290results about "Plural information simultaneous broadcast" patented technology

Encoding and decoding methods are employed for toggleable overlays in a video. An encoding method comprises receiving a plurality of image frames; determining one or more overlay image frames each comprising a plurality of toggleable overlays, each toggleable overlay being associated with an identifier. An image frame is associated with an overlay image frame of the one or more overlay image frames. Metadata is added to a header of the image frame, wherein the metadata comprises, for each toggleable overlay of the plurality of toggleable overlays: position data identifying a position of the toggleable overlay in the overlay image frame, size data identifying a size of the toggleable overlay in the overlay image frame, and identification data corresponding to the identifier of the toggleable overlay.

The present disclosure provides a system and method of providing radio content to a vehicle. A system for providing radio content to a vehicle includes a vehicle communication system, a vehicle infotainment system, and a vehicle entertainment support server remote from the vehicle. A vehicle communication system includes a tuner unresponsive to a first radio transmission medium and configured to transmit a radio content request requesting radio content from an identified radio station (i.e., a desired radio station). The vehicle infotainment system is configured to obtain an input identifying a desired radio station broadcast in a first radio transmission medium and to transmit radio content from the desired radio station. The remote vehicle entertainment support server is configured to: receive radio content from a source, store the radio content in a selected temporary memory; obtaining a radio content request; and in response to the transmitting radio being the desired radio in the radio content request, transmitting the radio content in the selected temporary memory.

To provide a display control method of appropriately receiving a high-digital broadcast service.SOLUTION: In a display control method in a broadcasting reception device that can receive a broadcast wave that a simultaneous broadcasting with a 4K broadcasting service and a 2K broadcasting service is performed via a broadcasting transmission path, and can receive an IP simultaneous broadcasting of the 4K broadcasting service via a communication transmission path, the broadcasting reception device receives and demodulates the 4K broadcasting service contained in the broadcast wave, and displays a broadcast program of the 4K broadcasting service. In the case where a failure occurs in the reception and demodulation of the 4K broadcasting service or the display, the broadcasting reception device selects a first display switching processing for receiving and demodulating the 2K broadcasting service as a simultaneous broadcasting of the 4K broadcasting service via the broadcasting transmission path, and displaying the broadcasting program of the 2K broadcasting service or a second display switching processing for receiving and demodulating the IP simultaneous broadcasting via the communication transmission path as a simultaneous broadcasting of the 4K broadcasting service, and displaying a program of the IP simultaneous broadcasting in accordance with a predetermined priority level, and executes them.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16

Methods and apparatus to audio watermarking and watermark detection and extracted are described herein. An example method includes receiving a media content signal, sampling the media content signal to generate samples, storing the samples in a buffer, determining a first sequence of samples in the buffer, determining a second sequence of samples in the buffer, wherein the second sequence of samples is of substantially equal length as the first sequence of samples, calculating an average of the first sequence of samples and the second sequence of samples to generate an average sequence of samples, extracting an identifier from the average sequence of samples, and storing the identifier in a tangible memory.

A system, for providing radio content to a vehicle, includes a vehicle communication system, a vehicle infotainment system, and a vehicle entertainment support server remote from the vehicle. The vehicle communication system includes a tuner unresponsive to a first radio transmission medium and is configured to transmit a radio content request requesting radio content from an identified radio station (i.e., a desired radio station). The vehicle infotainment system configured to obtain an input identifying the desired radio station broadcasting in the first radio transmission medium and emit radio content from the desired radio station. The vehicle entertainment support server remote is configured to: receive radio content from a source, store the radio content in a selected staging memory; obtain the radio content request; and transmit the radio content in the selected staging memory in response to the transmitting radio station being the desired radio station in radio content request.

