TWI663860B - Adjustable interface conversion method - Google Patents

Abstract

An adjustable interface conversion method uses a mobile communication device to connect to a control interface. At least one application program in the mobile communication device memory performs a remote control to output a control signal to the control interface. The control interface converts it into a After processing the signal, it is output to the converter to open the link between at least one first interface input port and at least one second interface output port. Select the corresponding first interface to receive the first signal from the source and select the corresponding one. The second interface outputs a second signal, so that the converter performs a conversion operation according to the selected interface specification to process the signal conversion between the first signal and the second signal, and finally cooperates with a connection through the second interface output port. End, the second signal is transmitted to the receiving end for playback. Therefore, the present invention can remotely control the adjustable interface conversion device through a smart phone or tablet computer through a USB connection or Bluetooth automatic detection method, which can avoid the inconvenience of manual setting by the user or incorrect setting. The inability to operate correctly occurs, thereby improving the performance of the adjustable interface conversion device.

Description

Adjustable interface conversion method

The present invention relates to an adjustable interface conversion method, and particularly relates to a method that can be remotely controlled by a smart phone or tablet computer through a USB connection or Bluetooth automatic detection method, and particularly refers to avoiding use It is inconvenient for users to set manually, or it is incorrect to set it to operate incorrectly, thereby improving the performance of users.

With the advancement of technology, more and more people use an AV Switch Device connected to several multimedia devices, several projectors, and several display screens to conduct business presentations, meetings or advertising. The multimedia device may be a computer host, a Blu-ray player, a handheld video recorder, or a digital camera. Therefore, several multimedia devices can provide several types of video and audio signals to several projectors or display screens, respectively, so that the above-mentioned video and audio signals are presented on several projectors or display screens, respectively. In other words, the user can conveniently switch to the desired multimedia device through the interface converter to output his video and audio signals to the display screen. Therefore, the control between different multimedia devices is switched by setting several switching switches or buttons on the interface converter. The interface converter transfers the multimedia device, the projector, and the display according to the multimedia device currently switched to. Signal between screens. However, in this method, the user must press the switch or button at a short distance or manually, and actively adjust the conversion by human force in order to meet the conversion between multimedia devices, causing troubles in use. It still has certain practicability and economy. Disadvantages. In addition, when the distance between the interface converter and the multimedia device is too long, it is necessary to use an extension device. (Extender) is used as a relay device to stabilize the efficiency of signal transmission, thereby increasing the difficulty and cost of wiring.

Because the traditional interface conversion uses a switch or a button to adjust, it causes extreme inconvenience to the user. Another industry proposes a conversion mode between a USB interface and a personal computer (PC), so that the USB interface can be connected to a PC. However, this device may be installed on the ceiling, and it is very inconvenient to connect to the PC, which still causes troubles in use. It is necessary to further improve it. Therefore, the general user cannot meet the needs of the user in actual use.

The main purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problems encountered in conventional techniques and provide an automatic interface detection through a USB connection or Bluetooth, which can remotely control the adjustable interface conversion through a smartphone or tablet. The device can avoid the inconvenience of manual setting by the user, or the situation that the setting cannot be performed by mistake, thereby improving the performance of the adjustable interface conversion device.

A secondary object of the present invention is to provide a peripheral device such as a smart phone or tablet, which can be easily connected to a USB wired interface or a Bluetooth wireless interface through a control interface, so that the user can conveniently use the smart phone or tablet. On the computer, you can switch between the first interface and the second interface of the conversion device, and it is convenient to perform data sharing between the source and receiver. You can also use the first interface input port or the second interface output port. Quantity extension configuration, to achieve the management effect of switching operations with multiple sources at the same time, or switching operations between multiple receivers.

To achieve the above object, the present invention is an adjustable interface conversion method, which includes at least the following steps: Step 1: Use a mobile communication device to connect with a control interface, and execute the mobile communication device with at least one application program (APP). A remote control to output a control Signal to the control interface; step two: the control interface receives the control signal output by the mobile communication device, converts it into a processing signal, and outputs the processing signal to a converter to conduct several first interface input ports The link between one of the two and one of the several second interface output ports selects the first interface corresponding to the selected first interface input port to receive the first signal from the source, and selects and is The second interface corresponding to the selected second interface output port outputs a second signal, so that the converter performs a conversion operation according to the selected interface specification to process a signal conversion between the first signal and the second signal; and steps Three: The second interface output port is used with a connection terminal to transmit the second signal to the receiving terminal for playback.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the control interface may be a wireless interface or a wired interface.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the control interface is a wireless interface of WiFi, Bluetooth, infrared antenna or other transmission protocols.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the control interface is a wired interface of USB.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the mobile communication device is a smart phone or a tablet computer. In the above embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of first interface input ports are high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signal input ports, digital visual interface (DVI) signal input ports, and video graphics. Array (Video Graphics Array, VGA) signal input port, YCBC signal input port, Composite Video Broadcast Signal (CVBS) input port, and S-Video signal input port.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the first interface input port receives an S-Video signal generated by the source end, and the S-Video signal corresponds to a video format.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the video format includes a high-resolution video format and a general-resolution video format.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the high-resolution video format includes AHD, HD-TVI, HD-SDI, and HD-CVI, and the general-resolution video format includes D1 (720 × 480) and 960H (960 × 480) .

