Video/audio display system and method

• US 20080285937A1
• Filed: 09/10/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation, Arcadyan Technology Corporation (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Accton Technology Corporation, Arcadyan Technology Corporation (Compal Electronics Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lee, Chin-Fang, Chou, Ming-Te
• Application Number:
  US11/898,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20080285937A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus

Abstract

A video/audio display system includes a buffering module, a playing module and a controlling module. The buffering module temporarily stores video/audio data, which occupy a storage capacity of the buffering module. The playing module is electrically connected with the buffering module to play the video/audio data at a playing speed. The controlling module is electrically connected with the buffering module and the play module. A video/audio display method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A video/audio display system, comprising:

a buffering module, which temporarily stores video/audio data occupying a storage capacity thereof;

a playing module, which is electrically connected with the buffering module and plays the video/audio data at a playing speed; and

a controlling module, which is electrically connected with the buffering module and the playing module to control the playing speed according to the amount of storage capacity.

2. The video/audio display system of claim 1, wherein the controlling module regulates the playing speed to a first speed when the storage capacity is a first value.

3. The video/audio display system of claim 2, wherein the controlling module regulates the playing speed to a second speed when the storage capacity is a second value.

4. The video/audio display system of claim 3, wherein the second speed is larger than the first speed when the second value is larger than the first value.

5. The video/audio display system of claim 1, wherein the controlling module controls the playing speed at a first speed when the storage capacity is smaller than a threshold value and at a second speed when the storage capacity is greater than the threshold value.

6. The video/audio display system of claim 5, wherein the second speed is larger than the first speed.

7. The video/audio display system of claim 1, wherein the controlling module further includes:

a storage capacity monitoring unit, which is electrically connected with the buffering module to monitor the size of the storage capacity and generate a monitoring result; and

a playing speed modulating unit, which is electrically connected with the storage capacity monitoring unit and the playing module to control the playing speed according to the monitoring result.

8. The video/audio display system of claim 1 further comprising:

a video/audio retrieving module, which is electrically connected with the buffering module for retrieving the video/audio data from an external source and transferring the video/audio data to the buffering module.

9. The video/audio display system of claim 8, wherein the external source is a network.

10. A video/audio display method implemented with a buffering module and a playing module, the method comprising the steps of:

temporarily storing video/audio data in the buffering module, wherein the video/audio data occupies a storage capacity of the buffering module;

playing the video/audio data at a playing speed via the playing module; and

controlling the playing speed according to the amount of the storage capacity.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the controlling module regulates the playing speed to a first speed when the storage capacity is a first value.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the controlling module regulates the playing speed to a second speed when the storage capacity is a second value.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second speed is larger than the first speed when the second value is larger than the first value.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the playing speed is at a first speed when the storage capacity is smaller than a threshold value and at a second speed when the storage capacity is greater than the threshold value.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the second speed is larger than the first speed.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of controlling the playing speed according to the size of the storage capacity comprises the steps of:

monitoring the amount of the storage capacity to generate a monitoring result; and

controlling the playing speed according to the monitoring result.

17. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of:

retrieving the video/audio data from an external source.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the external source is a network.