TWM539191U - Video-array extender system - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation discloses a video-array extender system comprising: a video transmission device, a video receiving device. Wherein, the video transmission device having a video merging module receives two or more than two input video signal, merges a plurality of the input video signal into a merged video signal by the video merging module, and then outputs the merged video signal; the video receiving device electrically connects with the video transmission, and the video receiving device having two or more than two scalers scales the merged video signal by the scalers, and then outputs two or more than two output video signal.

Description

Image array extension system

This creation is an extension system, especially for an image array extension system that can transmit image signals in many ways.

In recent years, due to the rapid development of multimedia audio and video technology, various video transmission extension devices and video playback devices with different functions have appeared on the market. In order to improve the convenience and flexibility of consumers in viewing video, how to improve the video transmission mechanism between the transmitter and the receiver in the extension device is very important.

Wherein, the extension device adopts a pair of one-to-one connection mode. In this case, if the image information of multiple electronic products is to be extended to a plurality of terminal devices at the same time, it is necessary to use a plurality of extension devices as docking devices, and this method requires the user to additionally Prepare multiple transmission lines, or at the price of the transmission line, the price increases with the upper limit of the image quality of the transferable image from low to high, causing the user to transmit more image quality when transmitting at multiple points. The required input costs have also increased. The aforementioned problems have caused considerable trouble to the users.

The present invention proposes an image array extension system capable of receiving 1080p resolution image signals from a plurality of image input devices, and combining the images into high-resolution images, and transmitting the images to a plurality of terminal devices through a high-quality transmission line. receive. In this way, there is no need to spare multiple support for high-definition transmission lines, and the user's use of regional convenience is effectively improved.

The present invention provides an image array extension system, including: image transfer device, Image receiving device. The image transmission device has an image combining processing module that receives two or more input image signals, and combines the input image signals into the combined image signals by the image combining processing module, and outputs the combined image signals through a transmission line; The image receiving device is electrically connected to the image transmitting device through the transmission line. The image receiving device has two or more image segmentation processing modules. After the image segmentation processing module divides and merges the image signals, the image output device outputs two or two images. More than one output image signal.

In an embodiment, the image transmission device of the image array extension system further includes a host connection module and a transmission module, and the host connection module and the transmission module are respectively coupled to the image integration processing module, wherein the host connection module is used for The input image signal is received, and the transmission module is used to output the combined image signal.

In an embodiment, the image receiving device of the image array extension system further includes a receiving module and a display connecting module, wherein the receiving module and the display connecting module are respectively coupled to the image dividing processing module, wherein the receiving module is configured to receive The image signal is combined, and the display connection module is used to output the divided output image signal.

In one embodiment, the transmission module of the image array extension system is a digital display port transmitter, a high resolution multimedia interface transmitter, or a transmitter conforming to the HDBaseT transmission specification.

In an embodiment, the image merging processing module of the image array extension system has four groups of input image signals with 1080p resolution arranged in a preset arrangement manner to form an image merging processing circuit with 4k resolution or image merging processing. Device.

In an embodiment, the image segmentation processing module of the image array extension system divides four sets of output image signals having a resolution of 1080p according to a preset image block position.

In an embodiment, the image segmentation processing modules of the image array extension system are connected in series.

The present invention provides another image array extension system, including: an image transmission device and at least one image receiving device. Wherein, the image transmission device comprises: a host connection a module, a video merging module, and a first network communication module, wherein the image merging module is coupled to the host connection module and the first network communication module; and the image receiving device is The method includes: a second network communication module, an image segmentation processing module, and a display connection module, wherein the image segmentation processing module is coupled to the second network communication module and the display connection module respectively; and each terminal device and Display connection modules are respectively connected; wherein the image transmission device is connected to two or more external image input devices through a host connection module, and the image transmission device is connected to at least one image receiving device through a hub (HUB), and the image receiving device The device is connected to the corresponding at least one terminal device through the display connection module, wherein the host connection module transmits the two or more input image signals received from the image input device to the image combining processing module and merges into the combined image signal. And then transmitting the combined image signal to the corresponding second network communication module through the hub through the first network communication module, and receiving the image Re-segmentation processing counter via image segmentation module combined image signal, the display output image signal transmitted via the connector module to the divided respective terminal apparatus.

