ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION
20240007596 ยท 2024-01-04
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
H04B1/005
ELECTRICITY
H04N7/20
ELECTRICITY
G06F3/14
PHYSICS
International classification
H04N7/20
ELECTRICITY
H04L69/18
ELECTRICITY
H04B1/00
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
Proposed is a wireless data transmission method including: receiving, by a transmitter on the basis of a control signal, a first display signal having a first interface; extracting required data from the received display signal; converting the first display signal into an extremely-high frequency RF signal on the basis of the required data; transmitting and/or receiving the extremely-high frequency RF signal; and converting, in a receiver, the received extremely-high frequency RF signal into a second display signal having a second interface.
The wireless data transmitter and receiver may use different communication protocols, and the transmitter and the receiver may include an operation of detecting the communication protocols that a counterpart receiver and transmitter use and performing conversion into the protocols for transmission or reception.
Claims
1. A wireless data transmission method, comprising: receiving, by a transmitter on the basis of a control signal, a first display signal having a first interface; extracting required data from the received display signal; converting the first display signal into an RF signal on the basis of the required data; transmitting and/or receiving the RF signal; and converting, in a receiver, the received RF signal into a second display signal having a second interface.
2. The wireless data transmission method of claim 1, wherein the converting of the first display signal into the RF signal comprises serializing data of the first display signal, and the converting of the RF signal into the second display signal comprises deserializing data of the RF signal.
3. The wireless data transmission method of claim 2, further comprising serializing and/or deserializing data through a DSP circuit.
4. The wireless data transmission method of claim 1, wherein the RF signal comprises a band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz.
5. The wireless data transmission method of claim 1, wherein the first display signal and the second display signal comprise differential signals.
6. An electronic device with a transmitter and a receiver, the electronic device comprising: a communication channel for transmitting and receiving an RF signal between the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the communication channel comprises: a decoder for extracting required data from a first display signal having a first interface received by the transmitter, a first convertor for converting the first display signal into a digital signal on the basis of the required data, a first radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) for converting the digital signal into the RF signal and transmitting the RF signal, a second RFIC, in the receiver, for receiving the RF signal and converting the RF signal into the digital signal, an encoder for extracting the required data from the digital signal, and a second convertor for converting, on the basis of the extracted required data, the RF signal into a second display signal having a second interface.
7. The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising a connector and a controller for connection to an external device.
8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the transmitting and/or the receiving of the RF signal through the communication channel is performed on the basis of a control signal.
9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein a communication protocol of the transmitter and the receiver for conveying display information comprises V-by-One (Vx1) or DisplayPort (DP) or High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
10. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein in wireless communication between the transmitter and the receiver, a control signal and the display signal are transmitted and received separately through different wireless communication channels.
11. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein in wireless communication between the transmitter and the receiver, a low frequency band ranging from 3 GHz to 30 GHz is used for transmission and reception of a control signal, and a high frequency band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz is used for transmission and reception of the display signal.
12. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the transmitter and the receiver use different communication protocols, and the receiver comprises a process of converting the communication protocol received from the transmitter into the communication protocol that the receiver uses.
13. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the transmitter and the receiver use different communication protocols, and the receiver has a function of automatically detecting the protocol of communication received from the transmitter and comprises a process of detecting a type of the protocol of communication transmitted by the transmitter and converting content of the communication into the communication protocol that the receiver uses.
14. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein communication protocols via which the transmitter and the receiver perform transmission and reception are the communication protocols, such as Vx1, HDMI, DP, or USB, for image or data information transmission.
15. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the communication protocols via which the transmitter and the receiver perform transmission and reception are the same communication protocol, such as Vx1, HDMI, DP, or USB, for image or data information transmission.
16. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the communication protocols via which the transmitter and the receiver perform transmission and reception are the communication protocols, such as Vx1, HDMI, DP, or USB, for image or data information transmission, and the transmitter and the receiver use the different communication protocols and the transmitter or the receiver has a convertor that is capable of conversion into the communication protocol a counterpart receiver or transmitter uses.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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[0032] Advantages and features of embodiments of the present disclosure, and methods to achieve the same will be apparent from the following embodiments that will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms, and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the disclosure to those skilled in the art, and the present disclosure will only be defined by the appended claims. Throughout the description, the same reference numerals refer to same elements.
