Multiple decode user interface

• US 8,588,291 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2004
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Bennett, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): DIEP, NHON THANH
• Application Number:
  US10/874,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20050063459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,436 Days
• Field of Search: 37524001-24006, 37524012-24016, 37524026-24029
• US Class Current: 375/240.01
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 19/00 Speech or audio signals analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis in musical instruments G10H
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/50 using predictive coding H04N19/61 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/46 for receiving on more than one standard at will deflecting circuits of multi-standard receivers H04N3/27

Abstract

A system for processing information received from a plurality of source devices. Various aspects of the present invention provide a first video generating device that produces a first video output that comprises compressed video information representative of a sequence of video frames, the compressed video information comprising inter-frame comparison information. A second video generating device is also provided, which produces a second video output. A processing module is communicatively coupled to the first and second video generating devices and independent of such devices. The processing module may decompress the first video output from the first video generating device. A video presentation device is provided, which may generate a display corresponding to the first video output via the processing module and a display corresponding to the second video output via the processing module. Generally analogous components for processing audio information are also provided.

Claims

1. A video processing system, comprising:

a first video generating device that produces a first video output, the first video output comprising compressed video information representative of a sequence of video frames, the compressed video information comprising information of inter-frame comparison;

a second video generating device that produces a second video output; and

an end-user system comprising;

a processing module comprising a decompressor stack, wherein the decompressor stack includes a plurality of video decompressors, wherein the decompressor stack is communicatively coupled to the first and second video generating devices, and wherein the decompressor stack is independent of the first and second video generating devices and configured to match the plurality of video decompressors to the first video output and the second video output and simultaneously decompress the first video output and the second video output using the plurality of video decompressors; and

a video presentation device, communicatively coupled to the processing module, that is simultaneously capable of generating a first display corresponding to the first video output via the processing module and a second display corresponding to the second video output via the processing module.

2. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein the processing module is capable of a first type of decompression for decompressing information compressed with a first type of compression and a second type of decompression for decompressing information compressed with a second type of compression.

3. The video processing system of claim 2, wherein the processing module automatically detects the type of compression used to form the first video output and selects between the first type of decompression and the second type of decompression based on the detected type of compression.

4. The video processing system of claim 2, wherein the processing module comprises a single decompression engine capable of simultaneously, in a time-sharing manner, decompressing video information encoded with any of a plurality of compression schemes.

5. The video processing system of claim 2, wherein the processing module comprises a plurality of decompression engines corresponding to a plurality of different respective compression schemes and capable of simultaneously, in a parallel manner, decompressing video information.

6. The video processing system of claim 5, wherein the processing module further comprises a video information switching circuit communicatively coupled to the plurality of decompression engines, the video information switching circuit simultaneously directing received video information from the first and second video generating devices to respective decompression engines based on the respective type of decompression used to form the received video information.

7. The video processing system of claim 2, wherein the processing module is further capable of decompressing the second video output.

8. The video processing system of claim 7, wherein the processing module is further capable of processing at least one of the first video output and the second video output using decompression and processing at least one of the first video output and the second video output not using decompression.

9. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein the second video output comprises second compressed video information representative of a sequence of video frames, the second compressed video information comprising information of inter-frame comparison.

10. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein the video presentation device and processing module are integrated into a single device.

11. The video processing system of claim 1, wherein the video presentation device comprises a first window that presents information of the first video output.

12. The video processing system of claim 11, wherein the video presentation device further comprises a second window that presents information of the second video output.

13. An audio processing system, comprising:

a first audio generating device that produces a first audio output, the first audio output comprising compressed audio information;

a second audio generating device that produces a second audio output;

a processing module comprising a decompressor stack, wherein the decompressor stack includes a plurality of audio decompressors, wherein the decompressor stack is communicatively coupled to the first and second audio generating devices, and wherein the decompressor stack is independent of the first and second audio generating devices and configured to match the plurality of audio decompressors to the first audio output and the second audio output and simultaneously decompress the first audio output and the second audio output using the plurality of audio decompressors; and

an audio presentation device, communicatively coupled to the processing module, that is capable of generating sound corresponding to the first audio output via the processing module and capable of generating sound corresponding to the second audio output via the processing module.

