WO2021081745A1

WO2021081745A1 - Hardware resource allocation method and apparatus, video processor, and display system

Info

Publication number: WO2021081745A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/113946
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张聪慧; 王伙荣
Original assignee: 北京嗨动视觉科技有限公司
Priority date: 2019-10-29
Filing date: 2019-10-29
Publication date: 2021-05-06

Abstract

Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are a hardware resource allocation method and apparatus, a video processor, and a display system. The hardware resource allocation method is applicable to a master control apparatus electrically connected to at least one video output apparatus, and comprises: obtaining window creating information, wherein the window creating information is used for representing a window to be created on a target screen; generating a resource allocation command according to the window creating information, wherein the resource allocation command comprises: a target hardware resource identifier of an associated target video output apparatus and a target type, and the target video output apparatus is at least one video output apparatus; and sending the resource allocation command to the target video output apparatus so that the target video output apparatus allocates hardware resources of the target video output apparatus according to the resource allocation command.

Description

Hardware resource allocation method and device, video processor and display system

Technical field

This application relates to the technical field of video processors, and in particular to a hardware resource allocation method, a hardware resource allocation device, a video processor, and a display system.

Background technique

Existing video output devices are connected to and use multiple screens at the same time, and the hardware resources on the video output device correspond to two resource types to output and load multiple screens respectively.

In the prior art, the video output device allocates hardware resources for each screen in advance, but this method causes the hardware resources to be fixedly allocated, resulting in the inability to fully utilize the inherent hardware resources of the video output device dynamically.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the embodiments of the present application provide a hardware resource allocation method, a hardware resource allocation device, a video processor, and a display system, which can dynamically allocate hardware resources inherent to a video output device.

On the one hand, a hardware resource allocation method provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied to a master control device that is electrically connected to at least one video output device; it includes: obtaining window creation information, wherein the window creation information is used to characterize on a target screen The window to be built; generating a resource allocation command based on the window creation information, where the resource allocation command includes: the target hardware resource identifier and target type associated with the target video output device, the target video output device belonging to the at least one video Output device; and sending the resource allocation command to the target video output device for the target video output device to allocate its own hardware resources according to the resource allocation command.

In this embodiment, the inherent hardware resources on the target video output device are dynamically allocated according to the window creation information, which solves the problem of insufficient hardware resource utilization caused by the fixed allocation of hardware resources in the prior art, and achieves the ability to flexibly allocate hardware The effect of resources.

In an embodiment of the present application, the generating a resource allocation command according to the window creation information includes: generating resource demand information according to the window creation information; querying each corresponding target video output according to the resource demand information The current resource allocation status information of the device obtains the target hardware resource identifier.

In an embodiment of the present application, the window creation information includes: the target screen, the target type, and the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen; the resource requirement information includes: corresponding The number of hardware resources to be allocated for each target video output device; the generating resource requirement information according to the window creation information includes: using a video output device associated with the target screen as the target video output device; The position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen acquires the quantity of hardware resources to be allocated.

In an embodiment of the present application, the current resource allocation status information includes: a plurality of different resource group identifiers, a resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, and two different resource group identifiers associated with each resource group identifier. The hardware resource identifier of each of the hardware resource identifiers and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to each of the hardware resource identifiers; said querying the current resource allocation status information of each target video output device according to the resource demand information to obtain the hardware to be allocated The number of resources includes: acquiring the target resource group identifier corresponding to the target resource output device; acquiring the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier.

In an embodiment of the present application, the number of the target resource group identifiers is equal to the number of hardware resources to be allocated; the acquiring the target resource group identifier corresponding to each target resource output device includes: acquiring all the target resource group identifiers. The resource group status is the target resource group identifier in the idle state; or the resource group status is the target resource group identifier in the target screen occupancy state, and one of the hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier The type of the corresponding hardware resource is different from the target type, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle.

In an embodiment of the present application, the acquiring the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier includes: when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, associating the target resource group identifier One of the two hardware resource identifiers is used as the target hardware resource identifier; and when the resource group state associated with the target resource group identifier is the target screen occupation state, and the target resource When the type of the hardware resource corresponding to one of the hardware resource identifiers associated with the group identifier is different from the target type, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle And use the other hardware resource identifier as the target hardware resource identifier.

In another aspect, another hardware resource allocation method provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied to a video output device electrically connected to a main control device, and includes: receiving a resource allocation command, wherein the resource allocation command includes: a target hardware resource identifier and Target type; and controlling the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.

On the other hand, a hardware resource allocation device provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied to a main control device electrically connected to at least one video output device, and includes: an information acquisition module for acquiring window creation information, wherein the window creation information It is used to characterize the window to be built on the target screen; the command generation module is used to generate a resource allocation command according to the window creation information, wherein the resource allocation command includes: the target hardware resource identification and target type associated with the target video output device , The target video output device belongs to the at least one video output device; and a command sending module configured to send the resource allocation command to the corresponding target video output device for the target video output device to allocate the command according to the resource Allocate its own hardware resources.

