TWI502923B - Video array switching system and method thereof - Google Patents

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Video and audio array switching system and method thereof

The present invention relates to a video and audio array system, and more particularly to a video and audio array switching system for a multimedia audio and video environment.

With the advancement of multimedia audio-visual technology, people's lives are closely related to multimedia audio-visual technology, such as teaching environment, surveillance environment, concerts, presentations, advertisements or video walls, etc. Therefore, multiple audio-visual equipments and more A video and audio array system composed of playback devices is often used in the multimedia audio and video environment.

However, when the staff set up the audio-visual array system, the staff often encounters the following problems, which makes the staff spend considerable time deploying the audio-visual array system, for example, after the staff places multiple audio-visual devices and multiple playback devices in the pre-scoring position, The staffer then sets the communication address of the plurality of audio-visual devices and the plurality of playback devices, and the communication address is, for example, a dynamic network address, whereby the staff member has to spend a considerable amount of time to set the communication address.

Furthermore, when the staff completes the communication address setting of the plurality of audio-visual devices and the plurality of playback devices, if the staff member changes the connection status of the plurality of audio-visual devices and the plurality of playback devices, the worker needs to reset the settings. The connection status is described, whereby a plurality of audio-visual devices and a plurality of playback devices will spend time reconnecting.

The present invention provides a video and audio array switching system and method thereof to solve the above problems.

The invention provides a video and audio array switching system, which comprises K audio and video equipments, N playing equipments and a remote control device. The K audio and video devices are coupled to a network device, and each of the audio and video devices includes a video device and a first transceiver, and each of the first transceivers is coupled between one of the audio and video devices and the network device. The N playback devices are coupled to the network device. Each of the playback devices includes a playback device and a second transceiver. Each of the second transceivers is coupled between the one of the playback devices and the network device. The remote control device is coupled to the network device. Wherein the first transceiver and the second transceivers each have an independent communication address, and the independent communication addresses are not equal, and the remote control device manages the audio and video devices via the network device and The playback devices communicate, and the remote control device manages any one of the playback devices to transmit a video information to one of the audio and video devices, wherein K and N are natural numbers greater than 2.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the first transceivers has a first adjustment unit, each of the first adjustment units has a plurality of preset network addresses, and each of the first adjustment units is configured to use the preset network. One of the addresses is selected as an independent communication address of one of the audio and video devices.

In an embodiment of the present invention, each of the second transceivers has a second adjustment unit, each of the second adjustment units has a plurality of preset network addresses, and each of the second adjustment units is configured to use the preset network. One of the road addresses is selected as an independent communication address of one of the playback devices.

The present invention provides a video and audio array switching method, including: providing K audio and video devices, coupled to a network device, each audio and video device comprising a video and audio device and a first transceiver, each of the first transceivers coupled to the audio and video devices One of the devices is connected to the network device; the N transceiver devices are coupled to the network device, and each of the playback devices includes a playback device and a second transceiver, and each of the second transceivers is coupled to the playback devices. And a network device, wherein the first transceiver and the second transceiver have an independent communication address; providing a remote control device coupled to the network device; determining the a transceiver and the second transceiver Whether the independent communication addresses are not equal, if yes, the remote control device controls the audio and video devices and the playback devices to communicate via the network device; and manages any of the playback devices to transmit a video and audio information to the audio and video devices One of them, wherein K and N are natural numbers greater than 2.

The specific method of the present invention is to utilize an independent communication address built in the first transceiver and the second transceiver, wherein the independent communication addresses are not equal, and the second transceiver automatically searches for and connects to the first transceiver. Therefore, the remote control device manages the audio-visual devices and the playback devices to communicate via the network device, and the remote control device manages any one of the playback devices to transmit a video information to one of the audio-visual devices. The above mechanism can improve the convenience of the operation of the audio-visual array switching system, so as to effectively solve the problem that the staff spends considerable time setting the inconvenience of the communication addresses of the plurality of audio-visual devices and the plurality of playback devices.

The detailed description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings are to be understood by the claims The scope is subject to any restrictions.

