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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2018
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A video output controlling apparatus and a video output controlling method that can reduce the possibility that a video for which encryption is required may be outputted in a non-encrypted state are provided. A first acceptance unit () accepts a video and an encryption necessity signal indicative of whether or not encryption of the video is required via a first route. A second acceptance unit () accept a control signal via a second route different from the first route. A video conversion unit () converts, in accordance with the control signal, the video accepted by the first acceptance unit () into one of a video that is different in a format from that of the video and is in an encrypted state and a video that is different in a format from that of the video and is not in an encrypted state. An output controlling unit () performs control regarding whether or not the video is to be outputted based on the encryption necessity signal and whether or not the video after conversion by the video conversion unit () is in an encrypted state.