Transceiver system, transmitter and receiver and information processing method

• US 20050200695A1
• Filed: 02/01/2005
• Published: 09/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Maeda, Teruya
• Application Number:
  US11/048,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20050200695A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 in combination with predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440263 by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for displaying on a connected PDA
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

A base station apparatus creates a synthesized moving image signal resulting from the synthesis of multiple moving image signals and encodes and converts the synthesized moving image signal to the encoded moving image signal and transmits the encoded moving image signal. In response thereto, a monitor apparatus extracts a moving image signal required by the monitor apparatus from the synthesized moving image signal obtained from the received encoded moving image signal. The extraction processing includes a transmission from the base station apparatus to each monitor apparatus and is implemented by the monitor apparatus based on extract command information having information details indicating a method of extracting a moving image signal from a synthesized moving image signal. Under the system configuration, one signal processing system is required for the encoding processing in the base station apparatus.

Claims

1. A transceiver system comprising:

a transmitter and a receiver,

the transmitter including;

synthesizing means synthesizing multiple moving image signals and creating a synthesized moving image signal thereby;

encoding means encoding a moving image signal to be input and outputting the encoded moving image signal and allowing the synthesized moving image signal to input as a moving image signal to be input; and

image signal transmitting means transmitting an encoded moving image signal output from the encoding means to multiple receivers, and

the receiver including;

image signal receiving means receiving an encoded moving image signal transmitted by the image signal transmitting means;

decoding means decoding an encoded moving image signal received by the image signal receiving means and outputting a moving image signal thereof; and

moving image signal extracting means, when a moving image signal output from the decoding means is the synthesized moving image signal, extracting a required moving image signal from multiple moving image signals synthesized to the moving image signal.

2. A transceiver system according to claim 1, comprising:

the transmitter further including extract command information transmitting means creating and transmitting extract command information for commanding a method of extracting a moving image signal from a synthesized moving image signal to each of multiple receivers, which are destinations that an encoded moving image signal resulting from encoding of the synthesized moving image signal by the encoding means is transmitted to by the image signal transmitting means; and

the receiver further including extract command information receiving means receiving the extract command information,

wherein the moving image signal extracting means extracts the required moving image signal from multiple moving image signals synthesized to a synthesized moving image signal decoded and output by the decoding means based on the extract command information received by the extract command information receiving means.

3. A transceiver system according to claim 1, comprising:

the receiver further including request information transmitting means transmitting request information for selecting and requesting a moving image signal to the transmitter; and

the transmitter further including request information receiving means receiving the request information,

wherein, when a new moving image signal is selected by the request information received by the request information receiving means, the synthesizing means adds and synthesizing the new moving image signal to a present synthesized moving image signal and creates a synthesized moving image signal thereby.

4. A transceiver system according to claim 1,

wherein the encoding means changes and defines an encoding rate for encoding in accordance with the number of moving image signal included in a synthesized moving image signal created by the synthesizing means.

5. A transceiver system according to claim 1, comprising:

the receiver further including request information transmitting means transmitting request information for selecting and requesting a moving image signal to the transmitter; and

the transmitter further including request information receiving means receiving the request information,

wherein, when a moving image signal selected by the request information received by the request information receiving means is already included in the synthesized moving image signal, the synthesizing means creates the same synthesized moving image signal as before.

6. A transceiver system according to claim 1,

wherein the synthesizing means creates the synthesized moving image signal such that images serving as multiple moving image signals to be synthesized are arranged under a predetermined arrangement rule.

7. A transceiver system according to claim 1,

wherein the synthesizing means creates the synthesized moving image signal such that horizontal lines each of multiple moving image signals to be synthesized are arranged under a predetermined arrangement rule.

8. A transceiver system according to claim 1,

wherein the image signal transmitting means transmits the encoded moving image signal to multiple receivers by broadcasting or multicasting.

9. A transmitter comprising:

synthesizing means synthesizing multiple moving image signals and creating a synthesized moving image signal thereby;

encoding means encoding a moving image signal to be input and outputting the encoded moving image signal and allowing the synthesized moving image signal to input as a moving image signal to be input;

image signal transmitting means transmitting an encoded moving image signal output from the encoding means to multiple receivers; and

extract command information transmitting means creating and transmitting extract command information for commanding a method of extracting a moving image signal from a synthesized moving image signal to each of multiple receivers, which are destinations that an encoded moving image signal resulting from encoding of the synthesized moving image signal by the encoding means is transmitted to by the image signal transmitting means.

10. A receiver comprising:

image signal receiving means receiving an encoded moving image signal transmitted from a transmitter;

decoding means decoding an encoded moving image signal received by the image signal receiving means and outputting a moving image signal thereof;

extract command information receiving means receiving extract command information transmitted from a transmitter for commanding a method of extracting a moving image signal from a synthesized moving image signal; and

moving image signal extracting means, when a moving image signal output from the decoding means is the synthesized moving image signal, extracting a required moving image signal from multiple moving image signals synthesized to the synthesized moving image signal based on extract command information received by the extract command information receiving means.

11. An information processing method for a transceiver system including a transmitter and a receiver,

the method comprising:

by means of the transmitter,

a synthesizing step of synthesizing multiple moving image signals and creating a synthesized moving image signal thereby;

an encoding step of encoding a moving image signal to be input and outputting the encoded moving image signal and also encoding the synthesized moving image signal as the moving image signal to be input; and

an image signal transmitting step of transmitting an encoded moving image signal output from the encoding step to multiple receivers, and

by means of the receiver,

an image signal receiving step of receiving an encoded moving image signal transmitted by the image signal transmitting step;

a decoding step of decoding an encoded moving image signal received by the image signal receiving step and outputting a moving image signal thereof; and

a moving image signal extracting step of, when a moving image signal output from the decoding step is the synthesized moving image signal, extracting a required moving image signal from multiple moving image signals synthesized to the moving image signal.

12. An information processing method for a transmitter, comprising:

a synthesizing step of synthesizing multiple moving image signals and creating a synthesized moving image signal thereby;

an encoding step of encoding a moving image signal to be input and outputting the encoded moving image signal and also encoding the synthesized moving image signal as the moving image signal to be input;

an image signal transmitting step of transmitting an encoded moving image signal output from the encoding step to multiple receivers; and

an extract command information transmitting step of creating and transmitting extract command information for commanding a method of extracting a moving image signal from a synthesized moving image signal to each of multiple receivers, which are destinations that an encoded moving image signal resulting from encoding of the synthesized moving image signal by the encoding step is transmitted to by the image signal transmitting step.

13. An information processing method for a receiver, comprising:

an image signal receiving step of receiving an encoded moving image signal transmitted from a transmitter;

a decoding step of decoding an encoded moving image signal received by the image signal receiving step and outputting a moving image signal thereof;

an extract command information receiving step of receiving extract command information transmitted from a transmitter for commanding a method of extracting a moving image signal from a synthesized moving image signal; and

a moving image signal extracting step of, when a moving image signal output from the decoding step is the synthesized moving image signal, extracting a required moving image signal from multiple moving image signals synthesized to the moving image signal based on extract command information received by the extract command information receiving step.