[0033] In the following description, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or element related with the present disclosure makes the gist of the present disclosure unclear, the detailed description will be omitted. Further, the terms described below defined considering functions in the embodiments of the present disclosure may vary depending on the intention of the user, the operator, or the custom. Therefore, the definitions should be based on the contents throughout this specification.
[0034] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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[0037] According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 may be a part of an electronic device (for example, a smartphone, a home appliance, a wearable device) connected to a wearable device. According to another embodiment, the transmitter 100 may be at least a part of a connection part with a communication port, such as USB or USB type-C, DisplayPort, HDMI, MIPI, etc.
[0038] According to an embodiment, the receiver 200 may be at least a part of a wearable display device that supports augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or mixed reality (MR). According to another embodiment, the receiver 200 may be at least a part of a connector connected to a USB type-C connection part, but the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 are not limited to the above-described examples.
[0039] According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may be operatively connected. According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may be wirelessly connected through a wireless communication protocol. According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may be connected through a first communication channel 110 and a second communication channel 120. For example, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may be operatively connected through mmWave communication and/or ultra-wide band (UWB) communication, but are not limited thereto.
[0040] According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may transmit and/or receive a first signal (for example, mmWave signal) in a first frequency band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz through the first communication channel 110. According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may transmit and/or receive a second signal (for example, UWB signal) in a second frequency band ranging from 3 GHz to 30 GHz through the second communication channel 120, wherein the second frequency band is lower than the first frequency band. For example, the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may transmit and receive a large amount of data through the first communication channel 110, and may transmit and receive a small amount of data through the second communication channel 120. For example, the first communication channel 110 may form a main link through which a large amount of data is transmitted and received, and the second communication channel 120 may form an auxiliary line through which auxiliary signals (for example, LOCKN and HTPDN) are transmitted and received, but are not limited thereto.
[0041] According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 may transmit a first signal to the receiver 200. According to an embodiment, the transmitter 100 may transmit a first signal to the receiver 200 through the first communication channel 110. For example, the transmitter 100 may transmit a signal in an mmWave frequency band to the receiver 200 through the first communication channel 110. According to another embodiment (not shown), the receiver 200 may transmit a first signal to the transmitter 100 through the first communication channel 110. The directions of transmission and reception of signals through the first communication channel 110 are not limited to the above-described examples.
[0042] According to an embodiment, the receiver 200 may transmit a second signal to the transmitter 100. According to an embodiment, the receiver 200 may transmit a second signal to the transmitter 100 through the second communication channel 120. For example, the receiver 200 may transmit a signal in an UWB frequency band (3 GHz to 30 GHz) to the transmitter 100 through the second communication channel 120. According to another embodiment (not shown), the transmitter 100 may transmit a second signal to the receiver 200 through the second communication channel 110. The directions of transmission and reception of signals through the second communication channel 120 are not limited to the above-described examples. For example, in order to enable two-way communication, in transmission and/or reception of signals, the roles of the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 may be switched.
[0043] According to an embodiment, transmission and/or reception of a first signal through the first communication channel 110 may be controlled by a second signal. For example, the transmitter 100 may transmit, on the basis of a second signal received from the receiver 200, a first signal to the receiver 200 through the first communication channel 110. As another example, the transmitter 100 may receive, on the basis of a second signal received from the receiver 200, a first signal from the receiver 200 through the first communication channel 110.
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[0046] According to an embodiment, in an electronic device including the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200, the transmitter and the receiver use different communication protocols, and the receiver has a function of automatically detecting the protocol of communication received from the transmitter and may include a process of detecting the type of the protocol of communication transmitted by the transmitter and converting the content of the communication into the communication protocol that the receiver uses.
[0047] In addition, according to an embodiment, in an electronic device including the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200, communication protocols via which the transmitter and the receiver perform transmission and reception are communication protocols, such as Vx1, HDMI, DP, or USB, for image or data information transmission.
[0048] In addition, according to an embodiment, in an electronic device including the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200, communication protocols via which the transmitter and the receiver perform transmission and reception may be the same, such as Vx1, HDMI, DP, or USB, for image or data information transmission.
