Abstract:
A method and apparatus enable high speed transfer of real-time AV data over a bus. When transmitting real-time data of a specific format using isochronous packets, data indicating the transfer rate is added to the isochronous packet. The playback speed can be changed and playback can be stopped while maintaining the transfer rate. High speed data transmission is thus possible.
Abstract:
The procedure for acquiring a band is simplified by expressing the propagation delay of a communication medium by using an identifier. After stopping the transmission from a first transmitter (806), a band acquiring means (809) of a second transmitter (814) finds the band which has been used by the first transmitter (806) by using a propagation delay identifier (804) read out from the first transmitter (806) and the maximum transmitted data quantity (805), and starts transmission by using the band. Therefore, the required procedure is simplified, because return and re-acquisition of band are not required at the time of switching the transmitter. In addition, since the propagation delay identifier is used, the band can be utilized effectively.
Abstract:
A data transfer method for preventing the malfunction of the conventional equipment which does not cope with encipherment at the time of transmitting enciphered AV information protected by a copyright through an IEEE 1394 bus. In the method, cipher identification information indicating the state of encipherment of a real data part and the real data part are contained in synchronous data transferred through isochronous communication and encipherment is effected only on the real data part. According to this method, a transmitter transmits cipher identification information indicating the state of encipherment of the real data part contained in the synchronous data together with real data and a receiver which detects the fact that the real data part has been enciphered from the cipher identification information requests the transmitter to send deciphering information and, upon receiving this information from the transmitter in response to the request, deciphers the real data part by using the deciphering information.
Abstract:
A signal switching device including an interface having a video signal communicating unit, a DDC and an HPD, controlling connected device, or being controlled by connected device. A switcher (2) includes a switch (30) for selecting video signal input, a DDC (26c) for reading information from output destination device, a microcomputer (33) for reading information indicating a physical address of switcher (2) and a status of the output destination device through DDC (26c), and a DDC (22a) and a DDC (22b) for outputting information to a plurality of input source devices. The microcomputer (33) stores the physical address of the switcher (2) and above-mentioned information into an EDID memory (32) and reads the above-mentioned information out of the EDID memory (32) and outputs through the DDC (22a) and the DDC (22b).
Abstract:
An AV network building device A comprises a 1394 link (10) for connecting a transmission line by using an IEEE 1394 standard interface, information transmission/reception means (11), protocol processing means (12), virtual device function processing means (20), integrated management means (30) for starting or stopping the virtual device function processing means (20), an OS (40) for operating a PC (103), and a PC device driver.
Abstract:
The problem to be solved is that once copyright claimed AV data is passed to application software, the application software can freely process the AV data for recording, etc., defeating the purpose of copyright protection. The invention provides a computer which comprises a system section 12 and an application software section 13, and which takes in copyright claimed, encrypted data via a digital interface 1 for processing therein, wherein the system section 12 judges that the application software section 13 is legitimate application software for the protection of copyright, and if the application software is a legitimate one, the system section 12 passes a key for the encrypted data to the application software section 13.
Abstract:
A data recording/reproducing device provided with a transmitting/receiving means which transmits/receives data and command signals through a transmission line, a recording/reproducing means which records data received from the transmitting/receiving means on a recording medium at the time of reception and transmits data reproduced from the recording medium to the transmitting/receiving means at the time of transmission, an operating means which generates operation signals for guiding the operation of the recording/reproducing means, a control means which controls the recording/reproducing means in accordance with a command signal or an operating signal, and a switching signal generating means which outputs a switching signal for judging whether the operating signal is effective or ineffective based on the command signal received from the transmitting/receiving means to the control means. When the control means receives an operating means effectuating signal, the control effectuates the operating signal outputted by the operating means. When the control means receives an operating means ineffectuating signal, the control means ineffectuates the operating signal outputted by the operation means.
Abstract:
According to the HAVi standard, a situation that a signal input from an input terminal of an AV apparatus is output from an output terminal of the same AV apparatus as it is or after its form is converted cannot be clearly shown. A controlling apparatus 82 controlling at least one controlled apparatus 30 and 75 based on an object-oriented model has a device object corresponding to the controlled apparatus 30 with a pass-through function having as a function element thereof a stream pass-through function to output a stream input from an input terminal from an output terminal as it is or after changing its form, in which a function object 42 corresponding to the pass-through function is provided.
Abstract:
A digital AV data transmitting unit comprises a data importance judging section for judging the importance of digital AV data, a transmitting-side multiple authentication rule storage section stored with multiple kinds of authentication rules, a transmitting-side authentication selecting section for selecting one kind of rules from the transmitting-side multiple authentication rule storage section, and a transmitting-side authenticating section for carrying out authentication based on the selected authentication rules. A digital AV data receiving unit comprises an authentication requesting section for making an authentication request, a receiving-side multiple authentication rule storage section stored with the same authentication rules as those stored in the transmitting-side multiple authentication rule storage section, a receiving-side authentication selecting section for selecting the predetermined authentication rules selected by the transmitting-side authentication selecting section from the receiving-side multiple authentication rule storage section, and a receiving-side authenticating section for carrying out authentication based on the authentication rules selected on the receiving side.