CN102625178A - Upgrade system and upgrade method for set top box - Google Patents

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CN102625178A
CN102625178A CN2011100316142A CN201110031614A CN102625178A CN 102625178 A CN102625178 A CN 102625178A CN 2011100316142 A CN2011100316142 A CN 2011100316142A CN 201110031614 A CN201110031614 A CN 201110031614A CN 102625178 A CN102625178 A CN 102625178A
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The invention relates to an upgrade system and an upgrade method for a set top box. The upgrade system comprises the set top box needing upgrading and a code stream playing device connected with the set top box needing upgrading, and the code stream playing device is stored with upgrade code streams and plays upgrade code streams based on a preset upgrade frequency point; the set top box comprises an upgrade frequency point locking unit used for locking the upgrade frequency point, a description information acquisition unit, an upgrade data capture unit and a memory unit, wherein the description information acquisition unit is used for acquiring upgrade code streams from the code stream playing device and obtains description information of upgrade data through parsing the acquired code streams; the upgrade data capture unit is used for capturing upgrade data from the acquired code streams based on the obtained description information; and the memory unit is used for storing the captured upgrade data at a storage space. Production or maintenance personnel can upgrade the set top box in a workshop through an enforcement of a technical scheme provided in the invention.

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A kind of upgrade-system of STB and upgrade method
Technical field
The present invention relates to TV technology, more particularly, relate to a kind of upgrade-system and upgrade method of STB.
Background technology
STB is as a kind of consumption electronic product, and it mainly divides hardware and software two parts, is divided into ROMPaq software and application software on the software again.Owing to the application software uncertainty of delivery date; And the consideration of the production of workshop allotment, STB production can not wait until that application software has not a particle of problem paster production more fully, often all is after hardware is decided plate; After pasting ROMPaq software, just begin to produce.After the production, wait for the application software typing, again through ROMPaq software upgrading application software.
The software upgrading mode that STB is supported mainly contains at present: serial ports upgrading, USB upgrading, network upgrade.In these upgrading modes, the serial ports of STB upgrading mode speed is slow, and USB upgrading mode needs extra increase USB port on the mainboard of STB, and the network upgrade mode is fastest, and cost is practiced thrift most.Though existing STB all has the ability of network upgrade; But the network upgrade of STB mostly is to occur in user side; And at user side set top box upgrading must be customized according to Carrier Requirements, higher to security requirement to avoid destroying upgrade data in the middle of the hacker.Therefore, upgrading code stream playback equipment is often expensive, and complicated operation is not adapted at workshop STB is upgraded.Therefore, need a kind ofly to be convenient to produce or system that the maintenance personal upgrades to STB.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem that the present invention will solve is, is not suitable for the defective that workshop is upgraded to STB to the above-mentioned upgrade-system of prior art, and a kind of set top box upgrading system that workshop is upgraded to STB that is adapted at is provided.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is: the upgrade-system of constructing a kind of STB; Comprise STB to be upgraded; Said upgrade-system also comprises the code stream playback equipment that is connected with said STB to be upgraded; Said code stream playback equipment stores the upgrading code stream, and plays the upgrading code stream according to preset upgrade frequency point parameter, and said STB comprises:
The upgrade frequency point lock cell is used to lock upgrade frequency point;
The descriptor acquiring unit is used for obtaining the upgrading code stream from the code stream playback equipment, and through resolving the descriptor of the upgrading code stream acquisition upgrade data that is obtained;
The upgrade data placement unit is used for grasping upgrade data according to the descriptor of being obtained from the upgrading code stream that is obtained;
Memory cell is stored to the upgrade data that is grasped in the corresponding memory space.
In the upgrade-system of STB of the present invention, said STB also comprises and is used to indicate the successful indicator light of upgrade frequency point locking.
In the upgrade-system of STB of the present invention, said STB also comprises:
The progress display unit is used to show the renewal progress of the memory space of said upgrade data.
In the upgrade-system of STB of the present invention, the descriptor of said upgrade data comprises the size and the form of upgrade data.
In the upgrade-system of STB of the present invention; Said STB to be upgraded is a plurality of; Said upgrade-system also comprises at least one code stream splitter, is used for the upgrading code stream that the code stream playback equipment is play is divided into a plurality of branch roads, and these a plurality of branch roads connect a plurality of STBs respectively.
