WO2007053987A1 - Point-to-multipoint wireless display method - Google Patents

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WO2007053987A1
WO2007053987A1 PCT/CN2006/000448 CN2006000448W WO2007053987A1 WO 2007053987 A1 WO2007053987 A1 WO 2007053987A1 CN 2006000448 W CN2006000448 W CN 2006000448W WO 2007053987 A1 WO2007053987 A1 WO 2007053987A1
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/442Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
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  • the present invention relates to data wireless transmission and data processing techniques, and more particularly to a point-to-multipoint wireless display method. Background technique
  • Display devices have become an indispensable part of people's lives.
  • Display devices are mainly divided into: cathode ray tube (Cathode Ray Tube) display, referred to as CRT display, is an important display part of desktop computers; flat panel display, mainly including liquid crystal display (referred to as LCD display) and plasma display, etc., is applied in multiple Display devices in the field, including computers, home applications, etc.; large-screen display devices, including projection large screens (DLP) and video walls, are the preferred display devices in public places.
  • CTR display cathode ray tube
  • LCD display liquid crystal display
  • plasma display etc.
  • DLP projection large screens
  • the display device is usually a one-to-one dedicated device.
  • the cable In order to project a computer screen onto multiple displays, it is more difficult to implement the cable in this case, and there is currently no corresponding wireless. s solution.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a point-to-multipoint wireless display method capable of realizing wireless multicast propagation of a display signal.
  • a point-to-multipoint wireless display method comprising the steps of: a) establishing a connection between a data processing device and a plurality of display devices;
  • the data processing device acquires pixel data, generates a pixel data packet, and sends the pixel data packet to the air in a multicast manner;
  • the step b) includes: the upper layer packs the pixel data according to a predetermined application layer protocol, and the pixel data packet is transmitted to the transport layer, and is sent to the UWB link layer in a multicast manner, and then sent to the air through the physical layer. .
  • the step c) includes: the multicast data packet is unpacked to the upper layer through the physical layer and the link layer; and the network layer unpacks the multicast data packet and recovers the pixel data according to the application layer protocol.
  • the transport layer and the network layer protocol combine to use one multicast protocol.
  • the pixel data is acquired from an operating system of the data processing device or is obtained from an output of the graphics card of the data processing device.
  • the method further includes: the data processing device transmitting the probe packet to the display device at a basic rate;
  • a suitable transmission rate of the data processing device end is determined according to the channel condition.
  • the step of determining a suitable transmission rate of the data processing device according to the channel condition further comprises selecting an intensity value according to a signal strength of the plurality of display devices such that a signal strength of the predetermined ratio of the display device is above the intensity value And then determining the corresponding transmission rate based on the signal strength and rate correspondence.
  • the method further comprises determining whether the transmission rate can support the system default image quality or higher image quality. Transmission; if yes, the data is transmitted with the system default image quality or higher image quality; if not, the user is notified to reduce the resolution or receive a possible poor image quality.
  • the plurality of display devices are divided into at least two multicast groups according to the signal strength.
  • the method further includes:
  • the data processing device For each frame of data, the data processing device first transmits to the two groups at rate a multicast; the low-speed display device group tries its best to receive;
  • step e3) comprises: for ⁇ multicast, one frame is sent every other frame, and is determined according to the following formula:
  • N Round[F, (l-F*B/a)*p/B]
  • F is the number of frames per second in group a
  • B is the size of each frame
  • Round (m, n) operation means that m is divided by n and rounded.
  • the beneficial effects of the present invention are: Since the present invention implements wireless transmission between a data processing device and a plurality of display devices based on a multicast protocol, the complexity is reduced compared to the conventional TCP/IP protocol. The processing load and manufacturing cost of the device can be effectively reduced. The display content can be conveniently projected on multiple display devices by wireless means at the same time. Due to the UWB-based technology, the screen quality is improved and the distortion is reduced.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application environment of a point-to-multipoint wireless display method according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the display system shown in Figure 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a point-to-multipoint wireless display method of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of determining a transmission rate in the method of Figure 4;
  • Figure 6 is a flow diagram of post-packet transmission in the method of the present invention. detailed description
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application environment of a point-to-multipoint wireless display method of the present invention.
  • a data processing device 110 and a plurality of display devices 120 constitute a one-to-many computer wireless display system.