In an embodiment of the present application, the command generation module includes: a demand information generation sub-module for generating resource demand information based on the window creation information; a target hardware resource acquisition sub-module for querying based on the resource demand information The corresponding current resource allocation status information of each target video output device obtains the target hardware resource identifier.

In an embodiment of the present application, the window creation information includes: the target screen, the target type, and the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen; the resource requirement information includes: corresponding The number of hardware resources to be allocated for each target video output device; the demand information generating sub-module includes: a first generating unit configured to use the video output device associated with the target screen as the target video output device; The second generating unit is configured to obtain the quantity of hardware resources to be allocated according to the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen.

In an embodiment of the present application, the current resource allocation status information includes: a plurality of different resource group identifiers, a resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, and two different resource group identifiers associated with each resource group identifier. The hardware resource identifier of the hardware resource identifier and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to each of the hardware resource identifiers; the target hardware resource acquisition sub-module includes: a target resource group acquisition unit: used to acquire a target corresponding to the target resource output device Resource group identifier; a target hardware resource acquisition unit, configured to acquire the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier.

In an embodiment of the present application, the number of target resource group identifiers is equal to the number of hardware resources to be allocated; the target resource group obtaining unit includes: a first obtaining subunit, configured to obtain the resource group status Is the target resource group identifier association in the idle state; the second acquisition subunit is used to acquire the target resource group identifier whose resource group status is the target screen occupancy state, and the one associated with the target resource group identifier The type of the hardware resource corresponding to the hardware resource identifier is different from the target type, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle.

In an embodiment of the present application, the target hardware resource acquisition unit includes: a third acquisition subunit: for associating the target resource group identifier when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is in an idle state One of the two hardware resource identifiers is used as the target hardware resource identifier; and the fourth acquiring subunit is configured to: when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is the target screen Occupied state, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to the one of the hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier is different from the target type, and all corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier When the type of the hardware resource is idle, the other hardware resource identifier is used as the target hardware resource identifier.

In another aspect, another hardware resource allocation device provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a video output device electrically connected to a main control device, and includes: a command receiving module for receiving a resource allocation command, wherein the resource allocation command includes : Target hardware resource identifier and target type; and a resource allocation module for controlling hardware resources corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.

On the other hand, a video processor provided by an embodiment of the present application includes: a main control device including a processor; at least one video output device, each video output device includes a first programmable logic device, and each video output device includes a first programmable logic device. The first programmable logic device is electrically connected to the processor, and each of the first programmable logic devices includes a plurality of different hardware resources; the processor is configured to: obtain window creation information, and generate information based on the window creation information Resource allocation command and sending the resource allocation command to the corresponding target video output device, wherein the window creation information is used to characterize the window to be built on the target screen, and the resource allocation command includes the hardware resource associated with the target video output device The target hardware resource identification and target type of the target video output device belong to the at least one video output device; the first programmable logic device of the target video output device is configured to: receive the corresponding resource allocation command And controlling the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.

In an embodiment of the present application, the video processor further includes: a video input device, including a second programmable logic device, and the second programmable logic device is electrically connected to the processor and the first programmable logic device. Device; the second programmable logic device is used to send the image to be displayed to the first programmable logic device of the target video output device; the first programmable logic device of the target video output device is used Drive and control the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output the to-be-displayed image in the target type.

In an embodiment of the present application, the video processor further includes: a backplane, including a data exchange chip, and the data exchange chip is electrically connected between the first programmable logic device and the second programmable logic device. The main control device, the at least one video output device, and the video input device are respectively connected to the backplane; the data exchange chip is used to receive the to-be-displayed sent by the second programmable logic device Image and the first programmable logic device that forwards the image to be displayed to the target video output device.

In an embodiment of the present application, there are multiple video input devices; the second programmable logic device of one of the video input devices sends the image to be displayed to the data exchange chip.

In another aspect, a display system provided by an embodiment of the present application includes: any one of the above-mentioned video processor, a first display device, and a second display device; the video output device of the video processor is connected The first display device and the second display device; when the type of the hardware resource of the first programmable logic device of the video output device is the first resource type, the video output device corresponds to the first Display device; when the type of the hardware resource of the first programmable logic device of the video output device is the second resource type, the video output device corresponds to the second display device.

In an embodiment of the present application, multiple video output devices are respectively connected to one first display device and one second display device. .

In an embodiment of the present application, the first display device is a preview display; the second display device is an LED display screen, and the LED display screen includes: a sending card connected to at least one of the video processors The video output device; a receiving card, connected to the sending card; LED light box, connected to the receiving card.

One of the above-mentioned technical solutions has the following advantages or beneficial effects: the hardware resources can be dynamically allocated for different display devices by grouping hardware resources and dynamically allocated according to the state of the resource group and the state of the hardware resources, realizing flexible hardware allocation. Resources, which solves the problem of conflicts between different screens caused by fixed allocation of hardware resources and the problem of inability to make full use of hardware resources.

Description of the drawings

In order to explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the drawings used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application. A person of ordinary skill in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for allocating hardware resources provided by the first embodiment of this application.