[0049] In addition, according to an embodiment, in an electronic device including the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200, communication protocols via which the transmitter and the receiver perform transmission and reception are communication protocols, such as Vx1, HDMI, DP, or USB, for image or data information transmission, and the transmitter and the receiver use the different communication protocols, and the transmitter or the receiver may have a convertor that is capable of conversion into the communication protocol that a counterpart receiver or transmitter uses.
[0050] In addition, according to an embodiment, the first wireless communication circuit 300 may include a first convertor 301, a serializer circuit 302, a first radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) 303, a third RFIC 304, and a first user logic 305.
[0051] According to an embodiment, the second wireless communication circuit 400 may include a second convertor 401, a deserializer circuit 402, a second RFIC 403, a fourth RFIC 404, and a second user logic 405.
[0052] According to an embodiment, the first wireless communication circuit 300 and the second wireless communication circuit 400 may perform millimeter wave (mmWave) communication through a first communication channel (for example, the first communication channel 110 of
[0053] According to an embodiment, the first communication channel may include the first convertor 301, the serializer circuit 302, the first RFIC 303, the second RFIC 403, the deserializer circuit 402, and the second convertor 401.
[0054] According to an embodiment, the serializer circuit 302 and the deserializer circuit 402 may be replaced with a digital signal processor (DSP) circuit.
[0055] The first convertor 301 according to an embodiment may receive a display signal having a designated interface (for example, Vx1, DVI, USB-C, or DP) from the transmitter 100. For example, the display signal may include a differential signal (DS), but is not limited thereto. According to an embodiment, the first convertor 301 may convert a display signal received from the transmitter 100 into a digital signal. The first convertor 301 may convert a display signal into a digital signal and may transmit the digital signal to the serializer circuit 302.
[0056] According to an embodiment, the serializer circuit 302 may serialize a digital signal received from the first convertor 301. The serializer circuit 302 according to an embodiment may serialize a digital signal received from the first convertor 301 so that the digital signal is suitable for RF (radio frequency) communication. For example, the serializer circuit 302 may convert 10-bit parallel data received through the first convertor 301 into serial data.
[0057] According to an embodiment, the first RFIC 303 may convert a signal received from the serializer circuit 302 into a first RF signal and may transmit the first RF signal. The first RFIC 303 may convert a signal received from the serializer circuit 302 into a first RF signal that is used in a first network (for example, mmWave network) and is transmitted and received through the first communication channel. For example, the first RFIC 303 may convert a signal received from the serializer circuit 302 into a signal in an mmWave band, which ranges from 30 GHz to 300 GHz, but the frequency band is not necessarily limited thereto. According to an embodiment, the first RFIC 303 may transmit a first RF signal to the second RFIC 403.
[0058] According to an embodiment, the second RFIC 403 may receive a first RF signal from the first RFIC 303. According to an embodiment, the second RFIC 403 may convert a first RF signal received from the first RFIC 303 into serial data. The second RFIC 403 may convert a first RF signal received from the first RFIC 303 into serial data and may provide the serial data to the deserializer circuit 402.
[0059] According to an embodiment, the deserializer circuit 402 may parallelize serial data. The deserializer circuit 402 according to an embodiment may convert serial data received through the second RFIC 403 into 10-bit parallel data.
[0060] The second convertor 401 according to an embodiment may receive parallel data from the deserializer circuit 402. The second convertor 401 may convert a digital signal into a display signal and may transmit the display signal to the receiver 200. The second convertor 401 may convert parallel data received from the deserializer circuit 402 into a display signal having a designated interface (for example, Vx1, DVI, USB-C, or DP). For example, the display signal may include a differential signal (DS), but is not limited thereto.
[0061] According to an embodiment, the second communication channel may include the third RFIC 304, the fourth RFIC 404, the first user logic 305, and the second user logic 405.
[0062] The first user logic 305 and the second user logic 405 according to an embodiment may be timing controllers, but are not limited thereto. For example, the receiver 200 may transmit control data and timing data to the second user logic 405.
[0063] According to an embodiment, the second user logic 405 may receive a control signal from the receiver 200. The second user logic 405 may provide the control signal to the fourth RFIC 404. For example, the second user logic 405 may transmit the control signal received from the receiver 200 to the fourth RFIC 404. According to another embodiment (not shown), the second user logic 405 may modulate a control signal received from the receiver 200, and may transmit the control signal resulting from modulation to the fourth RFIC 404.