  • the data processing device 100 can be various electronic devices having display data processing capabilities. For example, PC/server mainframes, laptops, handheld devices (PDAs, DVs, etc.). At the same time, the data processing device 100 can have an auxiliary device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a joystick.
  • PC/server mainframes laptops
  • handheld devices PDAs, DVs, etc.
  • the data processing device 100 can have an auxiliary device such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a joystick.
  • Display device 120 can be a variety of devices that can implement video signal reception and image display. For example, it may be a computer monitor (LCD, CRT, etc.), a projector, a television, or the like.
  • LCD computer monitor
  • CRT CRT
  • a projector a television, or the like.
  • the data processing device 110 needs to perform at least the following operations: obtaining pixel data; simply compressing the pixel data, and of course, not compressing at all, and then packaging with a certain application layer protocol; The data packet is transmitted to the transport layer, multicasted to the UWB link layer, and then sent to the air at the physical layer.
  • the display device 120 After receiving the multicast data from the air at the UWB end, the data is unpacked to the upper layer through the physical layer and the link layer.
  • the network layer unpacks the multicast packet and recovers the pixel data according to the application layer protocol.
  • Figure 2 is a block diagram of the system shown in Figure 1.
  • a first UWB transmission unit 130 is disposed at the end of the data processing device 110.
  • the first UWB transmission unit 130 is configured to perform at least the following operations: obtaining pixel data by using an operating system or a graphics card (not shown) on the data processing device 110 side; performing simple compression or no compression at all, and then Application layer protocol packaging.
  • the pixel data packet is sent to the transport layer and sent to the UWB link layer in multicast mode, and then sent to the air layer in the air.
  • the first UWB transmission unit 130 can adopt the following two specific implementation manners:
  • the first UWB transmission unit 130 takes the form of a data card (whether external or embedded) of the data processing device 110, such as a PCI/mini-PCI/USB card.
  • the data card can be taken from the data processing device 110 through the operating system of the data processing device 110 and controlled by software in the operating system on the data processing device 110.
  • the first UWB transmission unit 130 directly obtains screen data from the output of the graphics card instead of The operating system gets. It is in the form of an extrapolation module, connected to the output interface of the graphics card or graphics controller of the data processing device 110, or integrated with the graphics card.
  • a second UWB transmission unit 140 is provided.
  • the second UWB transmission unit 140 is configured to perform at least the following operations: after receiving the multicast data from the air, the physical layer and the link layer are unpacked and sent to the upper layer; the network layer unpacks the multicast data packet and recovers according to the application layer protocol. Pixel data; pixel data is sent to the display device
  • the output is displayed on 120.
  • the second UWB transmission unit 140 can adopt the following two specific implementation manners:
  • the second UWB transmission unit 140 can be externally inserted into the display device 120, for example, plugged into a VGA/DVI interface.
  • the second UWB transmission unit 140 can be integrated with the display device 120.
  • 3 is a flow chart of a point-to-multipoint wireless display method of the present invention.
  • step S310 a connection is established between the data processing device and the plurality of display devices.
  • the connection between the data processing device and the display device is established by the underlying layer of the UWB chip, and then the packet communication can be performed.
  • Step S320 The data processing device obtains pixel data from an output end of the operating system or the graphics card to generate a pixel data packet, and sends the pixel data packet to the air in a multicast manner.
  • the upper layer packs the pixel data according to a certain application layer protocol; the pixel data packet is transmitted to the transport layer, and is sent to the UWB link layer in a multicast manner, and then sent to the air layer in the air layer.
  • the pixel data can be simply compressed, and of course, it can be compressed at all.
  • the transport layer and the network layer protocol combine to use a simple multicast protocol.
  • the multicast protocol packet contains multicast address flags, sender flags, data type flags, image data bodies, and checksum information.
  • Table 1 it is an example of the format of the data packet in the present invention.
  • the multicast address indicates whether the data packet is unicast or multicast. If it is multicast, it is sent to which multicast group (may have multiple multicast groups, which are described in detail later).
  • the sender address indicates who sent the data.
  • the data type indicates whether this is a control message or a data message. If it is a data message, there is a pixel data body segment, which contains the start and end address, length and other information of the pixel block and the final RGB value of each pixel.
