Patent ID: 9288469
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving one or more broadcast data streams of multi-view video coding (MVC) video for supporting a 3D broadcast service based on the MVC and a plurality of descriptors indicating information associated with the one or more broadcast data streams; identifying whether the one or more broadcast data streams of the MVC video correspond to a MVC base view stream; obtaining information related to association between MVC views and left or right eye by using at least one of the descriptors, said at least one of the descriptors having a value that determines whether the MVC base view stream is associated with left eye view or right eye view; obtaining information related to positions of the MVC views including at least one MVC extended view stream by using a Program Map Table (PMT), the information related to positions of MVC views indicating an order of the MVC views in a horizontal direction; and processing the broadcast data streams using the obtained information related to association between MVC views and left or right eye.