IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,382,834
Granted Patent B2
US 10,382,834 · App. 15/781,875 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Transmission device, transmission method, receiving device, and receiving method

Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04N21/8146H04N21/2358H04N21/2362H04N21/23605H04N21/4884H04N21/8456
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Patent No.
US 10,382,834
App. No.
15/781,875
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To reduce a processing load on a receiving side upon superimposition of a subtitle graphics data on video data. A video stream with the video data is generated. A subtitle stream with bitmap data obtained by conversion of the subtitle graphics data is generated. A container containing the video stream and the subtitle stream is transmitted. The subtitle stream contains a first segment having a bitmap conversion table with color gamut and/or brightness conversion information. On the receiving side, the bitmap data is merely converted into the subtitle graphics data by means of the bitmap conversion table to that the subtitle graphics data with characteristics conformable to characteristics of superimposition target video data can be easily obtained.

Claims (49)

1. A transmission device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to

generate a video stream with video data;

generate a subtitle stream with bitmap data obtained by conversion of subtitle graphics data; and

transmission circuitry configured to transmit a container containing the video stream and the subtitle stream, wherein

the subtitle stream contains a first segment that includes a bitmap conversion table with color gamut and/or brightness conversion information,

the first segment includes first bitmap conversion table conformability information, and

the first bitmap conversion table conformability information is characteristic information regarding the subtitle graphics data after conversion from the bitmap data.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the first segment is a CLUT definition segment.

3. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the first segment includes multiple bitmap conversion tables with different color gamut and/or brightness conversion information.

4. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the subtitle stream further contains a second segment that includes second bitmap conversion table conformability information.

5. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the second bitmap conversion table conformability information is characteristic information regarding the subtitle graphics data before conversion into the bitmap data and superimposition target video data or the characteristic information regarding the subtitle graphics data after the conversion from the bitmap data.

6. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the second segment is a rendering guide segment.

7. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the second segment is a display definition segment.

8. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein identical identification information is added to and associated with each of the bitmap conversion table contained in the first segment and characteristic information corresponding to the bitmap conversion table and contained in the second segment.

9. A transmission method comprising:

generating, by processing circuitry of a transmission device, a video stream with video data;

generating, by the processing circuitry, a subtitle stream with bitmap data obtained by conversion of subtitle graphics data; and

transmitting, by transmission circuitry, a container containing the video stream and the subtitle stream, wherein

the subtitle stream contains a first segment that includes a bitmap conversion table with color gamut and/or brightness conversion information,

the first segment includes first bitmap conversion table conformability information, and

the first bitmap conversion table conformability information is characteristic information regarding the subtitle graphics data after conversion from the bitmap data.

10. A receiving device comprising:

reception circuitry configured to receive a container containing a video stream with video data and a subtitle stream with bitmap data obtained by conversion of subtitle graphics data, the subtitle stream containing a first segment that includes a bitmap conversion table with color gamut and/or brightness conversion information, and

processing circuitry configured to

control decoding the video stream to obtain the video data,

control decoding the subtitle stream to obtain the bitmap data and the bitmap conversion table,

control converting the bitmap data into the subtitle graphics data based on the bitmap conversion table, and

control superimposing the subtitle graphics data on superimposition target video data obtained based on the video data, wherein

the first segment includes bitmap conversion table conformability information, and

the bitmap conversion table conformability information is characteristic information regarding the subtitle graphics data after conversion from the bitmap data.

11. The receiving device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first segment includes multiple bitmap conversion tables with different color gamut and/or brightness conversion information,

the multiple bitmap conversion tables correspond to multiple different characteristics of the subtitle graphics data before conversion into the bitmap data and the video data, or correspond to multiple different characteristics of the subtitle graphics data after the conversion from the bitmap data, and

in the conversion of the bitmap data into the subtitle graphics data, a selected bitmap conversion table of the multiple bitmap conversion tables conformable to a characteristic of the superimposition target video data is selectively used.

12. The receiving device according to claim 11 , wherein

the subtitle stream further contains a second segment that includes characteristic information corresponding to each of the multiple bitmap conversion tables, and

in the conversion of the bitmap data into the subtitle graphics data, the selected bitmap conversion table conformable to the characteristic of the superimposition target video data is selected based on the characteristic information contained in the second segment and corresponding to each of the multiple bitmap conversion tables.

13. The receiving device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first segment has a single bitmap conversion table, and

the processing circuitry further controls post processing of adjusting a characteristic of the subtitle graphics data obtained by the conversion according to the bitmap change table to the superimposition target video data when the characteristic is not conformable to the superimposition target video data.

14. The receiving device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first segment has a single bitmap conversion table, and

the processing circuitry holds characteristic conformability information regarding the single bitmap conversion table, the characteristic conformability information being shared with a transmission side.

15. A receiving method comprising:

of receiving, by reception circuitry, a container containing a video stream with video data and a subtitle stream with bitmap data obtained by conversion of subtitle graphics data, the subtitle stream containing a first segment that includes a bitmap conversion table with color gamut and/or brightness conversion information, and

controlling, by processing circuitry of a receiving device, decoding the video stream to obtain the video data, decoding the subtitle stream to obtain the bitmap data and the bitmap conversion table, converting the bitmap data into the subtitle graphics data based on the bitmap conversion table, and superimposing the subtitle graphics data on superimposition target video data obtained based on the video data, wherein

the first segment includes bitmap conversion table conformability information, and

the bitmap conversion table conformability information is characteristic information regarding the subtitle graphics data after conversion from the bitmap data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 055649/0604 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2018
From: TSUKAGOSHI, IKUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046002/0664 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-227294 · Nov 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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