  • the check digit can be a conventional CRC check code or the like.
  • Step S330 After receiving the multicast data from the air, the display device unpacks according to the multicast protocol, and then recovers the pixel data from the multicast packet.
  • the physical layer and the link layer are unpacked and sent to the upper layer; the network layer unpacks the multicast data packet and recovers the pixel data according to the application layer protocol.
  • Step S340 sending pixel data to the display device for display output.
  • the present invention devises a device channel detection signaling to select an appropriate channel rate.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart of channel rate selection in the method of the present invention.
  • step S410 the data processing device establishes a connection with a plurality of display devices.
  • Step S420 the data processing device sends the probe packet to the display device at a basic rate.
  • the specific format of the probe packet can take various forms. For example, it can be a very simple empty package, just mark it in the header. At the network layer, the format examples are shown in Table 2.
  • the data type flag defines that this is a probe message.
  • Step S430 collecting channel conditions of each display device.
  • Step S440 determining, according to the channel condition, a suitable transmission rate of the data processing device end.
  • Fig. 5 is a specific example of determining the transmission rate r. Referring to Figure 5, for the case where the received signal strengths of the five display devices are different, an intensity value is found such that the signal strength of the device above 50% is above this. According to the signal strength of the value in the figure, the corresponding transmission rate is found in the rate correspondence table. If the signal strength in this range spans multiple rate values, the lowest rate is taken.
  • Step S450 determining whether the transmission rate can support the system default image quality or the image quality transmission. If yes, go to step S460; if no, go to step S470.
  • Step S460 sending data with a system default image quality or higher image quality.
  • Step S470 notifying the user to reduce the resolution or receiving a possible poor image quality.
  • the present invention further provides a grouping method when the low multicast rate r selected based on the method cannot meet the minimum image quality requirements.
  • the entire display device is no longer treated as a multicast group, but can be divided into two multicast groups.
  • the division method can follow the KM algorithm (of course, it can be divided into more groups based on similar methods). . Different transmission rates are used for each multicast group.
  • Figure 6 is a flow diagram of post-packet transmission in the method of the present invention.
  • step S610 a plurality of display devices are divided into two multicast groups by signal strength using a K-M algorithm.
  • Step S620 For each multicast group, select a corresponding transmission rate (3 ⁇ 4 and .
  • Step S630 For each frame of data, the data processing device first transmits to the two groups at rate ⁇ multicast; the low-speed display device group tries to receive as much as possible.
  • Step S640 determining whether the data processing device sends the data frame to the low speed group at the rate ⁇ . If yes, go to step S650; if no, go back to step S630.
  • N Round[F, (l-F*B/a)*p/B]
  • F is the number of frames per second in a group
  • B is the size of each frame
  • Round (m, n) operation means that m is divided by n and rounded.
  • Step S650 sending the data frame to the low speed group at rate ⁇ .
  • the above inventive method has the advantage that it can still meet the requirements of some devices when the system capacity is insufficient, that is, the high rate device can still display normally.
  • the low-speed device is always trying to receive, although the rate a cannot be completely decoded correctly, but the image data can be partially decoded.
  • the low-speed group ⁇ multicast can be used to decode the image frame data more effectively, so as to achieve partial diversity.

