IMAGE/AUDIO DATA SENSING MODULE AND IMAGE/AUDIO DATA SENSING METHOD

• US 20110134278A1
• Filed: 03/09/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcor Micro Corp.
• Original Assignee: Alcor Micro Corp.
• Inventors: Lin, I-Chieh, Chang, Chi-Tung, Tseng, Wen-Chao
• Application Number:
  US12/719,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20110134278A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42692 for reading from or writing on a volatile storage medium, e.g. Random Access Memory [RAM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4344 Remultiplexing of multiplex streams, e.g. by modifying time stamps or remapping the packet identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

An image/audio data sensing module incorporated in a case of an electronic apparatus. The image/audio data sensing module comprises: at least one image sensor, for sensing an image datum; a plurality of audio sensors, for sensing at least one audio datum; a processor, for processing the image datum and the audio datum according to a control instruction set to generate a processed image data stream and at least one processed audio data stream, and combining the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream to generate an output data stream following a transceiver interface standard; a transceiver interface, for receiving the control instruction set and transmitting the output data stream via a multiplexing process; and a circuit board, wherein the image sensor, the audio sensors and the transceiver interface are coupled to the circuit board, and the processor is provided on the circuit board.

Claims

1. An image/audio data sensing module, incorporated in a case of an electronic apparatus, comprising:

at least one image sensor, for sensing an image datum;

a plurality of audio sensors, for sensing at least one audio datum;

a processor, for processing the image datum from the image sensor and the audio datum from the audio sensor according to a control instruction set of the electronic apparatus to generate a processed image data stream and at least one processed audio data stream, and combining the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream to generate an output data stream following a transceiver interface standard;

a transceiver interface, for receiving the control instruction set and transmitting the output data stream via a multiplexing process; and

a circuit board, wherein the image sensor, the audio sensors and the transceiver interface are coupled to the circuit board, and the processor is provided on the circuit board.

2. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 1, wherein the processor further comprises a buffer, for buffering at least part of the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream, where the processor combines the buffered processed image data stream and the buffered processed audio data stream to generate the output data stream and outputs the output data stream to the transceiver interface after the processor processes the image datum and the audio datum sensed at the same time.

3. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 1, wherein the multiplexing process is a frequency division multiplexing process or a time division multiplexing process.

4. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 1, wherein the transceiver interface is a USB interface, and the multiplexing process is a time division multiplexing process.

5. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 4, wherein the transceiver interface is a USB high speed interface, and the transceiver interface comprises a power transmitting connection port, a ground connection port, a D+ connection port and a D−

connection port.

6. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 5, wherein the transceiver interface further comprises a shielding connection port coupled to a shielding of a USB cable.

7. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 4, wherein the transceiver interface is a USB super speed interface, where the transceiver interface comprises a power transmitting connection part, a ground connection port, a SSRX+ connection part, a SSRX−

connection port, a SSTX+ connection port and a SSTX−

connection port.

8. The image/audio data sensing module of claim 7, wherein the transceiver interface further comprises a shielding connection port coupled to a shielding of a USB cable.

9. An image/audio data sensing method, utilized for an image/audio data sensing module, wherein the image/audio data sensing module is incorporated in a case of an electronic apparatus and comprises an image sensor, a plurality of audio sensors, a processor, a transceiver interface and a circuit board, where the image sensor, the audio sensors and the transceiver interface are coupled to the circuit board, and the processor is provided on the circuit board, the image/audio sensing method comprising;

utilizing the image sensor to sense an image datum;

utilizing the audio sensors to sense at least one audio datum;

utilizing the processor to process the image datum from the image sensor and the audio datum from the audio sensor according to a control instruction set of the electronic apparatus to generate a processed image data stream and at least one processed audio data stream, and combine the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream to generate an output data stream following a transceiver interface standard; and

utilizing the transceiver interface to output the output data stream via a multiplexing process.

10. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 9, further comprising:

buffering at least part of the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream, combining the buffered processed image data stream and the buffered processed audio data stream to generate the output data stream and outputting the output data stream to the transceiver interface after the processor processes the image datum and the audio datum sensed at the same time.

11. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 9, wherein the multiplexing process is a frequency division multiplexing process or a time division multiplexing process.

12. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 9, wherein the transceiver interface is a USB interface, and the multiplexing process is a time division multiplexing process.

13. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 12, wherein the transceiver interface is a USB high speed interface, and the transceiver interface comprises a power transmitting connection port, a ground connection port, a D+ connection port and a D−

connection port.

14. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 13, wherein the transceiver interface further comprises a shielding connection port coupled to a shielding of a USB cable.

15. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 12, wherein the transceiver interface is a USB super speed interface, where the transceiver interface comprises a power transmitting connection part, a ground connection port, a SSRX+ connection part, a SSRX-connection port, a SSTX+ connection port and a SSTX−

connection port.

16. The image/audio data sensing method of claim 15, wherein the transceiver interface further comprises a shielding connection port coupled to a shielding of a USB cable.

17. An image/audio data sensing method, utilized for an image/audio data sensing module, wherein the image/audio data sensing module is incorporated in a case of an electronic apparatus, the image/audio sensing method comprising:

utilizing an image sensor to sense an image datum;

utilizing a plurality of audio sensors to sense at least one audio datum;

utilizing a processor to process the image datum and the audio datum from the audio sensor according to a control instruction set of the electronic apparatus to generate a processed image data stream and at least one processed audio data stream; and

utilizing a buffer to buffer at least part of the processed image data stream and the processed audio data stream, combining the buffered processed image data stream and the buffered processed audio data stream to generate the output data stream and outputting the output data stream to the transceiver interface after the processor processes the image datum and the audio datum sensed at the same time, wherein the image sensor, the audio sensors and the transceiver interface are coupled to the circuit board, and the processor is provided on the circuit board.