Content reception apparatus and content reception apparatus control method

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a display unit which displays an image on a screen;

a decoding unit which decodes coded image data including a plurality of layers and generates image data of each layer;

an acquisition unit which acquires content information associated with the image data of each layer;

a determination unit which compares content information among each of a plurality of layers and determines whether content information which differs among each of the layers exists or not;

an extraction unit which extracts the content information which differs among each of the plurality of layers as first content difference information in a case where the determination unit determines that the content information which differs among each of the layers exists; and

a control unit which generates a content information image including the content information associated with image data of each layer decoded by the decoding unit, unit; and

a selection unit which selects the first content difference information included in the content information image generated by the control unit,

wherein the control unit generates, in a case where the determination unit determines that there is a difference between the content information associated with image data of a first layer of the plurality of layers decoded by the decoding unit and the content information associated with image data of a second layer of the plurality of layers besides the first layer, a content information image in which the difference between the content information associated with the image data of the first layer and the content information associated with the image data of the second layer can be identified, and

wherein the display unit displays the content information image generated by the control unit on the screen,

wherein the control unit executes control of the decoding unit for decoding the image data of the layer including the selected first content difference information, if the first content difference information has been selected by the selection unit,

wherein the first content difference information is difference information related to a person, and

wherein the selection unit is capable of selecting a person and furthermore, after the selection, the selection unit is capable of selecting a resolution layer in which the person selected by the selection unit is included.

2. An image processing apparatus comprising:

displaying an image on a screen;

a decoding unit which decodes a coded image including a plurality of layers and to generate image data of each layer;

an acquisition unit which acquires characteristic information that indicates a content of the image data of each layer as content information by executing an analysis on an image included in image data of each layer decoded by the decoding unit;

a determination unit which compares content information among each of a plurality of layers and determines whether content information which differs among each of the layers exists or not;

an extraction unit which extracts the content information which differs among each of the plurality of layers as content difference information in a case where the determination unit determines that the content information which differs among each of the layers exists; and

a control unit which generates a content information image that is an image indicating the content information associated with image data decoded by the decoding unit; and

a selection unit which selects the first content difference information included in the content information image generated by the control unit,

wherein the control unit generates, in a case where the determination unit determines that there is a difference between the content information associated with image data of a first layer of the plurality of layers decoded by the decoding unit and the content information associated with image data of a second layer of the plurality of layers besides the first layer, a content information image in which the difference between the content information associated with the image data of the first layer and the content information associated with the image data of the second layer can be identified, and

wherein the displaying step displays the content information image generated by the control unit on the screen,

wherein the control unit executes control of the decoding unit for decoding the image data of the layer including the selected first content difference information, if the first content difference information has been selected by the selection unit,

wherein the first content difference information is difference information related to a person, and

wherein the selection unit is capable of selecting a person and furthermore, after the selection, the selection unit is capable of selecting a resolution layer in which the person selected by the selection unit is included.

3. An image processing method comprising:

displaying an image on a screen;

decoding coded image data including a plurality of layers and generating image data of each layer;

acquiring content information associated with the image data of each layer;

comparing content information among each of a plurality of layers and determining whether content information which differs among each of the layers exists or not;

extracting the content information which differs among each of the plurality of layers as first content difference information in a case where the determining step determines that the content information which differs among each of the layers exists; and

generating a content information image including the content information associated with image data of each layer decoded by the decoding step, step; and

selecting the first content difference information included in the content information image generated by the generating step,

wherein the generating step generates, in a case where the determining step determines that there is a difference between the content information associated with image data of a first layer of the plurality of layers decoded by the decoding step and the content information associated with image data of a second layer of the plurality of layers besides the first layer, a content information image in which the difference between the content information associated with the image data of the first layer and the content information associated with the image data of the second layer can be identified, and

wherein the displaying step displays the content information image generated by the control unit on the screen,

wherein the generating step executes control of the decoding step for decoding the image data of the layer including the selected first content difference information, if the first content difference information has been selected by the selecting step,

wherein the first content difference information is difference information related to a person, and

wherein the selecting step is capable of selecting a person and furthermore, after the selection, the selecting step selects a resolution layer in which the person selected by the selection unit is included.

4. An image processing method comprising:

displaying an image on a screen

decoding a coded image including a plurality of layers and to generate image data of each layer;

acquiring characteristic information that indicates a content of the image data of each layer as content information by executing an analysis on an image included in image data of each layer decoded by the decoding step;

comparing content information among each of a plurality of layers and determining whether content information which differs among each of the layers exists or not;

extracting the content information which differs among each of the plurality of layers as content difference information in a case where the determining step determines that the content information which differs among each of the layers exists; and

generating a content information image that is an image indicating the content information associated with image data decoded by the decoding step, step; and

selecting the first content difference information included in the content information image generated by the generating step,

wherein the generating step generates, in a case where the determining step determines that there is a difference between the content information associated with image data of a first layer of the plurality of layers decoded by the decoding step and the content information associated with image data of a second layer of the plurality of layers besides the first layer, a content information image in which the difference between the content information associated with the image data of the first layer and the content information associated with the image data of the second layer can be identified, and

wherein the displaying step displays the content information image generated by the control unit on the screen,

wherein the generating step executes control of the decoding step for decoding the image data of the layer including the selected first content difference information, if the first content difference information has been selected by the selecting step,

wherein the first content difference information is difference information related to a person, and

wherein the selecting step is capable of selecting a person and furthermore, after the selection, the selecting step selects a resolution layer in which the person selected by the selection unit is included.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a determination unit which determines switch of a scene of the image data wherein the acquisition unit acquires content information associated with image data of each layer in next scene,

wherein the extraction unit compares content information corresponding to each of a plurality of layers in the next scene and extract content information which differs between each of the plurality of layers in the next scene as second content difference information, and

wherein the control unit generates, in a case where there is a difference between the content information associated with image data of a first layer of the plurality of layers decoded by the decoding unit and the content information associated with image data of a second layer of the plurality of layers besides the first layer, a content information image in which the content information associated with the image data of the first layer decoded by the decoding unit and the first content difference information can be identified from each other.

6. The image processing method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

determining switch of a scene of the image data wherein the acquiring step acquires content information associated with image data of each layer in next scene,

wherein the extracting step compares content information corresponding to each of a plurality of layers in the next scene and extract content information which differs between each of the plurality of layers in the next scene as second content difference information, and

wherein the generating step generates, in a case where there is a difference between the content information associated with image data of a first layer of the plurality of layers decoded by the decoding step and the content information associated with image data of a second layer of the plurality of layers besides the first layer, a content information image in which the content information associated with the image data of the first layer decoded by the decoding step and the first content difference information can be identified from each other.