In an embodiment, the host connection module of the image array extension system is a digital video interface connector, a high-resolution multimedia interface connector, a digital display port or a VGA for receiving four sets of input image signals with 1080p resolution. The video interface processing module is configured to have four sets of input image signals of 1080p resolution arranged in a preset arrangement manner into an image combining processing circuit or an image combining processor having a resolution of 4k.

In an embodiment, the image segmentation processing module of the image array extension system is an image segmentation processing circuit or a segmenter that divides the combined image signal according to a preset image block position.

In order to further understand the techniques, methods and effects of this creation in order to achieve the intended purpose, please refer to the following detailed descriptions and diagrams of this creation. I believe that the purpose, characteristics and characteristics of this creation can be deepened and specific. The drawings and the annexes are provided for reference and description only, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

A, B, C, D‧‧‧ image input device

1001, 2001‧‧‧Image Array Extension System

1, 11‧‧‧ image transmission device

103, 113‧‧‧ host connection module

102, 112‧‧‧Image merge processing module

104a‧‧‧Transmission module

104b‧‧‧ receiving module

111a, 111b, 121b, 131b, 141b‧‧‧ network communication module

205a‧‧‧Web route

105a, 105b, 205b‧‧‧ transmission line

4‧‧‧ hub

2, 21, 22, 23, 24‧‧‧ image receiving device

202a, 202b, 202c, 202d, 212, 222, 232, 242‧‧‧ image segmentation processing module

201, 211, 221, 231, 241‧‧‧ display connection module

301, 302, 303, 304‧‧‧ terminal devices

3‧‧‧4K combined image

31, 32, 33, 34‧‧‧ Input image preset position

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an image array extension system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a functional block diagram of an image array extension system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a 4k merged image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Various illustrative embodiments are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the inventive concept may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the illustrative embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this description will be thorough and complete, and the scope of the inventive concept will be fully conveyed to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, the size and relative sizes of layers and regions may be exaggerated for clarity. Similar numbers always indicate similar components.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, such elements are not limited by the terms. These terms are used to distinguish one element from another. Thus, a first element discussed below could be termed a second element without departing from the teachings of the inventive concept. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any of the associated listed items and all combinations of one or more.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram of an extension device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, four sets of 1080p resolution image input sources are used, and the image signals are transmitted by combining into 4K images, and then divided into 1080p resolution images and transmitted to corresponding users.

In detail, in FIG. 1, the extension device 1001 of the present embodiment receives four sets of 1080p resolution video signals input from external image input devices A, B, C, and D by the image transmission device 1. After the image combining processing module 102 is merged into a high-quality combined image signal having a resolution of 4K, the image is combined and extended by the high-quality transmission line, and further transmitted to the image receiving device 2, and the image segmentation processing mode of the image receiving device 2 is performed. Groups 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d will have 4K resolution The high-quality combined image signal of the degree is cut according to the preset position, divided into a plurality of images, and then output to the terminal devices 301, 302, 303, and 304, respectively.

More specifically, the image array extension system 1001 of FIG. 1 includes a video transmission device 1 and an image receiving device 2. The image transmission device 1 may be composed of a host connection module 103, a video combination processing module 102, and a transmission module 104a. The image merging processing module 102 is directly or indirectly coupled to the host connection module 103 and the transmission module 104a. The host connection module 103 receives four sets of 1080p resolution video signals input from the image input devices A, B, C, and D through the transmission line 105b, and transmits the 1080p resolution video signals to the image integration processing module 102. Perform image merging. The image merge processing module 102 is used to merge the image signals. Please refer to FIG. 3 for this part. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the 4k merged image, and preset four input image preset positions 31 and 32 in the reserved position of the 4K image respectively. , 33, 34, according to the input image preset positions 31, 32, 33, 34, the received four sets of 1080p resolution image signals are combined according to a preset configuration method by stitching, the combined images For the 4K merged image 3 shown in FIG. 3, the 4K merged image is a high-quality combined image signal with 4K resolution, and the combined high-quality combined image signal with 4K resolution is transmitted through the transmission module. 104a transmits. The transmission module 104a is a receiving module 104b for connecting to the image receiving device 2 via the transmission line 105a. This embodiment does not limit the method of image combining described above.

