Patent ID: 9282315
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a base view video stream, an additional view video stream and information regarding stereoscopic characteristics, identifying a service type field included in a Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table (TVCT) of a Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) in Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) type digital broadcast, wherein the service type field indicates that a virtual channel carries a 3D broadcast service that delivers the additional view video stream and the base view video stream encoded using different codecs; identifying at least one descriptor included in the TVCT of the PSIP in the ATSC type digital broadcast, wherein the at least one descriptor includes a stream_type field, a format_identifier field, a length_of_details field, and a stream_info_details field, wherein the format_identifier field identifies an entity providing a stream_type value, wherein the length_of_details field specifies a length of the stream_info_details field, and wherein the stream_info_details field indicates information associated with the additional view video stream when the stream_type value corresponds to a specific value; and processing the base view video stream and the additional view video stream for supporting the 3D broadcast service using the TVCT.