CN103037191B - Electronic installation and network access module - Google Patents
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The invention provides a kind of electronic installation and network access module, this electronic installation includes: a multimedia process module and a network access module.This multimedia process module includes: a first network control circuit.This network access module comprises: a second network control circuit, one the 3rd network control circuit, at least one 4th network control circuit, a network transmitting unit and a multiplexer.This multiplexer is used for from multiple multimedia connectivity port, select at least one multimedia connectivity port to be connected to this at least one 4th network control circuit, and at least one multimedia device that this at least one multimedia connectivity port is connected is connected to an external network via this at least one 4th network control circuit, this network transmitting unit, the 3rd network control circuit and a network connection port and accesses this external network.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of electronic installation and a kind of network access module.
Background technology
Please refer to Fig. 1, shown in Fig. 1 is a kind of traditional high resolution multimedia interface (highdefinition multimedia interface, HDMI) systematic difference, as shown in Figure 1, one LCD TV 100 has four high resolution multimedia interface connection port (not shown)s, connect 4 multimedia devices 102 respectively, 104, 106, 108 (such as PS3, XBOX, DVD player and multimedia external connected hand disk player), if LCD TV 100 and 4 multimedia devices 102, 104, 106, 108 all will surf the Net, just independently must carry out network on-line with an external network 110 separately, therefore needs 5 Ethernet winding threads (Ethernet cable) are always met together.
And up-to-date HDMI 1.4 editions specifications increase high resolution multimedia interface Ethernet and sound Return Channel (HDMI Ethernet and Audio return Channel newly, HEAC) function, make high resolution multimedia interface can transmit/receiving high definition multimedia interface Ethernet channel (HDMI Ethernet Channel simultaneously, HEC) network data signals and sound return channel (Audio Return Channel, ARC) audio data signal, therefore network layout complicated in family can be simplified, please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 shows HDMI 1.4 systematic difference, as shown in Figure 2, one LCD TV 200 has four high resolution multimedia interface connection port (not shown)s, connect 4 multimedia devices 202 respectively, 204, 206, 208 (such as PS3, XBOX, DVD player and multimedia external connected hand disk player), if LCD TV 200 and 4 multimedia devices 202, 204, 206, 208 all will surf the Net, network on-line can be carried out by LCD TV 200 and an external network 210, but, this framework must use a kind of network switch (6port switch) with 6 connectivity ports in LCD TV 200.Please refer to Fig. 3, shown in Fig. 3 is the simplification block schematic diagram of LCD TV 200, as shown in Figure 3, LCD TV 200 includes: TV chip 310 and a network chip 320, and TV chip 310 includes: a medium plan (media access control, MAC) layer control circuit 312, network chip 320 includes: a medium access control layer control circuit 321, five medium access control layer/physical layer (physical layer, PHY) control circuit 322, 324, 326, 328, 330 and one network switchs 332 with 6 connectivity ports.
But, although LCD TV 200 has connect 4 multimedia devices 202,204,206,208 (such as PS3, XBOX, DVD player and multimedia external connected hand disk player), but once also can only use one of them multimedia device, for example, when user plays PS3, just can not see DVD simultaneously.Similarly, when user uses network, usually be also once also to use one of them multimedia device to come to carry out network on-line with external network 210, this is because only have the relation of a video screen, thus, known technology arranges in Fig. 3 the network switch 332 with 6 connectivity ports and just to seem waste in LCD TV 200, and adds the cost of much hardware.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electronic installation and a kind of network access module, and this electronic installation and this network access module can utilize a multiplexer handover network to connect and reduce costs, to solve the above problems.
According to claim of the present invention, it discloses a kind of electronic installation, and this electronic installation includes: a multimedia process module and a network access module.This multimedia process module is for controlling this electronic installation to carry out a multimedia operation, and this multimedia process module includes: a first network control circuit.This network access module includes: a second network control circuit, one the 3rd network control circuit, at least one 4th network control circuit, a network transmitting unit and a multiplexer.This second network control circuit is coupled to this first network control circuit; 3rd network control circuit is coupled to this second network control circuit, and is coupled to an external network via a network connection port; This at least one 4th network control circuit is coupled to the 3rd network control circuit; This network transmitting unit is coupled between this second network control circuit, the 3rd network control circuit and this at least one 4th network control circuit, and for transmitting at least one network data signals between this second network control circuit and the 3rd network control circuit and between this at least one 4th network control circuit and the 3rd network control circuit.This multiplexer is coupled between this at least one 4th network control circuit and multiple multimedia connectivity port, and for selecting at least one multimedia connectivity port to be connected to this at least one 4th network control circuit from these multimedia connectivity ports, at least one multimedia device connected to make this at least one multimedia connectivity port can be connected to this external network via this at least one 4th network control circuit, this network transmitting unit, the 3rd network control circuit and this network connection port and access this external network.
