US 11,871,071 B2
Broadcast receiving apparatus, broadcast receiving method, and contents outputting method
Kazuhiko Yoshizawa, Osaka (JP); Takuya Shimizu, Osaka (JP); Nobuo Masuoka, Osaka (JP); Yusuke Uchiyama, Osaka (JP); and Yasunobu Hashimoto, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Maxell, Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,919.
Application 17/855,919 is a continuation of application No. 15/548,380, granted, now 11,405,679, previously published as PCT/JP2016/052339, filed on Jan. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-018226 (JP), filed on Feb. 2, 2015; application No. 2015-056948 (JP), filed on Mar. 19, 2015; and application No. 2015-058877 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337901 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/4623 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4314 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/4348 (2013.01); H04N 21/4363 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2013.01); H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/440218 (2013.01); H04N 21/4621 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4623 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:
a receiver configured to receive digital broadcasting contents that are transmitted by a first media transport method;
a transport method converter configured to convert a transport method for the received contents;
a digital interface configured to communicate with external equipment; and
a controller,
wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus can acquire capability information of the external equipment through the digital interface, and
wherein in accordance with the capability information of the external equipment acquired through the digital interface, the digital interface performs three types of output operations including:
a first operation in which the capability information of the external equipment indicates that the external equipment supports a function of decoding data of the first media transport method and the capability information of the external equipment indicates that the external equipment does not support a function of decoding data of a second media transport method, and in which the contents by the first media transport method without conversion are output from the digital interface to the external equipment;
a second operation in which the capability information of the external equipment indicates that the external equipment does not support the function of decoding data of the first media transport method and the capability information of the external equipment indicates that the external equipment supports the function of decoding data of the second media transport method, and in which the contents by the second media transport method that is converted from the first media transport method by the transport method converter are output from the digital interface to the external equipment; and
a third operation in which the capability information of the external equipment indicates that the external equipment does not support the function of decoding data of the first media transport method and the capability information of the external equipment indicates that the external equipment does not support the function of decoding data of the second media transport method, and in which the contents by the first media transport method without conversion are output from the digital interface to the external equipment.