IP Library Granted Patent US 8,301,018
Granted Patent B2
US 8,301,018 · App. 12/166,830 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Audio/video synchronous playback device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,301,018
App. No.
12/166,830
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An audio/video synchronous playback device includes a first synchronization section for repeating or skipping a first video data sequence in units of a video frame interval thereof to synchronize the first video data sequence with an audio data sequence, and a second synchronization section for repeating or skipping a second video data sequence in units of a video frame or video field interval thereof to synchronize the second video data sequence with the audio data sequence. A first video data sequence output and a second video data sequence output having different frame frequencies are separately synchronized with one channel of audio data sequence output with their respective precisions.

Claims (25)

1. An audio/video synchronous playback device having N channels (N is an integer of two or more) of video outputs having different frame frequencies and one channel of audio output, wherein

at least two of the N channels of video outputs are simultaneously performed and are separately synchronized with the one channel of audio output.

2. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 1 , wherein the N channels of video outputs include a video output having a frame frequency of 24 Hz and a video output having the same frame frequency as that of NTSC signals.

3. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 2 , wherein the video output having a frame frequency of 24 Hz is output through an HDMI terminal.

4. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 1 , wherein the N channels of video outputs include a video output having a frame frequency of 24 Hz and a video output having the same frame frequency as that of PAL signals.

5. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 4 , wherein the video output having a frame frequency of 24 Hz is output through an HDMI terminal.

6. An audio/video synchronous playback device comprising:

a first decoding section for decoding a video stream to output a first video data sequence including a plurality of video frames having a first frame interval;

a first time information extraction section for extracting video time information from the video stream;

a video cycle interpolation section for performing an interpolation process with respect to the first video data sequence output from the first decoding section to output a second video data sequence including a plurality of video frames or video fields having a second frame or field interval which are different from those of the first video data sequence;

a second decoding section for decoding an audio stream to output an audio data sequence including a plurality of audio blocks;

a second time information extraction section for extracting audio time information from the audio stream;

a timer section for generating reference time information;

a first synchronization section for comparing the video time information with the audio time information and the reference time information, and depending on a result of the comparison, repeating or skipping the first video data sequence in units of the video frame interval, thereby synchronizing the first video data sequence with the audio data sequence; and

a second synchronization section for comparing the video time information with the audio time information and the reference time information, and depending on a result of the comparison, repeating or skipping the second video data sequence in units of the video frame or video field interval, thereby synchronizing the second video data sequence with the audio data sequence,

wherein synchronization of the first video data sequence with the audio data sequence, and the synchronization of the second video data sequence with the audio data sequence are simultaneously performed.

7. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 6 , further comprising:

an analog audio output terminal for converting the audio data sequence into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal;

a first analog video output terminal for converting the first video data sequence output from the first synchronization section into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal; and

a second analog video output terminal for converting the second video data sequence output from the second synchronization section into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal.

8. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 6 , further comprising:

an analog audio output terminal for converting the audio data sequence into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal;

an HDMI output terminal for converting the first video data sequence and the audio data sequence output from the first synchronization section into an HDMI signal and outputting the HDMI signal; and

an analog video output terminal for converting the second video data sequence output from the second synchronization section into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal.

9. The audio/video synchronous playback device of claim 6 , wherein the frame interval of the first video data sequence corresponds to a frame frequency of 24 Hz.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: SUN PATENT TRUST
To: GENERAL VIDEO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065592/0568 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 054003/0298 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0570 →