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Granted Patent B2
US 11,770,595 · App. 16/634,612 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

Inventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi (Chiba, JP); Takeshi Ohno (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H04N21/8358H04H60/23H04H60/31H04N21/84
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Patent No.
US 11,770,595
App. No.
16/634,612
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present technology relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that make it possible to detect a watermark more easily. The transmission apparatus includes a generation section and a transmission section. The generation section generates watermark information for detecting a watermark. The transmission section transmits a broadcast signal including the watermark and the watermark information. When the transmission apparatus is provided, it enables the reception apparatus at a receiving end to detect the watermark more easily. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a transmission system including the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus.

Claims (40)

1. A transmission apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to:

generate a watermark inclusion flag indicating whether a watermark is included in an audio stream of a broadcast signal; and

transmit the broadcast signal including the watermark inclusion flag, wherein

the watermark inclusion flag is included in a layer of the audio stream,

the audio stream includes the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is included in the audio stream, and

the audio stream does not include the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is not included in the audio stream.

2. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the watermark inclusion flag is inserted into a metadata region of audio data included in the audio stream.

3. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein audio data of the audio stream is compliant with MPEG-H 3D Audio.

4. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the watermark inclusion flag is inserted into a user data region of audio data included in the audio stream.

5. A transmission method of a transmission apparatus, the transmission method comprising:

generating a watermark inclusion flag indicating whether a watermark is included in an audio stream of a broadcast signal; and

transmitting the broadcast signal including the watermark inclusion flag, wherein

the watermark inclusion flag is included in a layer of the audio stream,

the audio stream includes the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is included in the audio stream, and

the audio stream does not include the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is not included in the audio stream.

6. A reception apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to:

receive a broadcast signal including a watermark inclusion flag indicating whether a watermark is included in an audio stream of the broadcast signal, the watermark inclusion flag being included in a layer of the audio stream; and

process the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is included in the audio stream.

7. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the watermark inclusion flag is inserted into a metadata region of audio data included in the audio stream.

8. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

audio data of the audio stream is compliant with MPEG-H 3D Audio.

9. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the watermark inclusion flag is inserted into a user data region of audio data included in the audio stream.

10. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a display and a speaker,

wherein the circuitry is configured to:

extract video data and audio data from the broadcast signal;

process the video data and the audio data to obtain processed video data and processed audio data; and

output the processed video data to the display and the processed audio data to the speaker.

11. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein process the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is included in the audio stream includes detecting the watermark.

12. The reception apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is configured to proceed without detection of the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is not included in the audio stream.

13. A reception method of a reception apparatus, the reception method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal including a watermark inclusion flag indicating whether a watermark is included in an audio stream of the broadcast signal, the watermark inclusion flag being included in a layer of the audio stream; and

processing the watermark when the watermark inclusion flag indicates that the watermark is included in the audio stream.

14. The reception method according to claim 13 , wherein the watermark inclusion flag is inserted into a metadata region of audio data included in the audio stream.

15. The reception method according to claim 13 , wherein the watermark inclusion flag is inserted into a user data region of audio data included in the audio stream.

16. The reception method according to claim 13 , wherein audio data of the audio stream is compliant with MPEG-H 3D Audio.

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 Jan 28, 2020
From: TAKAHASHI, KAZUYUKI; OHNO, TAKESHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051719/0600 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-156160 · Aug 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200275170A1 · Aug 27, 2020
Cited By (1)
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