Video apparatus and method of measuring jitter/wander

• US 8,390,738 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2007
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mizutani, Tomoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDRAMUNO, FRANKLIN S
• Application Number:
  US12/001,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20080143874A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,911 Days
• Field of Search: 348/510, 348/550
• US Class Current: 348/510
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 17/00 Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/0736 using digital storage buffer techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/268 Signal distribution or switching

Abstract

A video apparatus for processing an input video signal in synchronization with an external reference signal is provided. The video apparatus includes a phase compensation FIFO memory and a measuring device. The phase compensation FIFO memory is configured such that the input video signal is written in synchronization with a clock demodulated from the input video signal and the video signal is read in synchronization with an internal reference clock of the apparatus generated from the external reference signal. The measuring device is configured to measure an amount of jitter/wander of the input video signal based on a calculation of a difference between data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory and a predetermined reference volume.

Claims

1. A video apparatus for processing an input video signal in synchronization with an external reference signal, comprising:

a phase compensation FIFO memory to which the input video signal is written in synchronization with a clock demodulated from the input video signal and from which the video signal is read in synchronization with an internal reference clock of the apparatus generated from the external reference signal; and

measuring means for measuring an amount of jitter/wander of the input video signal based on a calculation of a difference between data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory and a predetermined reference volume,

wherein the data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory is obtained using the clock demodulated from the input video signal as a writing clock and the internal reference clock generated from the external reference signal ref as a reading clock,

wherein a maximum value is obtained as a peak hold value by setting a long hold time and not clearing the peak hold value even in a case where less frequent jitter/wander occurs or unexpected jitter/wander occurs, thereby allowing the jitter/wander occurring less frequently and the jitter/wander occurring unexpectedly to be measured.

2. A video apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the measuring means holds a maximum peak value of the calculated difference.

3. A video apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the measuring means converts the calculated deference into a value in a plurality of classified levels of amount of jitter/wander.

4. A video apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

reset means for resetting the data volume in the FIFO memory periodically to the predetermined reference volume.

5. A method of measuring jitter/wander of an input video signal in a video apparatus for processing the input video signal in synchronization with an external reference signal, the method comprising the steps of:

writing the input video signal in a FIFO memory in synchronization with a clock demodulated from the input video signal and reading the video signal from the FIFO memory in synchronization with an internal reference clock of the apparatus generated from the external reference signal; and

measuring an amount of the jitter/wander of the input video signal based on a calculation of a difference between data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory and a predetermined reference volume,

wherein the data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory is obtained using the clock demodulated from the input video signal as a writing clock and the internal reference clock generated from the external reference signal ref as a reading clock,

wherein a maximum value is obtained as a peak hold value by setting a long hold time and not clearing the peak hold value even in a case where less frequent jitter/wander occurs or unexpected jitter/wander occurs thereby allowing the jitter/wander occurring less frequently and the jitter/wander occurring unexpectedly to be measured.

6. A method of measuring jitter/wander according to claim 5, wherein

a maximum peak value of the calculated difference is held at the measuring step.

7. A method of measuring jitter/wander according to claim 5, wherein

the calculated difference is converted into a value in a plurality of classified levels of amount of jitter/wander at the measuring step.

8. A method of measuring jitter/wander according to claim 5, further comprising the step of:

resetting periodically the data volume in the FIFO memory to the predetermined reference volume.

9. A video apparatus for processing an input video signal in synchronization with an external reference signal, comprising:

a phase compensation FIFO memory to which the input video signal is written in synchronization with a clock demodulated from the input video signal and from which the video signal is read in synchronization with an internal reference clock of the apparatus generated from the external reference signal; and

a measuring device measuring an amount of jitter/wander of the input video signal based on a calculation of a difference between data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory and a predetermined reference volume,

wherein the data volume of the video signal obtained in the FIFO memory is obtained using the clock demodulated from the input video signal as a writing clock and the internal reference clock generated from the external reference signal ref as a reading clock,

wherein a maximum value is obtained as a peak hold value by setting a long hold time and not clearing the peak hold value even in a case where less frequent jitter/wander occurs or unexpected jitter/wander occurs, thereby allowing the jitter/wander occurring less frequently and the jitter/wander occurring unexpectedly to be measured.