According to claim of the present invention, it discloses a kind of network access module.This network access module includes: a first network control circuit, at least one second network control circuit, a network transmitting unit and a multiplexer.This first network control circuit, is coupled to an external network via a network connection port; This at least one second network control circuit is coupled to this first network control circuit; This network transmitting unit is coupled between this first network control circuit and this at least one second network control circuit, and for transmitting at least one network signal between this first network control circuit and this at least one second network control circuit.This multiplexer is coupled between this at least one second network control circuit and multiple multimedia connectivity port, and for selecting at least one multimedia connectivity port to be connected to this at least one second network control circuit from these multimedia connectivity ports, at least one multimedia device connected to make this at least one multimedia connectivity port can be connected to this external network via this at least one second network control circuit, this network transmitting unit, this first network control circuit and this network connection port and access this external network.Wherein, those multimedia connectivity ports are high resolution multimedia interface (high definition multimedia interface, HDMI) connectivity port, it can be used for transmission high resolution multimedia interface Ethernet channel (HDMI ethernet channel, HEC) data-signal.
In sum, compared to prior art, this electronic installation disclosed by the present invention and this network access module can utilize a multiplexer handover network to connect and reduce costs.
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Fig. 1 shows a kind of traditional high resolution multimedia interface (high definitionmultimedia interface, HDMI) systematic difference.
Fig. 2 shows HDMI 1.4 systematic difference.
Fig. 3 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the LCD TV in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the electronic installation according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the electronic installation according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the network access module 500 according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 7 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the network access module 500 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Main element symbol description
100,200: LCD TV
102,104,106,108,202,204,206,208: multimedia device
110,210: external network
310: TV chip
320: network chip
312,321: medium access control layer control circuit
322,324,326,328,330: medium access control layer/physical layer control circuit
332: the network switch with 6 connectivity ports
400: electronic installation
410: multimedia process module
420: network access module
412: first network control circuit
422: second network control circuit
424: the three network control circuits
426: the four network control circuits
427: the five network control circuits
428: network transmitting unit
430: multiplexer
431:2 is to 4 multiplexers
432: external network
440,450,460,470: multimedia connectivity port
442,452,462,472: multimedia device
480: the network transmitting unit with 4 connectivity ports
500: network access module
512: first network control circuit
522: second network control circuit
524: the three network control circuits
528: network transmitting unit
530: multiplexer
532: external network
540,550,560,570: multimedia connectivity port
542,552,562,572: multimedia device
531:2 is to 4 multiplexers
580: the network transmitting unit with 3 connectivity ports
Embodiment
Please refer to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the electronic installation 400 according to one embodiment of the invention, and wherein electronic installation 400 can be a television set or a display unit with loud speaker.As shown in Figure 4, electronic installation 400 includes: multimedia process module 410 and a network access module 420, wherein multimedia process module 410 and network access module 420 are hardware unit.Multimedia process module 410 is for controlling electronic installation to carry out a multimedia operation, and multimedia process module 410 includes: a first network control circuit 412.Network access module 420 includes: second network control circuit 422, the 3rd network control circuit 424, the 4th network control circuit 426, network transmitting unit 428 and a multiplexer 430.Second network control circuit 422 is coupled to first network control circuit 412, 3rd network control circuit 424 is coupled to second network control circuit 422, and be coupled to an external network 432 via a network connection port (not shown), and the 4th network control circuit 426 be coupled to the 3rd network control circuit 424, wherein, first network control circuit 412 and second network control circuit 422 can be medium plan (media access control, MAC) layer control circuit, and the 3rd network control circuit 424 and the 4th network control circuit 426 can be medium access control layer/physical layer (physical layer, PHY) control circuit.In addition, please note at this, the above embodiments only illustrate as of the present invention, instead of restrictive condition of the present invention, for example, according to the design requirement that other are different, first network control circuit 412 and second network control circuit 422 also can be medium access control layer/physical layer control circuits.
