Digital broadcast receiver device and digital broadcast receiving method

• US 9,210,464 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Shirasuka, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodarzi, Nasser
• Assistant Examiner(s): PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US14/383,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106838A1
• Time in Patent Office: 986 Days
• Field of Search: 725/31
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/23 using cryptography, e.g. encryption, authentication, key distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/601 Broadcast encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0822 using key encryption key
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4343 Extraction or processing of packetized elementary streams [PES]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4384 involving operations to reduce the access time, e.g. fast-tuning for reducing channel switching latency
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4392 involving audio buffer management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4405 involving video stream decryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4623 Processing of entitlement messages, e.g. ECM [Entitlement Control Message] or EMM [Entitlement Management Message] arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services H04H60/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6336 directed to decoder

Abstract

A digital broadcast receiver device (100) is provided with: a descrambling unit (504) which uses keys for a plurality of services to decrypt encrypted video data for the plurality of services and generates video data for the plurality of services; and a CAS control unit (503) which, for each of the plurality of services, measures the update period of the key information and the key processing time for generating keys from the key information and determines, from among the plurality of services, which services are to be descrambled, that is, to be decrypted by the descrambling unit (504), selecting services such that the sum of the key processing times of all services to be decrypted is less than each one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted.

Claims

1. A digital broadcast receiver device comprising:

a tuner unit for demodulating a broadcast signal on a selected physical channel, and outputting a stream obtained by demodulation;

a demultiplexer unit for extracting encrypted video data and key information for a plurality of services included in the stream;

a CAS control unit for generating keys for decoding the encrypted video data of the plurality of services, for each of the plurality of services, on a basis of the key information;

a descrambling unit for using the keys of the plurality of services to decrypt the encrypted video data of the plurality of services and generate video data for the plurality of services; and

a video decoding unit for decoding and outputting the video data for one of the plurality of services;

wherein

the CAS control unit further comprises

a CAS module for generating the keys from the key information,

a key storage unit for storing the keys generated by the CAS module in correspondence to the services,

a descrambling control unit for setting the keys stored in the key storage unit in the descrambling unit,

an update period measurement unit for measuring the update period of the key information for each of the plurality of services,

a key processing time measurement unit for measuring the key processing time taken to generate the keys from the key information, for each of the plurality of services, and

a service determination unit for determining, from among the plurality of services, the services to be decrypted and thus descrambled in the descrambling unit, such that a total key processing time of all of the services to be decrypted is less than each one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted.

2. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 1, wherein:

the CAS module generates the keys of the plurality of services by time division;

the descrambling control unit extracts from the key storage unit the keys corresponding to each of the plurality of services and sets the extracted keys in the descrambling unit by time division; and

the descrambling unit decrypts the encrypted video data of the plurality of services by time division.

3. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 1, wherein the service determination unit excludes non-subscribed services among the plurality of services from the services to be decrypted.

4. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 1, wherein if a total key processing time of all of the services to be decrypted is greater than or equal to any one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted, the service determination unit excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a CA_System_Id value that differs from the CA_System_Id value of the currently selected service.

5. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 4, wherein if a plurality of services have a CA_System_Id value that differs from the CA_System_Id value of the currently selected service, the service determination unit excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in channel number from the currently selected service.

6. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 4, wherein if a plurality of services have a CA_System_Id value that differs from the CA_System_Id value of the currently selected service, the service determination unit excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in MF number from the currently selected service.

7. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 1, wherein if a total key processing time of all of the services to be decrypted is greater than or equal to any one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted, the service determination unit excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a highest ratio of key processing time to update period.

8. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 7, wherein if a plurality of services have the highest ratio of key processing time to update period, the service determination unit excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in channel number from the currently selected service.

9. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 7, wherein if a plurality of services have the highest ratio of key processing time to update period, the service determination unit excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in MF number from the currently selected service.

10. The digital broadcast receiver device of claim 1, wherein when key generation is suspended, the CAS module saves interim results at the point of suspension and saves the position of data to be processed next in the key information, and when the key generation is resumed, the CAS module starts processing the key information from the saved data position on a basis of the saved interim results.

11. A digital broadcast receiving method comprising:

a tuning step for demodulating a broadcast signal on a selected physical channel, and outputting a stream obtained by demodulation;

a demultiplexing step for extracting encrypted video data and key information for a plurality of services included in the stream;

a CAS control step for generating keys for decoding the encrypted video data of the plurality of services, for each of the plurality of services, on a basis of the key information of the plurality of services;

a descrambling step for using the keys of the plurality of services to decrypt the encrypted video data of the plurality of services and generate video data for the plurality of services; and

a video decoding step for decoding and outputting the video data for one of the plurality of services;

wherein

the CAS control step further comprises

a key generating step for generating the keys from the key information,

a key storage step for storing the keys generated by the CAS module in correspondence to the services,

a descrambling control unit step setting the keys stored in the key storage step as keys for use in the descrambling step,

an update period measurement step for measuring the update period of the key information for each of the plurality of services,

a key processing time measurement step for measuring the key processing time taken to generate the keys from the key information, for each of the plurality of services, and

a service determination step for determining, from among the plurality of services, the services to be decrypted and thus descrambled in the descrambling step, such that a total key processing time of all of the services to be decrypted is less than each one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted.

12. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 11, wherein the service determination step excludes non-subscribed services among the plurality of services from the services to be decrypted.

13. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 11, wherein if a total key processing time of all of the services to be decrypted is greater than or equal to any one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted, the service determination step excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a CA_System_Id value that differs from the CA_System_Id value of the currently selected service.

14. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 13, wherein if a plurality of services have a CA_System_Id value that differs from the CA_System_Id value of the currently selected service, the service determination step excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in channel number from the currently selected service.

15. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 13, wherein if a plurality of services have a CA_System_Id value that differs from the CA_System_Id value of the currently selected service, the service determination step excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in MF number from the currently selected service.

16. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 11, wherein if a total key processing time of all of the services to be decrypted is greater than or equal to any one of the update periods of the services to be decrypted, the service determination step excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a highest ratio of key processing time to update period.

17. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 16, wherein if a plurality of services have the highest ratio of key processing time to update period, the service determination step excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in channel number from the currently selected service.

18. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 16, wherein if a plurality of services have the highest ratio of key processing time to update period, the service determination step excludes from the services to be decrypted a service having a greatest difference in MF number from the currently selected service.

19. The digital broadcast receiving method of claim 11, wherein when key generation is suspended, the key generating step saves interim results at the point of suspension and saves the position of data to be processed next in the key information, and when the key generation is resumed, the key generating step starts processing the key information from the saved data position on a basis of the saved interim results.