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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Imanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Shino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kunito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuto Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provides a controller capable of switching a video so that the video is not distorted on the receiving side when the video is transmitted using IP multicast [Solution] There is provided a controller including a bandwidth reservation unit configured to, when an instruction given to a receiving device that receives a first video stream transmitted via IP multicast to receive a second video stream after receiving the first video stream is acquired, acquire information on a status of a network topology and a transmitted video stream and to reserve a network bandwidth for transmitting the second video stream in addition to the first video stream, and a reception instruction unit configured to send out an instruction to receive the second video stream to the receiving device by using the network bandwidth reserved by the bandwidth reservation unit.