Local network in a vehicle
First Claim
1. A local network in a vehicle with several subscribers distributed over the vehicle, which form data sources and data sinks and which are connected with one another by a data line to transmit audio, video and control data, such that the audio, video, and control data are transmitted in a format which prescribes a clocked sequence of individual bit groups of the same length, in which certain bit positions are provided respectively for the audio, video, and control data, and the bit positions for the audio or video data respectively are collected together in several connected component bit groups, and the data assigned to these component bit groups are assigned by transmitted control signals to a certain data source or data sink, at least one data source being present for audio and video data and at least one data sink being present for the audio and video data transmitted over the data line, where the at least one data source comprises:
- a data source for compressed audio and video digital data, where the bit positions for the audio or video data are collected together in several connected component bit groups, the data source includinga demultiplexer to separate the compressed audio and compressed video data contained in one compressed signal;
a bit stream decoder that decodes the separated audio data to provide decompressed audio data;
an audio buffer for intermediately storing the decompressed audio data and providing buffered decompressed audio data;
a bit rate converter to selectively recode the compressed video data in response to a bit rate control signal to provide recoded video data;
a video buffer for intermediately storing the recoded video data;
a bus interface that inserts the decompressed audio data and the buffered recoded video data into the corresponding component bit groups, and receives a data sink video characteristic signal and provides a received data sink video characteristics signal; and
a control unit that is connected to the audio buffer and the video buffer, and which specifies and controls the adjustable intermediate storage time of the audio and video buffers, and in response to the received data sink, characteristics signal provides the bit rate control signal.
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Abstract
A vehicle-hosted local network includes a subscriber data source that transmits audio data and compressed video data to respective subscriber data sinks on the network. The subscriber data source includes a demultiplexer that separates compressed audio data and compressed video data contained in one compressed source signal. A pre-processing circuit processes in parallel the separated audio data and the separated video data to provide the audio data and the compressed video data that is transmitted to the respective subscriber data sinks on the network.
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1. A local network in a vehicle with several subscribers distributed over the vehicle, which form data sources and data sinks and which are connected with one another by a data line to transmit audio, video and control data, such that the audio, video, and control data are transmitted in a format which prescribes a clocked sequence of individual bit groups of the same length, in which certain bit positions are provided respectively for the audio, video, and control data, and the bit positions for the audio or video data respectively are collected together in several connected component bit groups, and the data assigned to these component bit groups are assigned by transmitted control signals to a certain data source or data sink, at least one data source being present for audio and video data and at least one data sink being present for the audio and video data transmitted over the data line, where the at least one data source comprises:
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a data source for compressed audio and video digital data, where the bit positions for the audio or video data are collected together in several connected component bit groups, the data source including a demultiplexer to separate the compressed audio and compressed video data contained in one compressed signal; a bit stream decoder that decodes the separated audio data to provide decompressed audio data; an audio buffer for intermediately storing the decompressed audio data and providing buffered decompressed audio data; a bit rate converter to selectively recode the compressed video data in response to a bit rate control signal to provide recoded video data; a video buffer for intermediately storing the recoded video data; a bus interface that inserts the decompressed audio data and the buffered recoded video data into the corresponding component bit groups, and receives a data sink video characteristic signal and provides a received data sink video characteristics signal; and a control unit that is connected to the audio buffer and the video buffer, and which specifies and controls the adjustable intermediate storage time of the audio and video buffers, and in response to the received data sink, characteristics signal provides the bit rate control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicle-hosted local network comprising:
a subscriber data source that transmits audio digital data and compressed digital video data where the bit positions for the audio or video data are collected together in several connected component bit groups to respective subscriber data sinks on the network, where the subscriber data source includes a demultiplexer that separates compressed audio data and compressed video data contained in one compressed source signal and a pre-processing circuit that processes in parallel the separated audio data and the separated video data to provide decompressed audio data and the compressed video data, where a control unit receives a data sink video characteristic signal and provides a received data sink video characteristics signal to a video hit stream converter that processes the compressed video signal in accordance with the data sink video characteristics signal to reduce the bit rate of the compressed video signal and provide a reduced bit rate video signal, where the reduced hit rate video signal and the decompressed audio signal are output to a data sink on the network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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