The present invention also constructs a kind of upgrade method of STB, comprising:
A. the code stream playback equipment is play the upgrading code stream according to the preset upgrade frequency point parameter of STB;
B. STB receives the input signal that gets into upgrade mode;
C. STB locks upgrade frequency point;
D. STB obtains the upgrading code stream from the code stream playback equipment, and through resolving the descriptor of the upgrading code stream acquisition upgrade data that is obtained;
E. STB grasps upgrade data according to the descriptor of being obtained from the upgrading code stream that is obtained;
F. STB is stored to the upgrade data that is grasped in the corresponding memory space.
In the upgrade method of STB of the present invention, between said step C and said step D, also comprise:
Whether the set-top box judging upgrade frequency point locks success, if then the indicator light on the controller top box is lighted, then execution in step D; If not, execution in step C then.
In the upgrade method of STB of the present invention, said step F also comprises, on STB, shows the renewal progress of the memory space of said upgrade data.
In the upgrade method of STB of the present invention, in said steps A, said upgrade frequency point parameter comprises frequency, symbol rate and modulation system.
In the upgrade method of STB of the present invention, the descriptor of said upgrade data comprises the size and the form of upgrade data.
The technical scheme of embodiment of the present invention is owing to STB to be upgraded directly is connected with the code stream playback equipment, in addition; Compare desired high security when user side is upgraded; This upgrade-system is owing to low to security requirement, so equipment is simple, low price, and operation easily; Therefore, suitable production of the upgrade-system of this STB or maintenance personal upgrade to STB in the workshop.
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To combine accompanying drawing and embodiment that the present invention is described further below, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the logic diagram of set top box upgrading system embodiment one of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the logic diagram of set top box upgrading system embodiment two of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of set top box upgrading method embodiment one of the present invention.
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As shown in Figure 1, in the logic diagram of set top box upgrading system embodiment one of the present invention, this set top box upgrading system comprises the code stream playback equipment 10 and STB 20 to be upgraded that is connected.Wherein, code stream playback equipment 10 stores the upgrading code stream, and can play according to the preset upgrade frequency point parameters of STB 20 should upgrading code stream, and preferably, this code stream playback equipment 10 can be made up of computer and code stream player or code flow broadcast card.STB 20 comprises upgrade frequency point lock cell 21, descriptor acquiring unit 22, upgrade data placement unit 23 and the memory cell 24 that links to each other successively.In this STB 20, upgrade frequency point lock cell 21 is used to lock upgrade frequency point; Descriptor acquiring unit 22 is used for obtaining the upgrading code stream from code stream playback equipment 10, and obtains the descriptor of upgrade data through resolving the upgrading code stream obtained, and the descriptor of this upgrade data can comprise the size, form of upgrade data etc.; Upgrade data placement unit 23 is used for grasping upgrade data according to the descriptor of being obtained from said upgrading code stream; Memory cell 24 is stored to the upgrade data that is grasped in the corresponding memory space.
Through implementing this technical scheme, owing to STB to be upgraded directly is connected with the code stream playback equipment, in addition; Compare desired high security when user side is upgraded; This upgrade-system is owing to low to security requirement, so equipment is simple, low price, and operation easily; Therefore, suitable production of the upgrade-system of this STB or maintenance personal upgrade to STB in the workshop.
In another embodiment, this STB also comprises and is used to indicate the successful indicator light of upgrade frequency point locking, produces like this or the maintenance personal need not by television set, knows promptly whether successfully locking frequency point.
In another embodiment, STB also comprises the progress display unit, and this progress display unit is used to show the renewal progress of the memory space of upgrade data.Production or maintenance personal need not by television set like this, promptly know the software upgrading progress.
Fig. 2 is the logic diagram of the upgrade-system embodiment two of STB of the present invention, and the upgrade-system of this embodiment comprises the internal upgrade network of being made up of 16 STB 20-1~20-16 to be upgraded, 5 code stream splitter 30-1~30-5 and code stream playback equipment 10.Wherein, 5 code stream splitter 30-1~30-5 are respectively one and drag four, are used for the upgrading signal bit stream of input is divided into four branch roads, and these 5 code stream splitter 30-1~30-5 can realize 16 STB 20-1~20-16 are upgraded simultaneously.At first explanation is, is one embodiment of the present of invention more than, and is not used in quantity and the connected mode that limits the code stream splitter.In addition, when the quantity of code stream splitter access is too much, can add signal amplifier, prevent that signal intensity attenuation is excessive, the influence upgrading.The logical construction that also should be noted that code stream playback equipment among code stream playback equipment among this embodiment, STB and the embodiment shown in Figure 1, STB is identical, does not do at this and gives unnecessary details.