[0064] According to an embodiment, the fourth RFIC 404 may convert a control signal received from the second user logic 405 into a second RF signal. The fourth RFIC 404 may convert a control signal into a second RF signal that is used in a second network (for example, UWB network) and is transmitted and received through the second communication channel. The fourth RFIC 404 may provide the third RFIC 304 with the second RF signal resulting from conversion. For example, the fourth RFIC 404 may convert a signal received from the second user logic 405 into a signal in an UWB band that includes a band ranging from 3 GHz to 30 GHz. The fourth RFIC 404 may transmit the second RF signal to the third RFIC 304.
[0065] According to an embodiment, the third RFIC 304 may receive a second RF signal from the fourth RFIC 404. According to an embodiment, the third RFIC 304 may convert a second RF signal received from the fourth RFIC 404 into a control signal. The third RFIC 304 may convert a second RF signal received from the fourth RFIC 404 into a control signal and may provide the control signal to the first user logic 305. The first user logic 305 may provide the transmitter 100 with a control signal received from the third RFIC 304.
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[0068] According to an embodiment, the first communication protocol 311, the first wireless communication protocol 321, the second wireless communication protocol 322, and the second communication protocol 312 may all be the same communication protocol, such as V-by-One or DisplayPort (DP), but are not limited to a particular communication protocol.
[0069] According to an embodiment, the first communication protocol 311 and the second communication protocol 312 may be communication protocols for displaying, such as V-by-One or DisplayPort (DP), and the first wireless communication protocol 321 and the second wireless communication protocol 322 may be protocols for P2P wireless communication of a wireless personal area network (WPAN) which are communication protocols different from the first communication protocol 311 and the second communication protocol 312, but the first and the second wireless communication protocol are not limited to a P2P-based wireless communication protocol of the WPAN.
[0070] According to an embodiment, the first communication protocol 311 may receive a display signal from the transmitter 100. The first communication protocol 311 may extract required data from the display signal received from the transmitter 100. For example, when there is data for additional information for communication in the display signal transmitted by the transmitter 100, the first communication protocol 311 may extract only required data necessary for data transmission except the data for additional information. According to an embodiment, the first communication protocol 311 may provide (or transmit) a signal based on extracted data to the first wireless communication protocol 321.
[0071] The first communication protocol 311 according to an embodiment may include a decoder 33, an unpacker 35, a clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit 31, a descrambler 34, and a deserializer 32, but is not limited thereto.
[0072] According to an embodiment, in an interface initialization process after powering on, the CDR circuit 31 receives a CDR training pattern signal to restore a clock embedded in the CDR training pattern signal, and when the phase and frequency of the clock signal are fixed, the CDR circuit 31 may invert a LOCKN signal to a low level. The frequency of the clock signal restored by the CDR circuit 31 is generated at the same frequency as the data rate of pixel data. Therefore, counting the clock signal output from the CDR circuit 31 may provide the same result as counting data bits.
[0073] The deserializer 32 according to an embodiment may convert serial data received through a main link into 10-bit parallel data. The decoder 33 may decode 10-bit data, which results from conversion by an encoder 43 of the receiver 200 with an ANSI 8/10 encoding method, into original 8-bit data. The 8/10 encoding/decoding method provided here is just an example, and other types of encoding/decoding methods are also possible, so there is no limitation to a particular encoding/decoding method. The descrambler 34 may restore data scrambled by a 16-bit linear-feedback shift register (LFSR) in the transmitter 100 into original data.
[0074] The unpacker 35 according to an embodiment may separate data received from the transmitter 100 into pixel data, control data, and timing data. Herein, the data received from the transmitter 100 may include display data in
[0075] According to an embodiment, the first wireless communication protocol 321 may transmit a signal received from the first communication protocol 311 to the second wireless communication protocol 322. The communication between the first wireless communication protocol 321 and the second wireless communication protocol 322 may be wirelessly performed, and may be referred to by the communication structures of
[0076] According to an embodiment, the second wireless communication protocol 322 may modulate an RF signal received from the first wireless communication protocol 321 into a display signal. According to an embodiment, the second wireless communication protocol 322 may provide (or transmit) the display signal resulting from modulation to the second communication protocol 312.
