IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,656
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,656 · App. 18/077,550 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, and receiving method

Inventor: Ikuo Tsukagoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
H04N19/70H04N5/38H04N5/57H04N7/08H04N9/641H04N9/69H04N19/46H04N19/85H04N21/23614H04N21/4318H04N21/4348H04N21/84H04N23/741
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Patent No.
US 12,425,656
App. No.
18/077,550
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Display with an appropriate luminance dynamic range is realizable on a receiving side. A gamma curve is applied to input video data having a level range from 0% to 100%*N (N: a number larger than 1) to obtain transmission video data. This transmission video data is transmitted together with auxiliary information used for converting a high-luminance level on the receiving side. A high-level side level range of the transmission video data is converted on the receiving side such that a maximum level becomes a predetermined level based on the auxiliary information received together with the transmission video data.

Claims (44)

1. A receiving device comprising:

receiver circuitry configured to

receive transmission video data via a transmission path, the transmission video data having a high dynamic range in which the transmission video data was processed by applying gamma characteristics to input video data;

circuitry configured to:

execute a conversion process on the transmission video data based on conversion characteristics information received together with the transmission video data to obtain converted video data in which the conversion characteristics information includes a type information indicating a type of conversion characteristics from a plurality of types of conversion characteristics;

convert a high-level side level range of the transmission video data such that a maximum luminance value of the converted video data becomes a level lower than a maximum luminance value of the received transmission video data based on auxiliary information received together with the transmission video data, the auxiliary information being extractable by the receiving device before processing the transmission video data in which the auxiliary information is included with each frame of the transmission video data; and

a display having a luminance dynamic range determinable based on EDID of the display to be sent through HDMI;

wherein said auxiliary information includes a data field defining a luminance level of a monitor.

2. The receiving device of claim 1 , comprising a memory containing the EDID, wherein the auxiliary information is received in every one or more slices of the transmission video data.

3. The receiving device of claim 2 , wherein the receiver circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to receive the transmission video data obtained by applying the gamma characteristics to the input video data having a first luminance value range from a low luminance value to a first high luminance value, the transmission video data having a second luminance value range from the low luminance value to a second high luminance value having a smaller value than the first high luminance value.

4. The receiving device of claim 3 ,

wherein the receiver circuitry is further configured to receive the transmission video data from a transport stream; and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

execute a decoding process of the transmission video data, including extracting a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message inserted into the transport stream;

convert the second luminance value range responsive to the auxiliary information; and

convert a first color space of the transmission video data to second color space.

5. The receiving device of claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary information is inserted as prefix information before portions of the transmission video data or suffix information after the portions of the transmission video data.

6. The receiving device of claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether tone mapping SEI information and high dynamic range (HDR) conversion SEI information have been inserted into the transport stream.

7. The receiving device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of types of conversion characteristics correspond to C-shaped curves.

8. The receiving device of claim 7 , wherein the C-shaped curves each have substantially the same maximum level of V_100*N in which N is greater than 1 and V_100 correlates to 100 cd/m 2 .

9. The receiving device of claim 8 , wherein the C-shaped curves each having different intermediate values.

10. The receiving device of claim 1 , wherein the receiver circuitry is further configured to receive the transmission video data from a transport stream that is an MPEG-DASH based stream.

11. A display unit comprising:

receiver circuitry configured to

receive transmission video data via a transmission path, the transmission video data having a high dynamic range in which the transmission video data was processed by applying gamma characteristics to input video data;

circuitry configured to:

execute a conversion process on the transmission video data based on conversion characteristics information received together with the transmission video data to obtain converted video data in which the conversion characteristics information includes a type information indicating a type of conversion characteristics from a plurality of types of conversion characteristics;

convert a high-level side level range of the transmission video data such that a maximum luminance value of the converted video data becomes a level lower than a maximum luminance value of the received transmission video data based on auxiliary information received together with the transmission video data, the auxiliary information being extractable by the display unit before processing the transmission video data in which the auxiliary information is included with each frame of the transmission video data; and

a display having a luminance dynamic range determinable based on EDID of the display to be sent through HDMI;

wherein said auxiliary information includes a data field defining a luminance level of a monitor.

12. The display unit of claim 11 , comprising a memory containing the EDID, wherein the auxiliary information is received in every one or more slices of the transmission video data.

13. The display unit of claim 12 , wherein the receiver circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to receive the transmission video data obtained by applying the gamma characteristics to the input video data having a first luminance value range from a low luminance value to a first high luminance value, the transmission video data having a second luminance value range from the low luminance value to a second high luminance value having a smaller value than the first high luminance value.

14. The display unit of claim 13 ,

wherein the receiver circuitry is further configured to receive the transmission video data from a transport stream; and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

execute a decoding process of the transmission video data, including extracting a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message inserted into the transport stream;

convert the second luminance value range responsive to the auxiliary information; and

convert a first color space of the transmission video data to second color space.

15. The display unit of claim 14 , wherein the auxiliary information is inserted as prefix information before portions of the transmission video data or suffix information after the portions of the transmission video data.

16. The display unit of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine whether tone mapping SEI information and high dynamic range (HDR) conversion SEI information have been inserted into the transport stream.

17. The display unit of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of types of conversion characteristics correspond to C-shaped curves.

18. The display unit of claim 17 , wherein the C-shaped curves each have substantially the same maximum level of V_100*N in which N is greater than 1 and V_100 correlates to 100 cd/m 2 .

19. The display unit of claim 18 , wherein the C-shaped curves each having different intermediate values.

20. The display unit of claim 11 , wherein the receiver circuitry is further configured to receive the transmission video data from a transport stream that is an MPEG-DASH based stream.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-096056 · Apr 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16736218 · Jan 7, 2020
Continuation 15829388 · Dec 1, 2017
Continuation 14784353
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