Synchronous display streaming system and synchronous displaying method

• US 8,925,019 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Chou, Shih-Chun, Yang, Ren-Dar, Ko, Chin-Yu, Liu, Bo-Fu, Chiu, Hung-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Alcon, Fernando
• Application Number:
  US14/011,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20140165111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• US Class Current: 725/74
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/068 for control of viewing angle adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/242 Synchronization processes, e.g. processing of PCR [Program Clock References] arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems in broadcast distribution systems H04H20/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content

Abstract

The synchronous display streaming system for multi-view frames is provided. The server provides a plurality of display streamings of a content in a plurality of angles. The server stores accounts. The first electronic device logs in a relation account of the accounts of the server. The second electronic device logs in the relation account of the server. The first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a synchronization operation group. The server provides the plurality of display streamings in the plurality of angles to the first and the second electronic device which log in the relation account respectively and display the frames of the content in the plurality of angles on the first and the second electronic device. Any electronic device of the synchronization operation group performs an operation on one of the electronic devices of the synchronization operation group through the relation account of the server.

Claims

1. A synchronous display streaming system for multi-view frames, comprising:

a server being operable to provide a plurality of display streamings of a content in a plurality of angles, wherein the server stores a plurality of accounts;

a first electronic device electrically coupled to the server for logging in a relation account of the accounts of the server; and

a second electronic device electrically coupled to the server for logging in the relation account of the server, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a synchronization operation group;

wherein the server provides the plurality of display streamings in the plurality of angles to the first electronic device and the second electronic device grouped in the synchronization operation group which log in the relation account respectively and display the frames of the content in the plurality of angles on the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and

wherein any electronic device of the synchronization operation group is used to perform an operation on one of the electronic devices of the synchronization operation group through the relation account of the server,

wherein each of the display streamings respectively has a plurality of time labels for marking a time of the display streamings, the first electronic device and the second electronic device display a plurality of frames of the content in the plurality of angles respectively and simultaneously according to the display streamings of the content in the plurality of angles provided by the server and the time labels of the display streamings,

wherein the server further determines whether a first play time of a first frame displayed by the first electronic device and a second play time of a second frame displayed by the second electronic device are synchronous according to the time label of the frames displayed by the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and when it is determined that the first play time of the first frame displayed by the first electronic device and the second play time of the second frame displayed by the second electronic device are not synchronous, the server transmits an adjusting signal for adjusting the first play time of the first frame displayed by the first electronic device and the second play time of the second frame displayed by the second electronic device such that the first electronic device and the second electronic device display the frames of the content in the plurality of angles simultaneously.

2. The synchronous displaying streaming system for multi-view frames according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic device further provides an operation interface, and the operation interface is used for setting at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device as an operation electronic device and providing at least one operation item for generating an operation signal, which enables the first electronic device to perform the operation on the first electronic device or on the second electronic device by transmitting the operation signal through the server.

3. The synchronous displaying streaming system for multi-view frames according to claim 1, further comprising a third electronic device, wherein the third electronic device is electrically coupled to the server, and the third electronic device is operable to log in the relation account of the server, wherein the third electronic device, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device are grouped in the synchronization operation group, and any electronic device of the synchronization operation group operates at least two electronic devices of the synchronization operation group through the relation account of the server.

4. The synchronous displaying streaming system for multi-view frames according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is used to display and set a first angle frame which display the content in a first angle, the second electronic device is used to display and set a second angle frame which display the content in a second angle, and when the first electronic device performs a specific operation to the first angle frame, the second electronic device correspondingly performs an alternation operation to the second angle frame displayed by the second electronic device through the relation account of the server.

5. The synchronous displaying streaming system for multi-view frames according to claim 1, wherein the server further determines one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device as a major electronic device and another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is a secondary electronic device, wherein the major electronic device is interrupted less easily than the secondary electronic device for communication with the server, and the server provides the display streamings in the plurality of angles to the major electronic device, then the major electronic device transmits the provided display streamings to the secondary electronic device.