14. The audio processing system of claim 13, wherein the processing module is capable of a first type of decompression for decompressing information compressed with a first type of compression and a second type of decompression for decompressing information compressed with a second type of compression.

15. The audio processing system of claim 14, wherein the processing module automatically detects the type of compression used to form the first audio output and selects between the first type of decompression and the second type of decompression based on the detected type of compression.

16. The audio processing system of claim 14, wherein the processing module comprises a single decompression engine capable of simultaneously, in a time-sharing manner, decompressing audio information encoded with any of a plurality of compression schemes.

17. The audio processing system of claim 14, wherein the processing module comprises a plurality of decompression engines corresponding to a plurality of different respective compression schemes and capable of simultaneously, in a parallel manner, decompressing audio information.

18. The audio processing system of claim 17, wherein the processing module further comprises an audio information switching circuit communicatively coupled to the plurality of decompression engines, the audio information switching circuit simultaneously directing received audio information from the first and second audio generating devices to respective decompression engines based on the type of decompression used to form the received audio information.

19. The audio processing system of claim 14, wherein the processing module IS further capable of decompressing the second audio output.

20. The audio processing system of claim 19, wherein the processing module is further capable of processing at least one of the first audio output and the second audio output using decompression and processing at least one of the first audio output and the second audio output not using decompression.

21. The audio processing system of claim 13, wherein the second audio output comprises second compressed audio information.

22. The audio processing system of claim 13, wherein the audio presentation device and processing module are integrated into a single device.

23. The audio processing system of claim 13, wherein the audio presentation device comprises a first speaker that presents information of the first audio output and a second speaker that simultaneously presents information of the second audio output.

24. The audio processing system of claim 13, wherein the processing module is in an apparatus separate from the first and second audio generating devices.

25. The audio processing system of claim 13, wherein the processing module and audio presentation device are components of an end-user system.

26. A system for use in a video processing environment having at least a first video generating device, a second video generating device and a video presentation device, where the first video generating device produces a first video output comprising compressed video information representative of a sequence of video frames and comprising information of inter-frame comparison, the second video generating device produces a second video output, and the video presentation device is simultaneously capable of generating a first display corresponding to the first video output and a second display corresponding to the second video output, the system comprising:

an end-user system that is independent of the first and second video generating devices, where the end-user system is operable to, at least;

communicatively couple to the first and second video generating devices;

simultaneously process the first video output from the first video generating device and the second video output from the second video generating device, where the simultaneous processing, via a processing module, comprises matching the first video output to a video decompressor of a plurality of video decompressors via a decompressor stack, and comprises decompressing the first video output from the first video generating device using the video decompressor;

communicatively couple to the video presentation device; and

output one or more signals to the video presentation device, the one or more signals enabling the video presentation device to simultaneously generate a first display corresponding to the first video output and a second display corresponding to the second video output.

27. A system for use in an audio processing environment having at least a first audio generating device, a second audio generating device and an audio presentation device, where the first audio generating device produces a first audio output comprising compressed audio information, the second audio generating device produces a second audio output, and the audio presentation device is capable of generating sound corresponding to the first audio output and the second audio output, the system comprising:

a processing module comprising a decompressor stack comprising a plurality of audio decompressors, operable to, at least;

communicatively couple to the first and second audio generating devices;

match the plurality of audio decompressors to the first audio output and the second audio output;

simultaneously process the first audio output from the first audio generating device and the second audio output from the second audio generating device, where the simultaneous processing comprises decompressing the first audio output from the first audio generating device using an audio decompressor of the plurality of audio decompressors;

communicatively couple to the audio presentation device; and

output one or more signals to the audio presentation device, the one or more signals enabling the audio presentation device to generate sound corresponding to the first audio output and generate sound corresponding to the second audio output.