Patent ID: 6618437
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A digital broadcasting system, comprising:a picture producing circuit for producing a plurality of multiplexed pictures, each formed of a plurality of original pictures, and encoding said plurality of multiplexed pictures to produce a plurality of encoded pictures forming a GOP structure based on an MPEG method, said encoded picture based on the MPEG method having reference data added, said reference data indicating a displaying order regarding whether the encoded picture corresponds to an odd field or an even field; a transmitting circuit for transmitting an output of said picture producing circuit to a one-channel transmission path; a receiving circuit for receiving an output of said transmitting circuit through said one-channel transmission path; a decoder for decoding said plurality of encoded pictures received in said receiving circuit to reproduce said plurality of multiplexed pictures and sequentially outputting the pictures according to said displaying order; and a formatting circuit for formatting said reproduced multiplexed pictures output from said decoder to said odd field or said even field based on said displaying order indicated by said reference data added to said encoded picture.