Method and apparatus for regenerating a clock for auxiliary data transmitted over a serial link with video data
US7088398B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/426
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system including a transmitter, a receiver, and a serial link, in which encoded data (e.g., video, audio, and optionally also other auxiliary data) are transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver. The serial link can but need not be a TMDS or TMDS-like link. In typical embodiments, packets of encoded audio data are transmitted over each of one or more channels of the link during data islands between bursts of encoded video data, a pixel clock is transmitted over the link, and the receiver regenerates a clock for the audio data using time code data in the packets and the pixel clock. Other aspects of the invention are transmitters for transmitting encoded data and a pixel clock over a serial link, receivers for receiving such data and pixel clock and performing audio clock regeneration, and methods for transmitting encoded data and a pixel clock over a serial link and performing clock regeneration using the transmitted data and pixel clock.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.