摘要:
A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety of input and output formats. A TVOC can be used in set-top boxes for cable and satellite television, or directly within a television. All functionality provided can be provided on a single integrated circuit. TVOC includes a data transport module, an IF demodulator, a digital audio engine, an analog audio engine, a digital video engine, and an analog video engine. The TVOC also includes three sets of interfaces including output interfaces, control interfaces and ancillary interfaces. Further features and embodiments provide enhanced functionality and increased efficiencies.
摘要:
Provided is a method and system for performing color look-up table (CLUT) and gamma correction for video pixel data. A system includes a memory configured for storing CLUT parameters and gamma correction parameters therein. Also included is an input matrix coupled to the memory and configured to receive first and second type pixel data. The memory receives the first type pixel as an address to the stored CLUT parameters and receives the second type pixel data as an address to the stored gamma correction parameters.
摘要:
Provided is a system and method including a number of routers structured and arranged to route one or more video sources to any of one or more destinations. Each of the number of routers including a plurality of input and output ports and each input port being connectable to any one or more of corresponding output ports via data-paths. The datapaths are connectable to a corresponding one of the one or more destinations. The apparatus includes a testing output port selectably connectable to any of the one or more output data-paths. The testing output port is configured to connect a selected one of the one or more data-paths to a data collection device. The testing output port is configured to facilitate analysis of at least one from the group including (a) one or more of the data paths and (b) one or more of the video sources associated with the selected data-path.
摘要:
Provided is a system and method for performing CRC analysis in a video test bench. An exemplary system includes a memory configured for storing a required number representative of the data fields to be analyzed. A module is coupled at least indirectly to the memory and configured for (i) receiving an input data stream, (ii) performing cyclic redundancy check (CRC) analysis of the received data stream, and (iii) producing an output representative of an actual number of received data fields analyzed. The input data stream includes synchronization markers defining boundaries of each of the received data fields. Next, a comparator is configured for (i) comparing the required number and the actual number and (ii) producing a disabling signal when the actual number matches the required number. A detector is coupled to the comparator and configured for (i) receiving the input data stream and sensing a presence of the synchronization markers, (ii) receiving the disabling signal, and (iii) disabling the CRC module when the disabling signal is received.
摘要:
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help reduce display flicker due to the interlaced nature of television displays. The scaling of graphics may be used to convert the normally square pixel aspect ratio of graphics to the normally rectangular pixel aspect ratio of video.
摘要:
Herein described is a method and system of vertically filtering a graphics image such that an enhanced image is provided to a display. Filtering of the graphics image may be accomplished by using one or more window descriptors. The method may be implemented by computing a weighted average of one or more pixel intensities. The system may comprise a memory, a processor, and a graphics engine. The graphics engine may comprise a graphics blender. The graphics blender may comprise one or more multipliers and one or more adders. The processor may execute software resident in the memory, such that the one or more window descriptors may be used to compute the weighted average.
摘要:
A system and method, for reprogramming registers without having to reprogram unchanged registers. The registers are divided into groups based on common characteristics or functions. The values for the groups that differ from the current values are written into a linked list, which is then loaded into the appropriate registers. The linked list contains information indicating the groups of registers in the linked list.
摘要:
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help reduce display flicker due to the interlaced nature of television displays. The scaling of graphics may be used to convert the normally square pixel aspect ratio of graphics to the normally rectangular pixel aspect ratio of video.
摘要:
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. The chip includes a display engine that processes graphics images organized as windows. The system includes plurality of line buffers for receiving the graphics contents. The graphics contents are composited into each of the plurality of line buffers by blending the graphics contents with the existing contents of the line buffer until all of the graphics surfaces for the line have been composited.
摘要:
A display engine of a video and graphics system includes one or more processing elements and receives graphics from a memory. The graphics data define multiple graphics layers, and the processing elements process two or more graphics layers in parallel to generate blended graphics. Alpha values may be used while blending graphics. The processing elements may be integrated on an integrated circuit chip with an input for receiving the graphics data and other video and graphics components. The display engine may also include a graphics controller for receiving two or more graphics layers in parallel, for arranging the graphics layers in an order suitable for parallel processing, and for providing the arranged graphics layers to the processing elements. The blended graphics may be blended with HDTV video or SDTV video, which may be extracted from compressed data streams such as an MPEG Transport stream.