Methods are generally described for inaudible orthogonal signal communication. An example method includes determining, based on an input message, a series of symbols, where each symbol from the series of symbols represents a numerical value, wherein each symbol from the series of symbols corresponds to a band-limited white noise tone orthogonal to each other band-limited white noise tone corresponding to each other symbol. The example method also includes generating a sub-token comprising each symbol from the series of symbols, where each symbol overlaps in time with at least one other symbol. The example method also includes modulating a carrier wave with the sub-token to produce a signal audio waveform, where the modulation uses a spread spectrum technique, and providing the signal audio waveform to a television device, where the television emits the signal audio waveform as a low-amplitude audio signal.

To provide a technique for more preferably transmitting or receiving an advanced digital broadcasting service.SOLUTION: In a display control method in a broadcast receiving device that can receive a broadcast wave that are simulcast between a 4K broadcast service and a 2K broadcast service via a broadcast transmission line, the 4K broadcast service included in the broadcast wave is received, demodulated, a broadcast program of the 4K broadcast service is displayed, the 2K broadcast service which is a simulcast of the 4K broadcast service is received and demodulated when emergency broadcast information is received while a broadcast program of the 4K broadcast service is being displayed, the display screen of the broadcast receiving device is forcibly switched from the display of the broadcast program of the 4K broadcast service to the display of the screen of an emergency broadcast transmitted by the 2K broadcast service.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A plurality of auxiliary transmitters associated with at least one main transmitter, transmitting broadcast area wide programming for their respective broadcast areas, wherein a mechanism enables switching on transmission of localized auxiliary information content by at least one of the plurality of auxiliary transmitters, wherein the at least one of plurality of auxiliary transmitters transmits localized auxiliary information content on a single frequency network transmission frequency, and wherein the localized auxiliary information content includes a data item that enables retrieval of promotional information from a remote server, when the data item is analyzed by a software application.

Provide a more user-friendly content selection environment for the user. 【Solution means】The content information acquisition unit 100 acquires the content information transmitted from the distribution management server 4 via the communication unit 19. The receiving device information acquisition unit 102 acquires the receiving device information transmitted from the receiving device 3 via the communication unit 19. The receiving device information analysis unit 104 analyzes the receiving device information acquired by the receiving device information acquisition unit 102. The display mode determination unit 106 determines the mode of the display screen to be presented to the target user based on the result of the analysis in the receiving device information analysis unit 104. The display information management unit 108 transmits the display information necessary to display the display screen in the mode of the display screen determined by the display mode determination unit 106 to the receiving device 3 or the distribution management server 4 on a display unit (not shown) of the receiving device 3.

This embodiment makes it easy to understand the operations of scheduling and canceling viewing and scheduling and canceling recording. [Solution] In an embodiment, in a receiving device configured to be able to schedule viewing of a broadcast program in accordance with the hybrid cast method using application functions embedded in an HTML document related to digital broadcasting, the HTML document includes information that can be used to determine whether a viewing reservation or cancellation of a viewing reservation, or a recording reservation or cancellation of a recording reservation can be made under the hybrid cast method, thereby improving user convenience.

To provide a broadcast signal receiving device having a function for presenting supported DRM types, and a broadcast signal receiving method.SOLUTION: A broadcast signal receiving device in this embodiment acquires an application comprising application data provided to a program existing in broadcast waves based on first information included in control signals of broadcast waves for broadcasting the program. When the acquired application acquires contents, to which security management information including at least a video is applied, by communication, security management information processing means provides a type of the supported security management information to the application.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A

This broadcast receiving device comprises: a third decoder unit that acquires, from a first video stream received in a basic layer, first content of a broadcast program for which protection by first protection information is defined, and acquires, from a second video stream received in a sub-layer, second content of a broadcast program for which protection by second protection information is defined; a storage unit that stores broadcast program information including the acquired first content and second content; and a main control unit that performs copy control of the broadcast program information on the basis of the first protection information and the second protection information. The first protection information is information defining a first condition related to copying of the first content, and the second protection information is information defining a second condition related to copying of the second content.

