Network system and audio signal processor
First Claim
1. A network system configured such that a plurality of nodes each comprising receivers and transmitters are connected in series by communication cables to form a loop transmission route along which an audio transport frame periodically circulates in a single direction, said audio transport frame generated by a master node in said plurality of nodes, said audio transport frame comprising a plurality of storage regions for audio signals,wherein each of said nodes other than said master node comprises:
- a reader that reads out, when said receiver receives the audio transport frame, audio signals from a predetermined storage region of the audio transport frame, and/or a writer that writes audio signals into a predetermined storage region of the audio transport frame received by said receiver; and
a transmission controller that supplies the audio transport frame from/to which reading-out by said reader and/or writing by said writer have been performed to said transmitter, and controls said transmitter to transmit the audio transport frame after a lapse of a predetermined time from a timing at which said receiver receives the audio transport frame, andwherein said master node comprises;
a buffer that stores the audio transport frame received by said receiver;
a wordclock generator that generates a wordclock at a constant period,a judging device that judges whether the audio transport frame received by said receiver has circulated normally along the loop transmission route or not;
an audio transport frame generator that generates the audio transport frame in an (S+k)-th period later than an S-th period by k periods (where k is an integer of 2 or more), based on the audio transport frame in the S-th period when said judging device judges that the audio transport frame in the S-th period of the audio transport frames stored in said buffer has circulated normally, or based on a predetermined model when said judging device judges that the audio transport frame in the S-th period has not circulated normally;
a reader that reads out, when said receiver receives an audio transport frame in the S-th period, audio signals from a predetermined storage region of the audio transport frame in the S-th period or an audio transport frame in the (S+k)-th period generated by said audio transport frame generator based on the received transport frame, and/or a writer that writes audio signals into a predetermined storage region of either of the audio transport frames; and
a transmission controller that supplies the audio transport frame in the (S+k)-th period generated by said audio transport frame generator to said transmitter, and controls said transmitter to transmit the audio transport frame in synchronization with the wordclock in the (S+k)-th period.
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Abstract
An audio network system that performs transport of audio signals among nodes by cascading a plurality of nodes each including two sets of transmission I/Fs and reception I/Fs, and circulating among the nodes in each fixed period an audio transport frame generated by a master node, the audio transport frame including a plurality of storage regions for audio signals, is configured such that the master node stores a frame packet after circulating among the nodes and returning thereto into a buffer, so as to generate the audio transport frame in the (S+k)-th period based on the audio transport frame in the S-th period when the audio transport frame in the S-th period has been normally received, or based on a predetermined model otherwise.
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1. A network system configured such that a plurality of nodes each comprising receivers and transmitters are connected in series by communication cables to form a loop transmission route along which an audio transport frame periodically circulates in a single direction, said audio transport frame generated by a master node in said plurality of nodes, said audio transport frame comprising a plurality of storage regions for audio signals,
wherein each of said nodes other than said master node comprises: -
a reader that reads out, when said receiver receives the audio transport frame, audio signals from a predetermined storage region of the audio transport frame, and/or a writer that writes audio signals into a predetermined storage region of the audio transport frame received by said receiver; and a transmission controller that supplies the audio transport frame from/to which reading-out by said reader and/or writing by said writer have been performed to said transmitter, and controls said transmitter to transmit the audio transport frame after a lapse of a predetermined time from a timing at which said receiver receives the audio transport frame, and wherein said master node comprises; a buffer that stores the audio transport frame received by said receiver; a wordclock generator that generates a wordclock at a constant period, a judging device that judges whether the audio transport frame received by said receiver has circulated normally along the loop transmission route or not; an audio transport frame generator that generates the audio transport frame in an (S+k)-th period later than an S-th period by k periods (where k is an integer of 2 or more), based on the audio transport frame in the S-th period when said judging device judges that the audio transport frame in the S-th period of the audio transport frames stored in said buffer has circulated normally, or based on a predetermined model when said judging device judges that the audio transport frame in the S-th period has not circulated normally; a reader that reads out, when said receiver receives an audio transport frame in the S-th period, audio signals from a predetermined storage region of the audio transport frame in the S-th period or an audio transport frame in the (S+k)-th period generated by said audio transport frame generator based on the received transport frame, and/or a writer that writes audio signals into a predetermined storage region of either of the audio transport frames; and a transmission controller that supplies the audio transport frame in the (S+k)-th period generated by said audio transport frame generator to said transmitter, and controls said transmitter to transmit the audio transport frame in synchronization with the wordclock in the (S+k)-th period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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