transmitted to the integrated control unit 120.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of converting a control command signal of a standard protocol into a control signal of an individual protocol according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a control command signal of a standard protocol for various broadcasting equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, a control screen 200 provided in the user control panel 110 includes a broadcast facility control tab 210. The broadcast facility control tab 210 is classified according to the product group of the broadcasting facility. When the user touches the corresponding product group control tab to select the predetermined broadcasting facility 140, the control tab of the product group is activated. 3, a projector control box 220 for controlling the projector registered in the user control panel 110 and a screen / elevation control box 230 for controlling the screen / Is activated.

Describing the player control screen illustrated in Fig. 5, the player control screen includes a playback music name display box 240 for displaying a name of a music title to be played back, a player control box 240 for controlling items such as playback, stop, fast forward, A volume control box 260 including control items such as a size, an increase, a decrease, a mute, and the like of the volume. This player control screen is also applied to all the audio reproduction facilities.

If the user inputs the ON button in the projector control box 220, the user control panel 110 displays the group ID indicating the projector in the control command signal of the standard protocol commonly applied to all the projectors, And may transmit the control command signal value to the integrated controller 120.

The items shown in the standard protocol formats 310 and 410 in FIGS. 4 and 6 will be described in detail as follows.

STX: Text to inform start of the information, it is essential code.

ID: Identification value for identifying the integrated control system. If there is one integrated control system, it is unnecessary code, but it is essential code when there is a plurality of integrated control systems.

GROUP ID: Identification value for each group, which is an essential code for identifying groups.

Individual ID: Individual broadcasting facility identification value, which is an essential code for identifying individual broadcasting facilities.

CMD: Mandatory code for transmitting command such as ON, OFF, UP, DOWN, PLAY, STOP or the like as a command signal value.

DATA1 to DATAn: Data to be transmitted, having values from 0 to n, and is an optional code. That is, if the information transfer can be completed only by the command signal value, the transfer object data is 0, and if the information transfer can not be completed only by the command signal value, the transfer object data is included.

CS: This is a check sum value that confirms whether the information to be transmitted is normal.

ETX: Text that informs the end of information, which is mandatory code.

The integrated control unit 120 assigns an individual ID for identifying the control target to the control command signal of the standard protocol received from the user control panel 110 and transmits the control command signal with the individual ID to the individual card 130 (S540). For this, the integrated controller 120 may also include at least one microcontroller.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the individual ID '01' indicating the first projector is assigned to the group ID '04' representing the projector, and '01' indicating ON is given as the control command signal value The control command signal 320 of the standard protocol can be generated. As another example, the standard protocol control command signals 420, 430, and 440, which respectively indicate ON / OFF control of the projector, UP / DOWN control of the screen, and PLAY / STOP control of the player, It is possible.

The individual card 130 converts the received standard protocol control command signals 320, 420, 430 and 440 into control signals 330 of individual protocols according to the model name of the broadcasting facility 140 (S545) And controls the broadcasting facility 140 connected thereto according to the control signal 330 of FIG. The individual card 130 may also include a microcontroller for controlling the connected broadcast facility 140.

4, the control command signal 320 of the standard protocol for turning on the first projector is converted into the control signal 330 of the individual protocol according to the model name of the projector, It is possible to perform integrated control in a standardized environment without changing the control system including the user control panel 110 and the integrated control unit 120 in response to the addition or change of a new broadcasting equipment model do.

The invention described above is susceptible to various modifications within the scope not impairing the basic idea. In other words, all of the above embodiments should be interpreted by way of example and not by way of limitation. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined in accordance with the appended claims rather than the above-described embodiments, and should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention when the constituent elements defined in the appended claims are replaced by equivalents.

110: user control panel 120: integrated control unit
130: Individual card 140: Broadcasting facilities
141: acoustic / image source device 142: acoustic mixer
143: Video selector 144: Display
145: Electric / light device 146: Other device
200: Control Screen 210: Broadcast Equipment Control Tab
220: Projector control box 230: Screen / elevation control box
240: Playback name display box 250: Player control box
260: volume control box 310, 410: standard protocol format
320, 420, 430, 440: control command signal of standard protocol
330: control signal of individual protocol

Claims (6)

A plurality of broadcast facilities;
An individual card for individually controlling the broadcasting facility;
An integrated controller for transmitting control command signals to the individual cards; And
And a user control panel for transmitting a user control command to the integrated controller,
The user control panel receives the card information including the type of the broadcasting facility from the integrated control unit, outputs the integrated control screen to the GUI-based control screen according to the type of the broadcasting facility included in the card information, Generates a control command signal of a standard protocol for each type of broadcasting facility according to a user control command input from the control unit, and transmits the control command signal to the integrated controller;
Wherein the integrated control unit receives card information including the type of the broadcasting facility from the individual card when the individual card is inserted into the individual card slot and transmits the card information to the user control panel, Receive signals and deliver them to the individual cards;
Wherein when the control command signal of the standard protocol is received from the integrated controller, the individual card converts the control command signal into a control signal of an individual protocol according to the model name of the broadcasting facility to control the broadcasting facility.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the card information includes a group ID indicating a type of the broadcasting facility and an individual ID for identifying a control target broadcasting facility.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the control command signal of the standard protocol includes the group ID, the individual ID, and the control command signal value.
A plurality of broadcast facilities;
An individual card for individually controlling the broadcasting facility;
An integrated controller for transmitting control command signals to the individual cards; And
And a user control panel for transmitting a user control command to the integrated control unit,
(a) recognizing insertion of the individual card in the integrated control unit;
(b) receiving, from the integrated controller, card information including the type of the broadcasting facility from the individual card and transmitting the received card information to the user control panel;
(c) outputting a control screen integrated on the user control panel in accordance with the type of broadcasting facility included in the card information as a GUI-based control screen;
(d) generating a control command signal of a standard protocol for each type of broadcasting facility according to a user control command input from a user in the user control panel and transmitting the control command signal to the integrated controller;
(e) receiving the control command signal of the standard protocol from the integrated control unit and transmitting the control command signal to the individual card; And
(f) converting the control command signal of the standard protocol into the control signal of the individual protocol according to the model name of the broadcasting facility in the individual card to individually control the broadcasting facility
And a control unit for controlling the integrated broadcasting equipment.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the card information includes a group ID indicating a type of the broadcasting facility and an individual ID for identifying a control target broadcasting facility.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the control command signal of the standard protocol includes the group ID, the individual ID, and the control command signal value.

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