# US 2014/0157342 A1 · Reception device, transmission device, reception method, and transmission method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0157342 A1 - Document ID: US20140157342A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/232,052 - Filed: 2013-05-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-05-24 - Assignees: Panasonic Corporation - Applicants: Panasonic Corporation - Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata; Tomoki Ogawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140157342A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/440218: {by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 (conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01)} - H04N 13/161: Encoding, multiplexing or demultiplexing different image signal components (for multi-view video sequence encoding H04N19/597) - H04N 13/178: Metadata, e.g. disparity information - H04N 13/194: Transmission of image signals - H04N 21/234309: {by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo (conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01)} - H04N 21/44016: {involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip} - H04N 21/4516: {involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available} - H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)} - H04N 21/6112: {involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T} - H04N 21/816: {involving special video data, e.g 3D video} - H04N 13/139: Format conversion, e.g. of frame-rate or size - H04N 13/332: Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays [HMD] - H04N 13/356: having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A reception device receives program data transmitted by an outside transmission device, and comprises: an information storage unit storing first information that includes processing capability information for playing back the program data and user preference information relating to a viewing mode for programming; an information reception unit receiving second information that is associated with a program and indicates a condition for determining the viewing mode for programming; a determination unit using the first information stored in the information storage unit and the second information received by the information reception unit to make a determination of the viewing mode for programming associated with the second information; and a decoded output unit decoding and outputting the program data of the program associated with the second information, in the viewing mode determined by the determination unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A reception device receiving program data transmitted by an outside transmission device, the reception device comprising: an information storage unit storing first information that includes processing capability information for playing back the program data and user preference information relating to a viewing mode for programming; an information reception unit receiving second information that is associated with a program and indicates a condition for determining the viewing mode for programming; a determination unit using the first information stored in the information storage unit and the second information received by the information reception unit to make a determination of the viewing mode for programming associated with the second information; and a decoded output unit decoding and outputting the program data of the program associated with the second information, in the viewing mode determined by the determination unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The reception device of claim 1, wherein the second information includes indicator information indicating whether to make the determination of the viewing mode by (i) using both the processing capability information for playing back the program data and the user preference information relating to the viewing mode for programming, or (ii) using the processing capability information for playing back the program data without using the user preference information relating to the viewing mode for programming. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The reception device of claim 2, wherein the first information and the second information are digital signals each made up of a bit sequence, and the determination unit makes the determination according to a result of a logical operation performed on at least a portion of the bit sequence making up the first information and at least a portion of the bit sequence making up the second information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The reception device of claim 3, wherein the program data of the program associated with the second information has been encoded, the first information includes first processing capability information pertaining to processing required between decoding and displaying the program data that is encoded, the second information includes a first condition pertaining to a processing capability of the processing required between decoding and displaying the program data associated with the second information, and the determination unit performs the logical operation on at least a portion of a bit sequence representing the first processing capability information and at least a portion of a bit sequence representing the first condition. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The reception device of claim 4, wherein the program data of the program associated with the second information has been encoded using a specific encoding method, the first processing capability information includes a decoding capability for the program data encoded using the specific encoding method, the first condition includes a decoding capability condition pertaining to the decoding capability, and the determination unit performs the logical operation on a bit sequence representing the decoding capability and a bit sequence representing the decoding capability condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The reception device of claim 4, wherein the viewing mode of the program associated with the second information includes a first viewing mode, the first processing capability includes a format conversion capability for converting data in the first viewing mode into a second viewing mode, the first condition includes a format conversion condition pertaining to the format conversion capability, and the determination unit performs the logical operation on a bit sequence representing the format conversion capability and a bit sequence representing the format conversion condition. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The reception device of claim 4, wherein the viewing mode of the program associated with the second information includes a specific viewing mode, the first processing capability information includes a display capability for displaying the program in the specific viewing mode, the first condition includes a display capability condition pertaining to the display capability, and the determination unit performs the logical operation on a bit sequence representing the display capability and a bit sequence representing the display capability condition. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The reception device of claim 4, wherein the viewing mode of the program associated with the second information includes a specific viewing mode, the user preference information relating to the viewing mode for programming in the first information includes preference information pertaining to the specific viewing mode, the condition indicated by the second information includes a viewing condition for determining whether or not the program is to be viewed in the specific viewing mode, and the determination unit performs a further determination according to a result of a logical operation performed on a bit sequence representing the preference information and a bit sequence representing the viewing condition. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The reception device of claim 4, wherein the second information further includes calculation information indicating a calculation method for the logical operation performed by the determination unit, and the determination unit performs the logical operation in accordance with the calculation method indicated by the calculation information. ### Claim 10 A transmission device, comprising: a data storage unit storing data for a program; an information storage unit storing information indicating a condition for determining a viewing mode for programming stored in the data storage unit; and a transmission unit transmitting the data for the program stored in the data storage unit and the information stored in the information storage unit that is associated with the program. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The transmission device of claim 10, wherein the data for the program stored in the data storage unit is encoded, and the information stored in the information storage unit is a digital signal indicating a condition pertaining to a processing capability for processing required between decoding and displaying the encoded data for the program. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The transmission device of claim 11, wherein the viewing mode for programming stored in the data storage unit includes a specific viewing mode, and the condition indicated by the information stored in the information storage unit includes a viewing condition for determining whether or not the program is to be viewed in the specific viewing mode. ### Claim 13 A reception method executed by a receiving device receiving program data transmitted by an outside transmission device, the reception device including: an information storage unit storing first information that includes processing capability information for playing back the program data and user preference information relating to a viewing mode for programming; and an information reception unit receiving second information that is associated with a program and indicates a condition for determining the viewing mode for programming, the reception method comprising: a determination step of using the first information stored in the information storage unit and the second information received by the information reception unit to make a determination of the viewing mode for programming associated with the second information; and a decoded output step of decoding and outputting the program data of the program associated with the second information, in the viewing mode determined in the determination step. ### Claim 14 A transmission method executed by a transmission device that includes: a data storage unit storing data for a program; and an information storage unit storing information indicating a condition for determining a viewing mode for programming stored in the data storage unit, the transmission method comprising a transmission step of transmitting the data for the program stored in the data storage unit and the information stored in the information storage unit that is associated with the program.