1, 2‧‧‧Video and audio array switching system

10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e‧‧‧ audio and video equipment

100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e‧‧‧ audio and video devices

102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e‧‧‧ first transceiver

2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e‧‧‧ first adjustment unit

12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 22a, 22b, 22c‧‧‧ playback equipment

120a, 120b, 120c, 120d, 220a, 220b, 220c‧‧‧ playback device

122a, 122b, 122c, 122d, 222a, 222b, 222c‧‧‧ second transceiver

2220a, 2220b, 2220c‧‧‧second adjustment unit

14, 24‧‧‧ Remote control devices

16, 26‧‧‧Network devices

S301~S315‧‧‧ steps of the embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a video and audio array switching system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a video and audio array switching system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for switching a video and audio array according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a video and audio array switching system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a video and audio array switching system 1 includes K video devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, N playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d and a remote control device 14. The audio-visual array switching system 1 of the present invention is applied to a multimedia audio-visual environment, and the multimedia audio-visual environment is, for example, an audio-visual teaching environment, an audio-visual monitoring environment, a concert, a presentation, an advertisement, or a video wall. For convenience of description, the audio-visual array type of the embodiment is a four-audio device 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and four playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d. In other embodiments, the audio-visual array type is K audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and N playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, and K and N are natural numbers greater than 2, which are generally in the technical field. The knowledge person can freely design the number of the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d as needed. This embodiment does not limit the aspect of the video and audio array switching system 1.

For example, the audio-visual array switching system 1 of the present invention is applied to a video-audio teaching environment, wherein the audio-visual equipments 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d are individually disposed in A, B, C, and D, and the playback devices 12a, 12b, and 12c. 12d, there are individual audio-visual materials for Mandarin courses, audio-visual materials for English courses, audio-visual materials for mathematics courses, and audio-visual materials for natural science courses. When class A teachers and students are required to attend natural science courses, and class B teachers and students are required to attend English courses, users can The video information of the playback device 12d is controlled by the remote control device 14 to be transmitted to the audio-visual device 10a for playing, so as to meet the natural science courses of the class A teachers and students, and the user can control the video information of the playback device 12b to be transmitted to the remote control device 14 to The audio-visual equipment 10b is played to meet the English classes of the B-class teachers and students.

In addition, when Class A, Class B and Class C teachers and students are required to take the Mandarin language course, and the teachers and students of the class are required to attend the mathematics course, the user can control the audio and video information of the playing device 12a to be transmitted to the audio and video equipment through the remote control device 14. The 10a, 10b, and 10c are played to meet the Mandarin language courses of the Class A, Class B, and Class C teachers, and the user can control the audio and video information of the playing device 12c to be transmitted to the AV device 10d through the remote control device 14 to satisfy the D. Class teachers and students conduct English courses.

Each of the K audio and video devices 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d is coupled to a network device 16, and each of the audio and video devices 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d includes a video device 100a, 100b, 100c, and 100d and a first transceiver 102a, 102b. The first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d are coupled between the audio-visual devices 100a, 100b, 100c, and 100d and the network device 16. In practice, the audio-visual devices 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d are, for example, televisions, displays. A screen, an audio system or a home theater audio-visual device, whereby the audio-visual devices 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d can output audio-visual signals, and the embodiment does not limit the aspects of the audio-visual devices 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d.

The first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d are, for example, receivers for receiving video and audio information transmitted by the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d. In practice, the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d have built-in independent communication addresses, for example, independent communication addresses are built in the chips of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, thereby playing video and audio. The array switching system 1 can recognize the audio-visual equipment 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d according to an independent communication address. For example, the independent communication address of the first transceiver 102a of the class A is "192.168.0.5", and the independent communication address of the first transceiver 102b of the class B is "192.168.0.6", thereby distinguishing the video of the class A. The device 10a or the audio and video device 10b of the class B. Of course, the independent communication addresses of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d of the present embodiment are different, thereby being distinguished into the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d. This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d.

Next, the network device 16 is a hub, a router, or a switch. In practice, a hub is, for example, a passive hub or a passive hub. This embodiment does not limit the aspect of the hub. The network device 16 is configured to connect the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d to form the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d. A regional network. This embodiment does not limit the aspect of the network device 16.

The N playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are respectively coupled to the network device 16. Each of the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d includes a playback device 120a, 120b, 120c, and 120d and a second transceiver 122a, 122b. 122c, 122d, each of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d is coupled between one of the playback devices 120a, 120b, 120c, 120d and the network device 16, in practice, the playback devices 120a, 120b , 120c, 120d, for example, VCD, DVD, LD Or a multimedia player, a hard disk player, or a storage media player such as an MP3 or an MP4, whereby the playback devices 120a, 120b, 120c, and 120d can serve as a source of video and audio signals, and the embodiment does not limit the playback devices 120a, 120b, 120c, and 120d. The way.

