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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11399360-B2
Application number	US-201916514651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2019
Priority date	May 16, 2014
Publication date	Jul 26, 2022
Grant date	Jul 26, 2022

Abstract

The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which channel selection information can be acquired more efficiently. Provided is a reception apparatus, including: a reception unit that receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; a communication unit that receives first signaling information for acquiring broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast wave through communication with a server via a network; an acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first signaling information, a physical parameter used in a physical layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the physical parameter, operations of respective units that perform channel selection processing. The present technology is applicable to a portable receiver that is movable, for example.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A reception apparatus, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a digital broadcast signal via a first communication path using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; and
circuitry coupled to the receiver and configured to:
acquire first signaling information for acquiring at least one component of audio components or video components of a service channel of broadcast content, the at least one component being included in the digital broadcast signal, wherein the first signaling information is service channel signaling including at least one of a user service description or a media presentation description provided in the service channel together with the at least one component of the audio components or the video components of the service channel;
acquire second signaling information relating to characteristics of at least one service channel included in the broadcast content, wherein the second signaling information includes channel selection information including a baseband stream parameter, and is conveyed via low level signaling; and
perform channel selection and acquire the component based on the first signaling information and the characteristics of the at least one service channel included in the second signaling information.

2. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a display, the circuitry being coupled to the display and being configured to cause at least one of the video components of the service channel to be displayed by the display.

3. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the channel selection information includes a physical parameter.

4. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the channel selection information includes a physical layer pipe identifier.

5. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second signaling information is gathered and stored in a memory during an initial scanning processing.

6. The reception apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second signaling information is transmitted in a second layer different from a first layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system in which the first signaling information is transmitted.

7. A reception method for a reception apparatus, comprising the steps of, by the reception apparatus:
receiving a digital broadcast signal via a first communication path using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system;
acquiring first signaling information for acquiring at least one component of audio components or video components of a service channel of broadcast content, the at least one component being included in the digital broadcast signal, wherein the first signaling information is service channel signaling including at least one of a user service description or a media presentation description provided in the service channel together with the at least one component of the audio components or the video components of the service channel;
acquiring second signaling information relating to characteristics of at least one service channel included in the broadcast content, wherein the second signaling information includes channel selection information including a baseband stream parameter, and is conveyed via low level signaling; and
performing channel selection and acquiring the component based on the first signaling information and the characteristics of the at least one service channel included in the second signaling information.

8. A transmission system, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
generate first signaling information for acquiring at least one component of audio components or video components of a service channel of broadcast content, the at least one component being included in a digital broadcast signal via a first communication path using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system, wherein the first signaling information is service channel signaling including at least one of a user service description or a media presentation description provided in the service channel together with the at least one component of the audio components or the video components of the service channel, and
generate second signaling information relating to characteristics of at least one service channel included in the broadcast content, wherein the second signaling information includes channel selection information including a baseband stream parameter, and is conveyed via low level signaling; and
a transmitter configured to transmit the first signaling information and the second signaling information via the first communication path.

9. The transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein the channel selection information includes a physical parameter.

10. The transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein the channel selection information includes a physical layer pipe identifier.

11. The transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein the second signaling information is gathered and stored in a memory of a reception apparatus during an initial scanning processing.

12. The transmission system according to claim 8 , wherein the second signaling information is transmitted in a second layer different layer from a first layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system in which the first signaling information is transmitted.

13. A transmission method for a transmission apparatus, comprising the steps of, by the transmission apparatus:
generating first signaling information for acquiring at least one component of audio components or video components of a service channel of broadcast content, the at least one component being included in a digital broadcast signal via a first communication path using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system, wherein the first signaling information is service channel signaling including at least one of a user service description or a media presentation description provided in the service channel together with the at least one component of the audio components or the video components of the service channel;
generating second signaling information relating to characteristics of at least one service channel included in the broadcast content, wherein the second signaling information includes channel selection information including a baseband stream parameter, and is conveyed via low level signaling; and
transmitting the first signaling information and the second signaling information via the first communication path.

Assignees

• Saturn Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Kitazato Naohisa
• Kitahara Jun
• Yamagishi Yasuaki

Classifications

• H04W72/30

  Resource management for broadcast services · CPC title

• H04L12/189

  in combination with wireless systems (selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06) · CPC title

• H04H60/82

  the transmission system being the Internet · CPC title

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title

• H04L12/18

  for broadcast or conference {, e.g. multicast} · CPC title