Network transmitting unit 428 is coupled to second network control circuit 422, between 3rd network control circuit 424 and one the 4th network control circuit 426, and for transmitting at least one network data signals between second network control circuit 422 and the 3rd network control circuit 424 and between one the 4th network control circuit 426 and the 3rd network control circuit 424, wherein network transmitting unit 428 only needs to have 3 connectivity ports, and can be a network switch (switch), one router (router), one hub (hub) or a gateway (gateway).Multiplexer 430 is coupled to the 4th network control circuit 426 and 4 multimedia connectivity ports 440, 450, 460, between 470, and 4 multimedia connectivity ports 440, 450, 460, 470 are respectively coupled to 4 multimedia devices 442, 452, 462, 472, and multiplexer 430 is one 1 to 4 multiplexers (1 couple of 4MUX), and for from multimedia connectivity port 440, 450, 460, one of them multimedia connectivity port (such as multimedia connectivity port 460) is selected to be connected to the 4th network control circuit 426 in 470, with make this multimedia device (such as multimedia device 462) of connecting by this multimedia connectivity port (such as multimedia connectivity port 460) of selecting can via one the 4th network control circuit 426, network transmitting unit 428, 3rd network control circuit 424 and this network connection port are connected to external network 432 and access external network 432.Wherein, multimedia connectivity port 440,450,460,470 is high resolution multimedia interface (high definition multimediainterface, HDMI) connectivity port, it can be used for transmission high resolution multimedia interface Ethernet channel (HDMI ethernet channel, HEC) data-signal; And multimedia device 442,452,462,472 can be an electronic game computer, a multimedia memory apparatus, a multimedia playing apparatus, an individual calculus machine host or a mobile computer respectively.In addition, multimedia process module 410 can be used for controlling multiplexer 430 with from multimedia connectivity port 440, 450, 460, one of them multimedia connectivity port (such as multimedia connectivity port 460) is selected to be connected to the 4th network control circuit 426 (that is user can control multiplexer 430 by the remote controller of television set or control button) in 470, with make this multimedia device (such as multimedia device 462) of connecting by this multimedia connectivity port (such as multimedia connectivity port 460) of selecting can via one the 4th network control circuit 426, network transmitting unit 428, 3rd network control circuit 424 and this network connection port are connected to external network 432 and access external network 432.In other words, the present embodiment is compared to the prior art of Fig. 3, only need at AFE (analog front end) (analog front end, AFE) increase by a multiplexer, just the quantity of medium access control layer/physical layer control circuit can be reduced to 2 from 5, and only need network transmitting unit (the such as network switch with 3 connectivity ports, router, hub or gateway), and need the network switch with 6 connectivity ports unlike the prior art of Fig. 3, the present invention reduces costs so can utilize multiplexer handover network to connect.
In addition, please note at this, the above embodiments only illustrate as of the present invention, instead of restrictive condition of the present invention, for example, the network access module 420 in Fig. 4 also can include one the 5th network control circuit 427, and network transmitting unit 428 is replaced by the network transmitting unit 480 with 4 connectivity ports, and multiplexer 430 is replaced by 1 to 4 multiplexers 432 (2 couples of 4MUX), as shown in Figure 5.In other words, can reach the feature that the use multiplexer handover network disclosed by the present invention connects as long as every, various equalization change all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
Please refer to Fig. 6, Fig. 6 shows the simplification block schematic diagram of the network access module 500 according to one embodiment of the invention, wherein network access module 500 is a hardware unit, as shown in Figure 6, network access module 500 includes: first network control circuit 512, second network control circuit 522, network transmitting unit 528 and a multiplexer 530.First network control circuit 512 is coupled to an external network 532 via a network connection port (not shown), and second network control circuit 522 is coupled to first network control circuit 512, wherein, first network control circuit 512 and second network control circuit 522 can be medium access control layer/physical layer (physicallayer, PHY) control circuit.
Network transmitting unit 528 is coupled between first network control circuit 512 and second network control circuit 522, and for transmitting at least one network signal between first network control circuit 512 and second network control circuit 522, wherein network transmitting unit 528 only needs to have 2 connectivity ports, and can be a network switch (switch), a router (router), a hub (hub) or a gateway (gateway).Multiplexer 530 is coupled to second network control circuit 522 and 4 multimedia connectivity ports 540, 550, 560, between 570, and 4 multimedia connectivity ports 540, 550, 560, 570 are respectively coupled to 4 multimedia devices 552, 552, 562, 572, and multiplexer 530 is one 1 to 4 multiplexers (1 couple of 4MUX), and for from multimedia connectivity port 540, 550, 560, one of them multimedia connectivity port (such as multimedia connectivity port 560) is selected to be connected to second network control circuit 522 in 570, with make this multimedia device (such as multimedia device 562) of connecting by this multimedia connectivity port (such as multimedia connectivity port 560) of selecting can via second network control circuit 522, network transmitting unit 528, first network control circuit 512 and this network connection port are connected to external network 532 and access external network 532.Wherein, multimedia connectivity port 540,550,560,570 is high resolution multimedia interface (high definition multimedia interface, HDMI) connectivity port, it can be used for transmission high resolution multimedia interface Ethernet channel (HDMI ethernet channel, HEC) data-signal; And multimedia device 552,552,562,572 can be a numeric display unit, an electronic game computer, a multimedia memory apparatus, a multimedia playing apparatus, an individual calculus machine host or a mobile computer respectively.Similarly, the present embodiment is compared to the prior art of Fig. 3, only need at AFE (analog front end) (analog front end, AFE) increase by a multiplexer, just the quantity of medium access control layer/physical layer control circuit can be reduced to 2 from 5, and only need network transmitting unit (the such as network switch with 2 connectivity ports, router, hub or gateway), and need the network switch with 6 connectivity ports unlike the prior art of Fig. 3, the present invention reduces costs so can utilize multiplexer handover network to connect.