In practice, the host connection module 103 can be a digital video interface (DVI) connector, a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) connector, a digital display port (DP), or other video interface such as VGA video. The image merging processing module 102 may be a suitable image merging processing circuit or a video merging processor; the transmitting module 104a may be a digital display Display (DisplayPort, DP) of DisplayPort 1.2 or later. a transmitter; or a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) transmitter of HDMI 2.0 or higher, which can support the transmission of 4K high-resolution images; it is worth mentioning that the transmission module 104a can also be The HDBaseT transmitter and the image transmission device 1 perform image signal transmission with the image receiving device 2 through a HDBaseT transmitter in a network connection manner; the transmission line 105a may be a signal line of DisplayPort 1.2 or higher, and the HDMI2.0 transmission line may conform to Transmission line of CAT-5, CAT-5E, CAT6, CAT6E or CAT7 specification; the transmission line 105b may be a digital video interface (DVI) connection line, a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) connection line, and a digital display port ( Display Port, DP) Transmission cable such as cable or VGA video cable. The embodiment does not limit the connection manner and implementation manner of the host connection module 103, the image integration processing module 102, the transmission module 104a, the transmission line 105a, and the transmission line 105b.

Referring to the image receiving device 2 of FIG. 1, the image receiving device 2 may be composed of a receiving module 104b, image segmentation processing modules 202a, 202b, 202c, and 202d and a display connection module 201. The image segmentation processing modules 202a, 202b, 202c, and 202d are directly or indirectly coupled to the receiving module 104b and the display connection module 201, respectively. The receiving module 104b is configured to receive the high-quality combined image with 4K resolution sent from the transmitting module 104a. The image segmentation processing modules 202a, 202b, 202c, and 202d are configured to divide the high-quality merged image, and the segmentation method can be divided according to the preset input image preset positions 31, 32, 33, and 34. The output image signal may be divided into the specified image block according to the externally provided segmentation instruction, and the method of image segmentation is not limited in this creation. The display connection module 201 is connected to the external terminal devices 301, 302, 303, and 304 via a transmission line 105b for transmitting the output video signal to the terminal devices 301, 302, 303, and 304.

In practice, the receiving module 104b and the transmitting module 104a are mostly corresponding interfaces, and may be a DisplayPort (DP) transmitter of DisplayPort 1.2 or higher; or a high-resolution multimedia of HDMI 2.0 or higher. The interface (HDMI) transmitter can support the transmission of 4K high-resolution images. It is worth mentioning that the transmission module 104b can also be an HDBaseT transmitter, and the image transmission device 1 is connected to the network through the HDBaseT transmitter. And performing image signal transmission with the image receiving device 2; the image segmentation processing modules 202a, 202b, 202c, and 202d, The device may be a suitable image segmentation processing circuit or a scaler. The display connection module 201 may be a digital video interface (DVI) connector, a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) connector, and a digital device. Other video interface connectors such as Display Port (DP) or VGA video are displayed. This embodiment does not limit the connection manner and implementation manner of the receiving module 104b, the video segmentation processing modules 202a, 202b, 202c, and 202d, the display connection module 201, and the transmission line 105b.

2 is a block diagram showing the function of an extension system according to another embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the image array extension system 2001 of the present invention is based on the concept of the image array extension system 1001, and further creation can not only greatly increase the extendable distance of the user device, but also increase the user's Scalability during wiring and easy accessibility of wire materials. In this embodiment, an image input source having four sets of 1080p resolution is also used, and image signals are transmitted by combining into 4K images, and then divided into 1080p resolution images, and transmitted to corresponding users as an example.

Specifically, the image transmission device 11 of the image array extension system 2001 of the present embodiment transmits the image signal from the image input devices A, B, C, and D through the host connection module 113, and then transmits the image merge processing mode. Group 112 combines the received image signals into a high quality combined image signal. Then, the image transmitting device 11 transmits the high-quality combined video signal from the network communication module 111a through the hub 4 to the corresponding network modules 111b, 121b, and 131b of the image receiving devices 21, 22, 23, and 24. , 141b (the transmission method can use the method of non-directional broadcast). The image receiving devices 21, 22, 23, and 24 further pass the image segmentation processing modules 212, 222, 232, and 242 to divide the high-quality combined image and then pass the divided output image signals through the display connection module. 211, 221, 231, and 241 are transmitted to the corresponding terminal devices 301, 302, 303, and 304.