[0077] According to an embodiment, the second communication protocol 312 may receive a display signal from the second wireless communication protocol 322. The second communication protocol 312 may extract required data from the display signal received from the second wireless communication protocol 322. For example, when there is additional data other than a display signal in a wireless signal transmitted by the second wireless communication protocol 322, the second communication protocol 312 may extract only required data necessary for display data transmission except the additional data. As another example, when there is damaged data in a received display signal, the second communication protocol 312 may recover the damaged data.
[0078] The second communication protocol 312 according to an embodiment may include an encoder 43, an unpacker 45, a scrambler 44, a serializer 42, and a second user logic 46 (for example, the second user logic 405 of
[0079] According to an embodiment, the second user logic 46 may be a timing controller.
[0080] The unpacker 45 according to an embodiment may separate data received from the second user logic 46 into pixel data, control data, and timing data. The timing data may include a vertical synchronization signal (Vsync), a horizontal synchronization signal (Hsync), and a data enable signal (DE). In addition, the unpacker 45 may re-arrange data according to a data mapping method of the transmitter 100. The pixel data, control data, and timing data output from the unpacker 45 are transmitted to the scrambler 44. The scrambler 44 may scramble data using a 16-bit linear-feedback shift register (LFSR).
[0081] According to an embodiment, the encoder 43 may convert data received from the scrambler 44 using an ANSI 8b/10b encoding method to encode 8-bit data into 10-bit data. Herein, the encoding method is not limited to the 8b/10b encoding method, and other types of encoding methods may be used.
[0082] The serializer 42 according to an embodiment may convert 10-bit parallel data received through the encoder 43 into serial data.
[0083] According to an embodiment, the second communication protocol 312 may provide (or transmit) a recovered signal or an extracted signal to the receiver 200.
[0084] According to an embodiment, the second communication protocol 312 may further include a convertor 50. According to an embodiment, the convertor 50 may recognize an interface (for example, Vx1, HDMI, DP) of a received signal. The convertor 50 may recognize an interface of a received signal and convert the interface. For example, when an interface of a received signal is DP, the convertor 50 may change the interface of the signal into HDMI, and a signal that may be recognized and changed by the convertor 50 is not limited to the above-described example.
[0085] According to an embodiment, a wireless data transmission method includes: receiving, by a transmitter on the basis of a control signal, a first display signal having a first interface; extracting required data from the received display signal; converting the first display signal into an RF signal on the basis of the required data; transmitting and/or receiving the RF signal; and converting, in a receiver, the received RF signal into a second display signal having a second interface.
[0086] According to an embodiment, the converting of the first display signal into the RF signal may include serializing data of the first display signal, and the converting of the RF signal into the second display signal may include deserializing data of the RF signal.
[0087] According to an embodiment, the wireless data transmission method may include serializing and/or deserializing data through a DSP circuit.
[0088] According to an embodiment, the RF signal may include a band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz.
[0089] According to an embodiment, the first display signal and the second display signal may include differential signals.
[0090] According to an embodiment, an electronic device with a transmitter and a receiver may include a communication channel for transmitting and receiving an RF signal between the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the communication channel includes: a decoder for extracting required data from a first display signal having a first interface received by the transmitter; a first convertor for converting the first display signal into a digital signal on the basis of the required data; a first radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) for converting the digital signal into the RF signal and transmitting the RF signal; a second RFIC, in the receiver, for receiving the RF signal and converting the RF signal into the digital signal; an encoder for extracting the required data from the digital signal; and a second convertor for converting, on the basis of the extracted required data, the RF signal into a second display signal having a second interface.
[0091] According to an embodiment, the electronic device may further include a connector and a controller for connection to an external device.
[0092] According to an embodiment, the transmitting and/or the receiving of the RF signal through the communication channel may be performed on the basis of a control signal.
[0093] According to an embodiment, a communication protocol of the transmitter and the receiver for conveying display information may include V-by-One (Vx1) or DisplayPort (DP) or High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI).
[0094] According to an embodiment, in wireless communication between the transmitter and the receiver, a control signal and the display signal may be transmitted and received separately through different wireless communication channels.
[0095] According to an embodiment, in wireless communication between the transmitter and the receiver, a low frequency band ranging from 3 GHz to 30 GHz may be used for transmission and reception of a control signal, and a high frequency band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz may be used for transmission and reception of the display signal.
[0096] Although various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described, the present disclosure is not necessarily limited thereto and those skilled in the art will understand that various substitutions, changes, and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.