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一种点到多点的无线显示方法 技术领域
本发明涉及数据无线传输和数据处理技术,尤其是涉及一种点到多点的无线显示 方法。 背景技术
随着电子技术和材料工业的发展, 人们日益广泛地接触各种电子数据处理系统, 因此不可避免地会更多、 更广泛、 更经常地面对各种显示设施、 显示装置。 例如, 在 人们使用计算机时, 需要计算机主体部分执行计算操作等, 还需要显示设备进行信息 的输出。 典型的应用场景包括一个 PC主机和显示器, 一个便携式电脑接投影仪或大 屏幕电视等。
可以说, 显示设备已经越来越成为人们生活中不可缺少的一部分。显示设备主要 分为: 阴极射线管 (Cathode Ray Tube) 显示器, 简称 CRT显示器, 是台式计算机的 重要显示部分; 平板显示器, 主要包括液晶显示器 (简称 LCD显示器) 和等离子显 示器等, 是应用在多个领域的显示设备, 包括计算机, 家庭应用等; 大屏显示设备, 包括投影大屏幕 (简称 DLP) 以及电视墙等, 是公共场所首选的显示设备。
目前, 显示设备信号通常采用电缆进行传输。但是, 显示设备采用电缆连接存在 较多的不足之处: 例如, 台式计算机使用时必须和 CRT显示器采用电缆连接在一起, 长度受电缆的影响, 移动也受到限制。 也就是说, 通常计算机主机部分和显示设备之 间都需要通过电缆进行连接, 限制了人们的使用。
为了将人们从电缆中解放出来,更加方便地使用计算机等设施, 需要利用无线技 术代替电缆, 采用无线传输的方式来向显示设备传送信号, 从而摆脱电缆的束缚。
另外, 现有技术中, 通常情况下显示设备是一对一的专用设备, 为了将一个计算 机的屏幕投射到多个显示器上, 这种情况下用有线实现将更加困难, 无线上目前尚无 相应的解决方案。
如果采用传统的 TCP/IP协议, 则复杂度较髙, 并且增加设备的处理负载和制造 成本。
并且, 由于有多个无线显示设备存在,相互之间的无线信道有很大的差异和不确 定性, 从而影响到系统的鲁棒性 (表示容错能力) 和可靠性。 有鉴于此, 需要提供一种新型的点到多点的无线显示方法, 以实现计算机和多个 显示设备之间的无线连接。 发明内容
针对现有技术的不足, 本发明目的是提供一种点到多点的无线显示方法, 能够实 现显示信号的无线组播传播。
为此, 为了实现本发明的目的, 提供一种点到多点的无线显示方法, 包括步骤: a) 在数据处理设备和多个显示设备之间建立连接;
b) 数据处理设备端获取像素数据, 生成像素数据包, 以组播方式将像素数据包 发送到空中;
c ) 显示设备端从空中接收到组播数据后, 按照组播协议对所述数据包解包, 从 组播数据包中恢复出像素数据;
d) 根据该像素数据进行显示输出。
优选地, 所述步骤 b) 包括: 上层按照预定的应用层协议将像素数据打包, 像素 数据包传送到传输层, 以组播方式发送到 UWB链路层, 进而经物理层发送到空中的 步骤。
所述步骤 c ) 包括: 组播数据包经过物理层和链路层解包送到上层; 网络层解开 组播数据包并按照应用层协议恢复出像素数据的步骤。
优选地, 所述传输层和网络层协议合并使用一个组播协议。
优选地, 所述步骤 b) 中, 像素数据是从数据处理设备的操作系统获取的或者是 从数据处理设备的显卡的输出端获取。
优选地, 还包括- 数据处理设备以基本速率发送探测包到显示设备;
收集各个显示设备的信道状况;
根据所述信道状况确定数据处理设备端适合的发送速率。
优选地,所述根据所述信道状况确定数据处理设备端适合的发送速率的步骤进一 步包括根据多个显示设备的信号强度选择强度值, 使得预定比例的显示设备的信号强 度在该强度值之上; 随后根据信号强度和速率对应关系确定对应的发送速率的步骤。
优选地, 如果该强度值的信号强度跨越多个速率值, 贝 ij取其中最低的那个速率。 优选地,还包括判断此发送速率是否能够支持系统默认图像质量或更高图像质量 传输; 如果是, 则以系统默认图像质量或更高图像质量发送数据; 如果否, 则通知用 户降低分辨率或接收可能的较差的图像质量。
优选地, 如果选择得到的发送速率低至无法满足最低的图像质量要求时, 则根据 信号强度将该多个显示设备分成至少两个组播群组。
优选地, 对于存在两个组播群组的情况, 还包括:
el ) 对于每个组播群组, 分别选择其对应的发送速率 α和 β;
e2) 对于每帧数据, 数据处理设备端先以速率 a组播发送给两个群组; 低速显示 设备群组尽力接收;
