Method and apparatus for simultaneously playing video frame and trip message and controller thereof

• US 20090281680A1
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flexmedia Electronics Corp. (Phison Electronics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Flexmedia Electronics Corp. (Phison Electronics Corporation)
• Inventors: Shen, Steven, Chen, Chia-Chung, Jheng, Fu-Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/214,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20090281680A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/04 Partial updating of the display screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/125 wherein one of the images is motion video
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message, and the method includes the following steps: (a) receiving a trip video frame data; (b) decoding the trip video frame data to obtain a plurality of video frames and a plurality of trip message, wherein each of the trip message corresponds to one of the video frames; (c) simultaneously displaying at least one video frame and its corresponding trip message. When the user uses the method for playing the trip video frame data, the user can simultaneously see the video frame and its corresponding trip message, so as to achieve a good performance of monitoring.

Claims

1. A method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message, comprising:

receiving a trip video frame data;

decoding the trip video frame data to obtain a plurality of video frames and a plurality of trip message, wherein each of the trip message corresponds to one of the video frames; and

simultaneously displaying at least one video frame and a trip message corresponding to the video frame.

2. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

displaying at least one trip announcement according to the plurality of trip message;

receiving a designated tag message; and

displaying the corresponding video frame and the trip message according to the designated tag message.

3. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trip announcement is marked on a map.

4. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trip announcement is displayed by a chart.

5. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

simultaneously displaying the video frames and the corresponding trip message according to the designated tag message, continually.

6. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

simultaneously displaying the video frames next to a first video frame and the corresponding trip message thereof, continually.

7. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 1, wherein the designated tag message comprises a starting play point and an ending play point of the corresponding video frames, and the starting play point and the ending play point of the video frames are respectively generated according to a designated starting trip point information and a designated ending trip point information.

8. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

displaying the corresponding trip message according to the designated tag message.

9. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the trip message comprises a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

10. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 3, wherein the video frame and the map is displayed in the same frame.

11. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 2, wherein the designated tag message is generated according to a designated trip message comprising a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

12. The method for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message as claimed in claim 7, wherein the designated starting trip point information and the designated ending trip point information comprise a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

13. An apparatus for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message, comprising:

a trip video frame data decoder, for receiving a trip video frame data, and decoding the trip video frame data to obtain a plurality of video frames and a plurality of trip message, wherein each of the trip message corresponds to one of the video frames; and

a player, coupled to the trip video frame data decoder, for simultaneously displaying at least one video frame and a trip message corresponding to the video frame.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the player further displays at least one trip announcement according to the plurality of trip message, and is used for receiving a designated tag message, and displaying the corresponding video frame and the trip message according to the designated tag message.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the trip announcement is marked on a map.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the trip announcement is displayed by a chart.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the player further continually displays the video frames and the corresponding trip message from a first video frame thereof according to the designated tag message.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the player simultaneously displays the video frames next to the first video frame and the corresponding trip message thereof, continually.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the designated tag message comprises a starting play point and an ending play point of the corresponding video frames, and the starting play point and the ending play point of the video frames are respectively generated according to a designated starting trip point information and a designated ending trip point information.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the player further plays the corresponding trip message according to the designated tag message.

21. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein each of the trip message comprises a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

22. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the video frame and the map are displayed in the same frame.

23. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the designated tag message is generated according to a designated trip message comprising a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

24. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the designated starting trip point information and the designated ending trip point information comprise a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

25. A controller, for simultaneously playing video frames and trip message, the controller comprising:

a micro processing unit, for controlling other units connected to the controller; and

a memory unit, coupled to the micro processing unit, and the memory unit having a program code, wherein when the program code is executed, the micro processing unit controls the other units connected to the controller to execute the following steps;

receiving a trip video frame data;

decoding the trip video frame data to obtain a plurality of video frames and a plurality of trip message, wherein each of the trip message corresponds to one of the video frames; and

simultaneously displaying at least one video frame and a trip message corresponding to the video frame.

26. The controller as claimed in claim 25, wherein the micro processing unit further controls the other units connected to the controller to perform the following steps:

displaying at least one trip announcement according to the plurality of trip message;

receiving a designated tag message; and

displaying the corresponding video frame and the trip message according to the designated tag message.

27. The controller as claimed in claim 26, wherein the trip announcement is marked on a map.

28. The controller as claimed in claim 26, wherein the trip announcement is displayed by a chart.

29. The controller as claimed in claim 26, wherein the micro processing unit further controls the other units connected to the controller to perform the following steps:

simultaneously displaying the video frames and the corresponding trip message according to the designated tag message, continually.

30. The controller as claimed in claim 25, wherein the micro processing unit further controls the other units connected to the controller to perform the following steps:

simultaneously displaying the video frames next to a first video frame and the corresponding trip message thereof, continually.

31. The controller as claimed in claim 26, wherein the designated tag message comprises a starting play point and an ending play point of the corresponding video frames, and the starting play point and the ending play point of the video frames are respectively generated according to a designated starting trip point information and a designated ending trip point information.

32. The controller as claimed in claim 26, wherein the micro processing unit further controls the other units connected to the controller to perform the following steps:

displaying the corresponding trip message according to the designated tag message.

33. The controller as claimed in claim 25, wherein each of the trip message comprises a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

34. The controller as claimed in claim 27, wherein the video frame and the map, are displayed in a same frame.

35. The controller as claimed in claim 26, wherein the designated tag message is generated according to a designated trip message comprising a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.

36. The controller as claimed in claim 31, wherein the designated starting trip point information and the designated ending trip point information comprise a longitude and latitude, an altitude, a road name, a time, a speed, a forward direction, an engine rotating speed, a fuel quantity or an engine temperature.