In the flow chart of the set top box upgrading method embodiment one of the present invention shown in Fig. 3, this upgrade method may further comprise the steps:
Step S101. code stream playback equipment is play the upgrading code stream according to the preset upgrade frequency point parameter of STB;
Step S102. STB receives the input signal that gets into upgrade mode;
Step S103. STB locking upgrade frequency point;
Step S104. STB obtains the upgrading code stream from the code stream playback equipment, and through resolving the descriptor of the upgrading code stream acquisition upgrade data that is obtained, this descriptor comprises the size and the form of upgrade software data;
Step S105. STB grasps upgrade data according to the descriptor of being obtained from the upgrading code stream that is obtained;
Step S106. STB is stored to the upgrade data that is grasped in the corresponding memory space.
Preferably, between step S103 and step S104, also comprise: judge whether upgrade frequency point locks success, if then the indicator light on the controller top box is lighted, then execution in step S104; If not, repeated execution of steps S103 then.
Preferably, step S106 also comprises, on STB, shows the renewal progress of the memory space of upgrade data.
Preferably, in step S101, said upgrade frequency point parameter comprises frequency, symbol rate and modulation system.
The above is merely the preferred embodiments of the present invention, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.All within spirit of the present invention and principle, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within the claim scope of the present invention.

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1. the upgrade-system of a STB; Comprise STB to be upgraded; It is characterized in that said upgrade-system also comprises the code stream playback equipment that is connected with said STB to be upgraded, said code stream playback equipment stores the upgrading code stream; And play the upgrading code stream according to preset upgrade frequency point parameter, said STB comprises:
The upgrade frequency point lock cell is used to lock upgrade frequency point;
The descriptor acquiring unit is used for obtaining the upgrading code stream from the code stream playback equipment, and through resolving the descriptor of the upgrading code stream acquisition upgrade data that is obtained;
The upgrade data placement unit is used for grasping upgrade data according to the descriptor of being obtained from the upgrading code stream that is obtained;
Memory cell is stored to the upgrade data that is grasped in the corresponding memory space.
2. the upgrade-system of STB according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said STB also comprises and is used to indicate the successful indicator light of upgrade frequency point locking.
3. the upgrade-system of STB according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said STB also comprises:
The progress display unit is used to show the renewal progress of the memory space of said upgrade data.
4. the upgrade-system of STB according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the descriptor of said upgrade data comprises the size and the form of upgrade data.
5. the upgrade-system of STB according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said STB to be upgraded is a plurality of; Said upgrade-system also comprises at least one code stream splitter, is used for the upgrading code stream that the code stream playback equipment is play is divided into a plurality of branch roads, and these a plurality of branch roads connect a plurality of STBs respectively.
6. the upgrade method of a STB is characterized in that, comprising:
A. the code stream playback equipment is play the upgrading code stream according to the preset upgrade frequency point parameter of STB;
B. STB receives the input signal that gets into upgrade mode;
C. STB locks upgrade frequency point;
D. STB obtains the upgrading code stream from the code stream playback equipment, and through resolving the descriptor of the upgrading code stream acquisition upgrade data that is obtained;
E. STB grasps upgrade data according to the descriptor of being obtained from the upgrading code stream that is obtained;
F. STB is stored to the upgrade data that is grasped in the corresponding memory space.
7. the upgrade method of STB according to claim 6 is characterized in that, between said step C and said step D, also comprises:
Whether the set-top box judging upgrade frequency point locks success, if then the indicator light on the controller top box is lighted, then execution in step D; If not, execution in step C then.
8. the upgrade method of STB according to claim 6 is characterized in that, said step F also comprises, on STB, shows the renewal progress of the memory space of said upgrade data.
9. the upgrade method of STB according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in said steps A, said upgrade frequency point parameter comprises frequency, symbol rate and modulation system.
10. the upgrade method of STB according to claim 6 is characterized in that, the descriptor of said upgrade data comprises the size and the form of upgrade data.
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