Fig. 2 is a detailed flowchart of step S2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detailed flowchart of step S21 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a target screen in an embodiment of the application.

Fig. 5 is a detailed flowchart of step S22 in Fig. 2.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flowchart of step S221 in FIG. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detailed flowchart of step S222 in Fig. 5.

Figures 8a-8c are schematic diagrams of the structure of resource allocation status information in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of another hardware resource allocation method provided by the first embodiment of this application

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of modules of a hardware resource allocation device provided by the second embodiment of this application.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the command generation module in FIG. 10.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of modules of another hardware resource allocation device provided by the second embodiment of this application.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of a video processor provided by the third embodiment of this application.

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a display system provided by the fourth embodiment of this application.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in this application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of this application.

[First embodiment]

Refer to FIG. 1, which is a hardware resource allocation method provided by the first embodiment of this application. The hardware resource allocation method is, for example, applied to a main control device electrically connected to at least one video output device, and specifically includes:

Step S1, obtaining window creation information, where the window creation information is used to characterize a window to be created on the target screen;

Step S2: Generate a resource allocation command based on the window creation information, where the resource allocation command includes: associating a target hardware resource identifier and a target type of a target video output device, the target video output device belonging to the at least one video output device ;as well as

Step S3: Send the resource allocation command to the target video output device for the target video output device to allocate its own hardware resources according to the resource allocation command.

Wherein, in the step S1, the window creation information may include the identifier of the target screen of the associated window, the position and size information of the window on the target screen, and the type of hardware resource required by the window; specifically The window is, for example, a window to be created; the identifier of the target screen of the associated window is, for example, the identifier of the screen where the window to be created is located, and the identifier is, for example, information used to distinguish different screens, such as The number of the screen; the position information of the window on the target screen is, for example, the offset of the starting position of the window to be created relative to the starting position of the target screen; the size of the window on the target screen The information is, for example, the width and height of the window to be created; the type of hardware resource required by the window is, for example, the usage type of one or more hardware resources that the window to be created needs to use, and the type is, for example, PVW( Preview, the preview screen in the studio) or PGM (Program, the on-air screen in the studio), that is, the type of hardware resource required by the window is, for example, PVW or PGM;

In one embodiment, the target screen is carried by at least one target video output device, wherein the target video output device belongs to the at least one video output device. Specifically, the target screen is, for example, carried by multiple video output devices, for example, some or all of the video output devices in the multiple video output devices are the target video output devices;

Referring to Fig. 2, in one embodiment, the step S2 includes, for example:

Step S21, generating resource demand information according to the window creation information;

Step S22: Query corresponding current resource allocation status information of each target video output device according to the resource requirement information to obtain the target hardware resource identifier.

Wherein, the resource requirement information represents the number of hardware resources required by the window to be created corresponding to the window creation information, and the target video output device corresponding to the required hardware resource.

Further, the current resource allocation status information includes, for example, multiple resource group identifiers, a resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, two different hardware resource identifiers associated with each resource group identifier, The hardware resource identifier corresponds to the type of the hardware resource. The resource group identifier is, for example, information for distinguishing multiple different resource groups, that is, the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the resource group identifier can be determined according to the resource group identifier, and the resource group identifier is, for example, Number, the hardware resource identifier is, for example, information used to distinguish multiple different hardware resources, and the hardware resource identifier is, for example, a hardware resource number.

In one embodiment, the current resource allocation status information may be information in the form of a table, which includes a plurality of different resource group identifiers, and each resource group identifier is associated with a resource group status and two different hardware resource identifiers, so The hardware resource corresponding to the hardware resource identifier belongs to the target video output device; the resource group status is, for example, used to indicate that the resource group associated with the resource group identifier corresponding to the resource group status is occupied or idle by a certain screen, so The resource group is, for example, two hardware resources corresponding to the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the resource group identifier, for example, the resource group status is represented as the second screen use, and for example, the resource group status is represented as idle.

Referring to FIG. 3, in one embodiment, the window creation information may include: the target screen, the target type, and position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen; the resource requirement information It includes: the number of hardware resources to be allocated corresponding to each of the target video output devices; wherein, the step S21 includes, for example:

Step S211: Use the video output device associated with the target screen as the target video output device;

Step S212: Acquire the quantity of hardware resources to be allocated according to the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen.

Referring to FIG. 4, in a specific embodiment, the target screen 1 includes, for example, sixteen display areas (shown by the dashed box in the figure), of which the eight display areas on the left can be carried by the first video output device, and the first video output device The eight hardware resources of one video output device carry the eight display areas on the left, and the eight display areas on the right can be carried by the second video output device, and the eight hardware resources of the second video output device are carried respectively. Load the eight display areas on the right. For example, for the window 2 to be created, according to the position and size information of the window 2 to be created on the target screen 1, the window 2 to be created is completely located in the loading area of the first video output device, so the window 2 to be created corresponds to The target video output device is the first video output device, and according to the position and size information of the window 2 to be created on the target screen 1, it can be known that the window 2 to be created is located in the loading area of the six hardware resources of the first video output device. For window 2 to be created, the number of hardware resources to be allocated for the first video output device is six. For another example, for the window 3 to be created, according to the position and size information of the window 3 to be created on the target screen 1, a part of the window 3 to be created is located in the loading area of the first video output device. The other part is located in the loading area of the second video output device, so the target video output device corresponding to the window 3 to be created includes the first video output device and the second video output device, and is based on the position of the window 3 to be created on the target screen 1. And the size information can also know that a part of the window 3 to be created is located in the loading area of the two hardware resources of the first video output device, and another part of the window 3 to be created is located in the loading area of the two hardware resources of the second video output device. Therefore, for the window 3 to be created, the number of hardware resources to be allocated for the first video output device is two, and the number of hardware resources to be allocated for the second video output device is two.

