MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM

• US 20120106919A1
• Filed: 09/16/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation (OPTIS Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation (OPTIS Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Song, Byung-youn, Choi, Nag-eui
• Application Number:
  US13/234,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20120106919A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8211 the additional signal being a sound signal H04N9/835 takes precedence

Abstract

A multimedia system that includes a television (TV). The TV includes an optical disc drive (ODD) that outputs raw data obtained from a medium, such as an optical disc, through a slave interface. The TV also includes a codec that processes the raw data received from the ODD. The TV includes a master interface corresponding to the slave interface, a codec device that extracts an image signal and/or an audio signal from the raw data transmitted through the interfaces, and a multimedia output device that outputs the image signal and/or the audio signal.

Claims

1. A multimedia system comprising:

an optical disc drive (ODD) which outputs digital data obtained from an optical disc;

a digital signal processing device comprising a codec device which processes the digital data from the optical disc and processes a multimedia signal; and

a multimedia output device which outputs the multimedia signal processed by the digital signal processing device.

2. The multimedia system of claim 1, wherein the codec device comprises at least one of a hardware codec and a software codec corresponding to a plurality of multimedia data standards.

3. The multimedia system of claim 2, further comprising:

an operating system (OS) device comprising an OS which provides an operating environment for the at least one codec, and

a processing unit which drives the OS.

4. The multimedia system of claim 2, further comprising a graphical user interface by which the ODD is controlled,

wherein the software codec has a structure which is capable of being updated by information provided from an external storage device.

5. The multimedia system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of interface devices which transmit and receive data to and from a plurality of source devices.

6. The multimedia system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the plurality of interface devices communicates using at least one of the universal serial bus (USB), serial advanced technology attachment (SATA), flash media, Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth communication standards.

7. The multimedia system of claim 5, further comprising a stream processor which processes a video data stream.

8. The multimedia system of claim 7, wherein the video data stream is provided through a wired device or a wireless device.

9. The multimedia system of claim 3, further comprising a stream processor which processes a video data stream provided through the Ethernet.

10. The multimedia system of claim 3, further comprising a software controller which controls the ODD,

wherein the software controller is capable of being updated by information provided from an external storage device.

11. The multimedia system of claim 10, wherein the software controller comprises the software codec.

12. The multimedia system of claim 10, further comprising a virtual machine (VM) which drives a source device that operates on an OS different from the OS of the OS device.

13. The multimedia system of claim 12, wherein the VM comprises a Java VM or a Dalvik VM corresponding to at least one of a Java and an Android source device.

14. The multimedia system of claim 2, wherein at least one codec of a plurality of codecs corresponding to the plurality of multimedia data standards is included in the hardware codec and the remaining codecs of the plurality of codecs is included in the software codec.

15. The multimedia system of claim 2, wherein a plurality of codecs corresponding to the plurality of multimedia data standards are included in only the hardware codec.

16. The multimedia system of claim 2, wherein a plurality of codecs corresponding to the plurality of multimedia data standards are included in only the software codec.

17. The multimedia system of claim 2, wherein some or all of a plurality of codecs corresponding to the plurality of multimedia data standards are included in an overlapped manner in the hardware codec and the software codec.

18. The multimedia system of claim 1, wherein the digital data output from the ODD is raw data.

19. The multimedia system of claim 1, wherein the ODD directly outputs the digital data output from the optical disc.

20. A smart television (TV) comprising:

an ODD which outputs digital data obtained from an optical disc;

a digital AV signal processing device which processes an image signal and an audio signal by processing the digital data output from the optical disc transmitted through a predetermined interface, and comprises at least one of a software codec and a hardware codec;

a software part which comprises the software codec, and a software graphical user interface by which the ODD is controlled;

a display unit and audio output device which outputs the image signal and the audio signal processed by the digital AV signal processing device; and

system hardware which is based on an OS and provides an operating environment for the software part and the ODD.

21. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein the software part further comprises a VM which reproduces contents between different OS environments.

22. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein the system hardware further comprises a memory which stores software for the graphical user interface and the software codec of the software part.

23. The smart TV of claim 22, wherein the memory is any one of a flash memory and a hard disc drive (HDD).

24. The smart TV of claim 22, wherein the software is capable of being updated by information provided from the outside.

25. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein the interface uses any one of an SATA, USB, WiFi, and Bluetooth communication standard.

26. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein at least one codec of a plurality of codecs corresponding to a plurality of multimedia data standards are included in the hardware codec, and the remaining codecs of the plurality of codecs are included in the software codec.

27. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein a plurality of codecs corresponding to a plurality of multimedia data standards are included in only the hardware codec.

28. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein a plurality of codecs corresponding to a plurality of multimedia data standards are included in only the software codec.

29. The smart TV of claim 20, wherein some or all of a plurality of codecs corresponding to a plurality of multimedia data standards are included in an overlapped manner in the hardware codec and the software codec.

30. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising:

a media reading unit which obtains digital data from a storage medium and outputs such digital data so as to be substantially unprocessed raw data;

a digital signal processing device comprising a codec device which processes the digital data from the media reading unit and processes a multimedia signal; and

a multimedia output device which outputs the multimedia signal processed by the digital signal processing device.

31. The electronic device of claim 30, wherein the electronic device is a smart TV.