File generation apparatus, file generating method, file reproduction apparatus, and file reproducing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9788020-B2
Application number	US-201414416304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2014
Priority date	Jul 19, 2013
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

The present technique relates to a file generation apparatus, a file generating method, a file reproduction apparatus, and a file reproducing method capable of enabling a user to enjoy an HDR image.
HDR information designated by HDR designating information is acquired from a file storing a track of a stream including the HDR information which is configured with feature information representing features of luminance of an HDR (high dynamic range) image having a dynamic range higher than that of an STD (standard) image and conversion information representing a conversion rule of converting the one of the STD image and the HDR image into the other and a target track including the HDR designating information designating the HDR information which is to be applied to the target track of interest in the HDR information of the track. The present technique can be applied to the case of acquiring HDR information which is to be applied to an image of a subtitle or the like stored in, for example, an MP4 file.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A file generation apparatus comprising
a file generation unit comprising a processor, which generates a file storing a track of a data stream including HDR information, the HDR information including feature information representing features of luminance of an HDR (high dynamic range) image having a dynamic range higher than that of an STD (standard) image and conversion information representing a conversion rule of converting the one of the STD image and the HDR image into the other and a target track including HDR designating information that designates information in the HDR information that is to be applied to the target track of interest in the HDR information of the track.

2. The file generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the target track further includes track designating information designating the track including the HDR information which is to be applied to the target track.

3. The file generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the file is a file having a box structure.

4. The file generation apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the file is an MP4 file regulated in ISO/IEC 14496-14.

5. The file generation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the target track includes a tirf box (ToneMappingInformationReferenceBox) defined as a box which stores the HDR designating information.

6. The file generation apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the target track includes a TrackReferenceTypeBox where vtmi is which defined as reference_type of the TrackReferenceTypeBox and which represents that the TrackReferenceTypeBox included in the TrackReferenceBox is to be used for storing the track designating information becomes the reference_type.

7. A file generating method implemented on a processor, the method comprising
generating a file storing a track of a data stream including HDR information, the HDR information including feature information representing features of luminance of an HDR (high dynamic range) image having a dynamic range higher than that of an STD (standard) image and conversion information representing a conversion rule of converting the one of the STD image and the HDR image into the other and a target track including HDR designating information that designates information in the HDR information that is to be applied to the target track of interest in the HDR information of the track.

8. A file reproduction apparatus comprising
an acquisition unit, comprising a processor, which acquires HDR information designated by HDR designating information from a file storing a track of a data stream including the HDR information, the HDR information including feature information representing features of luminance of an HDR (high dynamic range) image having a dynamic range higher than that of an STD (standard) image and conversion information representing a conversion rule of converting the one of the STD image and the HDR image into the other and a target track including the HDR designating information that designates information in the HDR information that is to be applied to the target track of interest in the HDR information of the track.

9. The file reproduction apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein the target track further includes track designating information designating the track including the HDR information which is to be applied to the target track, and
the acquisition unit acquires the HDR information designated by the HDR designating information from the HDR information included in the track designated by the track designating information.

10. The file reproduction apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the file is a file having a box structure.

11. The file reproduction apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the file is an MP4 file regulated in ISO/IEC 14496-14.

12. The file reproduction apparatus according to claim 11 ,
wherein the target track includes a tirf box (ToneMappingInformationReferenceBox) defined as a box which stores the HDR designating information, and
the acquisition unit acquires the HDR information designated by the HDR designating information stored in the tirf box included in the target track.

13. The file reproduction apparatus according to claim 12 ,
wherein the target track includes a TrackReferenceTypeBox where vtmi which is defined as reference_type of the TrackReferenceTypeBox and which represents that the TrackReferenceTypeBox included in the TrackReferenceBox is to be used for storing the track designating information becomes the reference_type, and
the acquisition unit acquires the HDR information designated by the HDR designating information from the HDR information included in the track designated by the track designating information stored in the TrackReferenceTypeBox where the reference_type becomes the vtmi.

14. A file reproducing method implemented on a processor, the method comprising
acquiring HDR information designated by HDR designating information from a file storing a track of a data stream including the HDR information, the HDR information including feature information representing features of luminance of an HDR (high dynamic range) image having a dynamic range higher than that of an STD (standard) image and conversion information representing a conversion rule of converting the one of the STD image and the HDR image into the other and a target track including the HDR designating information that designates information in the HDR information that is to be applied to the target track of interest in the HDR information of the track.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Ryohei
• Uchimura Kouichi
• Hattori Shinobu

Classifications

• H04N19/184

  the unit being bits, e.g. of the compressed video stream · CPC title

• H04N21/85406

  involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format · CPC title

• H04N9/8205

  involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal · CPC title

• H04N21/4854 Primary

  for modifying image parameters, e.g. image brightness, contrast · CPC title

• G11B20/10

  Digital recording or reproducing · CPC title