e3 ) 判断数据处理设备端是否将该数据帧以速率 β发送到低速群组;
e4) 如果是, 则以速率 β发送该数据帧到低速群组; 如果否, 则返回步骤 e2)。 优选她, 所述步骤 e3 ) 的判断包括: 对于 β组播, 每隔 Ν帧发送一帧, Ν按照以 下公式确定:
N= Round[F, (l-F*B/a)*p/B]
其中 F表示在 a群组中的每秒帧数, B是每帧大小, Round (m, n) 操作表示 m 除以 n并取整。
相对于现有技术, 本发明的有益效果是: 由于本发明基于组播协议实现数据处理 设备和多个显示设备之间的无线传输, 因此相对于传统的 TCP/IP 协议, 降低了复杂 度, 可以有效地降低设备的处理负载和制造成本。 使得显示内容可以通过无线方式同 时在多个显示设备上方便地投影出来。 由于基于 UWB技术, 屏幕质量得到提高, 失 真度减小。
此外, 针对存在多个无线显示设备时, 无线信道有较大差异和不确定性的情形, 本发明的优选方案中提出了一套发送速率控制的方法。 可以增强系统的鲁棒性和可靠 性。 附图说明
图 1是本发明的点到多点的无线显示方法的应用环境示意图;
图 2是图 1所示的显示系统的方框图;
图 3是本发明的点到多点的无线显示方法的流程图;
图 4是本发明的方法中信道速率选择的流程图;
图 5是图 4所示方法中确定发送速率的示意图; 图 6是本发明的方法中分组后传输的流程图。 具体实施方式
图 1是本发明的点到多点的无线显示方法的应用环境示意图。
在图 1中,数据处理设备 110和多个显示设备 120构成一对多的计算机无线显示 系统。
其中,该数据处理设备 100可以是各种具有显示数据处理能力的电子设备。例如, PC/服务器主机、便携式电脑、手持设备(PDA、 DV等)等。 同时该数据处理设备 100 上可以有键盘、 鼠标、 控制杆等附属设备。
显示设备 120可以是多种可以实现视频信号接收和图像显示的设备。例如, 可以 是计算机显示器 (LCD、 CRT等)、 投影仪、 电视等。
对于点到多点的无线显示来说, 数据处理设备 110至少需要执行以下操作: 获得 像素数据; 将像素数据进行简单压缩, 当然也可以根本不压缩, 然后以一定的应用层 协议打包; 将像素数据包传送到传输层, 以组播方式发送到 UWB链路层, 进而到物 理层发送到空中。
而对于显示设备 120来说, 至少需要执行以下操作: 在 UWB端从空中接收到组 播数据后经过物理层和链路层解包送到上层。
网络层解开组播数据包并按照应用层协议恢复出像素数据。
图 2是图 1所示的 示系统的方框图。
其中, 在数据处理设备 110端, 设置有第一 UWB传输单元 130。 该第一 UWB 传输单元 130用于至少执行下列操作: 在数据处理设备 110端通过操作系统或者显卡 (图中未示出) 获得像素数据; 将像素数据进行简单压缩或根本不压缩, 然后以一定 的应用层协议打包。 将像素数据包送到传输层, 以组播方式发送到 UWB链路层, 进 而到物理层送到空中。
该第一 UWB传输单元 130可以采用下述的两种具体实施方式:
第一种方式, 该第一 UWB传输单元 130采用数据处理设备 110的数据卡 (无论 是外插的还是内嵌的)的形式, 例如一块 PCI/mini-PCI/USB卡等。 该数据卡可以从数 据处理设备 110通过数据处理设备 110的操作系统取得屏幕数据并且受到数据处理设 备 110上操作系统中的软件控制。
第二种方式, 该第一 UWB传输单元 130直接从显卡的输出得到屏幕数据而非从 操作系统得到。 其采用外插模块的形式, 接在数据处理设备 110的显卡或图形控制器 的输出接口上, 或者与显卡集成到一体,
在显示设备 120端,设置有第二 UWB传输单元 140。该第二 UWB传输单元 140 用于至少执行下列操作:从空中接收到组播数据后经过物理层和链路层解包送到上层; 网络层解开组播数据包并按照应用层协议恢复出像素数据; 像素数据送到显示设备
120上显示输出。
该第二 UWB传输单元 140可以采用下述的两种具体实施方式:
第一种方式,该第二 UWB传输单元 140可以采用外插在显示设备 120上的形式, 例如插在 VGA/DVI接口上等。
第二种方式, 该第二 UWB传输单元 140可以和显示设备 120集成到一体。 图 3是本发明的点到多点的无线显示方法的流程图。
参见图 3, 在步骤 S310, 数据处理设备和多个显示设备之间建立连接。 数据处理设备和显示设备间的连接建立是由 UWB芯片底层负责的, 之后就可以 进行发包通信了。
