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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2016
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naohisa Kitazato, Tokyo, JP;

Yasuaki Yamagishi, Kanagawa, JP;

Taketoshi Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Saturn Licensing LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/088 (2006.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 13/178 (2018.01); H04N 13/183 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/0885 (2013.01); H04N 21/23611 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01); H04N 13/178 (2018.05); H04N 13/183 (2018.05); H04N 21/23614 (2013.01);
Abstract

A reception apparatus is provided that includes circuitry configured to receive a digital data stream. The circuitry is configured to acquire closed caption information included in the digital data stream. The circuitry is configured to acquire control information including selection information indicating a selection of a specific mode from a plurality of modes for specifying when closed caption text is to be displayed. The circuitry is further configured to output the closed caption text included in the closed caption information for display to a user, at a display time according to the specific mode, based on the selection information included in the control information.


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