More specifically, the extension system 2001 of FIG. 2 includes image input devices A, B, C, D, image transfer device 11, hub 4, image receiving devices 21, 22, 23, 24, and terminal devices 301, 302, 303. , 304. The image transmitting device 11 can be a host connection module 113, an image combining processing module 112, and a network communication module. 111a is composed of. The image merge processing module 112 is directly or indirectly coupled to the host connection module 113 and the network communication module 111a. The host connection module 113 is configured to receive the input four sets of image signals from the image input devices A, B, C, and D through the transmission line 205b, and transmit the image signals to the image integration processing module 112 for image combination. The image merge processing module 112 is configured to merge the image signals, and the combined high-quality combined image signals with 4K resolution are transmitted through the network communication module 111a. The network communication module 111a is connected to the hub 4 via the network route 205a and the network communication modules 111b, 121b, 131b, and 141b of the image receiving devices 21, 22, 23, and 24.

In practice, the image input devices A, B, C, and D may be multimedia playback devices such as a computer mainframe, a notebook computer, a DVD, and a Blu-ray player; and the host connection module 113 may be a digital video interface (DVI). Other video interface connectors such as connectors, high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) connectors, display port (DP) or VGA video; the image merge processing module 112 may have appropriate image merge The processing circuit or the image combining processor; the network communication module 111a may be an RJ-45 interface network connector or an HDBaseT connector; the network route 205a may be CAT-5, CAT-5E, Transmission line of CAT6, CAT6E or CAT7 specification; the transmission line 205b may be a digital video interface (DVI) connection line, a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) connection line, a digital display port (DP) connection line or a VGA Transmission cable such as video cable. The embodiment does not limit the connection manner and implementation manner of the host connection module 113, the image integration processing module 112, the network communication module 111a, the network route 205a, the transmission line 205b, and the hub 4.

Next, please refer to the image receiving devices 21, 22, 23, 24 in FIG. 2, and the image receiving devices 21, 22, 23, 24 may be configured by the network communication modules 111b, 121b, 131b, 141b, and the image segmentation processing module. The groups 212, 222, 232, and 242 and the display connection modules 211, 221, 231, and 241 are constructed. The image segmentation processing modules 212, 222, 232, and 242 are directly or indirectly coupled to the network communication modules 111b, 121b, 131b, and 141b and the display connection modules 211, 221, 231, and 241, respectively. Network communication The modules 111b, 121b, 131b, and 141b are configured to receive the high-quality combined video signals with the 4K resolution sent from the network communication module 111a. The image segmentation processing module 212, 222, 232, 242 is configured to divide the high-quality merged image, and the segmentation method can segment the corresponding output according to the preset input image preset positions 31, 32, 33, and 34. The image signal may also be divided into the specified image block according to the externally provided segmentation instruction, and the creation of the image is not limited. The display connection modules 211, 221, 231, and 2411 are connected to the terminal devices 301, 302, 303, and 304 by a transmission line 205b for transmitting the divided output video signals having a resolution of 1080p to the terminal devices 301, 302, and 303. , 304.

In practice, the network communication modules 111b, 121b, 131b, and 141b may be RJ-45 interface network connectors or HDBaseT connectors; the image segmentation processing modules 212, 222, 232, and 242, It may be a suitable image segmentation processing circuit or a scaler; the display connection module 211, 221, 231, 241 may be a digital video interface (DVI) connector, a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) ) Other video interface connectors such as a connector, a display port (DP) or a VGA video; the transmission line 205b may be a digital video interface (DVI) cable or a high-resolution multimedia interface (HDMI) cable. And a digital display display port (DP) cable or a VGA video cable, etc.; the terminal device 301, 302, 303, 304 can be a computer screen, a notebook computer, a smart TV, a projector, a large electronic Kanban or other displayable electronic device. In this embodiment, the network communication modules 111b, 121b, 131b, and 141b, the image segmentation processing modules 212, 222, 232, and 242, the display connection modules 211, 221, 231, and 241, the transmission line 205b, and the terminal device 301 are not limited. 302, 303, 304 connection methods and implementation.