步骤 S320, 数据处理设备端从操作系统或的显卡的输出端获取像素数据, 生成 像素数据包; 以组播方式将像素数据包发送到空中。
其中, 上层按照一定的应用层协议将像素数据打包; 像素数据包传送到传输层, 以组播方式发送到 UWB链路层, 进而到物理层发送到空中。
其中, 可以将像素数据进行简单压缩, 当然也可以根本不压缩。
和传统的 TCP/IP协议不同, 本发明中, 传输层和网络层协议合并使用一个简便 的组播协议。 组播协议包中包含组播地址标志, 发送端标志, 数据类型标志, 图像数 据体, 校验等信息。
如表 1所示, 是本发明中的数据包的格式一个例子。
表 1
Figure imgf000007_0001
其中, 组播地址表示数据包是单播的, 还是组播的。 如果是组播, 是发给哪个组 播群组的(可能会有多个组播群组, 后面详细描述)。发送方地址表示是由谁发送的数 据。 数据类型表示这是一个控制报文还是一个数据报文等。 如果是数据报文, 则有像 素数据体段, 它包含此像素块的起止地址, 长度等信息和最终的每个像素的 RGB值。 校验位可以是传统的 CRC校验码等。
步骤 S330, 显示设备端从空中接收到组播数据后, 按照组播协议解包, 随后从 组播数据包中恢复出像素数据。
其中, 经过物理层和链路层解包送到上层; 网络层解开组播数据包并按照应用层 协议恢复出像素数据。
步骤 S340, 将像素数据送到显示设备上显示输出。
在本发明的方法中, 考虑到多个无线显示设备情况下各个信道的差异性, 为了保 证大多数显示设备的正常工作, 本发明设计了一种设备信道检测信令以选择适当的信 道速率。
图 4是本发明的方法中信道速率选择的流程图。
参见图 4, 在步骤 S410, 数据处理设备与多个显示设备建立连接。
步骤 S420, 数据处理设备以基本速率发送探测包到显示设备。
其中,所述探测包的具体格式可以采用多种形式。例如,可以是个很简单的空包, 只在包头标志一下即可。 在网络层, 格式示例如表 2所示。
表 2
Figure imgf000008_0001
其中数据类型标志定义这是一个探测报文。
步骤 S430, 收集各个显示设备的信道状况。
步骤 S440, 根据所述信道状况确定数据处理设备端合适的发送速率。
图 5是确定发送速率 r的一个具体示例。 参见图 5, 对于收到的 5个显示设备的 信号强度大小不同的情况,找到一个强度值使得 50%以上的设备的信号强度在此之上。 再根据此值在图中的信号强度, 在速率对应表中找到对应的发送速率。 如果此范围内 的信号强度跨越多个速率值, 则取其中最低的那个速率。
步骤 S450, 判断此发送速率是否能够支持系统默认图像质量或更髙图像质量传 输。 如果是, 则进入步骤 S460; 如果否, 则进入步骤 S470。
步骤 S460, 以系统默认图像质量或更高图像质量发送数据。
步骤 S470, 通知用户降低分辨率或接收可能的较差的图像质量。
当基于该方法选择得到的组播速率 r低无法满足最低的图像质量要求时, 本发明 进一步提供分组方法。 此时, 不再把整个显示设备视为一个组播群组, 而可以将其分成两个组播群组, 分法可以按照 K-M算法 (当然分成更多的群组也是可以基于类似的方法)。 对每个组 播群组釆用不同的发送速率。
图 6是本发明的方法中分组后传输的流程图。
参见图 6, 在步骤 S610, 用 K-M算法按信号强度将多个显示设备分成两个组播 群组。
步骤 S620, 对于每个组播群组, 分别选择其对应的发送速率 (¾和 。
步骤 S630, 对于每帧数据, 数据处理设备端先以速率 α组播发送给两个群组; 低 速显示设备群组尽力接收。
步骤 S640, 确定数据处理设备端是否将该数据帧以速率 β发送到低速群组。如果 是, 则进入步骤 S650; 如果否, 则返回步骤 S630。
由于系统总容量有限, 不可能以速率 α和 β将所有帧分别发给两个群组。 对于 β组 播, 可以抽取一些帧发送, 比如每隔 Ν帧发送一帧, Ν可以按照以下方法确定:
N= Round[F, (l-F*B/a)*p/B]
其中 F表示在 a群组中的每秒帧数, B是每帧大小, Round (m, n)操作表示 m除 以 n并取整。
步骤 S650, 以速率 β发送该数据帧到低速群组。
上述发明方法的优点在于, 在系统容量不足时仍然能够满足部分设备的要求, 即 高速率设备仍可以正常显示。 同时, 低速设备由于一直在尽力接收, 虽然速率 a不能 完全解码正确, 但是可以部分解码出图像数据。 这样结合下面其低速群组 β组播可以 更有效地解码出图像帧数据, 从而达到部分的分集功能。