The second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d are, for example, transmitters for transmitting video and audio information of the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d. This embodiment does not limit the states of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d. kind. In practice, the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d have built-in independent communication addresses, for example, independent communication addresses are built in the chips of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d. The array switching system 1 can recognize the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d according to the independent communication address. In addition, the independent communication addresses of the respective second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d are different, thereby distinguishing the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d. This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d. Similarly, the independent communication addresses of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d are different from the independent communication addresses of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d, thereby distinguishing the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, and 10c. 10d and playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d.

Each of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d has a high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) key, and each of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d also has a high-frequency wide digit. The key to content protection technology. In practice, the key of the high-frequency wide-digit content protection technology is used to prevent illegal copying of digital signals and image data, or between the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d and the corresponding audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d. Identification.

It should be noted that each of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d can automatically search for and connect one of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d, and each of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d have the same height as one of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d When the key of the High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is used, each of the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d transmits video and audio information to the corresponding audio and video devices 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d. One of them plays.

For example, the second transceiver 122a automatically searches for and connects to the first transceiver 102a, and the second transceiver 122b also automatically searches for and connects to the first transceiver 102b, when the second transceiver 122a is connected to the first transceiver. When the device 102a has the same key of the high-frequency wide-digit content protection technology, the playback device 12a will transmit the video and audio information to the corresponding audio-visual device 10a for playback. Similarly, when the second transceiver 122b and the first transceiver 102b have the same key of the high-bandwidth digital content protection technology, the playback device 12b will transmit the video and audio information to the corresponding audio-visual device 10b for playback. This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d and the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d.

In other embodiments, each of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d is automatically connected to some of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d, and the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d are When some of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d have the same high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) key, the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d are transmitted. The video information is played to some of the corresponding audio and video devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d.

For example, the second transceiver 122a will automatically search for and connect to the first transceivers 102a, 102b, and the second transceiver 122b will also automatically search for and connect to the first transceivers 102b, 102c, 102d, when the second transceiver When the device 122a and the first transceiver 102a have the same key of the high-bandwidth digital content protection technology, the playback device 12a will transmit the video and audio information to the corresponding audio-visual device 10a for playback. Similarly, when the second transceiver 122b and the first transceivers 102b, 102c have the same key of the high-bandwidth digital content protection technology, the playback device 12b will be enabled. The video and audio information is transmitted to the corresponding audio and video equipment 10b, 10c for playing.

It can be seen that any one of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, and 122d can be connected to at least one of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, and 102d at any time when the user wants to use the playback device 12b. When the audio-visual device 10a plays the audio-visual material, the user can use the remote control device 14 to make the playback device 12b and the audio-visual device 10a have the same key of the high-bandwidth digital content protection technology, thereby enabling the audio-visual device 10a to play the video. This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d and the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d.

It is worth mentioning that the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b and the playback devices 12a, 12b have the same key of the first high-bandwidth digital content protection technology, and the audio-visual devices 10c, 10d have the same second high-frequency wide digits as the playback devices 12c, 12d. The key of the content protection technology, whereby the video and audio information of the playback devices 12a, 12b can be played on the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, and the audio-visual information of the playback devices 12a, 12b cannot be played on the audio-visual devices 10c, 10d, and the playback devices 12c, 12d The video and audio information can be played on the audio-visual devices 10c, 10d, and the audio-visual information of the playback devices 12c, 12d cannot be played on the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b. This embodiment does not limit the aspect of the key of the high frequency wide digital content protection technique between the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d and the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d.

The remote control device 14 is coupled to the network device 16. In practice, the remote control device 14 is, for example, a computer, a laptop or a servo computer device, etc., and the embodiment does not limit the aspect of the remote control device 14. The remote control device 14 is for controlling the operations of the playback devices 120a, 120b, 120c, 120d and the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d. Of course, the remote control device 14 can set, change or edit the information of the playback device 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d or the names of the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, the setting location, or the key of the high-bandwidth digital content protection technology. This enhances the convenience of the playback devices 120a, 120b, 120c, 120d and the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d.