To reduce processing for acquiring reference clock information on a reception side.SOLUTION: Transmission apparatus 30 includes a generator that generates a frame for transmission that stores a plurality of slots each containing one or more TLV (TypeLengthValue) packets obtained by multiplexing content, and a transmitter that transmits the frame for transmission, wherein a TLV packet positioned at a head within a head slot within the frame for transmission contains an IP (InternetProtocol) packet containing first reference clock information, and the IP packet containing the first reference clock information does not undergo header compression and is given a predetermined IP address.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 35

To provide a transmission method and the like capable of causing a receiving device to play a predetermined data unit at an intended time.SOLUTION: The transmission method is a method of storing a data constituting an encoded stream in a predetermined data unit and sending the same. A piece of presentation time information that represents the presentation time of the predetermined data unit is generated based on time information, and the predetermined data unit, the generated presentation time information, and a piece of identification information indicating whether the presentation time information was generated based on time information before leap second adjustment are transmitted. The identification information is stored in (i) the control message, which is control information, (ii) the presentation time information represents whether the information is generated based on time information from a time a predetermined period before the time immediately before the leap second adjustment is made to the time immediately before the leap second adjustment is made. The presentation time information is time information generated by subtracting a predetermined time from the time information. The control information includes a UTC-NPT reference descriptor that indicates the relationship between UTC time and NPT time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 92

To provide a technique of preferably transmitting or receiving a high level digital broadcasting service.SOLUTION: A digital broadcasting receiving device comprises: one or a plurality of receiving parts that receives broadcast waves of a 2K broadcast service, a 4K broadcast service, and a digital broadcasting service transmitted by a simultaneous broadcast of the 2K broadcast service and the 4K broadcast service; a monitor part that displays a program guide of the digital broadcasting service received by the receiving part; an operation input part that inputs a control signal from a remote controller; and a control part. The control part determines whether or not the simultaneous broadcast is executed in a recorded program in the case where the recorded program as an object program of a recording reservation is selected on the basis of the control signal in the operation input part from the program guide of the digital broadcasting service, and displays a recording available service indicating that the recording reservation with at least the 2K broadcast service or the 4K broadcast service can be made, on the monitor part in the case where the simultaneous broadcast is being executed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16A

To provide a content protection method when a video content received by advanced BS digital broadcasting / advanced broadband CS digital broadcasting is output via an IP interface.SOLUTION: A video content processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: in a broadcast signal receiving device that receives at least one of a broadcast signal multiplexed by MPEG-2 and, a broadcast signal multiplexed by a MMT-TLV system, receiving means that receives a content transmitted by the broadcast signal; output means having an IP interface; and control means that performs processing of outputting the content via the output means according to a format of a content protection system by DTCP2. The video content processing apparatus protects the content by determining at least one of values set in SDO and EI using a value of transfer_characteristics or video_transfer_characteristics accompanying the content received by the receiving means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To perform appropriate audio reproduction depending on the receiver's capabilities.SOLUTION: A receiver that receives broadcasting that includes MPEG-H audio in an audio component obtains identification information indicating whether the MPEG-H audio is present from broadcast airwaves at a multiplexing layer, and selects the audio component according to the receiver's capabilities on the basis of the identification information, and decodes the audio data of the selected audio component.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15

To provide a broadcast receiving device capable of executing a more added-value high function.SOLUTION: A broadcast receiving device comprises: a reception part that receives a digital broadcast signal containing a first data flow; a communication part 121 that acquires a second data flow corresponded to the first data flow from a server device via a communication circuit; a video image decoding part 141 that decodes a video image data contained in the first data flow and / or a video image data contained in the second data flow and can generate a decoding video image data; and a digital interface 40125 that can output a video image to an external device and can acquires performance information of the external device. In a video image output control state by a digital interface, an output control state that outputs only a decoding video image of the video image data of the first data flow in accordance with the performance information of the external device and a second output control state that outputs both of the video image data of the first data flow and the video image data of the second data flow are included.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 29A

The invention relates to a method for packaging media and data for transmission over a broadband communications network link for display at a terminal destination. Features of the method included creating desired media segments for transmission to the terminal destination and for creating targeting information, for example in whole or in part in the form of metadata, for transmission to the terminal destination. Other features include packaging the created media segments and the created targeting information in a single package and unpacking the single package for display of the targeted media at the terminal destination. In another aspect, the invention can provide a method for unpacking media and data for display at a terminal destination implementing, at the terminal destination, receiving a single package containing media segments and instructions regarding handling of the media segments, quickly unpacking the media segments and the instructions from the single package and, based on the unpacked instructions, assembling one or more of the media segments for display at the terminal destination.