Referring to FIG. 5, in one embodiment, the current resource allocation status information includes: a plurality of different resource group identifiers, the resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, and the two associated with each resource group identifier. Different hardware resource identifiers and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to each of the hardware resource identifiers; wherein the step S22 includes, for example:

Step S221: Obtain the target resource group identifier corresponding to the target resource output device;

Step S222: Obtain the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier.

Further, referring to FIG. 6, the number of the target resource group identifiers is equal to the number of hardware resources to be allocated; wherein the step S221 includes, for example:

Step S2211: Obtain the target resource group identifier of the resource group in the idle state; or

Step S2212: Obtain the target resource group identifier whose resource group status is the target screen occupancy status, and the type of the hardware resource and the target type corresponding to one of the hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier The type of the hardware resource that is different and that corresponds to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle.

Further, referring to FIG. 7, the step S222 includes, for example:

Step S2221: When the status of the resource group associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, use one of the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier as the target hardware resource Logo; and

Step S2222: When the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is the target screen occupancy state, and the hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier corresponds to the type of the hardware resource and the target When the type is different and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, the other hardware resource identifier is used as the target hardware resource identifier.

In order to understand in detail the implementation process of step 22 in the embodiment of the present application, the step S22 is now described as follows:

The plurality of different resource group identifiers is, for example, sequential, and the resource group identifier is, for example, a number. For example, the resource group status associated with the resource group identifier is viewed in the sequence of the resource group identifier, for example, from the order of Starting from the previous first resource group identifier, check whether the status of the resource group associated with the first resource group identifier is idle;

Further, the status of the resource group associated with the first resource group identifier is idle, indicating that the resource group corresponding to the resource group identifier is not occupied by any screen, and the first resource group identifier is used as a target resource group, for example Identification, acquiring a hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier as the target hardware resource identifier, and selecting the hardware resource identifier with the first order as the target hardware resource identifier according to the sequence of the two hardware resource identifiers in the target resource group identifier;

Further, if the status of the resource group associated with the first resource group identifier is not idle, it means that the resource group associated with the first resource group identifier is occupied by a certain screen, continue to view the first resource Whether the state of the resource group associated with the group identifier is occupied by the target screen;

Further, the state of the resource group associated with the first resource group identifier is occupied by a non-target screen, the second resource group identifier is checked in the order of the resource group identifier, and the above process is repeated, which will not be described here;

Further, the status of the resource group associated with the first resource group identifier is occupied by the target screen, check the status of the two hardware resources respectively corresponding to the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the first resource group identifier Whether the type meets the following requirements: requirement one, the type of the hardware resource corresponding to one of the two hardware resource identifiers is different from the target type, requirement two, the other of the two hardware resource identifiers The status of the hardware resource corresponding to a hardware resource identifier is idle;

Further, when any one of the above requirements is not met, the second resource group identifier is checked according to the sequence of the resource group identifier, and the above process is repeated, which will not be described here; when the above two requirements are met at the same time, the The first resource group identifier is a target resource group identifier, and an idle hardware resource identifier associated with the first resource group identifier is acquired as the target hardware resource identifier;

Further, after obtaining the target hardware resource identifier, it is determined whether the number of target hardware resource identifiers meets the requirement, that is, it is determined whether the number of target resource group identifiers is equal to the target video output device in the resource requirement information. The number of hardware resources to be allocated; when the number of target hardware resource identifiers meets the requirements, the acquired target hardware resource identifiers are used as part of the resource allocation command, and when the number of target hardware resource identifiers does not reach When required, repeat the above process and continue to obtain another target hardware resource identifier, which will not be described here.

An implementation process of the hardware resource allocation method provided in this embodiment is, for example, acquiring a piece of window creation information, the window creation information includes, for example, the target screen identifier of the associated window, for example, the target screen number 01, and the window is located at all locations. The position information on the target screen is, for example, the offset of the initial position of the window relative to the initial position of the target screen, for example (100, 100), and the size information of the window on the target screen is, for example, the size of the window. The width is 1000 pixels, the height of the window is 1000 pixels, and the type of hardware resource required by the window is, for example, PVW.

The resource requirement information obtained according to the window creation information is, for example, that the area of the window on the target screen is carried by the target video output device, the number of hardware resources to be allocated of the target video output device is 3, and the The type of hardware resource to be waited for is PVW. For details of this process, refer to step S2 in the foregoing embodiment, which will not be described here.