Any one of the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d and the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d has an independent communication address, and the independent communication addresses are not equal, the remote end The control device 14 manages the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d via the network device 16 for communication, and the remote control device 14 manages the playback devices 12a, 12b, Each of 12c, 12d transmits a video information to one of the video devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d for playback.

In practice, the second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d automatically search for and connect the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, whereby the audio-visual equipment 10a, 10b of the video-audio array switching system 1 of the present invention, 10c, 10d and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d will be in a state of being connected to the line. Therefore, when the user changes the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c through the remote control device 14, In the case of 12d connection, the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d and the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d change the connection status according to the control command of the remote control device 14, thereby saving the playback device 12a. , 12b, 12c, 12d re-search the time of the audio-visual equipment 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d.

For example, when the audio-visual equipment 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d and the remote control device 14 of the present invention are coupled to the network device 16, the playback devices 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d The second transceivers 122a, 122b, 122c, 122d automatically search for and connect the first transceivers 102a, 102b, 102c, 102d of the audio-visual devices 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, for example, the second transceiver 122a automatically searches for and connects The first transceiver 102a is automatically searched and connected to the first transceiver 102b. When the user wants to change the connection status, the second transceiver 122a is connected to the first transceiver 102b. When the second transceiver 122b is connected to the first transceiver 102d, the user can transmit control commands to the second transceivers 122a, 122b through the remote control device 14, so that the second transceivers 122a, 122b are respectively connected to the first transceiver. Device 102b, 102d. This embodiment does not limit the aspect of the video and audio array switching system 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a video and audio array switching system 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, for the same reason, the video and audio array switching system 2 of the present embodiment is similar to the video and audio array switching system 1 and 2 of the above embodiment. For example, the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c can also automatically search for and connect to the second. a transceiver 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e, and the audio-video array switching system 2 can also change the second transceiver 222a, 222b, 222c and the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d according to the remote control device 24. 202e's connection status.

However, there is still a difference between the present embodiment and the audio-video array switching system 2 of the above embodiment, in that the number of the playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c of the embodiment is three, and the audio-visual devices 20a, 20b, 20c The number of 20d, 20e is five, and the embodiment does not limit the aspect of the video-audio array switching system 2.

In detail, each of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e has a first adjusting unit 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, and 2020e, and each of the first adjusting units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, and 2020e has a plurality of Each of the first adjustment units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, and 2020e is configured to select one of the preset network addresses as the audio-visual devices 20a, 20b, and 20c. Independent communication address of one of 20d, 20e.

The first adjusting unit 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e is, for example, an addresser, an address dialer or an address knob. This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the first adjusting units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e. In practice, the default network address is, for example, "192.168.0.X", where X represents 0~255, whereby the first conditioning units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e have 256 selectable presets. The network address, of course, the default network address may also be "192.168.YX", where Y or X represents 0~255, whereby the first adjustment units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e have 65536 The preset network address is selected. This embodiment does not limit the preset network address.

Similarly, each of the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c has a second adjusting unit 2220a, 2220b, and 2220c, and each of the second adjusting units 2220a, 2220b, and 2220c has a plurality of preset network addresses, and each of the second The adjusting unit 2220a, 2220b, and 2220c are configured to select one of the preset network addresses as an independent communication address of one of the play groups 22a, 22b, and 22c. The second adjusting unit 2220a, 2220b, 2220c is, for example, an addresser, an address dialer or an address knob. This embodiment does not limit the aspect of the second adjusting unit 2220a, 2220b, 2220c.

It is worth mentioning that the preset network address of the second transceiver 222a, 222b, 222c and the preset network address of the first transceiver 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e can be classified by the device, for example, playing. The preset network address of the second transceivers 222a, 222b, 222c of the devices 22a, 22b, 22c is "192.168.0.X", and the first transceiver 202a of the audio-visual devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e The preset network address of 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e is, for example, "192.168.1.X", where X represents 0 to 255, thereby enabling the video and audio array switching system 2 of the present invention to recognize the playback device 22a more quickly. 22b, 22c or audio-visual equipment 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e, and the playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c can be connected to the audio-visual equipment 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e more quickly, this embodiment does not limit the second transceiver The preset network address of the 222a, 222b, 222c is the same as the device classification of the preset network address of the first transceiver 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e.

In addition to the above-mentioned precautions, those skilled in the art should know that the operation portion of the present embodiment is substantially equivalent to the foregoing embodiment, and those skilled in the art should refer to the foregoing embodiments and the above-mentioned precautions, and should It can be easily inferred, so it will not be repeated here.

