Patent Application
20240015359
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device and a method for wireless data transmission.
As interface methods for data transmission in display devices, interfaces based on wired communication, such as Digital Video Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), DisplayPort, V-by-One, etc., are commercialized.
However, as the enlargement and high-resolution of displays have rapidly progressed recently, there is an exponentially increasing demand for an increase in an amount of data to be transmitted between electronic devices and in data transmission rate. For electronic devices such as TVs, PCs, and smartphones as well as wearable electronic devices such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) devices, there is an increasing need for ultra-high-speed transmission of a large amount of data because of high precision of display resolution, transmission of omnidirectional image information, and real-time transmission of image information. In addition, there is a continuously increasing demand for ultra-high-speed real-time data transmission because of the addition of various sensors such as high-resolution cameras and time-of-flight (ToF) sensors. It is technically easy to perform such ultra-high-speed data communication through wired communication. However, since electronic devices have gradually become mobile, there is a significantly increasing preference for the ultra-high-speed data communication to be performed in a wireless manner.
This trend is equally applied to mobile communication. In order to meet the increasing demand for wireless data traffic after the commercialization of 4th-generation (4G) mobile communication systems, next-generation (e.g., 5G or 6G) communication systems are trying to achieve a faster wireless data communication rate. As part of this effort, in the next-generation communication systems, wireless communication using an extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 to 300 GHz) has been realized to achieve a high data transfer rate.
Therefore, technologies that aim to apply communication in this extremely high-frequency band to data transmission in displays and electronic devices have been discussed.
In utilizing technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), etc., wired data communication is used to transmit a large amount of real-time data at high speed between a wearable display device and a control device.
When virtual reality-related technologies are utilized on the basis of such wired communication, especially for sports purposes, communication lines may restrict movement, and there is a possibility of line disconnection due to movement.
According to an embodiment, there is provided a wireless data transmission method including: receiving, by a transmitter, a display signal on the basis of a control signal; extracting required data from the received display signal; converting, on the basis of the required data, the display signal into a first RF signal having a first frequency band distinct from the second frequency band; transmitting and/or receiving the first RF signal; and converting, in a receiver, the received first RF signal into the display signal.
According to an embodiment, there is provided an electronic device with a transmitter and a receiver, the electronic device including: a first communication channel for transmitting and receiving an RF signal between the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the first communication channel includes: a decoder for extracting required data from a display signal received by the transmitter; a first convertor for converting the 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 the RF signal into the display signal on the basis of the extracted required data.
According to an embodiment, a first communication channel may be a communication channel for transmitting and receiving control signals for controlling electronic devices, and a second communication channel may be used for communication for data transmission and reception to transmit large amounts of data at ultra-high speed according to the control signals through the first communication channel. Herein, the first communication channel may be configured as a low-speed communication channel for transmitting and receiving a low-capacity control signal, and the second communication channel may be configured as an ultra-high-speed communication channel for transmitting a large amount of data. Alternatively, the two communication channels may use the same frequency band.
The present disclosure relates to a device for performing data transmission and/or reception in a display device by using wireless data communication.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, a signal in a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band is used to transmit and receive a signal of a liquid-crystal display, thereby transmitting and receiving a large amount of data in real time.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, a signal in an extremely high frequency band is used to transmit and receive a signal of a liquid-crystal display, thereby transmitting and receiving a large amount of data at high speed.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, a control signal and a display signal are transmitted and received on the basis of wireless communication, thereby securing the freedom of user movement.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, interfaces of a display signal and an analog signal are recognized to provide each interface with an optimized wireless communication environment, thereby maximizing transmission efficiency.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, a V-by-One protocol used for a display signal transmission method is for wireless transmission instead of wired transmission, thereby pursuing a simple structure having no cable and connector for communication wiring within a display device.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, wired transmission data in the form of a differential signal is changed into radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic waves directly capable of mmWave transmission and the RF electromagnetic waves are transmitted or received, thereby maximizing transmission efficiency.
