Broadcasting receiving apparatus and broadcasting receiving method

• US 20060070096A1
• Filed: 09/27/2005
• Published: 03/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakano, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/235,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20060070096A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/91357 by modifying the video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2005/91364 the video signal being scrambled
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/913 for scrambling ; for copy protection

Abstract

A broadcasting receiving apparatus includes a tuner to receive a broadcasting signal and output a reception signal selected therefrom, a demodulation portion to output a video audio signal by demodulating the reception signal from the tuner, an encryption portion to output an encrypted video audio signal by encrypting the video audio signal, a buffer portion to store one of the video audio signal from the demodulation portion and the encrypted video audio signal from the encryption portion, and a control portion to perform control in such a manner that, when the video audio signal needs to be encrypted in the encryption portion, the video audio signal is transferred in the form of first files each having a first capacity (m [KByte]), encrypted on a file-by-file basis in the encryption portion, and stored into a memory region in the buffer portion successively in units of the first capacity, and when the video audio signal need not be encrypted in the encryption portion, the video audio signal is transferred in the form of plural second files each having a second capacity (n [KByte], (m>n)) smaller than the first capacity on a file-by-file basis, and stored into the memory region in the buffer portion successively in units of the second capacity. It is thus possible to provide a receiving apparatus capable of preventing unauthorized copying of a video audio signal committed by tampering with flag information indicating the need for encryption.

Claims

1. A broadcasting receiving apparatus, comprising:

a tuner configured to output a reception signal on a specific channel selected from a broadcasting signal;

a demodulation portion configured to output a video audio signal by demodulating the reception signal outputted from the tuner;

an encryption portion configured to output an encrypted video audio signal by encrypting the video audio signal outputted from the demodulation portion;

a buffer configured to store one of the video audio signal outputted from the demodulation portion and the encrypted video audio signal outputted from the encryption portion; and

a control portion configured to determine that, when the video audio signal from the demodulation portion needs to be encrypted in the encryption portion, the video audio signal is transferred in a form of first files, each having a first capacity, encrypted on a file-by-file basis in the encryption portion, and stored into a memory region in the buffer portion successively in units of the first capacity, and that when the video audio signal from the demodulation portion need not be encrypted in the encryption portion, the video audio signal is transferred in a form of plural second files, each having a second capacity smaller than the first capacity on the file-by-file basis, and stored into the memory region in the buffer portion successively in units of the second capacity.

2. The broadcasting receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication portion configured to communicate with an outside recording device via a network; and

a registration portion configured to register the recording device on the network so that the recording device records the video audio signal outputted from the demodulation portion,

wherein the control portion controls via the communication portion to record one of the video audio signal and the encrypted video audio signal stored in the buffer in the recording device on the network registered in the registration portion.

3. The broadcasting receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a decoder configured to decode the video audio signal demodulated by the demodulation portion; and

a supply portion configured to supply a decoded signal from the decoder to one of the encryption portion and the buffer.

4. The broadcasting receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a judging portion configured to determine whether the video audio signal demodulated by the demodulation portion needs to be encrypted; and

a flag appending portion configured to append flag information to the video audio signal depending on a judgment result of the judging portion.

5. The broadcasting receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the judging portion determines that the video audio signal needs to be encrypted when the broadcasting signal received at the tuner is a digital broadcasting signal.

6. The broadcasting receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the judging portion determines that the video audio signal needs to be encrypted when the broadcasting signal received at the tuner is an analog broadcasting signal containing copy control information.

7. The broadcasting receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein:

the judging portion determines whether the video audio signal needs to be encrypted on the basis of a setting condition pre-set by a user and a kind of the broadcasting signal received at the tuner.

8. A broadcasting receiving method, comprising:

outputting a reception signal on a specific channel selected from a broadcasting signal in a tuner;

outputting a video audio signal by demodulating the reception signal from the tuner in a demodulation portion;

outputting an encrypted video audio signal by encrypting the video audio signal in an encryption portion;

storing one of the video audio signal from the demodulation portion and the encrypted video audio signal from the encryption portion into a buffer; and

performing control by a control portion to determine that, when the video audio signal from the demodulation portion needs to be encrypted in the encryption portion, the video audio signal is transferred in a form of first files, each having a first capacity, encrypted on a file-by-file basis in the encryption portion, and stored into a memory region in the buffer successively in units of the first capacity, and that when the video audio signal from the demodulation portion need not be encrypted in the encryption portion, the video audio signal is transferred in the form of plural second files, each having a second capacity smaller than the first capacity on the file-by-file basis, and stored into a memory region in the buffer portion successively in units of the second capacity.

9. The broadcasting receiving method according to claim 8, further comprising:

communicating with an outside recording device via a network by a communication portion;

registering the recording device on the network in a registration portion so that the recording device records the video audio signal outputted from the demodulation portion; and

recording one of the video audio signal and the encrypted video audio signal stored in the buffer in the recording device on the network registered in the registration portion by the communication portion.

10. The broadcasting receiving method according to claim 8, further comprising:

decoding the video audio signal demodulated by the demodulation portion; and

supplying a decoded signal to one of the encryption portion and the buffer.

11. The broadcasting receiving method according to claim 8, further comprising:

determining whether the video audio signal demodulated by the demodulation portion needs to be encrypted; and

appending flag information to the video audio signal depending on a judgment result.

12. The broadcasting receiving method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the video audio signal needs to be encrypted when the broadcasting signal received at the tuner is a digital broadcasting signal.

13. The broadcasting receiving method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining that the video audio signal needs to be encrypted when the broadcasting signal received at the tuner is an analog broadcasting signal containing copy control information.

14. The broadcasting receiving method according to claim 11, further comprising:

determining whether the video audio signal needs to be encrypted on the basis of a setting condition pre-set by a user and a kind of the broadcasting signal received at the tuner.