According to the above embodiment, it can be summarized into a video and audio array switching method. FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for switching a video and audio array according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 2, the video and audio array switching method includes the following steps: in step S301, K video devices 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d are provided. 20e, respectively coupled to a network device 26. In practice, each of the audio-visual devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e includes an audio-visual device 200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e and a first transceiver 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e, each of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e are coupled between one of the audio-visual devices 200a, 200b, 200c, 200d, 200e and the network device 26.

Next, in step S303, N playback devices 22a, 22b, and 22c are provided, which are respectively coupled to a network device 26. In practice, each of the playback devices 22a, 22b, and 22c includes a playback device 220a, 220b, and 220c and a second transceiver 222a, 222b, and 222c. The second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c are coupled to the playback devices. One of the 220a, 220b, and 220c is connected to the network device 26, and each of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e and the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c has a Independent communication address.

In step S305, a remote control device 24 is provided, coupled to a network device 26. As such, the K audio and video devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e, the N playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c and a remote control device 24 are coupled to the network device 26, wherein K and N are greater than two. Natural number. The first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e and the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c communicate through a key of a high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP). .

It is to be noted that, in other embodiments, each of the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c automatically searches for and connects one of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e, and each of the second transceivers When the 222a, 222b, 222c and one of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e have the same key of the high-frequency wide-digit content protection technology, each of the playback devices 22a, 22b, and 22c transmits the video and audio. The information is played to one of the corresponding video devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e. In addition, each of the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c is automatically connected to the first transceivers 202a, 202b, and 202c, Some of the 202d, 202e, each of the second transceivers 222a, 222b, 222c and some of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e have the same high-frequency wide-digit content protection technology key, The playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c transmit video and audio information to some of the corresponding audiovisual devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20c for playback. The embodiment does not limit the second transceiver 222a, 222b, 222c to automatically search for and connect at least one of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e.

Next, in step S307, it is determined that the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e and the N of the N playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c among the K audio and video devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e Whether the independent communication addresses of the two transceivers 222a, 222b, 222c are not equal. In the actual operation, if the answer of step S307 is "YES", the process proceeds to step S309, and if the result of the determination in step S307 is "NO", the process proceeds to step S313.

If the determination result in the step S307 is YES, and in the step S309, the remote control device 24 controls the K video devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e and the N playback devices 22a, 22b via the network device 26. 22c communicates. Of course, in step S311, the video information of any one of the N playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c is transferred to one of the K video devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e for playback.

If the determination result in the step S307 is "NO", in the step S313, the first adjustment units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, and 2020e of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, and 202e are adjusted to make the first adjustment unit. 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e select one of a plurality of preset network addresses as an independent communication address of one of the K audio-visual devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 20e. For example, the communication addresses of the audio-visual devices 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, and 20e are all "192.168.0.5". Therefore, the user can use the first adjustment units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, and 2020e to connect the audio-visual devices 20a, 20b. The independent communication addresses of 20c, 20d, and 20e are set to "192.168.0.5", "192.168.0.6", "192.168.0.7", "192.168.0.8" or "192.168.0.9". This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the first adjustment units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e.

In step S315, the second adjusting units 2220a, 2220b, and 2220c of the second transceivers 222a, 222b, and 222c are adjusted, so that the second adjusting units 2220a, 2220b, and 2220c select one of the plurality of preset network addresses. As an independent communication address of one of the N playback devices 22a, 22b, 22c. For example, the communication addresses of the playback devices 22a, 22b, and 22c are all "192.168.0.5". Therefore, the user can separately separate the independent communication addresses of the playback devices 22a, 22b, and 22c through the second adjustment units 2220a, 2220b, and 2220c. Set to "192.168.0.1", "192.168.0.2" or "192.168.0.3". This embodiment does not limit the aspects of the second adjusting units 2220a, 2220b, 2220c.

Of course, the present invention adjusts the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e and the second transceiver 222a through the first and second conditioning units 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2020d, 2020e, 2220a, 2220b, 2220c, 222b, 222c independent communication address, whereby the independent communication addresses of the first transceivers 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 202e and the second transceivers 222a, 222b, 222c are not equal, to perform steps S309 and S311 program.