See Figure 8a, which is the current resource allocation status information of the target video output device. The resource group in the upper left corner of the figure is represented as: the resource group identifier is 1, the status of the resource group is idle, and the resource group identifier is associated The two hardware resource identifiers are 1 and 2, respectively, the type of the hardware resource corresponding to the two hardware resource identifiers is idle, and the other resource groups are represented in the same manner, and will not be described here. According to the process described in step S22, the target resource group identifiers including 1, 2, and 3 are acquired, and the target hardware resource identifiers include 1, 3, and 4, and the target type is PVW, and the resource allocation command is sent to the target. Video output device.

For example, continue to obtain the second window creation information, the window creation information includes the target screen identifier as 02, and the resource requirement information obtained according to the window creation information includes that the target video output device is the same video output device, and the number of hardware resources to be allocated Is 2, the target type is PGM.

Refer to Figure 8b, which is the current resource allocation status information of the target video output device. According to the process of step S22, the target resource group identifiers including 4 and 5 are obtained, and the target hardware resource identifiers are further obtained including 7 and 9 and the target. The type is PGM, and the resource allocation command is sent to the target video output device.

For example, continue to obtain the third window creation information. The window creation information includes the target screen identifier as 01, and the resource requirement information obtained according to the window creation information includes that the target video output device is the same video output device, and the number of hardware resources to be allocated Is 4, and the target type is PGM.

Refer to Figure 8c, which is the current resource allocation status information of the target video output device. According to the implementation process of step S22, the target resource group identifiers obtained include 1, 2, 3, and 6, and the target hardware resource identifiers obtained further include 2, 5, 6, and 11 and the target type is PGM, and the resource allocation command is sent to the target video output device.

After the above implementation process, if the created window is no longer in use, the resource group status corresponding to the resource group identifier assigned to the target screen where the window is located can be set to idle, and the two hardware resources associated with the resource group identifier can be set The hardware resource status of is set to idle, which will not be introduced here.

Referring to FIG. 9, the embodiment of the present application also provides another hardware resource allocation method, which is applied to a video output device electrically connected to a main control device, including:

Step S4, receiving a resource allocation command, where the resource allocation command includes: target hardware resource identification and target type; and

Step S5, controlling the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.

In the step S4, the hardware resource allocation command sent in the step S3 is received.

In summary, the embodiment of the present application manages hardware resource identifiers in groups, allocates screens according to resource groups, and allocates hardware resources, so that hardware resources can be dynamically allocated, and hardware resources can be allocated flexibly according to actual needs. The hardware resources are allocated to each screen in advance, which solves the problem of hardware resource conflicts between screens.

[Second embodiment]

Refer to FIG. 10, which is a hardware resource allocation device provided by the second embodiment of this application. The hardware resource allocation device 100 includes, for example, an information acquisition module 10, a command generation module 20, and a command transmission module 30.

The information acquisition module 10 is configured to acquire window creation information, where the window creation information is used to characterize a window to be created on the target screen. Refer to the detailed description of the above-mentioned first embodiment, which will not be described here.

The command generation module 20 is configured to generate a resource allocation command according to the window creation information, where the resource allocation command includes: a target hardware resource identifier and a target type associated with a target video output device, and the target video output device belongs to the at least A video output device.

The command sending module 30 is configured to send the resource allocation command to a corresponding target video output device for the target video output device to allocate its own hardware resources according to the resource allocation command.

Referring to FIG. 11, in one embodiment, the command generation module 20 includes, for example:

The demand information generation sub-module 21 is configured to generate resource demand information according to the window creation information;

The target hardware resource acquisition submodule 22 is configured to query corresponding current resource allocation status information of each target video output device according to the resource requirement information to obtain the target hardware resource identifier.

In an embodiment, the window creation information includes: the target screen, the target type, and the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen; the resource requirement information includes: corresponding to each The number of hardware resources to be allocated of the target video output device.

Further, the demand information generating sub-module 21 includes, for example:

The first generating unit 211 is configured to use the video output device associated with the target screen as the target video output device;

The second generating unit 212 is configured to obtain the quantity of hardware resources to be allocated according to the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen.

In an embodiment, the current resource allocation status information includes: a plurality of different resource group identifiers, a resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, and two different hardware associated with each resource group identifier A resource identifier and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to each hardware resource identifier.

Further, the target hardware resource acquisition sub-module 22 includes, for example:

Target resource group obtaining unit 221: configured to obtain a target resource group identifier corresponding to the target resource output device;

The target hardware resource obtaining unit 222 is configured to obtain the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier.

In one embodiment, the number of target resource group identifiers is equal to the number of hardware resources to be allocated.

Further, the target resource group obtaining unit 221 includes, for example:

The first obtaining subunit 2211 is configured to obtain the target resource group identifier association of the resource group in the idle state;

The second acquiring subunit 2212 is configured to acquire the target resource group identifier whose resource group status is the target screen occupancy status, and the hardware resource identifier corresponding to the hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier The type of the hardware resource is different from the target type and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle.

