Broadcast signal transmission apparatus, broadcast signal reception apparatus, broadcast signal transmission method, and broadcast signal reception method

• US 10,341,036 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Sejin, Suh, Jongyeul
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Weibin
• Application Number:
  US15/545,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20180006749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/65 Arrangements characterised by transmission systems for broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/95 characterised by a specific format, e.g. an encoded audio stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/324 in the data link layer [OSI layer 2], e.g. HDLC
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2381 Adapting the multiplex stream to a specific network, e.g. an Internet Protocol [IP] network transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/63 Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing real-time session protocols H04L65/1101; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

A method is provided for transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitting system. Audio data of a broadcast service is generated. An audio frame coded by an Audio Compression-4 (AC-4) scheme is generated. The audio frame includes configuration information on the audio frame and at least one substream including the audio data and metadata for the audio data. The configuration information includes substream index information and substream size information. Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) packets containing the audio frame are generated. The ROUTE packets are processed to generate Internet Protocol (IP) packets. The IP packets are processed to generate link layer packets, and the broadcast signal including at least one data pipe that includes the link layer packets is transmitted.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitting system, the method comprising:

generating audio data of a broadcast service;

generating an audio frame coded by an Audio Compression-4 (AC-4) scheme,

wherein the audio frame includes configuration information on the audio frame and at least one substream including the audio data and metadata for the audio data, and

wherein the configuration information includes substream index information and substream size information;

generating Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) packets containing the audio frame;

processing the ROUTE packets to generate Internet Protocol (IP) packets;

processing the IP packets to generate link layer packets; and

transmitting the broadcast signal including at least one data pipe that includes the link layer packets.

2. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the at least one substream includes a first substream including the audio data and a second substream including the metadata,

wherein the substream index information identifies the second substream and the substream size information identifies a size of the second substream, and

wherein the substream index information and the substream size information are used for obtaining offset information for identifying a location of the second substream.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the metadata further includes additional data associated with the broadcast service and identification information for identifying a type of the additional data.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the additional data includes information about the broadcast service or content of the broadcast service, information for an interactive service, information for providing personalized content, information for supporting a personalized advertisement, usage reporting related information, information for acquiring signaling and announcement data of a related service, and system information for providing the broadcast service.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the system information comprises information for identifying a type of a transport packet used in a system identified by the system information, and information for identifying whether or not the system information includes information other than data for signaling.

6. An apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal in a transmitting system, the apparatus comprising:

a first generation unit configured to generate audio data of a broadcast service;

a second generation unit configured to generate an audio frame coded by an Audio Compression-4 (AC-4) scheme,

wherein the audio frame includes configuration information on the audio frame and at least one substream including the audio data and metadata for the audio data, and

wherein the configuration information includes substream index information and substream size information;

a third generation unit configured to generate Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) packets containing the audio frame;

a fourth generation unit configured to process the ROUTE packets to generate Internet Protocol (IP) packets;

a fifth generation unit configured to process the IP packets to generate link layer packets; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the broadcast signal including at least one data pipe that includes the link layer packets.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the at least one substream includes

a first substream including the audio data and a second substream including the metadata,

wherein the substream index information identifies the second substream and the substream size information identifies a size of the second substream, and

wherein the substream index information and the substream size information are used for obtaining offset information for identifying a location of the second substream.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the metadata further includes additional data associated with the broadcast service and identification information for identifying a type of the additional data.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the additional data includes information about the broadcast service or content of the broadcast service, information for an interactive service, information for providing personalized content, information for supporting a personalized advertisement, usage reporting related information, information for acquiring signaling and announcement data of a related service, and system information for providing the broadcast service.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the system information comprises information for identifying a type of a transport packet used in a system identified by the system information, and information for identifying whether or not the system information includes information other than data for signaling.

11. A method for processing a broadcast signal in a receiving system, the method comprising:

receiving the broadcast signal including at least one data pipe;

processing the at least one data pipe in the received broadcast signal to acquire link layer packets;

processing the link layer packets to acquire Internet Protocol (IP) packets;

processing the IP packets to acquire Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) packets containing an audio frame; and

decoding the audio frame by an Audio Compression-4 (AC-4) scheme,

wherein the audio frame includes configuration information on the audio frame and at least one substream including audio data and metadata for the audio data, and

wherein the configuration information includes substream index information and substream size information.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one substream includes a first substream including the audio data and a second substream including the metadata, wherein the substream index information identifies the second substream and the substream size information identifies a size of the second substream, and wherein the substream index information and the substream size information are used for obtaining offset information for identifying a location of the second substream.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the metadata further includes additional data associated with a broadcast service and identification information for identifying a type of the additional data.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the additional data includes information about the broadcast service or content of the broadcast service, information for an interactive service, information for providing personalized content, information for supporting a personalized advertisement, usage reporting related information, information for acquiring signaling and announcement data of a related service, and system information for providing the broadcast service.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the system information comprises information for identifying a type of a transport packet used in a system identified by the system information and information for identifying whether or not the system information includes information other than data for signaling.

16. An apparatus for processing a broadcast signal in a receiving system, the apparatus comprising:

a tuner to receive the broadcast signal including at least one data pipe;

a first processor to process the at least one data pipe in the received broadcast signal to acquire link layer packets;

a second processor to process the link layer packets to acquire Internet Protocol (IP) packets;

a third processor to process the IP packets to acquire Real time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport (ROUTE) packets containing an audio frame; and

a decoder to decode the audio frame by an Audio Compression-4 (AC-4) scheme,

wherein the audio frame includes configuration information on the audio frame and at least one substream including audio data and metadata for the audio data, and

wherein the configuration information includes substream index information and substream size information.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the at least one substream includes a first substream including the audio data and a second substream including the metadata, wherein the substream index information identifies the second substream and the substream size information identifies a size of the second substream, and wherein the substream index information and the substream size information are used for obtaining offset information for identifying a location of the second substream.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the metadata further includes additional data associated with a broadcast service and identification information for identifying a type of the additional data.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the additional data includes information about the broadcast service or content of the broadcast service, information for an interactive service, information for providing personalized content, information for supporting a personalized advertisement, usage reporting related information, information for acquiring signaling and announcement data of a related service, and system information for providing the broadcast service.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the system information comprises information for identifying a type of a transport packet used in a system identified by the system information and information for identifying whether or not the system information includes information other than data for signaling.