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of second interface output ports are serial digital interface (SDI) signal output ports.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the source is a multimedia player, a hard disk player, a PS4, a game console, a laptop or a computer.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the receiving end is an audio / video output device of a display, a projector, an LCD screen or a speaker.

In the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, a display interface is further included, which is connected to the converter and disposed on the casing, and is used for displaying the information provided by the converter.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, the adjustable interface conversion method provides power to the adjustable interface conversion device through the control interface, the first interface, or the second interface.

In the above embodiment of the present invention, a power port is further connected to an external power source, and the power port draws power from the external power source.

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Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the conversion process of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional appearance of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the basic architecture of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a use state of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a block diagram of the use state of the present invention.

Please refer to "Figures 1 to 3", which are the schematic diagrams of the conversion process of the present invention, and A schematic diagram of the three-dimensional appearance of the invention and a schematic diagram of the basic structure of the invention. As shown in the figure, the present invention is an adjustable interface conversion method. The proposed adjustable interface conversion method is suitable for an adjustable interface conversion device 1 and includes a housing 10, a plurality of first interfaces 11, and a plurality of phases. The corresponding first interfaces 11 are connected and coupled to at least one source-side first interface input port 12, a converter 13 connected to the plurality of first interfaces 11, and a plurality of second interfaces connected to the converter 13. Interface 14, multiple second interfaces 14 connected to corresponding second interfaces 14 and coupled to at least one receiving end, second interface output port 15, a display interface 16 connected to the converter 13, and a connection to the converter The control interface 17 is formed.

The first interface 11, the converter 13, and the second interfaces 14 mentioned above are disposed in the casing 10, the first interface input ports 12, the second interface output ports 15, The display interface 16 is provided on the casing 10, and the control interface 17 may be provided in or on the outside of the casing 10.

The present invention uses the above device to perform an adjustable interface conversion method, which includes at least the following steps: Step s11: Use a mobile communication device, such as a smart phone or tablet computer, to connect to the control interface 17, which can be WiFi, The wireless interface of the Bluetooth, infrared antenna or other transmission protocols, or the wired interface of USB, performs at least one application (APP) in the mobile communication device memory to perform a remote control to output a control signal to the control interface 17.

Step s12: The control interface 17 receives the control signal output by the mobile communication device, converts it into a processing signal, and outputs the processing signal to the converter 13 to conduct one of the plurality of first interface input ports 12. The link between one or more of the second interface output ports 15 selects the first interface 11 corresponding to the selected first interface input port 12 to receive the first signal from the source, and selects and is Selected second interface The second interface 14 corresponding to the port 15 outputs a second signal, so that the converter 13 performs a conversion operation according to the selected interface specification to process a signal conversion between the first signal and the second signal.

Step s13: The second interface output port 15 is used with a connection terminal to transmit the second signal to the receiving terminal for playback. If so, a new adjustable interface conversion method is constituted by the above-disclosed process.

The above-mentioned several first interface input ports 12 may be High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) signal input ports, Digital Visual Interface (DVI) signal input ports, Video Graphics Array (VGA) ) Signal input port, YCBC signal input port, Composite Video Broadcast Signal (CVBS) input port, and S-Video signal input port. In addition, the first interface input port 12 receives an S-Video signal generated from a source end, and the S-Video signal corresponds to a video format. The video format includes a high-resolution video format and a general-resolution video format. For example, The high-resolution video format includes AHD, HD-TVI, HD-SDI, and HD-CVI, and the general-resolution video format includes D1 (720 × 480) and 960H (960 × 480). The plurality of second interface output ports 15 are serial digital interface (SDI) signal output ports. The source can be a multimedia player such as DVD, MP3 or MP4, hard disk player, PS4, game console, laptop or computer.