Further, the target hardware resource obtaining unit 222 includes, for example:

The third acquiring subunit 2221: configured to associate one of the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is idle. The hardware resource identifier As the target hardware resource identifier; and

The fourth acquiring subunit 2222 is configured to: when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is the target screen occupancy state, and the hardware resource corresponding to the hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier When the type of is different from the target type, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, use the other hardware resource identifier as the target hardware resource identifier .

In the embodiment of the present application, the information acquiring module 10, the command generating module 20, and the command sending module 30 in the hardware resource allocation device 100 cooperate to implement the hardware resource allocation method as shown in FIG. 1 in the above-mentioned first embodiment. For the specific implementation process and technical effects, please refer to the description of the above-mentioned first embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

Refer to FIG. 12, which is another hardware resource allocation device provided by the second embodiment of this application. The hardware resource allocation device 200 includes, for example:

The command receiving module 40 is configured to receive a resource allocation command, where the resource allocation command includes: target hardware resource identification and target type; and

The resource allocation module 50 is configured to control the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.

In the embodiment of the present application, the command receiving module 40 and the resource allocation module 50 in the hardware resource allocation device 200 cooperate to implement the hardware resource allocation method as shown in FIG. 9 in the first embodiment, and its specific implementation process and technology For the effect, refer to the description of the above-mentioned first embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

[Third embodiment]

Refer to FIG. 13, which is a schematic structural diagram of a video processor provided by the third embodiment of this application. The video processor 300 includes, for example, a main control device 320 and at least one video output processing device 330.

The main control device 320 includes a processor 321, and the processor 321 is, for example, an ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) processor chip.

At least one video output device 330 is connected to the main control device 320. Specifically, each video output device 330 includes, for example, a first programmable logic device 331, each first programmable logic device 331 is electrically connected to the processor 321, and each first The programmable logic device 331 includes, for example, multiple different hardware resources. For example, a hardware resource has a hardware resource identifier, and different hardware resources have different hardware resource identifiers. The load capacity of a first programmable logic device 331 is allocated to It has multiple hardware resources; for example, a first programmable logic device 331 can carry S pixels, where S is a positive integer, and the first programmable logic device 331 has, for example, 16 hardware resources, each The loading capacity of each hardware resource is, for example, S/16 respectively; for another example, the screen size that a first programmable logic device 331 can load is M×N, where M and N are both positive integers, and M is, for example, The width of the screen, for example, the width of M pixels, N is the height of the screen, for example, the height of N pixels, the first programmable logic device 331 has 16 hardware resources, for example, the M×N screen The size is equally divided into 16 areas (M/4)×(N/4) with the same area and size, and each hardware resource, for example, carries a corresponding area.

The processor 321 is configured to execute the hardware resource allocation method as described in FIG. 1 in the first embodiment. Refer to the detailed description of the above-mentioned first embodiment, which will not be described here.

The first programmable logic device 331 of the target video output device is, for example, used to execute the hardware resource allocation method as shown in FIG. 9 in the first embodiment. Please refer to the detailed description of the first embodiment above, which will not be introduced here .

In an embodiment, the video processor 300 further includes, for example, a backplane 310 and at least one video input device 340.

The backplane 310 includes, for example, a data exchange chip 311, a processor 321, and each first programmable logic device 331, for example, are electrically connected to the data exchange chip 311, respectively.

The video input device 340 includes, for example, a second programmable logic device 341, and the second programmable logic device 341 is, for example, electrically connected to the data exchange chip 311, respectively.

At least one video output device 330, at least one video input device 340, and a main control device 320 are respectively connected to the backplane 31.

In a specific embodiment, the backplane 310, for example, further includes a plurality of input device interfaces to connect to the video input device 340, for example, the backplane 310 further includes a plurality of output device interfaces to connect to the video output device 330, for example, the backplane 310, for example, A main control device interface is included to connect to the main control device 320; each input device interface, each output device interface, and the main control device interface are electrically connected to the data exchange chip 311, respectively.

The second programmable logic device 341 of the video input device 340 is used, for example, to send the image to be displayed to the backplane 310.

The data exchange chip 311 of the backplane 310 is, for example, used to forward the image to be displayed to the target video output device.

The first programmable logic device 331 of the target video output device is configured to drive and control the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output the image to be displayed with the target type, for example, PVW.

In one embodiment, the second programmable logic device 341 of the designated video input device 340 sends the image to be displayed to the backplane 310. For example, the video input device 340 is designated by the main control device 320.

[Fourth embodiment]

Refer to FIG. 14, which is a display system provided by the fourth embodiment of this application. The display system 400 includes, for example, the video processor 300, the first display device 410, and the second display device as described in the third embodiment. 420; The first display device 410 and the second display device 420 may be the target screens described in the foregoing embodiment.

Specifically, a video output device 330 of the video processor 300 is connected to a first display device 410 and a second display device 420.

In one embodiment, the multiple video output devices 330 of the video processor 300, such as two video output devices 330, are respectively connected to a first display device 410 and a second display device 420 (not shown in the figure).

