US 12,081,960 B2
Transmission device, transmission method, reception device, and reception method
Gen Ichimura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/636,653
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/027914
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/039189, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-157954 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303706 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G10L 19/00 (2013.01); G10L 19/012 (2013.01); G10L 19/16 (2013.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04S 7/302 (2013.01) [G10L 19/012 (2013.01); G10L 19/167 (2013.01); H04S 7/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmission device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
acquire a compressed audio signal and a linear PCM signal;
add, to a first audio signal of predetermined units, identification information, configuration information, and reproduction control information for the first audio signal, wherein
the first audio signal includes a mixture signal of the compressed audio signal and the linear PCM signal,
the identification information indicates a configuration of the first audio signal, and
the configuration information indicates a configuration of the linear PCM signal; and
sequentially transmit, through a transmission line, the first audio signal to a reception side.