IP Library Granted Patent US 11,700,388
Granted Patent B2
US 11,700,388 · App. 17/174,348 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Transmission device, transmitting method, reception device, and receiving method

Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H04N19/46H04N19/587H04N19/59H04N19/70H04N19/85H04N21/25825H04N21/440263H04N21/440281
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Patent No.
US 11,700,388
App. No.
17/174,348
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the case where image data of a super-high definition service is transmitted without scalable coding, image data suitable to own display capability in a receiver not supporting the super-high definition service can be easily obtained. A container in a predetermined format having a video stream including encoded image data is transmitted. Auxiliary information for downscaling a spatial and/or temporal resolution of the image data is inserted into the video stream. For example, the auxiliary information indicates a limit of accuracy for a motion vector included in the encoded image data. Further, for example, the auxiliary information identifies a picture to be selected at the time of downscaling the temporal resolution at a predetermined ratio.

Claims (26)

1. A reception device, comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive a broadcast signal having a video stream, the video stream including encoded image data and auxiliary information for a super-high resolution of the encoded image data; and

processing circuitry configured to

process identifying information for a super-high definition service of the video stream,

apply processing for the super-high resolution to the encoded image data based on the auxiliary information, and

obtain display image data for display,

wherein the identifying information is included in a layer of the broadcast signal, such that the super-high definition service of the video stream can be identified at least on a per program basis.

2. The reception device according to claim 1 , wherein a super-high resolution image for the super-high definition service has a 4K resolution or an 8K resolution.

3. The reception device according to claim 1 , wherein the identifying information includes spatial and/or temporal resolution information of the image data.

4. The reception device according to claim 3 , wherein support information indicating whether the video stream is provided with support for a decoder not supporting a spatial and/or temporal resolution of the image data is included in the identifying information.

5. The reception device according to claim 3 , wherein a temporal super-high-resolution image for the super-high definition service has a frame frequency of 60 Hz or 120 Hz.

6. A receiving method, comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal having a video stream, the video stream including encoded image data and auxiliary information for a super-high resolution of the encoded image data; and

in a case that identifying information indicates a super-high definition service,

applying processing for the super-high resolution to the encoded image data based on the auxiliary information, and

obtaining display image data for display,

wherein the identifying information is included in a layer of the broadcast signal, such that the super-high definition service of the video stream can be identified at least on a per program basis.

7. A transmission device including:

transmission circuitry configured to transmit a broadcast signal in a predetermined format having a video stream including encoded image data; and

processing circuitry configured to insert, into a layer of the broadcast signal, identifying information such that a super-high definition service of the video stream can be identified at least on a per program basis.

8. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein a super-high resolution image for the super-high definition service has a 4K resolution or an 8K resolution.

9. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the identifying information includes spatial and/or temporal resolution information of the image data.

10. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein support information indicating whether the video stream is provided with support for a decoder not supporting a spatial and/or temporal resolution of the image data is added to the identifying information.

11. A transmitting method including steps of:

transmitting a broadcast signal in a predetermined format having a video stream including image data; and

inserting, into a layer of the broadcast signal, identifying information such that a super-high definition service by the video stream can be identified at least on a per program basis.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 056607/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2021
From: TSUKAGOSHI, IKUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056423/0542 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-197922 · Sep 7, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16543255 · Aug 16, 2019
Continuation 14417215
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