Specifically, the first display device 410 is, for example, a preview display, the preview display is, for example, a display terminal, the display terminal is, for example, a monitor or a computer terminal with a display, and the computer terminal with a display is, for example, It is a notebook computer with a display or a computer device connected to the display, and the first display device 410 is connected to the video output device 330 via a cable, for example.

The second display device 420 is, for example, an LED display screen, which includes, for example, a sending card 421, a receiving card 422, and an LED light box 423; the sending card 421 is, for example, electrically connected to the receiving card 422 through a network cable, and the receiving card 422 is, for example, electrically connected to the LED light box 423; The sending card 421 is connected to the video output device 330 via a cable, for example.

In one embodiment, the video output device 330 is provided with a first video interface corresponding to the first display device 410 and a second video interface corresponding to the second display device 420, the first video interface and the second video interface For example, they are various digital video interfaces such as HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface, high-definition multimedia interface), DVI, etc., or various analog video interfaces such as VGA.

[Fifth Embodiment]

The fifth embodiment of the present application provides a hardware resource allocation system, the hardware resource allocation system is used on the main control device, and the main control device is installed on the video processor as described in the third embodiment, The main control device executes the hardware resource allocation system to implement the process in the hardware resource allocation method as described in the first embodiment, and allocates hardware resources to the video output device of the video processor.

[Sixth Embodiment]

The fifth embodiment of the present application provides a storage medium that stores computer-executable instructions, and executes the computer-executable instructions to implement the hardware resource allocation method described in the first embodiment. Go into details.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device, and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative, for example, the division of units is only a logical function division, and there may be other divisions in actual implementation, for example, multiple units or components can be combined or integrated. To another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

In addition, the functional units in the various embodiments of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of hardware plus software functional units.

The above-mentioned integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above-mentioned software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute some steps of the methods in the various embodiments of the present application. The aforementioned storage media include: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), magnetic disks or optical disks, etc., which can store program codes. Medium.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the application, not to limit them; although the application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: The technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments are modified, or some of the technical features are equivalently replaced; these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

A hardware resource allocation method, characterized by being applied to a main control device electrically connected to at least one video output device; comprising:

Acquiring window creation information, where the window creation information is used to characterize a window to be created on the target screen;

Generate a resource allocation command according to the window creation information, where the resource allocation command includes: associating a target hardware resource identifier and a target type of a target video output device, the target video output device belonging to the at least one video output device; and

Sending the resource allocation command to the target video output device for the target video output device to allocate its own hardware resources according to the resource allocation command.
The hardware resource allocation method according to claim 1, wherein:

The generating a resource allocation command according to the window creation information includes:

Generating resource demand information according to the window creation information;

According to the resource requirement information, query corresponding current resource allocation status information of each target video output device to obtain the target hardware resource identifier.
The hardware resource allocation method according to claim 2, wherein the window creation information comprises: the identifier of the target screen, the target type, and the position and size of the window to be built on the target screen Information; the resource requirement information includes: the number of hardware resources to be allocated corresponding to each of the target video output devices;

The generating resource requirement information according to the window creation information includes:

Use a video output device associated with the target screen as the target video output device;

Acquire the quantity of the hardware resource to be allocated according to the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen.
The hardware resource allocation method according to claim 3, wherein the current resource allocation status information includes: a plurality of different resource group identifiers, a resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, and each resource group identifier Two different hardware resource identifiers associated with the resource group identifier and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to each of the hardware resource identifiers;

The querying the current resource allocation status information of each target video output device according to the resource requirement information to obtain the number of hardware resources to be allocated includes:

Acquiring the target resource group identifier corresponding to the target resource output device;

Acquire the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier.
The hardware resource allocation method according to claim 4, wherein the number of the target resource group identifiers is equal to the number of hardware resources to be allocated;

The obtaining the target resource group identifier corresponding to each target resource output device includes:

Acquiring the target resource group identifier whose resource group status is idle; or

Acquire the target resource group identifier whose resource group status is the target screen occupancy status, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to one of the hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier is different from the target type, and The type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle.
The hardware resource allocation method according to claim 5, wherein:

The acquiring the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier includes:

When the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, use one of the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier as the target hardware resource identifier; and

When the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is the target screen occupancy state, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to one of the hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier is different from the target type, And when the type of the hardware resource corresponding to the other hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, the other hardware resource identifier is used as the target hardware resource identifier.
A method for allocating hardware resources, which is characterized in that it is applied to a video output device electrically connected to a main control device and includes:

Receiving a resource allocation command, where the resource allocation command includes: a target hardware resource identifier and a target type; and

Controlling the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.
A hardware resource allocation device, characterized in that it is applied to a main control device electrically connected to at least one video output device, and includes:

An information acquisition module for acquiring window creation information, where the window creation information is used to characterize a window to be built on the target screen;

The command generation module is configured to generate a resource allocation command according to the window creation information, wherein the resource allocation command includes: a target hardware resource identifier and a target type associated with a target video output device, and the target video output device belongs to the at least one Video output device; and

