Patent ID: 8677436
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A stereoscopic video distribution system for distributing, from a server, a stereoscopic video including a left-eye video and a right-eye video utilizing parallax video, comprising: a plurality of video distribution servers; and a transcoding server, wherein video content that contains said stereoscopic video is constituted by digital video information including an I picture that is data-compressed within a frame, a P picture that is data-compressed with motion compensation from said I picture in a preceding direction in time, and a B picture that is data-compressed with motion compensation from said I picture or P picture in a preceding/following direction in time, wherein said video information is a stereoscopic video distribution content that includes a flat video constituted by only one of the left-eye video and the right-eye video and enables viewing a stereoscopic video made using information about a video of the eye on the side opposite to the eye of said flat video, wherein said stereoscopic video distribution content is stored in said plurality of video distribution servers, wherein during video distribution, said stereoscopic video distribution content is distributed from one of the plurality of video distribution servers that has a desired content selected according to an external instruction, wherein said stereoscopic video distribution content to be distributed is once input to said transcoding server, and is subjected to a format conversion in said transcoding server, so that said stereoscopic video distribution content is made into a video signal format that can be decoded by a stereoscopic viewing-enabled player or a TV, and said converted stereoscopic video distribution content is redistributed to said stereoscopic viewing-enabled player or said TV, wherein a stereoscopic reproducing player executes a determination processing to determine, based on information provided by an HDMI cable, whether a TV setting permits viewing of the flat-video and whether the TV setting permits viewing of the stereoscopic video, and stores the determination result as viewing-environment determination information, wherein when said stereoscopic viewing-enabled player performs an authentication processing with said transcoding server, said viewing-environment determination information is transmitted via said HDMI cable, wherein when the flat video can be viewed, said transcoding server distributes a flat video viewing menu of a video distribution menu made of a flat video previously prepared, and wherein when the stereoscopic video can be viewed, said transcoding server distributes a viewing menu enumerating a content for stereoscopic video-viewing and a content for flat video-viewing, which are present as a list in a mixed manner, wherein in the list, the content for stereoscopic video-viewing and the content for flat video-viewing can be distinguished from each other.