METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO INFORMATION

• US 20130250059A1
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Bong Ho, Cheong, Won Sik, Yun, Kug Jin, Lee, Eung Don, Jeong, Se Yoon, Hur, Nam Ho, Choi, Jin Soo, Lee, Soo In, Kim, Jin Woong
• Application Number:
  US13/991,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20130250059A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/43
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/178 Metadata, e.g. disparity information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2362 Generation or processing of Service Information [SI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting stereoscopic video information capable of providing a stereoscopic video service. The method for transmitting stereoscopic video information comprises the steps of: creating a signaling table including video-related information; and transmitting the signaling table and the video, wherein the signaling table can include stream type information, a stereoscopic program information descriptor and/or a stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor, of the image

Claims

1. A method of transmitting stereoscopic video information, comprising:

generating a signaling table including video related information; and

transmitting the signaling table and the video, wherein the signaling table includes any one of stream type information, stereoscopic program information descriptor, and stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor of the video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the stream type information includes a stream type of the additional video configuring a service-compatible scheme stereoscopic video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling table is any one of a program map table (PMT) of program specific information (PSI), a virtual channel table (VCT) of program and system information protocol (PSIP), and an event information table (EIT) of the PSIP.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic program information descriptor is a program level descriptor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor is a stream level descriptor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating whether a program included in the video is a 3D program.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating whether the video is a left video.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating whether the additional video included in the 3D program is output, when the 3D program is reproduced in a 2D mode in a program receiving apparatus.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating a service-compatible mode of the program included in the video, the field indicating the service-compatible mode indicating any one of a mode using a base video and the additional video and a mode using the base video and a frame compatible video.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic program information descriptor includes at least one of a field indicating whether the program included in the video is the 3D program, a field indicating whether the video is the left video, a field indicating whether the additional video included in the 3D program is output when the 3D program is reproduced in the 2D mode in the program receiving apparatus, and a field indicating the service-compatible mode of the program included in the video.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor includes at least one of a field indicating an encoding method of the additional video, a field indicating whether the additional video is the left video, and upsampling information corresponding to the additional video.

12. An apparatus for transmitting stereoscopic video information, comprising:

an information generator generating a signaling table including video related information; and

a transmitter transmitting the signaling table and the video,

wherein the signaling table includes any one of stream type information, stereoscopic program information descriptor, and stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor of the video.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the stream type information includes a stream type of the additional video configuring a service-compatible scheme stereoscopic video.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the signaling table is any one of a program map table (PMT) of program specific information (PSI), a virtual channel table (VCT) of program and system information protocol (PSIP), and an event information table (EIT) of the PSIP.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating whether a program included in the video is a 3D program.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating whether the video is a left video.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating whether the additional video included in the 3D program is output, when the 3D program is reproduced in a 2D mode in a program receiving apparatus.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the signaling table includes a field indicating a service-compatible mode of the program included in the video, the field indicating the service-compatible mode indicating any one of a mode using a reference video and the additional video and a mode using the reference video and a frame compatible video.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the stereoscopic program information descriptor includes at least one of a field indicating whether the program included in the video is the 3D program, a field indicating whether the video is the left video, a field indicating whether the additional video included in the 3D program is output when the 3D program is reproduced in the 2D mode in the program receiving apparatus, and a field indicating the service-compatible mode of the program included in the video.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the stereoscopic additional video stream descriptor includes at least one of a field indicating an encoding method of the additional video, a field indicating whether the additional video is the left video, and upsampling information corresponding to the additional video.

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