The command sending module is configured to send the resource allocation command to the corresponding target video output device for the target video output device to allocate its own hardware resources according to the resource allocation command.
The hardware resource allocation device according to claim 8, wherein:

The command generation module includes:

The demand information generation sub-module is used to generate resource demand information according to the window creation information;

The target hardware resource acquisition sub-module is configured to query corresponding current resource allocation status information of each target video output device according to the resource requirement information to obtain the target hardware resource identifier.
The hardware resource allocation device according to claim 9, wherein the window creation information comprises: the target screen, the target type, and position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen; The resource requirement information includes: the number of hardware resources to be allocated corresponding to each target video output device;

The demand information generating sub-module includes:

A first generating unit, configured to use a video output device associated with the target screen as the target video output device;

The second generating unit is configured to obtain the quantity of hardware resources to be allocated according to the position and size information of the window to be built on the target screen.
The hardware resource allocation device according to claim 10, wherein the current resource allocation status information includes: a plurality of different resource group identifiers, a resource group status associated with each resource group identifier, and each resource Two different hardware resource identifiers associated with the group identifier and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to each of the hardware resource identifiers;

The target hardware resource acquisition submodule includes:

Target resource group acquiring unit: used to acquire a target resource group identifier corresponding to the target resource output device;

The target hardware resource obtaining unit is configured to obtain the target hardware resource identifier according to the target resource group identifier.
The hardware resource allocation device according to claim 11, wherein the number of the target resource group identifiers is equal to the number of the hardware resources to be allocated;

The target resource group obtaining unit includes:

The first obtaining subunit is configured to obtain the target resource group identification association in which the resource group status is idle;

The second acquiring subunit is configured to acquire the target resource group identifier whose resource group status is the target screen occupancy status, and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to the hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier The type of the hardware resource that is different from the target type and that corresponds to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle.
The hardware resource allocation device according to claim 12, wherein:

The target hardware resource acquisition unit includes:

The third acquiring subunit: when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, use one of the two hardware resource identifiers associated with the target resource group identifier as the hardware resource identifier The target hardware resource identifier; and

The fourth acquiring subunit is configured to perform the operation of the hardware resource corresponding to the hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier when the resource group status associated with the target resource group identifier is the target screen occupancy state and the hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier When the type is different from the target type and the type of the hardware resource corresponding to another hardware resource identifier associated with the target resource group identifier is idle, the other hardware resource identifier is used as the target hardware resource identifier.
A hardware resource allocation device, which is characterized in that a video output device applied to an electrically connected main control device includes:

The command receiving module is configured to receive a resource allocation command, where the resource allocation command includes: target hardware resource identification and target type; and

The resource allocation module is used to control the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.
A video processor, characterized in that it comprises:

Main control device, including processor;

At least one video output device, each of the video output devices includes a first programmable logic device, each of the first programmable logic devices is electrically connected to the processor, and each of the first programmable logic devices includes multiple Different hardware resources;

The processor is configured to obtain window creation information, generate a resource allocation command according to the window creation information, and send the resource allocation command to a corresponding target video output device, wherein the window creation information is used to characterize the information on the target screen For a window to be built, the resource allocation command includes a target hardware resource identifier and a target type associated with a hardware resource of a target video output device, the target video output device belonging to the at least one video output device;

The first programmable logic device of the target video output device is configured to receive the corresponding resource allocation command and control the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output through the target type.
The video processor according to claim 15, further comprising:

The video input device includes a second programmable logic device, and the second programmable logic device is electrically connected to the processor and the first programmable logic device;

The second programmable logic device is used to send the image to be displayed to the first programmable logic device of the target video output device;

The first programmable logic device of the target video output device is used to drive and control the hardware resource corresponding to the target hardware resource identifier to output the image to be displayed in the target type.
The video processor according to claim 16, further comprising:

The backplane includes a data exchange chip that is electrically connected between the first programmable logic device and the second programmable logic device;

The main control device, the at least one video output device and the video input device are respectively connected to the backplane;

The data exchange chip is used for receiving the image to be displayed sent by the second programmable logic device and forwarding the image to be displayed to the first programmable logic device of the target video output device.
The video processor of claim 17, wherein:

There are multiple video input devices; the second programmable logic device of one of the video input devices sends the image to be displayed to the data exchange chip.
A display system, comprising: the video processor according to any one of claims 15-18, a first display device, and a second display device;

The video output device of the video processor is connected to the first display device and the second display device;

When the type of the hardware resource of the first programmable logic device of the video output device is the first resource type, the video output device corresponds to the first display device;

When the type of the hardware resource of the first programmable logic device of the video output device is a second resource type, the video output device corresponds to a second display device.
The display system of claim 19, wherein:

A plurality of the video output devices are respectively connected to the first display device and the second display device.
The display system of claim 19, wherein:

The first display device is a preview display;

The second display device is an LED display screen, and the LED display screen includes:

A sending card, connected to at least one of the video output devices of the video processor;

A receiving card, connected to the sending card;

The LED light box is connected to the receiving card.