To perform network distribution of a broadcast service in a simple mode.SOLUTION: The broadcasting service sub-system 100 has an IP transmission device and transmits a TS stream of a broadcasting service before being uplinked to an IP reception device 210 of the communication network distribution sub-system 200 via an IP network, and the communication network distribution sub-system 200 reconstructs the received IP stream into a TS stream of the broadcasting service, further demultiplexes the TS stream into a video TS stream and an audio TS stream, further converts the video stream and the audio stream into a standard HD mode and a stereo mode, and then converts the streams into a file in a streaming format. A composite service such as a multi-channel service, a main audio / sub-audio service and a caption service is realized as a plurality of streaming services in a standard form.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To provide a technique for more suitably transmitting or receiving advanced digital broadcasting services.SOLUTION: A composite wave is transmitted that is a combination of an upper hierarchical modulated wave and a lower hierarchical modulated wave having different transmission power in the same frequency band. A difference in transmission power between the upper hierarchical modulated wave and the lower hierarchical modulated wave is changed, and information regarding the difference in transmission power is included in either the upper hierarchical modulated wave or the lower hierarchical modulated wave and transmitted. The information regarding the difference in transmission power includes identification information indicating the difference in transmission power in a plurality of stages, and the stages indicated by the identification information are configured to transition irreversibly due to the change in the difference in transmission power in a transmission power change step.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A

To provide a technique for more appropriately transmitting or receiving a high-level digital broadcast service.SOLUTION: A reception switching method in a broadcast receiving device which receives digital broadcasting includes: a reception step of receiving digital broadcasting; an event relay determination step of performing determination processing regarding the presence / absence of an event relay on the basis of information stored in an EIT included in the digital broadcasting received in the reception step; an inquiry screen display step of displaying an inquiry screen for inquiring whether to switch to and view a program of an event relay destination if an event relay occurs in a program being viewed in a case where it is determined that there is an event relay on the basis of the EIT; an inquiry screen erasure step of erasing the display of the inquiry screen; and a reception switching step of starting reception of the program of the event relay destination after starting broadcasting of an event of the event relay destination, and switching the program to be received.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 58

To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of executing a function with a higher added value.SOLUTION: A broadcast receiving device 40100 includes a broadcast receiving unit capable of receiving broadcast data of a broadcast program content and location information describing a reference destination for acquiring data related to the broadcast data from a broadcast transmission path, a communication unit capable of receiving communication data of a program content from the reference destination described in the location information via a communication line, a recording and reproducing unit capable of recording and reproducing the broadcast data of the broadcast program content received by the broadcast receiving unit, an output unit that outputs the broadcast data of the broadcast program content reproduced from the recording and reproducing unit to an external device, and a server function unit having a server function for the external device. In the output state from the output unit, the location information in which the description of the reference destination is rewritten to the description indicating the server function unit is output together with the broadcast data reproduced from the recording and reproducing unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 29A

To provide a technique for more appropriately transmitting or receiving advanced digital broadcasting services.SOLUTION: The digital broadcast modulated wave transmission method includes: transmitting a combined wave obtained by combining an upper layer modulated wave and a lower layer modulated wave having different transmission power in the same frequency band; changing a difference between transmission power of the upper layer modulated wave and transmission power of the lower layer modulated wave; and transmitting information on the difference in the transmission power by including the information in either the upper layer modulated wave or the lower layer modulated wave.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2A

A portable information terminal includes a controller configured to control a communication interface to transmit a charging permission response to a broadcast receiving apparatus in response to a charging permission request data transmitted when a broadcasting program that a user of the broadcast receiving apparatus desires to view contains an asset that requires charging. The charging permission response is allowed to be transmitted when positional information indicates that the portable information terminal is positioned inside of a predetermined positional range and apparatus identification information in the charging permission request data, by which the broadcast receiving apparatus is allowed to be identified, coincides with apparatus identification information stored in a memory. The controller controls the communication interface to transmit a charging denial response to the broadcast receiving apparatus when the positional information indicates that the portable information terminal is positioned outside of the predetermined positional range.

