Decentralized remote video streaming system

Abstract

This invention relates to a decentralized long-distance video streaming system, comprising at least one transmitting device connected to an image source device and at least one receiving device connected to an image display device. Both the transmitting and receiving devices include an HDMI interface, at least one USB interface, and a network interface, and each includes an image processing module, a streaming device discovery module, an image control module, and a network transmission module. The HDMI interface is used to connect to the image source device or the image display device, and the network interface is used to connect to a network. The system transmits images from the image source device connected to the transmitting device to the image display device connected to the receiving device, and the aforementioned image transmission operation can be performed through the transmitting or receiving device to achieve the effect of decentralized long-distance video streaming.

Claims

1. A decentralized long-distance video streaming system, comprising: At least one transmitting device is used to connect to an image source device to transmit image signals from the image source device; The system includes at least one receiving device for connecting to an image display device and transmitting the image signal from the image source device to the image display device for playback. The transmitting device transmits the image signal from the image source device to the receiving device via a network for playback on the image display device. The network is a wired network and / or a wireless network. When the receiving device wants to scan other transmitting devices and other receiving devices located in the same local area network, it can trigger a scanning procedure through a user page. After the scanning procedure is triggered, the following steps are performed: The receiving device sends a scan request via broadcast to other transmitting devices and other receiving devices in the same local area network and waits for a response. Upon receiving the scan request, the other transmitting devices and other receiving devices in the same local area network respond to the broadcast and then transmit the response via another broadcast to the receiving device that sent the scan request. Upon receiving the response, the receiving device can determine which other transmitting devices and other receiving devices exist in the same local area network, wherein the transmitting devices include: The system includes: a first HDMI interface for connecting to the image source device to receive image signals from the image source device; a first network interface for connecting to a network to transmit image signals from the image source device to the receiving device; at least one first USB interface for connecting the image source device and a first input device; a first image processing module connected to the first HDMI interface for converting image formats from the image source device; a first network transmission module connected to the first network interface for transmitting image signals from the image source device and control signals from the first input device; a first streaming device discovery module connected to the first network transmission module for scanning other transmitting or receiving devices connected to the same local area network; and a first image control module connected to the first image processing module, the first network transmission module, the first streaming device discovery module, and at least one first USB interface for selecting the image display device from which to play the image signals from the image source device. The first input device is selected from a keyboard, mouse, and / or touchpad; the first input device can directly control the transmitting device, or remotely control the other transmitting devices or receiving devices by sending a first control signal; the first control signal is transmitted to the other transmitting devices or receiving devices via TCP; the image signal of the image source device is transmitted via broadcast; when the first network transmission module transmits the image signal packet of the image source device, the packet further includes identification information.

2. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 1, wherein when the scanning procedure is triggered, if the receiving device sends a scanning request and there is no response after a predetermined time, other transmitting devices stored in a device pool are listed for use.

3. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 1, wherein the packet further includes an encryption verification mechanism.

4. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises: A second HDMI interface is provided for connecting to the image display device to send the image from the image source device to the image display device. A second network interface for connecting to the network to receive image signals from the image source device transmitted by the transmitting device; and at least one second USB interface for connecting a second input device, wherein the second input device is selected from a keyboard, mouse, and / or touchpad; the second input device can directly control the receiving device, or remotely send a second control signal to control the settings page of the other receiving devices or the transmitting device; and the second control signal is transmitted to the other transmitting devices or the receiving device via TCP.

5. The decentralized long-distance video streaming system as described in claim 4, wherein the receiving device further comprises: A second image processing module, connected to the second HDMI interface, is used to convert the image signal from the image source device into an image format; a second network transmission module, connected to the second network interface, is used to transmit the image signal from the image source device and the control signal from the second input device; a second streaming device discovery module, connected to the second network transmission module, is used to scan for other receiving devices or transmitting devices connected to the same local area network; and a second image control module, connected to the second image processing module, the second network transmission module, the second streaming device discovery module, and at least one second USB interface, is used to select the image signal from the image source device that the image display device wants to play.

6. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 1, wherein the transmitting device transmits the video signal from the video source device to at least one receiving device in a one-to-many transmission manner, causing at least one video display device connected to the receiving device to play the signal.

7. The decentralized long-distance video streaming system as described in claim 6, wherein the transmitting device and the receiving device are configured to perform the following actions to achieve the one-to-many transmission mode: the transmitting device accepts a user's operation to connect to the video source device and connect to the network, and a plurality of the receiving devices accept the user's operation to connect to a plurality of video display devices and connect to the network respectively; the transmitting device accepts the user's operation to open a user interface and uses the first streaming device exploration module to view which of the plurality of video display devices are currently connected to the plurality of receiving devices; the transmitting device accepts the user's operation to use the first video control module to select the plurality of video display devices connected to the plurality of receiving devices, and streams the video from the video source device to the plurality of video display devices connected to the selected plurality of receiving devices for playback in the broadcast manner.

8. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 7, wherein a plurality of the video display devices simultaneously play the video from the video source device.

9. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 7, wherein the settings page is configured to configure a plurality of the receiving devices to segment the received image from the image source device and then transmit it to each of the connected image display devices for combination to enlarge and display the image from the image source device.

10. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 1, wherein at least one of the transmitting devices transmits video signals from at least one video source device connected to the transmitting device to the receiving device in a many-to-one transmission manner, causing the video display device connected to the receiving device to play the video.

11. The decentralized long-distance video streaming system as described in claim 10, wherein at least one of the transmitting devices and the receiving device are configured to perform the following actions to achieve the many-to-one transmission mode: A plurality of the transmitting devices accept a user's operation to connect to a plurality of the video source devices and to a network, and the receiving device accepts the user's operation to connect to the video display device and to the network; Any of the plurality of transmitting devices accepts the user's operation to open a user interface and uses the first streaming device exploration module to view which of the remaining video source devices are currently intended for video playback, and which video display device is capable of video playback; Any of the plurality of transmitting devices accepts the user's operation to use the first video control module to select the remaining video source devices for video playback, and broadcasts the video from the selected plurality of video source devices to the video display device to which the receiving device is connected for playback.

12. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 11, wherein the settings page is configured to configure the receiving device to merge the received images from a plurality of the video source devices before transmitting them to the connected video display device, thereby simultaneously playing the images from the plurality of video source devices in a split-screen manner.

13. The decentralized remote video streaming system as described in claim 11, wherein the settings page is configured to configure the receiving device to select any one of the received images from a plurality of the video source devices and then transmit it to the connected video display device for playback.

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