In addition, please note at this, the above embodiments only illustrate as of the present invention, instead of restrictive condition of the present invention, for example, the network process module 500 in Fig. 6 also can include one the 3rd network control circuit 524, and network transmitting unit 528 is replaced by the network transmitting unit 580 with 3 connectivity ports, and multiplexer 530 is replaced by 1 to 4 multiplexers 531 (2 couples of 4MUX), as shown in Figure 7.In other words, can reach the feature that the use multiplexer handover network disclosed by the present invention connects as long as every, various equalization change all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
In sum, compared to prior art, this electronic installation disclosed by the present invention and this network access module can utilize a multiplexer handover network to connect and reduce costs.
The foregoing is only embodiments of the invention, all equalizations done according to the present patent application the scope of the claims change and modify, and all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
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1. an electronic installation, includes:
One multimedia process module, for controlling described electronic installation to carry out a multimedia operation, and described multimedia process module includes:
One first network control circuit; And
One network access module, includes:
One second network control circuit, is coupled to described first network control circuit;
One the 3rd network control circuit, is coupled to described second network control circuit, and is coupled to an external network via a network connection port;
At least one 4th network control circuit, is coupled to described 3rd network control circuit;
One network transmitting unit, be coupled between described second network control circuit, described 3rd network control circuit and described at least one 4th network control circuit, for transmitting at least one network data signals between described second network control circuit and described 3rd network control circuit and between described at least one 4th network control circuit and described 3rd network control circuit; And
One multiplexer, be coupled between described at least one 4th network control circuit and multiple multimedia connectivity port, for selecting at least one multimedia connectivity port to be connected to described at least one 4th network control circuit from described multiple multimedia connectivity port, at least one multimedia device connected to make described at least one multimedia connectivity port can be connected to described external network via described at least one 4th network control circuit, described network transmitting unit, described 3rd network control circuit and described network connection port and access described external network.
2. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein, described first network control circuit is a medium access control layer control circuit, and described second network control circuit, described 3rd network control circuit and described at least one 4th network control circuit are medium access control layer/physical layer control circuit.
3. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein, described multimedia process module also selects at least one multimedia connectivity port to be connected to described at least one 4th network control circuit for controlling described multiplexer from described multiple multimedia connectivity port.
4. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein, described multiple multimedia connectivity port is high resolution multimedia interface connection port, and it can be used in transmission high resolution multimedia interface Ethernet Channel Data Signal.
5. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein, described electronic installation is a television set or a display unit with loud speaker.
6. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein, described at least one multimedia device is an electronic game computer, a multimedia memory apparatus, a multimedia playing apparatus, an individual calculus machine host or a mobile computer.
7. electronic installation according to claim 1, wherein, described network transmitting unit is a network switch, a router, a hub or a gateway.
8. a network access module, includes:
One first network control circuit, is coupled to an external network via a network connection port;
At least one second network control circuit, is coupled to described first network control circuit;
One network transmitting unit, is coupled between described first network control circuit and described at least one second network control circuit, for transmitting at least one network signal between described first network control circuit and described at least one second network control circuit; And
One multiplexer, be coupled between described at least one second network control circuit and multiple multimedia connectivity port, for selecting at least one multimedia connectivity port to be connected to described at least one second network control circuit from described multiple multimedia connectivity port, at least one multimedia device connected to enable described at least one multimedia connectivity port is connected to described external network via described at least one second network control circuit, described network transmitting unit, described first network control circuit and described network connection port and accesses described external network;
Wherein said multiple multimedia connectivity port is high resolution multimedia interface connection port, and it can be used in transmission high resolution multimedia interface Ethernet Channel Data Signal.
9. network access module according to claim 8, wherein, described first network control circuit and described at least one second network control circuit are medium access control layer/physical layer control circuit.
10. network access module according to claim 8, wherein, described at least one multimedia device is an electronic game computer, a multimedia memory apparatus, a multimedia playing apparatus, an individual calculus machine host or a mobile computer.
11. network access module according to claim 8, wherein, described network transmitting unit is a network switch, a router, a hub or a gateway.
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