The receiving end may be a video output device such as a display, a projector, an LCD screen, or a speaker. Please refer to "Figures 4 and 5", which are schematic diagrams of the use state of the present invention and block diagrams of the use state of the present invention, respectively. As shown in the figure, when the present invention is in use, the computer 20 is used as the source terminal, and the display 30 is used as the receiving terminal. The computer 20 and the HDMI signal input port, the DVI signal input port of the first interface input port 12, VGA The signal input port, YCBC signal input port, CVBS input port, and S-Video signal input port are connected, and the second interface output port 15 (that is, the SDI signal output port) is connected to the display 30; and when the mobile communication device 40 It is connected to the control interface 17 through USB or Bluetooth, etc., and at least one application program in the mobile communication device 40 executes and outputs a control signal. The control interface 17 receives the control signal output from the mobile communication device 40, and It is converted into a processing signal, and the processing signal is output to the converter 13 so that the converter 13 conducts the link between the at least one first interface input port 12 and the at least one second interface output port 15, The corresponding at least one first interface 11 is selected to receive the first signal from the computer 20, and the corresponding at least one second interface 14 is selected to output the second signal to the display 30, so that the converter 13 is based on the selected interface The specification performs a conversion operation to handle signal conversion between several video signals and an SDI signal. For example, when the high-resolution image signal is selected to be transmitted by the HDMI signal input port of the first interface input port 12. When inputting, the first interface 11 is received through the corresponding HDMI interface. After receiving, it is transmitted to the converter 13 for conversion processing into SDI signals. After that, it is selected to be received by the SDI interface of the second interface 14. The second interface output port 15 uses a corresponding SDI signal output port and a connection end to transmit a high-resolution image signal to the display 30 for playback. In this way, by the method designed by the present invention, the user can directly connect to a smart phone or tablet computer through a USB wired interface, and can directly control the setting state of the adjustable interface conversion device 1 on the smart phone or tablet computer. Through Bluetooth wireless interface, you can search for Bluetooth peripherals, and then you can directly connect to a nearby smartphone or tablet that can receive. Through Bluetooth, you can directly adjust the adjustable interface conversion device 1, which is suitable for ISO and Android systems; Therefore, the method provided by the present invention can remotely control the adjustable interface conversion device 1 through a USB connection or Bluetooth automatic detection, which can avoid the inconvenience of manual setting by the user. Or by mistake The inability to operate correctly occurs, thereby improving the performance of the adjustable interface conversion device 1.

Compared with the conventional technology, the adjustable interface conversion method disclosed in the present invention can be used by simply connecting a USB wired interface or a Bluetooth wireless interface to a peripheral device 1 such as a smart phone or tablet computer, so that users can use It is convenient to switch between the first interface and the second interface of the conversion device 1 on the smart phone or tablet computer, and it is convenient to perform data sharing between the source and receiver, and the first interface can be used for input. The number of ports or second interface output ports is extended to achieve the management effect of switching operations with multiple sources at the same time, or switching operations between multiple receivers; of course, the adjustable interface conversion device applicable to this method 1. In specific implementation, the adjustable interface conversion device 1 can be provided with power through the control interface 17, the first interface 11 or the second interface 14, or an external power source can be connected through a power port 18 (in the figure) (Not shown), the power port 18 draws power from the external power source.

To sum up, the present invention is an adjustable interface conversion method, which can effectively improve various shortcomings. By using USB connection or Bluetooth automatic detection, it can be remotely controlled by a smartphone or tablet. The adjustable interface conversion device can avoid the inconvenience of manual setting by the user, or the incorrect setting and inability to operate correctly, so as to improve the use efficiency of the adjustable interface conversion device, thereby making the production of the invention more advanced, more practical, It is more in line with the needs of users, and indeed meets the requirements for invention patent applications.

However, the above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this; therefore, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the contents of the invention specification of the present invention , All should still fall within the scope of the invention patent.

Claims (14)

An adjustable interface conversion method includes at least the following steps: Step 1: Use a mobile communication device to connect with a control interface, perform a remote control with at least one application (APP) in the mobile communication device memory to output a control signal To the control interface; step two: the control interface receives the control signal output by the mobile communication device, converts it into a processing signal, and outputs the processing signal to a converter to conduct a plurality of first interface input ports The link between one of them and one of several second interface output ports selects the first interface corresponding to the selected first interface input port to receive the first signal from the source end, and selects and is selected The second interface corresponding to the second interface output port outputs a second signal, so that the converter performs a conversion operation according to the selected interface specification to process a signal conversion between the first signal and the second signal. Several first interface input ports are high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) signal input ports and digital video interface (Digital V isual Interface (DVI) signal input port, Video Graphics Array (VGA) signal input port, YCBC signal input port, Composite Video Broadcast Signal (CVBS) input port, and S-Video (S-Video ) Signal input port; and step three: transmit the second signal to the receiving end for playback by cooperating with a connecting end through the second interface output port. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control interface may be a wireless interface or a wired interface. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control interface is a wireless interface of WiFi, Bluetooth, infrared antenna or other transmission protocols. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the control interface is a USB wired interface. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the mobile communication device is a smart phone or a tablet computer. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first interface input port receives an S-Video signal generated by the source end, and the S-Video signal corresponds to a video format. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 6 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the video format includes a high-resolution video format and a general-resolution video format. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 7 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the high-resolution video format includes AHD, HD-TVI, HD-SDI, and HD-CVI, and the general-resolution video format includes D1 (720 × 480) and 960H (960 × 480). The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the plurality of second interface output ports are serial digital interface (SDI) signal output ports. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the source end is a multimedia player, a hard disk player, a PS4, a game console, a laptop, or a computer. The adjustable interface conversion method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the receiving end is a video output device of a display, a projector, an LCD screen or a speaker. The adjustable interface conversion method described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, further includes a display interface connected to the converter and disposed on the housing to display information provided by the converter. According to the adjustable interface conversion method described in item 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the scope of the patent application, power is provided to the adjustable interface conversion device through the control interface, the first interface, or the second interface. According to the adjustable interface conversion method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the method further includes a power port connected to an external power source, and the power port draws power from the external power source.