A broadcast signal transmission apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first RF subframe signal generation unit for generating at least one first RF signal; a second RF subframe signal generation unit for generating at least one second RF signal; a first RF unit for generating, on the basis of at least a portion of the at least one first RF signal, at least one first RF transmission signal corresponding to a first RF channel from among the first RF channel and a second RF channel, which are channel-bonded; and a second RF unit for generating, on the basis of at least a portion of the at least one second RF signal, at least one second RF transmission signal corresponding to the second RF channel.

To provide a content transmission device and a transmission method that enable use of a character content without garbling.SOLUTION: A content transmission device according to one embodiment inputs first encoded content data and first content associated information obtained by encoding content data including at least character data obtained by processing a broadcast signal broadcasted using an MPEG2 transport stream method, outputs the first encoded content data and the first content associated information as second encoded content data and second content associated information obtained by encoding the content data, analyzes the second content associated information to extract information on the character encoding method used in the second encoded content data, and transmits the second encoded content data and the information on the character encoding method to the outside.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To provide a display control method of more preferably receiving an advanced digital broadcasting service.SOLUTION: In a display control method in a broadcast receiving device that receives a broadcast wave through which both 2K broadcast service and 4K broadcast service are transmitted, the broadcast receiving device receives the broadcast wave, identifies whether the 2K broadcast service and the 4K broadcast service are simultaneously broadcast in the broadcast wave on the basis of control information included in the received broadcast wave, and depending on the result of identification, changes the display status of program information on an EPG screen for at least one of the 2K broadcast service or 4K broadcast service included in the broadcast wave when the EPG screen for the 2K broadcast service and 4K broadcast service included in the broadcast wave is displayed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 15A

To provide a technique for more appropriately transmitting or receiving an advanced digital broadcast service.SOLUTION: A generation method is for a transmission wave for transmitting a 4K broadcast service and a 2K broadcast service together. In the transmission wave, the 4K broadcast service and the 2K broadcast service are transmitted while being stored in different hierarchies composed of combinations of different segments in a plurality of frequency segments obtained by dividing a frequency band of a predetermined band of a broadcast wave into a plurality of bands. A first hierarchy in which the 4K broadcast service is stored is configured using a frequency segment of vertical polarization and a frequency segment of horizontal polarization in the broadcast wave. A second hierarchy in which the 2K broadcast service is stored is configured using at least any one frequency segment of the frequency segments of the vertical polarization and the frequency segment of the horizontal polarization in the broadcast wave.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 20

To provide a technique for more preferably transmitting or receiving an advanced digital broadcasting service.SOLUTION: A digital broadcast reception system includes an intermediate facility and a broadcast receiver. The intermediate facility comprises: a reception unit for receiving a plurality of different transmission waves in a plurality of different polarization directions using the same frequency; a frequency conversion unit for performing frequency conversion so that frequencies of the plurality of different transmission waves do not overlap with each other to generate a plurality of transmission waves having different frequencies; a mixture unit for mixing the transmission waves having different frequencies to generate a mixture transmission wave; and a splitting unit for splitting the mixture transmission wave to output a plurality of different transmission waves having different frequencies. The digital broadcast receiver comprises: a reception unit for receiving the plurality of different transmission waves having different frequencies; a communication unit; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to perform control so that control information for switching a transmission wave to be a target of frequency conversion processing or control information for switching a frequency of a converted transmission wave is output from the communication unit to the frequency conversion unit of the intermediate facility.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 22