In summary, the spirit of the present invention mainly utilizes an independent communication address built in the first transceiver and the second transceiver, wherein the independent communication addresses are not equal, and the second transceiver automatically searches for and connects. The first transceiver is configured, so that the remote control device manages the audio-visual devices and the playback devices to communicate via the network device, and the remote control device manages any of the playback devices to transmit a video and audio information to the audio-visual devices. One of the devices plays. In addition, the first and second transceivers are further permeable to the first and second adjustment units to adjust the independent communication addresses of the first and second transceivers. The above mechanism can improve the convenience of the operation of the audio-visual array switching system, so as to effectively solve the problem that the staff spends considerable time setting the inconvenience of the communication addresses of the plurality of audio-visual devices and the plurality of playback devices.

The specific embodiments of the present invention are intended to be illustrative only and not to limit the invention to the above embodiments, without departing from the spirit of the invention and the following claims. The scope of the invention and the various changes made are within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

1‧‧‧Video and audio array switching system

10a, 10b, 10c, 10d‧‧‧ audio and video equipment

100a, 100b, 100c, 100d‧‧‧ audio and video equipment

102a, 102b, 102c, 102d‧‧‧ first transceiver

12a, 12b, 12c, 12d‧‧‧ playback equipment

120a, 120b, 120c, 120d‧‧‧ playback devices

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Claims (6)

An audio and video array switching system, comprising: K audio and video devices, respectively coupled to a network device, each of the audio and video devices comprising a video and audio device and a first transceiver, wherein the first transceiver is coupled to the audio and video devices One of the playback devices is coupled to the network device, and the N playback devices are respectively coupled to the network device. Each of the playback devices includes a playback device and a second transceiver. Each of the second transceivers is coupled to the playback device. One of the devices is connected to the network device; and a remote control device is coupled to the network device; wherein each of the first transceivers and the second transceivers has an independent communication bit The remote control device manages the audio-visual devices and the playback devices to communicate via the network device, and the remote control device manages any of the playback devices A video information is played to one of the audio and video devices, wherein K and N are natural numbers greater than 2, wherein each of the second transceivers is automatically connected to at least one of the first transceivers, and the second transceiver Device When at least one of the first transceivers has the same high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) key, each of the playback devices transmits the video and audio information to at least one of the corresponding audio and video devices. . The video/audio array switching system of claim 1, wherein each of the first transceivers has a first adjusting unit, each of the first adjusting units has a plurality of preset network addresses, and each of the first adjusting units One of the preset network addresses is selected as an independent communication address of one of the audio and video devices. The video/audio array switching system of claim 1, wherein each of the second transceivers has a second adjusting unit, each of the second adjusting units having a plurality of preset network addresses, and each of the second adjusting units Used to select one of the preset network addresses as an independent communication address of one of the playback devices. A video and audio array switching method includes: providing K audio and video devices, respectively coupled to a network device, each of the audio and video devices comprising a video and audio device and a first transceiver, each of the first transceivers being coupled to the audio and video devices Between the network device and the network device, the N devices are respectively coupled to the network device, and each of the device includes a playback device and a second transceiver, and the second transceiver is coupled to the One of the playback devices and the network device, and each of the first transceivers and the second transceivers has an independent communication address, wherein N playback devices are provided, respectively coupled The step of the network device further includes: each of the second transceivers automatically connecting to one of the first transceivers, each of the second transceivers having the same high-frequency wide digits as one of the first transceivers The key of the content protection technology (High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)) is to enable each of the playback devices to transmit a video and audio information to one of the corresponding audio and video devices to play; providing a remote control device, And determining, by the network device, whether the independent communication addresses of the first transceivers and the second transceivers are not equal, and if so, the remote control device controls the audio and video devices and the The playback device performs communication; and manages any of the playback devices to transmit the video information to one of the audio and video devices, wherein K and N are natural numbers greater than 2. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining whether the independent communication addresses of the first transceivers and the second transceivers are not equal comprises: adjusting each of the first transceivers a first adjusting unit, wherein each of the first adjusting units selects one of a plurality of preset network addresses as an independent communication address of one of the audio-visual devices. The method for switching video and audio arrays according to claim 4 or 5, wherein determining whether the independent communication addresses of the first transceivers and the second transceivers are different And the step of: further comprising: adjusting a second adjusting unit of each of the second transceivers, so that each of the second adjusting units selects one of the plurality of preset network addresses as one of the playing devices An independent communication address.