IP Library Granted Patent US 8,842,223
Granted Patent B2
US 8,842,223 · App. 14/000,711 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Transmitter apparatus, information processing method, program, and transmitter system

Inventors: Hiroo Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Lachlan Bruce Michael (Saitama, JP); Takashi Yokokawa (Kanagawa, JP); Naoki Yoshimochi (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Okada (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04N5/38H04H20/77
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Patent No.
US 8,842,223
App. No.
14/000,711
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present technology relates to a transmitter apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a transmitter system capable of easily transmitting a wideband signal. The transmitter apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that obtains first transmission control information; a second acquisition unit that obtains second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus; and a generating unit that processes transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information and generates data including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information. The present technology can be applied to a transmitter apparatus that transmits a DVB-C2 signal.

Claims (59)

1. A transmitter apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

obtain first transmission control information;

obtain second transmission control information that is the same information input to another transmitter apparatus,

process transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information, and

generate a data signal including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information.

2. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data generated by the circuitry are supplied to a signal processing apparatus connected to the transmitter apparatus, and

the signal processing apparatus combines the data signal generated by the circuitry and data signal generated by the another transmitter apparatus having a configuration similar to that of the transmitter apparatus and outputs the combined data signal.

3. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the parameter contained in the second transmission control information includes a parameter regarding the combined data signal.

4. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first transmission control information and the second transmission control information are L1 information of DVB-C2, and

the circuitry generates C2 Frame including Data Symbol representing the transmission target data and Preamble Symbol representing the second transmission control information.

5. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

select whether or not Edge Pilot is inserted, and

control Edge Pilot insertion for the C2 Frame generated by the circuitry depending on the selection.

6. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein, in a case where the C2 Frame generated by the circuitry adjoins another C2 Frame generated by the another transmitter apparatus on a frequency axis, the circuitry does not insert Edge Pilot into an edge adjoining the another C2 Frame out of both edges of the C2 Frame.

7. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry

obtains the first transmission control information from control circuitry that generates the first transmission control information based on the second transmission control information, and

obtains the second transmission control information from the control circuitry.

8. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter apparatus and the another transmitter apparatus perform a processing based on a common clock signal.

9. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter apparatus and the another transmitter apparatus generate and output the data based on a common synchronization signal.

10. An information processing method of a transmitter apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining first transmission control information;

obtaining second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus;

processing, by circuitry of the transmitter apparatus, transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information; and

generating, by circuitry of the transmitter apparatus, a data signal including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to execute a process comprising:

obtaining first transmission control information;

obtaining second transmission control information similar to information input to another transmitter apparatus;

processing, by the computer, transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information; and

generating, by the computer, a data signal including the processed transmission target data and the second transmission control information.

12. A transmitter system comprising:

a transmitter apparatus;

another transmitter apparatus; and

a signal processing apparatus connected to the transmitter apparatus and the another transmitter apparatus,

wherein the transmitter apparatus includes circuitry configured to

obtain first transmission control information,

obtain second transmission control information similar to information input to the another transmitter apparatus,

process first transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the first transmission control information, and

generate a first data signal including the processed first transmission target data and the second transmission control information,

the another transmitter apparatus includes circuitry configured to

obtain another first transmission control information different from the first transmission control information obtained by the transmitter apparatus,

obtain the second transmission control information similar to information input to the transmitter apparatus,

process second transmission target data based on a parameter contained in the another first transmission control information, and

generate a second data signal including the processed second transmission target data and the second transmission control information, and

the signal processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to combine the first data signal generated by the transmitter apparatus and the second data signal generated by the another transmitter apparatus and output the combined data signal.

13. The transmitter apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data signal is of a DVB-C2 frame.

14. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the data signal is of a DVB-C2 frame.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein

the first transmission control information and the second transmission control information are L1 information of DVB-C2, and

the step of generating includes generating C2 Frame including Data Symbol representing the transmission target data and Preamble Symbol representing the second transmission control information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the data signal is of a DVB-C2 frame.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein

the first transmission control information and the second transmission control information are L1 information of DVB-C2, and

the step of generating includes generating C2 Frame including Data Symbol representing the transmission target data and Preamble Symbol representing the second transmission control information.

18. The transmitter system according to claim 12 , wherein the data signal is of a DVB-C2 frame.

19. The transmitter system according to claim 12 , wherein

the first transmission control information and the second transmission control information are L1 information of DVB-C2, and

the circuitry of the transmitter apparatus is configured to generate C2 Frame including Data Symbol representing the transmission target data and Preamble Symbol representing the second transmission control information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2013
From: TAKAHASHI, HIROO; MICHAEL, LACHLAN BRUCE; YOKOKAWA, TAKASHI; YOSHIMOCHI, NAOKI; OKADA, TAKAHIRO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031061/0513 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-041804 · Feb 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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