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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Osamu Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideki Iwami, Saitama, JP;

Sho Amano, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/42607 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01); H04N 21/44227 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a decoding apparatus that includes a wireless communication unit configured to establish a wireless connection with a plurality of encoding apparatuses, a decoding unit configured to decode pieces of content received from the plurality of encoding apparatuses via the wireless communication unit, a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the plurality of pieces of content decoded by the decoding unit, and a control unit configured to control an encoding condition of each of the plurality of encoding apparatuses for content in a manner that a required decoding capability required by a set of the pieces of content to be reproduced by the reproduction unit does not exceed an actual decoding capability of the decoding unit.


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