IP Library Granted Patent US 12,273,602
Granted Patent B2
US 12,273,602 · App. 17/611,990 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Reception apparatus, reception method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method

Inventors: Hiroaki Eto (Kanagawa, JP); Toshinori Kizukuri (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
H04N21/84H04N21/2353H04N21/435H04N21/4402
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Patent No.
US 12,273,602
App. No.
17/611,990
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The appearance of a display image of image content is made appropriate without particular user operation irrespective of viewing environment changes. A reception unit receives image content. A processing unit performs image quality adjustment processing on the received image content on the basis of metadata for image quality adjustment depending on viewing environment information. For example, the reception unit transmits the viewing environment information to a server and receives the metadata from the server. Further, for example, a metadata generation unit configured to generate the metadata on the basis of the viewing environment information is provided.

Claims (33)

1. A reception apparatus comprising:

a display;

a network interface;

a sensor unit including a camera; and

circuitry configured to:

receive an image content;

transmit to a server via the network interface, viewing environment information including sensing information generated by the sensor unit;

receive from the server via the network interface, metadata for image quality adjustment in accordance with the viewing environment information; and

perform image quality adjustment processing on the image content on a basis of the metadata for image quality adjustment,

wherein the circuitry is configured to apply the image quality adjustment to an image of the image content to obtain a processed image, and wherein the display is configured to display the processed image.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive the image content from a broadcast unit, the server being associated with the broadcast unit.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive the image content from a broadcast unit, the server being independent from the broadcast unit.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the metadata on a basis of the viewing environment information.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the metadata from a table or a learning result.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is configured to receive the table or the learning result via the network interface.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the viewing environment information includes the sensing information and display information.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing information includes at least one of light brightness information, light color information, or wall color information.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the network interface is an internet interface.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the viewing environment information includes at least any of display size information, and viewing position information.

11. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing information includes at least any of light color information or wall color information.

12. A reception method comprising:

receiving an image content;

transmit to a server via a network interface, viewing environment information including sensing information generated by a sensor unit including a camera;

receiving from the server via the network interface, metadata for image quality adjustment in accordance with the viewing environment information;

performing image quality adjustment processing on the image content on a basis of the metadata for image quality adjustment;

applying the image quality adjustment to an image of the image content to obtain a processed image; and

displaying the processed image by a display of the reception apparatus.

13. The reception method according to claim 12 , wherein the network interface is an internet interface.

14. The reception method according to claim 12 , wherein the viewing environment information includes the sensing information and display information.

15. The reception method according to claim 12 , wherein the viewing environment information includes at least any of light brightness information, light color information, wall color information, display size information, and viewing position information.

16. The reception method according to claim 12 , wherein the metadata is generated on a basis of the viewing environment information by using a metadata generator formed by using a table or a learning result.

17. The reception method according to claim 12 , wherein the sensing information includes at least one of light brightness information, light color information, or wall color information.

18. The reception method according to claim 12 , wherein the viewing environment information includes at least any of light color information, wall color information, display size information, or viewing position information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 062451/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2021
From: ETO, HIROAKI; KIZUKURI, TOSHINORI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058139/0539 →