In addition, according to the present disclosure, a damaged signal during wireless communication is recovered and corrected, thereby providing a stable wireless communication environment.
Effects that may be obtained from the various embodiments of the present disclosure will not be limited to only the above described effects. In addition, other effects which are not described herein will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description.
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.
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.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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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 USB type-C connection part.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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
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.
According to an embodiment, the serializer circuit 302 and the deserializer circuit 402 may be replaced with a digital signal processor (DSP) circuit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
According to an embodiment, the second user logic 405 may include a detection protocol. According to an embodiment, the second user logic 405 may detect an interface of a received signal through a detection protocol. For example, the second user logic 405 may detect, through the detection protocol, an interface (for example, Vx1, USB type-C, DP, HDMI, or MIPI) of a control signal received from receiver 200. According to an embodiment, the second user logic 405 may transmit a virtual signal through a detection protocol to detect an interface of a received signal. For example, the second user logic 405 may transmit virtual Vx1 data through the detection protocol to determine whether a received control signal includes a Vx1 interface. According to an embodiment, the second user logic 405 may perform detection on a received signal on the basis of data of an interface stored in a separate register (or memory). Such interface detection algorithms may vary depending on the type of an interface. Therefore, in order to determine which one of interfaces of various types is used in the receiver 200, the second user logic 405 sequentially performs characteristic detection algorithms for respective preset interface types and performs communication with the receiver 200, thereby determining the type of the interface used in the receiver 200. This interface detection method is also performed in the same manner between the transmitter 100 and the first user logic 305, so that the first user logic 305 determines which interface is used in the transmitter 100. Through the types of the interfaces of the transmitter 100 and the receiver 200 determined by the first user logic 305 and the second user logic 405, communication may be performed between the transmitter 100 and the first wireless communication circuit 300, and between the receiver 200 and the second wireless communication circuit 400. Through this process, appropriate communication interfaces are automatically determined for communication, without making a user specify which communication interfaces should be used between the transmitter 100 and the first wireless communication circuit 300 and between the receiver 200 and the second wireless communication circuit 400.
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.
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.
According to an embodiment, the first user logic 305 may provide the transmitter 100 with a control signal received from the third RFIC 304.
According to an embodiment, the first user logic 305 may include a detection protocol.
The communication structure according to an embodiment may include a first communication protocol 311 connected to the transmitter 100, a first wireless communication protocol 321 connected to the first communication protocol 311, a second wireless communication protocol 322 wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication protocol 321, and a second communication protocol 312 connected to the second wireless communication protocol 322. The communication structure according to an embodiment may be referred to by the communication structure of
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 8b/10b encoding method, into original 8-bit data. The 8b/10b 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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
According to an embodiment, the second user logic 46 may be a timing controller.
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).
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.
The serializer 42 according to an embodiment may convert 10-bit parallel data received through the encoder 43 into serial data.
According to an embodiment, the second communication protocol 312 may provide (or transmit) a recovered signal or an extracted signal to the receiver 200.
According to an embodiment, a wireless data transmission method includes: receiving, by a transmitter, a display signal on the basis of a control signal; extracting required data from the received display signal; converting the 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 the display signal.
According to an embodiment, the converting of the display signal into the RF signal may include serializing data of the display signal, and the converting of the RF signal into the display signal may include deserializing data of the RF signal.
According to an embodiment, a frequency band for the first wireless communication and second wireless communication may include a band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz.
According to an embodiment, the display signal may include a differential signal.
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 display signal received by the transmitter; a first convertor for converting the 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 the RF signal into the display signal on the basis of the extracted required data.
According to an embodiment, the wireless frequency band may include a band ranging from 30 GHz to 300 GHz.
According to an embodiment, the electronic device may further include a connector and a controller for connection to an external device.
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 the control signal.
According to an embodiment, a DSP circuit may be included instead of the serializer circuit and the deserializer circuit.
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.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 10-2020-0159831 | Nov 2020 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/KR2020/017057 | 11/27/2020 | WO |
