VIDEO SYSTEM, VIDEO TRANSMITTER, VIDEO RECEIVER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20090113509A1
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AV Tech Corporation
• Original Assignee: AV Tech Corporation
• Inventors: Tseng, Yuan-Liang, Ling, Hsueh-Shen
• Application Number:
  US12/173,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20090113509A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/118
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/083 with signal insertion during the vertical and the horizontal blanking interval , e.g. MAC data signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/088 the inserted signal being digital
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/10 Adaptations for transmission by electrical cable H04N7/12 takes precedence

Abstract

A video system with a bi-directional transmission function is provided. The video system includes an video transmitter, a transmission interface and a video receiver. The video transmitter is coupled to the video receiver via the transmission interface (coaxial cable). The video transmitter is used for inserting a first control signal into the video signal according a synchronous signal of the video signal. The video transmitter is used for outputting the video signal with the first control signal to the video receiver via the transmission interface. The video receiver receives the video signal with the first control signal, and gets the first control signal from the video signal according to the synchronous signal of the video signal. In addition, the video receiver can insert a second control signal into the video signal and feedback the second control signal to the video transmitter via the transmission interface.

Claims

1. An video transmitter, for transmitting a video signal with a control signal, comprising:

an video capture module, for capturing a video signal;

a synchronizing separator circuit, for receiving the video signal, and getting a synchronous signal of the video signal;

a mixing circuit, coupled to a transmission interface, the mixing circuit receiving the video signal from the synchronizing separator circuit;

a control unit, coupled to the synchronizing separator circuit and the mixing circuit, for counting the synchronous signal, and generating a counting number; and

a signal receiver, coupled to the control unit, for receiving a control signal, and transmitting the control signal to the control unit;

Wherein the counting number matches a pre-set number, the control unit transmits the control signal to the mixing circuit, the mixing circuit insert the control signal into the video signal, and transmits the video signal with the control signal to the transmission interface.

2. The video transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the synchronous signal comprises a horizontal synchronous signal of the video signal or a vertical synchronous signal of the video signal.

3. The video transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the transmissions interface comprises a coaxial cable.

4. A video receiver, for receiving a video signal with a control signal via a transmission interface, comprising:

a synchronizing separator circuit, for receiving the video signal with a control signal through the transmission interface, and getting a synchronous signal of the video signal;

a variable resistors circuit, coupled to the transmission interface;

a control unit, coupled to the synchronizing separator circuit and the Variable Resistors circuit, for adjusting an impedance values of the Variable Resistors circuit according to the synchronous signal of the video signal; and

a processing unit coupled to the control unit, for receiving and processing the control signal.

5. The video receiver according to claim 4, wherein the video receiver further comprises a storage module coupled to the control unit for storing the video signal.

6. The video receiver according to claim 4, wherein the synchronous signal comprises a horizontal synchronous signal of the video signal or a vertical synchronous signal of the video signal.

7. The video transmitter according to claim 4, wherein the transmissions interface comprises a coaxial cable.

8. A video system having a bi-directional transmission function, comprising:

an video transmitter, for inserting a first control signal into the video signal, according to a synchronous signal of the video signal, and outputting the video signal with the first control signal;

a transmission interface, coupled to the video transmitter, for transmitting the video signal with the first control signal; and

a video receiver, coupled to the transmission interface, for receiving the video signal, and getting the first control signal from the video signal according to the synchronous signal of the video signal, and adjusting an impedance values of the transmission interface for feeding back a second control signal to the video transmitter.

9. The video system according to claim 8, further comprising a display coupled to the transmission interface for displaying the video signal.

10. The video system according to claim 8, wherein the video transmitter comprises:

an video capture module, for capturing a video signal;

a synchronizing separator circuit, for receiving the video signal, and getting a synchronous signal of the video signal;

a mixing circuit, coupled to a transmission interface, the mixing circuit receiving the video signal from the synchronizing separator circuit;

a first control unit, coupled to the first synchronizing separator circuit and the mixing circuit, for counting the synchronous signal, and generating a counting number; and

a signal receiver, coupled to the control unit, for receiving a control signal, and transmitting the control signal to the control unit;

Wherein the counting number matches a pre-set number, the control unit transmits the control signal to the mixing circuit, the mixing circuit inserts the control signal into the video signal, and transmits the video signal with the control signal to the transmission interface.

11. The video system according to claim 8, wherein the video receiver comprises:

a second synchronizing separator circuit, for receiving the video signal with a control signal from the transmission interface, and getting a synchronous signal of the video signal;

a Variable Resistors circuit, coupled to the transmission interface; and

a second control unit, coupled to the second synchronizing separator circuit and the Variable Resistors circuit, for adjusting an values of the Variable Resistors circuit according to the synchronous signal; and

a processing unit coupled to the control unit, for receiving and processing the control signal.

12. The video system according to claim 8, wherein the synchronous signal comprises a horizontal synchronous signal or a vertical synchronous signal.

13. The video system according to claim 8, wherein the transmission interface comprises a coaxial cable.

14. A control method for a video system, the video system comprising an transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, the control method comprising:

receiving a video signal;

getting a synchronous signal of the video signal;

counting the synchronous signal, and generating a first counting number; and

inserting a first control signal into the video signal;

when the first counting number matches a first pre-set number, transmitting the video signal with the first control signal from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal via a transmission interface.

15. The control method according to claim 14, further comprising:

getting the synchronous signal when the receiving terminal receives the video signal from the transmitting terminal via the transmission interface;

counting the synchronous signal, and generating a second counting number;

determining whether the second counting number matches the first pre-set number;

getting the first control signal from the video signal when the second counting number matches the first pre-set number;

determining whether the second counting number matches a second pre-set number; and

transmitting a second control signal from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal when the second counting number matches the second pre-set number.

16. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the step of transmitting the second control signal comprises:

maintaining the resistor values of the transmission interface when the second control signal to be outputted has a program code is 1; and

adjusting the resistor values of the transmission interface when the second control signal to be outputted has a program code is 0.

17. The control method according to claim 14, wherein the synchronous signal comprises a horizontal synchronous signal or a vertical synchronous signal of the video signal.