In summary, the image array extension system 1001 of the present invention can simultaneously receive image signals of multiple sources, and use a combined image to transmit through a single transmission line. By means of image segmentation, the user can receive presets. Corresponding video signals, or choose the desired split image. However, the image array extension system 2001 further proposed in this creation is in scalability and scalability. On, it has a greater effect on the improvement.

More specifically, the image array extension system 2001 can also receive image signals from multiple sources, and use the merged image to transmit the combined images to the user devices located at different locations through the hub 4 in a network transmission manner. The image signal corresponding to the input image signal can be arbitrarily selected and switched. Therefore, with the image array extension systems 1001 and 2001 proposed by the present invention, it is not necessary to spare multiple support for high-definition transmission lines, and the convenience of the user is effectively improved.

This creation has already met the requirements of the new patent and applied in accordance with the law. However, the above disclosures are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of rights of the present invention cannot be limited thereto. Therefore, the equal changes or modifications made according to the scope of the application of the present application are still covered by the present application.

A, B, C, D‧‧‧ image input device

1001‧‧•Image Array Extension System

1‧‧‧Image transmission device

103‧‧‧Host connection module

102‧‧‧Image merge processing module

104a‧‧‧Transmission module

104b‧‧‧ receiving module

105a, 105b‧‧‧ transmission line

2‧‧‧Image receiving device

202a, 202b, 202c, 202d‧‧‧ image segmentation processing module

201‧‧‧Display connection module

301, 302, 303, 304‧‧‧ terminal devices

Claims (9)

An image array extending system includes: an image transmitting device having an image combining processing module, wherein the image transmitting device receives two or more input image signals, and the image combining processing module And combining the input image signals into a combined image signal, and outputting the combined image signal through a transmission line; and an image receiving device electrically connected to the image transmitting device through the transmission line, the image receiving device having two or two The image segmentation processing module divides the combined image signal by the image segmentation processing module to output two or more output image signals. The video image extension device of claim 1, wherein the image transmission device comprises: a host connection module and a transmission module, wherein the host connection module and the transmission module are respectively coupled to the image integration processing module; The host connection module is configured to receive the input image signals, and the transmission module is configured to output the combined image signals. The image array extension system of claim 2, wherein the transmission module is a digital display buffer, a high-resolution multimedia interface transmitter, or a transmitter conforming to the HDBaseT transmission specification. The image array extension system of claim 2, the image receiving device includes: a receiving module and a display connecting module, wherein the receiving module and the display connecting module are respectively coupled to the image dividing processing module, The receiving module is configured to receive the combined image signal, and the display connection module is configured to output the output image signals. The image array extension system of claim 4, wherein the image merging processing module is configured to combine four sets of input image signals of 1080p resolution according to a preset arrangement manner into an image merging processing circuit or image having a resolution of 4k resolution. Merge processors. The image array extension system of claim 5, wherein the image segmentation processing module divides four image segmentation processing circuits or dividers having an output image signal of 1080p resolution according to a preset image block position. An image array extension system includes: an image transmission device comprising: a host connection module, an image integration processing module and a first network communication module, wherein the image integration processing module and the host connection module The first network communication module is coupled to each other; and the at least one image receiving device comprises: a second network communication module, an image segmentation processing module, and a display connection module, wherein the image segmentation processing module The image transmission device is coupled to the second network communication module and the display connection module; wherein the image transmission device is connected to the at least one image input device through the host connection module, the image transmission device and the image receiving devices Connected to a hub through a network route, and the image receiving devices respectively connect the corresponding at least one terminal device through the display connection module, wherein the host connection module receives two or two from the image input devices More than one input image signal is transmitted to the image combining processing module and merged into a combined image signal, and the combined image signal is transmitted through the first network The communication module is transmitted to the corresponding second network communication module through the hub, and the image receiving device divides the combined image signal through the corresponding image segmentation processing module, and the display connection module divides The latter output image signal is transmitted to the corresponding terminal device. The image array extension system of claim 7, wherein the host connection module is a digital video interface connector, a high-resolution multimedia interface connector, and a digital display for receiving four sets of input image signals with 1080p resolution.埠 or The VGA video interface module is configured to have four sets of input image signals of 1080p resolution arranged in a preset arrangement manner into an image merging processing circuit or a video merging processor having a resolution of 4k. The image array extension system of claim 8, wherein the image segmentation processing module is an image segmentation processing circuit or a segmenter that divides the combined image signal according to a preset image block position.