IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,245,929
Granted Patent B2
US 11,245,929 · App. 16/629,993 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method

Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H04N19/70H04H20/28H04H60/13H04N19/172H04N19/30H04N19/46
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Patent No.
US 11,245,929
App. No.
16/629,993
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The reception side can easily acquire at least function enhancement information inside a codec. Image data of each picture of a base layer is encoded to generate a first encoded stream, and image data of each picture of an enhanced layer is encoded to generate a second encoded stream. The first encoded stream and the second encoded stream are transmitted. Function enhancement information including at least function enhancement information inside a codec is transmitted outside the encoded stream. For example, the function enhancement information further includes function enhancement information outside the codec.

Claims (55)

1. A transmission device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to encode first image data of each picture of a base layer to generate a first encoded stream;

encode second image data of each picture of an enhanced layer based on the first image data to generate a second encoded stream;

generate a container that includes the first encoded stream, the second encoded stream, a first piece of information, and a second piece of information,

the first piece of information including first enhancement information for reconstructing the second image data based on the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream,

the second piece of information including second enhancement information corresponding to at least a dynamic range conversion for converting the second image data into third image data, and

the first image data, the second image data, and the third image data being selectable as decoded output; and

transmission circuitry configured to transmit the container.

2. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the second enhancement information further corresponds to a conversion of a color gamut.

3. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

insert the second piece of information into the second encoded stream.

4. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

insert the second piece of information into a portion of the container outside the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream.

5. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein

the container includes a MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group-2) Transport Stream, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to insert the second piece of information into a program map table of the MPEG-2 Transport Stream.

6. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein

the container includes an MMT (Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Media Transport) stream, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to insert the second piece of information into an MMT package table of the MMT stream.

7. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

insert the second piece of information into a metafile having meta information regarding the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream.

8. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein

the metafile includes an MPD (Media Presentation Description) file.

9. The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first image data is in a first format having a standard dynamic range (SDR),

the second image data is in a second format having the SDR, and

the third image data is in a third format having a high dynamic range (HDR).

10. A transmission method, comprising:

encoding first image data of each picture of a base layer to generate a first encoded stream;

encoding second image data of each picture of an enhanced layer based on the first image data to generate a second encoded stream;

generating, by processing circuitry of a transmission device, a container that includes the first encoded stream, the second encoded stream, a first piece of information, and a second piece of information,

the first piece of information including first enhancement information for reconstructing the second image data based on the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream,

the second piece of information including second enhancement information corresponding to at least a dynamic range conversion for converting the second image data into third image data, and

the first image data, the second image data, and the third image data being selectable as decoded output; and

transmitting, by transmission circuitry of the transmission device, the container.

11. The transmission method according to claim 10 , wherein

the second enhancement information further corresponds to a conversion of a color gamut.

12. A reception device, comprising:

reception circuitry configured to receive a container that includes a first encoded stream, a second encoded stream, a first piece of information, and a second piece of information,

the first encoded stream being generated by encoding first image data of each picture of a base layer,

the second encoded stream being generated by encoding second image data of each picture of an enhanced layer based on the first image data, the first piece of information including first enhancement information for reconstructing the second image data based on the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream,

the second piece of information including second enhancement information corresponding to at least a dynamic range conversion for converting the second image data into third image data,

the first image data, the second image data, and the third image data being selectable as decoded output; and

processing circuitry configured to generate the third image data for output according to the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream on a basis of the first enhancement information and the second enhancement information.

13. The reception device according to claim 12 , wherein

the second enhancement information further corresponds to a conversion of a color gamut.

14. A reception method, comprising:

receiving, by reception circuitry of a reception device, a container that includes a first encoded stream, a second encoded stream, a first piece of information, and a second piece of information,

the first encoded stream being generated by encoding first image data of each picture of a base layer,

the second encoded stream being generated by encoding second image data of each picture of an enhanced layer based on the first image data, the first piece of information including first enhancement information for reconstructing the second image data based on the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream,

the second piece of information including second enhancement information corresponding to at least a dynamic range conversion for converting the second image data into third image data, and

the first image data, the second image data, and the third image data being selectable as decoded output; and

generating the third image data for output according to the first encoded stream and the second encoded stream on a basis of the first enhancement information and the second enhancement information.

15. The reception method according to claim 14 , wherein

the second enhancement information further corresponds to a conversion of a color gamut.

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 Feb 12, 2020
From: TSUKAGOSHI, IKUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051903/0308 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-140592 · Jul 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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