6. The synchronous displaying streaming system for multi-view frames according to claim 1, wherein when the server respectively provides the display streamings in the plurality of angles to the first electronic device and the second electronic device which log in the relation account, the provided display streamings are temporarily stored in the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively, and when a data volume of the display streamings temporarily stored in the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively is higher than a predetermined volume, the first electronic device and the second electronic device start displaying the frames of the content in the plurality of angles simultaneously.

7. A synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames, comprising:

logging in a relation account of a server by a first electronic device;

logging in the relation account of the server by a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a synchronization operation group;

providing a plurality of display streamings in a plurality of angles to the first electronic device and the second electronic device grouped in the synchronization operation group which log in the relation account respectively by the server;

displaying the frames of the content in the plurality of angles on the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively and synchronously; and

performing an operation on one of the electronic devices of the synchronization operation group through the relation account of the server by any electronic device of the synchronization operation group,

wherein each of the display streamings respectively has a plurality of time labels for marking a time of the display streamings, wherein the step of displaying the frames of the content in the plurality of angles on the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively and synchronously comprises;

displaying a plurality of frames of the content in the plurality of angles respectively and simultaneously in the first electronic device and the second electronic device according to the display streamings of the content in the plurality of angles provided by the server and the time label of the frame displaying streaming by the first electronic device and the second electronic device,

wherein the synchronous displaying method further comprises;

determining whether a first play time of a first frame displayed by the first electronic device and a second play time of a second frame displayed by the second electronic device are synchronous by the server according to the time label of the frames displayed by the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and

when it being determined that the first play time of the first frame displayed by the first electronic device and the second play time of the second frame displayed by the second electronic device are not synchronous, the server transmitting an adjusting signal for adjusting the first play time of the first frame displayed by the first electronic device and the second play time of the second frame displayed by the second electronic device such that the first electronic device and the second electronic device display the frames of the content in the plurality of angles simultaneously.

8. The synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames according to claim 7, further comprising:

providing an operation interface by the first electronic device, wherein the operation interface is used for setting at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device as an operation electronic device and at least one operation item is provided for generating an operation signal; and

enabling the first electronic device to perform the operation on the first electronic device or on the second electronic device by transmitting the operation signal through the server.

9. The synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames according to claim 7, further comprising:

logging in the relation account of the server by a third electronic device, wherein the third electronic device, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device are grouped in the synchronization operation group; and

operating at least two electronic devices of the synchronization operation group through the relation account of the server by any electronic device of the synchronization operation group.

10. The synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames according to claim 7, wherein the step of displaying the frames of the content in the plurality of angles on the first electronic device and the second electronic device synchronously comprises:

displaying and setting a first angle frame which display the content in a first angle by the first electronic device;

displaying and setting a second angle frame which display the content in a second angle by the second electronic device;

wherein the synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames further comprises;

when performing a specific operation to the first angle frame through the relation account of the server by the first electronic device, performing an alternation operation to the second angle frame displayed by the second electronic device correspondingly by the second electronic device.

11. The synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames according to claim 7, further comprising:

determining one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device as a major electronic device by the server, wherein another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is a secondary electronic device, wherein the major electronic device is harder to be interrupted than the secondary electronic device for communication with the server;

providing the display streamings in the plurality of angles to the major electronic device by the server; and

transmitting the provided display streamings to the secondary electronic device by the major electronic device.

12. The synchronous displaying method for multi-view frames according to claim 7, wherein the step of providing the display streamings in the plurality of angles to the first electronic device and the second electronic device of the synchronization operation group which log in the relation account respectively by the server comprises:

when providing the display streamings in the plurality of angles to the first electronic device and the second electronic device which log in the relation account respectively by the server, temporarily storing the provided display streamings in the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively;

wherein the step of displaying the frames of the content in the plurality of angles on the first electronic device and the second electronic device synchronously comprises;

when a data volume of the display streaming temporarily stored in the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively being higher than a predetermined volume, the first electronic device and the second electronic device starting displaying the frames of the content in the plurality of angles simultaneously.