以上所述仅是本发明的优选实施方式, 应当指出, 对于本技术领域的普通技术人 员来说, 在不脱离本发明原理的前提下, 还可以做出若干改进和改变, 这些改进和改 变饰也应视为本发明的保护范围。

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权 利 要 求
1. 一种点到多点的无线显示方法, 包括步骤- a) 在数据处理设备和多个显示设备之间建立连接;
b) 数据处理设备端获取像素数据, 生成像素数据包, 以组播方式将像素数据包 发送到空中;
c) 显示设备端从空中接收到组播数据后, 按照组播协议对所述数据包解包, 从 组播数据包中恢复出像素数据;
d) 根据该像素数据进行显示输出。
2. 根据权利要求 1所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中所述步骤 b) 包括: 上层按照预定的应用层协议将像素数据打包, 像素数据包传送到传输层, 以组播方式 发送到 UWB链路层, 进而经物理层发送到空中的步骤。
所述步骤 c) 包括: 组播数据包经过物理层和链路层解包送到上层, 网络层解开 组播数据包并按照应用层协议恢复出像素数据的步骤。
3. 根据权利要求 1所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中所述传输层和网络层 协议合并使用一个组播协议。 '
4. 根据权利要求 2所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中所述步骤 b) 中, 像 素数据是从数据处理设备的操作系统获取的或者是从数据处理设备的显卡的输出端获 取。
5. 根据权利要求 1至 4中的任何一项所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 还包括 步骤:
数据处理设备以基本速率发送探测包到显示设备;
收集各个显示设备的信道状况;
根据所述信道状况确定数据处理设备端适合的发送速率。
6. 根据权利要求 5所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中所述确定数据处理设 备端适合的发送速率的步骤进一步包括根据多个显示设备的信号强度选择强度值; 使 得预定比例的显示设备的信号强度在该强度值之上; 随后根据信号强度和速率对应关 系确定对应的发送速率的步骤。
7. 根据权利要求 6所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中如果该强度值的信号 强度跨越多个速率值, 则取其中最低的那个速率。
8. 根据权利要求 5所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 还包括判断此发送速率是 否能够支持系统默认图像质量或更高图像质量传输; 如果是, 则以系统默认图像质量 或更髙图像质量发送数据; 如果否, 则通知用户降低分辨率或接收可能的较差的图像 质量的步骤。
9. 根据权利要求 5所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中如果选择得到的发送 速率不能满足最低的图像质量要求时, 则根据信号强度将该多个显示设备分成至少两 个组播群组。
10. 根据权利要求 9所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中在两个组播群组的情 况下, 还包括:
el ) 对于每个组播群组, 分别选择其对应的发送速率 (X和 β;
e2) 对于每帧数据, 数据处理设备端先以速率 α组播发送给两个群组; 低速显示 设备群组尽力接收;
e3) 判断数据处理设备端是否将该数据帧以速率 β发送到低速群组;
e4) 如果是, 则以速率 β发送该数据帧到低速群组; 如果否, 则返回步骤 e2)。
11. 根据权利要求 10所述的点到多点的无线显示方法, 其中所述步骤 e3) 的判 断包括: 对于 β组播, 每隔 Ν帧发送一帧, Ν按照以下公式确定:
N= Round[F, (l-F*B/a)*p/B]
其中 F表示在 α群组中的每秒帧数, B是每帧大小, Round (m, n) 操作表示 m 除以 n并取整。
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